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Glebe Primary School

Our Home Learning Expectations

Home Learning Leader 

  • Mrs Hearn

We believe that home learning can add much to a pupil’s development and attainment and therefore contributes to a child’s education.

Children benefit greatly from the mutual support of parents and teachers in encouraging them to learn both at home and at school. By valuing home-school learning, pupils are afforded the chance to practice skills, consolidate understanding of work covered in the classroom and to widen their own interests. Moreover, developing good study habits provides an opportunity for pupils to develop self-discipline, independence and the ability to take responsibility for their own learning.

Current home learning expectations 

Year Group What is on offer
EYFS

Phonics: letter tracing, flash cards, website links

Additional home learning challenges in weekly news (linked to current week's learning)

YEAR 1

Reading/Phonics: Daily reading using reading journals - phonics book, book bag book and picture book (given weekly)

 

Maths: Numbots platform

YEAR 2

Reading/Phonics: Daily reading using reading journals - phonics books/independent readers

 

Spelling: weekly spelling rules/patterns to learn

 

Maths: Glebe Keys linked to year group key objectives, Numbots platform and My Maths platform (linked to current week's learning). 

YEAR 3

Reading: Daily reading using reading journals - independent readers

 

Spelling: weekly spelling rules/patterns to learn

 

Maths: Glebe Keys linked to year group key objectives, Numbots/TTRS platforms and My Maths platform (linked to current week's learning). 

YEAR 4

Reading: Daily reading using reading journals - independent readers

 

Spelling: weekly spelling rules/patterns to learn

 

Maths: Glebe Keys linked to year group key objectives, TTRS platforms and My Maths platform (linked to current week's learning). 

YEAR 5

Reading: Daily reading using reading journals - independent readers

 

Spelling: weekly spelling rules/patterns to learn

 

Maths: Glebe Keys linked to year group key objectives, TTRS platforms and My Maths platform (linked to current week's learning). 

YEAR 6

Reading: Daily reading using reading journals - independent readers

 

Spelling: weekly spelling rules/patterns to learn

 

Maths: TTRS platforms and My Maths platform (linked to current week's learning). 

 

Maths and Grammar: Assessment question booklets

 What is the My Maths home learning?

For homework in Year 1 to Year 5, the children have access to ‘My Maths’. It is an interactive maths programme that is in line with the national curriculum. The aim is for children to develop their confidence and fluency in maths through lots of maths activities and games online. The children can self-mark and have as many attempts as they wish. It is a fun way for the children to complete their homework and links to the learning they have completed in class during the week. The following information will help you support your child in accessing and using MyMaths.

How to access MyMaths 

Go to https://login.mymaths.co.uk/login and login at the top of the page with the school’s username and password. This will be sent home to you along with login details for your child, if you need another copy, please ask your class teacher and they will be happy to complete. On the next page your child should enter their personal username and password in the My Portal box. MyMaths will then remember who they are and automatically log them in to the tasks.

Here is a video to show how it works: YouTube

Home Learning Tasks

If your child has been set a task by their teacher it will appear in the Homework area. There is a link to the lesson if they want to revise first, and a link to the homework itself.

When your child completes both pages of an Online Homework the scores will be saved to the database. Their teacher will be able to see how well they did and leave feedback.

If a green star appears next to a topic, they have good skills in that area.

If an amber star appears they still have some difficulties.

If a red star appears they need to go back and relearn the topic. Get them to try the lesson again or ask their teacher for extra help.

If you want to work with your child, an effective strategy is to pretend that you have forgotten how to do something and ask them to show you how. Putting your child in the position of “teacher” is good for their confidence and gets them to talk about their thinking.

If you have any questions on using MyMaths at home, visit the MyMaths dedicated support site. You can access this at any time by clicking Help at the top of the MyMaths screen.

Having trouble accessing MyMaths?

If no links are working, it may be that you have a Pop Up Blocker. You will need to allow MyMaths to use Pop Ups and we suggest that you add www.mymaths.co.uk to your list of trusted sites.

If you are having trouble accessing content, it may be that you need to activate Flash in your browser. You can find more information on this in the technical section of the MyMaths support site by clicking Help at the top of the screen after you’ve logged in.

Support with home learning spelling: Spelling Shed

Our new spelling scheme is ‘spelling shed’. This is a spelling and word knowledge programme that has key components which support learning to read and write. The games that are played are designed to engage the children and make them eager to practise their spellings at home regularly. The games, quizzes and rewards are to ensure that the children are always having fun while completing their spellings for the week.