Written Homework to be completed by Tuesday 20^th October 2026

1. Please learn the following words for a spelling test. This week we are learning words that are homophones and near homophones:

farther   father   guessed    guest   heard   herd   lead   led    metal  mettle

2. This week I would like you to write sentences containing each word to show that you understand the meaning.  If you do not know the meaning, please look up the word in the dictionary.  Can you use commas, full stops and capital letters correctly?  Can you use exclamation marks and question marks?  Please refer to the ‘Monarchy’ Sheet that gives different strategies for how to learn spellings.  This has been stuck in the front of your child’s Homework Book.
3. Maths Task: Please complete the Maths Sheet entitled Add whole numbers with more than four digits.
4. Online Tasks: For Purple Mash I have set you Chapter 6 of Alien Hotel (our new e-book). Your login for Purple Mash has been stuck in your Homework Book.  You will need to click ‘Serial Mash’ and you will find the book.