Weekly Homework Tasks
Lower Key Stage 2 Year 4 Beginning: Friday 11th November 2016
Friday/
Weekend
Record in
Homework
Bookks
Friday 11th November
Reading Comprehension
Read the text at the back of this sheet and answer the questions
ENGLISH
Monday 14th November 2016
Monday
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
Add a connective:
although, even though, because,
consequently
1.
Sarah fell over. ________ she needed a plaster.
2.
_____ it was very hot, Mike still wore his coat.
3.
The teacher smiled, _______ his head hurt
4.
________ he went to bed late, Jack fell asleep in
school.
MATHS
MYMATHS
Complete the addition and subtraction problems
To access the website go to www.mymaths.co.uk and
input:
Username: ssps
Password: green
Using your own login, have a go at the questions set
for you.
Look up definitions for:
Envious
curious
Tuesday
Tuesday 15thth November 2016
Maths
TIMES TABLES
Write out the times tables you are currently working
on.
Remember to practice these out of order as well as in
order.
Wednesday 16th November 2016
Wednesday
Creative Curriculum
CALCULATION
Explain how you worked out the answer
Research and write 2 paragraphs
Write about the US elections. Who were the candidates?
What are the policies?
When was the election?
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Who won?
Who would you have voted for and why?
Thursday
Thursday 17th November2016
SPELLINGS
Use: Look-Say-Cover-Write-Check to write the following spelling
words out 3 times each and learn them by heart over the week
for a test on Friday.
exercise, experience, experiment, extreme, expensive,
active, massive, attractive, competitive, aggressive
TEST PREPARATION
Make sure that you know your spellings and times
table for this week’s tests tomorrow.
Daily homework time recommendation: 15-20 minutes each night
November is the time of the year when we wear a red poppy in memory
of those who sacrificed their lives for us during wars. The eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month marks the signing of
the Armistice, on 11th November 1918, to signal the end of World War
One. At 11 am on 11 November 1918 the guns of the Western Front
fell silent after more than four years continuous warfare.
Remembrance Day is a special day set aside to remember all those
men and women who were killed during the two World Wars and other
conflicts. At one time the day was known as Armistice Day and was
renamed Remembrance Day after the Second World War.
It is held on the second Sunday in November, which is usually the Sunday
nearest to 11 November. Special services are held at war memorials and
churches all over Britain. A national ceremony takes place at the Cenotaph in
Whitehall, London. The Queen lays the first wreath at the Cenotaph.
Wreaths are laid beside war memorials by companies, clubs and societies.
People also leave small wooden crosses by the memorials in remembrance of a
family member who died in war. The "Last Post" is traditionally played to
introduce the two minute silence in Remembrance Day ceremonies. It is
usually played on a bugle (a small trumpet).
Flanders is the name of the whole western part of Belgium. It saw some of
the most concentrated and bloodiest fighting of the First World War. There
was complete devastation. Buildings, roads, trees and natural life simply disappeared. Where once
there were homes and farms there was now a sea of mud - a grave for the dead where men still lived
and fought. Only one other living thing survived. The poppy flowering each year with the coming of
the warm weather, brought life, hope, colour and reassurance to those still fighting. Poppies only
flower in turned over soil. Their seeds can lay in the ground for years without germinating, and only
grow after the ground has been disturbed.
Remembrance Day is also known as Poppy Day, because it is traditional to wear an artificial poppy.
They are sold by the Royal British Legion, a charity dedicated to helping war veterans. Some people
prefer to wear a poppy on the left over their hearts. However, the general rule is to wear left for
men because that's where medals go and right for women because that's where a widow would wear
her husband's medals. The first actual Poppy Day was held in Britain on November 11th, 1921 and was
a national success raising £106,000. Since then, during every November, we keep the memory alive by
wearing a poppy to commemorate those who sacrificed their lives during war.
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When did World War one end?
What fell silent at the end of the war and how long had the fighting lasted?
When was Armistice Day renamed?
Where does the national ceremony take place?
What is traditionally played to introduce the start of a service and on what instrument?
What is the area called that suffered the worst of the fighting in WW1?
What was the only surviving thing in the sea of mud of the battle grounds?
What did the poppy bring to those fighting on the battle grounds?
Where should a poppy be worn?
Give details of the first Poppy Day.