Dear Parents/Carers,
Please encourage your child to read every evening (Monday to Friday). Homework
activities are to consolidate the work that we have been covering in class. Your child
Talk Homework: What is your opinion on nature versus nurture? Can an
athlete become the best through hard work and practise? Are the talents we
have something we are born with or can they be introduced and developed?
should attempt as much as they are able to complete in a short period of time.
Spellings/Handwriting
1. accept, except,
faint, feint,
brooch, broach,
horse, hoarse,
vein, vane, vain
2. heir, air, draft,
draught, throne,
thrown, weight,
Grammar
Rewrite the sentences that are in the active voice to passive. Rewrite the sentences that in the
passive voice into the active voice.
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The dragon was eating the knight.
A cat is being stroked by the evil professor.
The girl was riding the horse.
My father drives a car to work.
The lamppost was being sniffed by the dog.
The teacher will mark the books.
Maths
1. Here is a chocolate bar. William eats 2 pieces and Amber
eats 3 pieces. What fraction of the chocolate bar remains?
Challenge:
This diagram shows four regular hexagons. Shade in one
third of the diagram.
wait, whether,
weather , advise
2. Make each fraction equivalent to 3/5
Karen makes a fraction using two number cards. She
3. blew, blue,
says,’ My fraction is equivalent to ½. One of the card
break, brake,
plain, plane,
knew, new,
you’re, your, tale
numbers is 6. What could Karen’s fraction be?
Order these fractions in ascending order:
3. ¾, 3/5, 9/10, 17/20
4. 7/10, 3/5, 5/6, 2/3
Give both possible answers: