Fellside Community Primary School

Dear Mrs Ducker
I am writing to try and persuade you not to give Y4 homework ever again. There are a number of reasons why not to give us homework, here are some of them:

Firstly, there would be more time to play outside with your friends, which would help us to improve our fitness and social confidence. Lately in the newspaper there have been lots of articles about people being unhealthy and too over weight and you don't want that to happen to us, do you?

Secondly, children could use the extra hour a week they would have from not doing homework, to do something else educational e.g. learn a musical instrument, play scrabble, use computer programmes such as "Typing Pal" to improve I.T. skills or" Maths Blaster" to improve maths skills.

Thirdly, if you didn't give us homework we would promise to work harder and talk less when we are at school. It would also make your job much easier and mean we would do more work. In addition homework is not fair on parents because they have to spend their time helping us to do it, instead of relaxing after a hard week's work.

Finally, it would save your time as you wouldn't have to plan it all and you wouldn't have to mark it.

So there are the reasons why you shouldn't give us homework ever again!

Yours Sincerely
Elizabeth Spencer

Dear Mrs Ducker,
How wonderful it is to have you back in the classroom with us, and lovely to know you are recovering well and feeling so much better. The class have been working extremely hard whilst you have been away, so hard in fact that we are feeling incredibly tired.
I came up with a fantastic idea over the weekend. I realise that when children leave school at 3.15 your working day continues. The children really want to make your job as easy and stress free as possible.
Mrs Stroud and Miss Gough have done an excellent job in your absence, but we really missed you and want you here in the classroom with us where you belong. We really don't mind if you don't give us homework, imagine how much time you will save without any homework to set and you won't have to take all the books home with you to mark. Instead you will be able to sit at home with your feet up and rest. The class will promise to keep working hard in the classroom and perhaps Mr Doran won't notice that you haven't given us homework when he sees the fantastic test results we produce at the end of term.
Of course, working so hard in class makes us children tired too, and we would have so much more time in the evenings. In the summer we'd really much more enjoy playing with our friends after school instead of sitting in our bedrooms doing homework. Fresh air and excercise is very good for us too. So you see, Mrs Ducker, this will benefit both children and teacher, and we promise not to tell Mr. Doran!

Yours Sincerely
Adam Sewell

WHAT DO YOU THINK MRS. DUCKER IS GOING TO DO, AFTER ALL THIS FLATTERY AND PERSUASION?

Dear Mrs Ducker,

I am writing to tell you why I think you shouldn't give Y4 any more homework this year.
We go to school five days a week and work very hard so we shouldn't be taking up the rest of our time on doing work at home!

Here are my reasons why we shouldn't do homework:
- On the two days that we get off at weekends we should be having fun.
- We should spend time doing sports activities like tennis and swimming which are very
important as they keep us fit and healthy.
- We need to spend time going out for the day with our families to places of interest such as
Gibside Chapel or Alnwick Gardens.
- We need time to catch up with relatives we don't see during the week.
- The only time we should have homework is if we don't finish work in class.
- At weekends we might be going on a day trip and learn something new that we can use
in school.
- At Fellside we work very hard and could do with a reward of time to ourselves.

I hope you accept the reasons I have given and do the right thing.

Yours Sincerely
Mollie Pugmire

Dear Mrs Ducker,
I am writing to tell you that we should not get homework for lots of different reasons as I will write later on in this letter. But firstly I would like to say how lovely it is
having you back.

The reasons why we should not get homework are:
On Saturday I have trampoline lessons and do not have much time to do homework. I cannot do it on Friday because I go swimming and have my tea when I get back, and on Sunday I go to church and I often go to my Aunty's house.

So you see there is really no time left over for homework.

Yours Faithfully,

Charlotte Dibley

OH DEAR ! ALL OF THESE REASONS. IS MRS DUCKER BEING PERSUADED YET?

Dear Mrs Ducker,
I am writing to ask you not to give us any more homework. Why? Because homework gives me no time to do my favourite sports which help me learn not to be a sore loser and also team work. They obviously also keep me fit and healthy.

Homework gives me no time to do the things I've planned for the weekend like football, golf, T.V., cricket, films, playing computer games, playing out with my friends and reading. I am trying to read a book called James Bond Silverfin by Charlie Higson which I think is much more exciting than school books.

Finally, I can't do my homework because I am also playing football for Blaydon Youth Club.

So now you know why you shouldn't give us homework.

Yours Sincerely

Luke Rogers

Dear Mrs Ducker

I'm really pleased you're recovered from your operation. It's great to see you back at school.

We've spent all day working really hard and I think it would be a very kind gesture of yours to stop giving us homework every week.

As you know, summer is on its way and so we would like to play out after school.

So please no more homework!

Yours Sincerely

Corey

MRS DUCKER IS DEFINITELY WEAKENING!

Dear Mrs Ducker,

Homework is a waste of time because I think we do enough work at school and at home already. It can also get in the way of important activities like going on walks and even going to parties!
Children can sometimes forget how to set things out when they do their homework. If the teacher isn't there to remind them, children can get confused and upset.
Parents don't always know how to do the homework. If children need help, parents might show them the wrong way to do it.
Homework not only stops us from relaxing and having a break, but also could mean that you have a lot of books to mark and that could make you very tired for the next day.
Homework can cause big arguments with children and parents, if children don;t want to do their homework!
I think all the other kids in the class would agree with me.
Please make your mind up NOW!

Yours Sincerely

Rachel Balkwill

Dear Mrs Ducker,
I am writing to you to explain to you whywe shouldn't get homework from school.

We have better things to do, like ride our bikes, play football, go to our friend's houses and play and also play board games. Anyway, we spend five, six hour long days a week working hard at school so when we get home for the weekend we will want to play. Instead we have to do homework for part of that time. Especially when it's a hot summer's day everybody's playing out and it is absolutely boiling but you're stuck in a hot, stuffy room doing homework.

So that's why I think we shouldn't get homework from school anymore.

Yours Sincerely

Matthew

ALRIGHT, I'M PERSUADED! THERE'LL BE NO HOMEWORK THIS WEEK!