Hobletts Manor Junior School
Home Learning
Please see below details of our weekly Home Learning recommendations for your child/children. We would like to thank you in advance for continuing to support your child to undertake their recommended Home Learning tasks and hope that the additional resources provided promotes a positive experience for you as a family as we look to build your child’s confidence, develop their organisational and time management skills and promote their independence as a learner.
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Reading- independent/ shared/paired this could be your child’s ‘We Choose, You Choose book’, a magazine, audio book or comic. Anything that promotes a love of reading and books! |
Five times a week as a recommendation for all children, 7+ times a week to achieve the Reading Challenge. To support your child develop their reading stamina we would suggest a minimum of 10 minutes each evening for children in Year 3, increasing in increments of 5 minutes as they move through the school |
Enjoying Reading Together at Home information available on the school’s website https://www.hoblettsjm.herts.sch.uk/page/?title=English&pid=36
Other websites you may find helpful are: www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/tips-and-advice/reading-tips/ www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbxby9q
Take a look at the eBooks available on the Oxford Owl website – please do see your class teacher if you have not yet received log in details. https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/reading/free-ebooks/
Thank you for ensuring that your child’s weekly reading is shared with us by 9am. each Friday morning so that we can celebrate this together. This can be done via a note, verbal message to a member of the team, their Reading Record or online Reading Log. |
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Spellings – team pages contain spelling lists as a resource for you. Classteachers can provide information on the list most appropriate for your child to practice, please do pop in and see them if you would find it helpful. In addition, your child’s class will also have key spellings that the class will focus on each half term. |
5 minutes, five times a week |
Blog: Five creative ways to help with spelling homework | Oxford Owl Spelling Strategies to Support Home Learning https://www.hoblettsjm.herts.sch.uk/page/?title=English&pid=36 |
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Times Tables - |
5 minutes, 5 times a week as a recommendation for all children, 7+ times a week to achieve the Times Tables Challenge. |
Times tables Rockstars – if you need any help logging in or you have misplaced your child’s log in, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us
Times Tables at Home Resources – https://www.hoblettsjm.herts.sch.uk/statutory-information/curriculum/mathematics
For those who have secured their times tables, do keep rocking to improve your fluency! |
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Optional Termly Home Learning Task |
Children to return to school upon completion. |
Details are available on your child’s Team Page on the school website. |
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Optional activities and challenges are also offered throughout the year, for example during themed weeks. |
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