Children return to school Mon 8th April

Each week you will be set a piece of Literacy and Mathematics homework online to complete. There is also a WOW homework which is optional.
The homework will be set every Friday and needs to be completed by Wednesday of the following week in your homework books and uploaded to your class links below.

Leave a comment on the blog when you have completed your homework.

Please view the Homework Planner below…

Literacy Homework

Hello Reception Superstars!

Your challenge is to listen to the story ‘Mad About Minibeasts’ by David Voytovitch and Giles Andreae and then see if you can answer the questions. Post your answers on the blog.

  1. What does a snail carry on its back?
  2. Where do worms live?
  3. What do beetles have on their heads and what are they used for?
  4. How does a stick insect make sure that he is not eaten?
  5. How does a grasshopper make sounds?
  6. Which minibeast is your favourite and why?

Maths Homework

For your Maths Challenge we would like you to have a look at the shape picture of the train below and then see if you can answer the questions. Please post your answers on the blog.

  1. Can you name the 2D shapes in the picture?
  2. Can you count how many of each shape you can find?
  3. Which two shapes have the same number of sides?
  4. Which shape doesn’t have any straight sides?
  5. Draw a 2D picture and label the shapes.

Superstar challenge!

Look at the 3D shapes below and then see if you can answer the questions.

  1. Which shapes have square faces?
  2. Can you find 5 cuboid shaped objects around your house?
  3. I think the cone and the cylinder look quite similar. Do you agree with me? Can you explain your answer?

Post your challenges by clicking on the links below:

Reception Red click here

Reception Blue click here

Reception White click here

84 responses to “Reception Homework Week 5”

  1. Arham S.

    Literacy Homework :
    1. A snail carries a house .
    2. Worms live under the mud .
    3. Beetles have feelers on their heads.
    4. He pretends to be a stick.
    5. Grasshopper make sunds by rubbing their legs .
    Maths Homework :
    1. Triangle , Rectangle, Circle, Square.
    2. Triangle – 1 , Rectangles – 5, Circles – 4 ,Square – 1
    3. Rectangle and Square.
    4. Circle.

  2. Liliana S.

    1.What does a snail carry on its back? A snail carries a house.
    2.Where do worms live. They live underground.
    3.What do beetles have on their heads and what are they used for? They have two feelers to help them see.
    4.How does a stick insect make sure that he is not eaten? He pretends to be a stick.
    5.How does a grasshopper make sounds? A grasshopper uses his legs to make sounds.
    6.Which minibeast is your favourite and why? A lady bird is my favourite as its red, which is one of my favourite colours.

    Maths challenge:
    1.Can you name the 2D shapes in the picture? Circle, rectangle, triangle and square.
    2.Can you count how many of each shape you can find? 4 circles, 5 rectangles, 1 triangle and 1 square.
    3.Which two shapes have the same number of sides? Rectangle and square.
    4.Which shape doesn’t have any straight sides? Circle.
    5.Draw a 2D picture and label the shapes.

  3. Iqra A.

    Literacy Homework

    1. What does a snail carry on its back?
    A:Snail carry a shell on its back
    2. Where do worms live?
    A:Worms live under the mud
    3. What do beetles have on their heads and what are they used for?
    A:Beetles have feelers on their heads
    4. How does a stick insect make sure that he is not eaten?
    A:clings to branches
    5. How does a grasshopper make sounds?
    A:Grasshopper make sounds by rubbing their legs.

    Maths Homework :
    1. Can you name the 2D shapes in the picture?
    Triangle, Rectangle, Square, Circle
    2. Can you count how many of each shape you can find?
    Triangle – 1, Rectangle -5, Square -1, Circle – 4
    3. Which two shapes have the same number of sides?
    Square, Rectangle
    4. Which shape doesn’t have any straight sides?
    Circle

  4. Sulaiman A.

    1)snails carries the shell on their back and it’s their house.
    2)they live in the mud.
    3) to help them see.
    4) pretend to be a stick.
    I like ants because they work as team.
    Maths
    1) squares, rectangle, circle and triangle.
    2) 4 circles 1 triangle, 1 squares and 5 rectangles.
    3) square and rectangle.
    4) circle.

