Home Learning
At St Alfege’s we value working in partnership with parents and carers and we feel that home learning is integral to every child’s development. Reading at home, either with an adult or independently for the older pupils, is an essential element in developing children’s literacy skills. All children have a reaading record which is monitored by a member of staff in their class. In addition, home learning for the younger children may include talking about their school day, looking for numbers, or reading shop signs and other words in the environment. For older pupils there may be practical as well as written tasks.
Ideas for Home Learning
| Mathematics | Literacy | Context for Learning |
|---|---|---|
| Spotting numbers out and about | Read daily at least 10 minutes | Visits to library, museum, park and beach etc |
| Pairing socks | Learning spellings | Internet research, Create a podcast, powerpoint, poster, leaflet, report etc |
| Setting the table | Learning Nursery rhymes | Mind maps and topic trees |
| Baking/cooking - following a recipe | Write song, poems, raps, letters, diary, recipes, instructions, silly sentences using key words, invitations | Make a scrapbook or fact file |
| Number games e.g. Ludo, Snap, Snakes and Ladders | TV/sport/film review | Make a model or a miniature world/room/garden in a shoebox |
| Memory pairs | Learn a poem/song | Paint a picture, make a treasure map, design/create a poster, clothing etc, |
| Chess or draughts | E-mail friends/relatives/pen-pals | Take photographs |
| Times table practice (singing, rap, games) | Write a play script | Sewing, knitting, woodwork, origami |
| Draughts | Use puppets to tell a story | Play a sport/musical instrument |
| Times table practice (singing, rap, games) | Give directions | Care for a pet |
| Planning TV schedule | Learn some foreign words (use plastic letters to make French words) | Report back on achievements (medals, certificates etc) |
| Telling the time | Word games such as Scrabble, Articulate or Boggle | Gardening, Building a den |
| Using money, e.g. shopping | Pictionary | Baking |
| Football league tables | Cluedo | Fundraising/Charity |
