Year 1 Homework Menu – SUMMER 1 2015
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Leave an ‘I love you’ message for someone special
in your family to find where they least expect it.
Perhaps you could say a special ‘thank you’ to a
grown-up in your house, or maybe ‘sorry’ if you
have upset your brother or sister!
Write a story, a poem or a play script about a
dinosaur adventure.
Practise your times table facts for:
The 10 x table
The 2 x table
The 5 x table
Begin to recognise how x facts relate to division.
Creative
Do an extra helpful job at home every day for a week
Ask an older grown-up in your family what it was
without a grown-up having to ask you.
like when they were little. Find out about the sorts
You could make your bed, set the table or help with the of games they liked to play, what school was like,
washing up. See if it makes your grown-up smile!
and what sort of food they ate when they were
your age. What is the same and what is different?
Complete some of the activities from the Summer
Ask a grown up to take you to the library to choose
Literacy Skills Home Learning Pack.
some different books to share together.
Choose which activities you would like to have a go at. See if you can find out some facts about dinosaurs
in the Reference section (Non-fiction).
Do some baking!
Dinosaur Number Facts!
Practise following a recipe and weighing out the
How many millions of years ago did dinosaurs
ingredients you need carefully in grams.
roam the Earth?
Ask a grown up to help you to time how long your
Can you read and write some of these enormous
recipe needs to cook and cool down.
numbers?
Do some research online or at the library into your
Find out about famous palaeontologist
favourite dinosaur species.
Mary Anning and her amazing discovery.
Make a Powerpoint presentation, or prepare a 2 minute
Why was her discovery so important?
talk to share your expertise with your friends.
Make a collage picture of your favourite things to
do on a sunny summer’s day.
You could add sand to your collage if you like going
to the beach!
Make a model of your favourite species of dinosaur
using any materials that you like – you could choose
Lego, papier-mache, junk or recycled materials.
You could even make a ‘Dino-bot’ out of Meccano!
Physical
Topic
Numeracy
Literacy
Family and
Community
Complete as many of these activities as you like – find something that suits you and what you enjoy doing!!
Aim to complete at least three different activities over the next few weeks. There will be 5 HOUSE POINTS on offer for each completed activity.
Please return your completed activities after the Half Term break (first week in June)
Go on a long beach walk and look for fossils.
Brook beach and Yaverland are great spots for
fossil hunting! Take care near the water!!
Create a ‘Dinosaur Roar’ – a dance or a song that you
could teach to your friends. Maybe you could practise
some dinosaur moves to a favourite song!
Create a Jurassic landscape in a box including all
your favourite dinosaurs.
You can usually get cardboard fruit boxes from the
supermarket which would be ideal – or you could
use a shoe box.
Follow the IOW Dinosaur Trail and walk with
dinosaurs. You can download the app at
http://www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/dinosaurisland/dinosaur-island-trail