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Sufficient Y5 homework?

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Spry · 22/01/2024 12:02

Would I be unreasonable to ask the school to set more challenging maths homework for my Y5 twins? They both got full marks in their Y4 times table check and yet the only maths homework they - and all their classmates - are ever set is to re-revise their times tables. This week, they're supposed to be revising the four times table (which is on the Y3 curriculum I believe). A couple of weeks ago, it was the 10 times table for goodness sake. The only other homework they get is to learn 10 spellings.

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TheNanny24 · 26/01/2024 09:21

Spry · 24/01/2024 12:22

This is why Mumsnet is so useful! It feels almost unanimous on here that I shouldn't be asking the teachers to set more appropriate homework. So I won't.

Thanks to a suggestion upthread, I've now found the parents' worksheets on the White Rose website. That happens to be the scheme my kids' school does anyway so they're exactly what I was after - work we can do together at home that directly corresponds to what's being taught in school.

Thanks everyone!

White Rose do maths practice journals too which have a weekly homework covering what they've done in class - sounds ideal for you.

Animatedapple · 26/01/2024 09:23

Just buy some CPD maths books and some mental maths schofield books and make them do extra.

the school has a lot of children to teach and can’t set extra personalised tasks for your children

AegonT · 30/01/2024 14:11

We just buy workbooks for a year or two above her age and ignore the school math homework.

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