Longleaze Primary School Pick & Mix Home Learning
Beech and Silver Birch Class – Upper Key Stage 2
At least three Family Learning activities are to be completed by 17th December 2015.
Core Skills
Remember - reading must be done AT LEAST five times a week and other skills should be practised twice a week.
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Read five times a week for 10 minutes or more, and then talk to someone about what you have read. Keep a record of what you are reading.
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Learn your spellings and spelling rules.
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Learn and practise your mental maths skills by playing a game taught to you by your teacher.
Go onto Mathletics and beat your score! Can you get a certificate?
Numeracy
Communication, Language and Literacy (English/French)
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Make some mince pies or other festive treats. Write a set of instructions on how to
make them. Don’t forget to bring them into share with us all!
Write a story set in a winter setting. Who will be the main character? What will they
learn along the way?
Write a persuasive letter to Father Christmas explaining why you should be taken off
the ‘naughty list’ and how well behaved you have been this year!
Write a poem about your favourite things at Christmas time. What poetry features
will you use?
Knowledge and Understanding
(Geography/History/Science)
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What grows in the Arctic? With all
that snow can any plants survive?
Starting at Royal Wootton Bassett
then travelling to Cardiff, Liverpool,
Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow,
Birmingham and finally London, how
far would Santa have travelled?
Personal, Social and Emotional
Development (RE/PSHE)
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In RE we are looking at the Christmas
story. How will you be celebrating
Christmas this year? What makes it
special for you? If you don’t celebrate
Christmas what festivals do you
celebrate. Can you tell us all about it?
Create an advent calendar where each door has a maths question to find the date.
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For example the 2 December could be 0.5 x 4 =
My age this year is a multiple of 8. Next year it will be a multiple of 7. How old am I?
Last year my age was a square number. Next year it will be a cube number. How old
am I? When will it be both a cube and square number?
A Christmas pudding weighs 500g. 7/8 of it has been eaten. How much is left in
grams? What about in kilograms?
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Physical Development (PE)
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Father Christmas has put on a few
pounds over the course of the year
and cannot fit into his red suit! Mrs
Claus refuses to let it out and tells
him he needs to lose weight! Help
devise a healthy rota of meals and
an exercise program to get Santa
back into shape!
Creativity (Art/DT/Music)
 Design or make a new sleigh for Father
Christmas. What features would it
have? Why would it have those
features? Are they useful?
 What will you see out of your
window? Create a winter landscape
you would like to see out of your
window.
Remember – you can use school resources (e.g. books, paper, paint, computers), just ask your teacher.