Homework

Reading and Number Skills Practise

We expect all children to read and practise their number skills at home every day. This may be a combination of:

• Reading/practising alone
• Reading/practising with an older member of the family
• Being read to by someone else.
• Practising through games.

Age group	Suggested reading	Time spent each evening
Nursery & Reception	Being read to by an older member of the family.	10 minutes
Year 1 & Year 2	Sharing a book, or being read to by an older member of the family.	10 – 20 minutes
Year 3 & Year 4	Sharing a book or reading independently (if a confident reader).	20 – 30 minutes
Year 5 & Year 6	Reading with an older member of the family or independently.	30 – 45 +  minutes

 

Age group	Suggested Number skills	Time spent each evening
Nursery & Reception	Counting forward and backward from 10. Singing number songs	10 minutes
Year 1 & 2	Number bonds to 10. 2,5 and 10 times tables.	10 – 20 minutes
Year 3 & 4	Times tables up to 12. Adding and subtracting 3 digit numbers.	20 – 30 minutes
Year 5 & 6	Times tables up to 12. Adding and subtracting 4 digit numbers.	30+ minutes

 

Websites to support your child’s learning

 

https://www.busythings.co.uk/lgfl-login/

• BusyThings – A range of activities and games to support all subjects, in particular phonics and maths. Good for children aged 3 to 7. LGFL USO log in needed.

 

https://www.sumdog.com/

• Sumdog – Activities and games to deliberately practise Maths skills and spellings. Your child’s teacher has assigned activities specifically for their class to complete and can track their progress. Sumdog log in needed.

 

1-Minute Maths App | White Rose Maths

• An app you can download to a phone or tablet it helps children build greater number confidence and fluency. It’s all about targeted practice in engaging, one-minute chunks!

 

j2blast (j2e.com)

• Games to support spelling, timestables and arithmetic. LGFL USO log in needed.

 

Primary Homework Help | Online Games For Kids – BBC Bitesize

• Games and activities to support all subjects.

 

Times tables games – Learn them all here!

• Games to help learn timestables.

 

Home (languageangels.com)

• Games to support learning the French language.

Username: falconbrook

Password: falconbrook

 

Computing KS2 – Dance Mat Typing – BBC Bitesize

• Practise activities to support typing skills.

 

Links to all websites can be found on www.rmunify.com Use your child’s Teams log in to access.

Please ask your class teacher if you need any log in details.