Year 5 homework

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Got parent's evening this week so looking for some comparative info. How typical is it for Year 5 homework to consist of "draw a poster for x" or "pictures to illustrate y" ? ds seems to have had a lot of this recently (in 3 subjects this week alone) and I'm really not sure what he gets out of it. He has motor skill and sequencing problems so finds such tasks difficult to plan and execute without help whereas other kids may find it fun.

We've definitely done science posters recently, and often do them on the computer! Can he do that? Or print out images and stick on to use as poster. DS1 in Y5. Though not in three subjects - lots of mental arithamatic and food diaries and story writing, spellings etc. And a Hurricane project. Does that help? Not sure what you're asking really!

Actually ds2 has many similar problems to your ds, he's in Y3, and when he has to do these things, we use the computer for posters, and project title pages etc.

He would n't use the pc this time - no idea why.

DS3 (Y5) has a mathematics book which he brings home every week with various tasks in, plus literacy homework once a week too. He is occasionally asked to other things, such as a small project or poster.

Does your ds not get numeracy and literacy homework every week?

yes he does have those each once a week, such as some maths exercises to continue what they have done in class and spelling patterns, piece of written work or comprehension for English, interspersed with this other stuff, the subjects of which alternate.

Well I think you should campaign on his behalf. Explain that drawing and writing are hard for him, and you'd like him to be able to take some pride in what he does, and for him to be able to do some the posters on the computer, so he can get his ideas down on the paper with neater results.

Also, he must already be doing so much writing etc.

Home is a good place to do this, isn't it?

That sums it up pretty well ahundredtimes. I think part of the problem is that each subject has a different member of staff so no joined up thinking about what type of homework is set each week.