Year 5 - what's your maths homework this week?

[mystery]

My child's maths homework is to revise the 2x, 5x and 10x tables. She was 4c at the end of year 3 and that was not the highest level in the class. That is all the homework there is in any subject. Leaves time to get ready for the 11 plus!

[moved]

We give half termly investigations. Very open ended.

[yoyo123]

We haven'tt given any maths homework, only 2 days into term, but we have been quietly assessing and noting how children approach a problem.

[mystery]

Are they new to the school?

Don't you think 2x, 5x and 10x table at the start of year 5 is a little unnecessary as homework unless they have forgotten all their ks1 basics?

[mystery]

We give half termly investigations. Very open ended.

Sounds interesting. What would be a good investigation for such a child? I was only familiar with setting gcse level maths investigations.

[Midlandsmom]

None last week, as for us school started on Monday 8th, but I would be surprised if this weeks homework was 2,5,10 times tables. I seem to recall that was my other child's homework at some point last year (y2) but I think it might have been on the run up to sats as revision.

[mystery]

Yes, I did wonder if the teacher had forgotten it's a year 4 class.

Thinking back now, there were occasions when my older child was in year 4 and my DH accidentally gave her homework to the year 2 child as that is what it looked like ( 2 x table problems with flowers to count - that kind of thing!). Oh well.

[mystery]

just realise the subject for this thread should be year 4 not year 5!