  5. Advika B.

    Literacy Homework

    1. What does a snail carry on its back?
    Snail carry a shell on its back
    2. Where do worms live?
    Worms live under the mud
    3. What do beetles have on their heads and what are they used for?
    Beetles have feelers on their heads
    4. How does a stick insect make sure that he is not eaten?
    clings to branches
    5. How does a grasshopper make sounds?
    Grasshopper make sounds by rubbing their legs

  6. Advika B.

    Maths Homework :
    1. Can you name the 2D shapes in the picture?
    Triangle, Rectangle, Square, Circle
    2. Can you count how many of each shape you can find?
    Triangle – 1, Rectangle -5, Square -1, Circle – 4
    3. Which two shapes have the same number of sides?
    Square, Rectangle
    4. Which shape doesn’t have any straight sides?
    Circle

  7. Dominik B.

    1. Cube
    2. A TV remote
    A hamsters cage
    A toy box
    A cereal box
    Our aquarium
    3. They are not the same . The cone has a pointy end and the cylinder is the same shape top and bottom .

  8. Dominik B.

    1. Circle rectangle square and triangle
    2. 4 circles 5 rectangles 1 square and 1 triangle
    3. Square and rectangle
    4. A circle

  9. Bilaal K.

    Bilaal has posted hid 2D picture.

    1. Naksh P.

      1.Snail carry shells on its back.
      2.Worm lives underground in mud.
      3.Beetles have two feelers on its head to help them to see.
      4.They hide and pretend to be a stick.
      5.Grasshopper make sound “chirrup”.
      6.I like grasshopper because they jump a lots.
      Maths:
      1. Square,circle,triangle,rectangle.
      2. 4 circle
      5 rectangle
      1 hexagon
      1 triangle
      1 Square
      3.Square and rectangle have same sides.
      4.Circles doesn’t have any sides.
      5.A cube have Square face.
      6.clock,photo ,cerealbox.
      7.u agree with you because they both have same face.

  10. Adam O.

    Adam has completed the homework tasks on the challenge blog.

  11. Dominik B.

    1. a shell
    2. underground
    3. feelers to help them to see
    4. They hide and pretend to be a stick
    5. Grasshoppers make a chirrup sound
    6. My favourite minibeast is a dragonfly because they fly and they have pretty colours .

  12. Bilaal K.

    Bilaal said a shell.
    Worms live underground.
    Beetles have two feelers on their head which help them see.
    A stick insect pretends to be like a branch.
    A grasshopper makes sounds like ”crikett”
    Bilaals fav minibeast is ant because they can walk all over my hand.

    Maths
    Triangle,circle,rectangle and square.
    2 squares.
    5 rectangles
    1 triangle.
    square and rectangle have same amount of squares.
    A circle has zero straight sides.
    A cube and cuboid have a square face.
    A buffet,a moneybox,rubix cube are like a cube .
    A cuboid shape is like a tissue box cereal box and a storage box.
    A cone and cylinder have same heads and different bottoms.

  13. Denisa M.

    Deni sent her Maths homework.

  14. Reyn T.

    A snail carries a shell on its back.
    Worms live in the mid underground.
    Beetles have feelers to help them see.
    A stick insect hides so they can’t get seen and pretend to be sticks.
    Grasshopper rubs his legs together to make sounds.
    My favourite wildebeest insect is butterflies and ladybugs 🐞. Réyn as named all the shapes an practiced writing in her whiteboard at home. She loved her trip outdoors today too.

  15. Nabira M.

    1. A shell.
    2.worms live underground.
    3. Feelers help them to see .
    4. To pretend a stick.
    5. He rubs their legs.
    6. My favourite is butterfly because it is colour full.

  16. Sanya S.

    1)A snail carries a shell on its back
    2)worms live in the mud
    3)feelers that helps see
    4) They hide in the tree branch and camouflage
    5) They make a chirrup sound
    6) Sanyas favourite insect is a caterpillar because he eats and makes a cocoon and then he falls asleep and turns into a butterfly.

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