Great Denham Primary School
& Family Learning Centre
Greenkeepers Road, Great Denham, Bedford, MK40 4GG
Tel: 01234 266245 : greatdenhamprimary@schools.bedfordshire.gov.uk
22nd September 2014
Dear Parents/Carers
Today your child will have brought home a homework folder. Inside the folder you
will find the dates homework is set on and the dates it needs to be returned by.
Below you will see the homework that will be set for each age phase:
Year 1 / 2
Each fortnight your child will have:
 Phonics homework
 5 mathletics tasks to complete online
In addition to this they will have a termly take home task.
Year 3 / 4
Each fortnight your child will have:
 Spelling / phonics homework
 A piece of grammar homework
 8 mathletics tasks to complete online
 Children will also be expected to learn times tables (more information to follow
shortly)
In addition to this they will have a termly take home task.
Year 5
Each fortnight your child must:
 Complete their Spelling/phonics homework
 Complete a piece of grammar/punctuation homework
 Complete 10 teacher selected tasks on ‘mathletics’
 Write a blog on their learning platform, these will be shared with other children
in the class
 Practice their multiplication tables (a slip saying which ones will be attached to
their home school book)
They will also have a termly take home task.
Year 6
Each fortnight your child must:
 Complete 10 teacher selected tasks on ‘mathletics’
 Complete a blog on their learning platform, these will be shared with other
children in the class
 Practice their multiplication tables (a slip saying which ones will be attached to
their home school book)
We have ordered homework books for Year 6. Please can they only complete the
page given to them, by their teacher, as the task will reinforce the work completed in
class. Each fortnight they will have:
 A grammar activity
 A punctuation activity
 A maths activity
 A spelling activity (this may be a sheet or the book)
Take Home Tasks
There are four take home tasks to choose from for each topic. Your child needs to
complete one of them; however should you or they wish to complete more that is fine
too! You will notice that we have not stipulated how the children should approach
tasks or how the finished result should be displayed. To help develop thinking skills
we would really like these choices to be lead by the children, supported by
yourselves. For example, if your child chooses to, ‘write an invitation to a Royal
Banquet’ they could decide to write it on normal paper, use the computer, use
separate paper which they decorate/tea-stain etc, place it in an envelope with their
very own royal seal … it is entirely up to the children. It is often very tempting to add
your own touch to children’s work – particularly creative work – please try to resist
the temptation, valuing your child’s own level of creativity.
Mathletics
If you do not have access to a computer or the internet at home please do not worry.
Please speak with your child's class teacher and they will arrange for your child to
have time to complete their mathletics tasks in school.
Reading
Your child is still expected to read a minimum of three times a week and
diaries will be checked every Monday. We have also purchased licences for some
online reading programmes that some year groups will be able to access at home.
More information to follow on these shortly.
Learning Platform
Please note your child has a login to our learning platform in the back of their planner
where they can access secure email, blogging and other secure online learning
activities.
Please remember our expectations on presentation; children should write in pencil
using cursive handwriting and they should take pride in the way they present their
work. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to speak to your child's class
teacher.
Kind regards
Denise Burgess
Headteacher