Homework –Summer First Half Term 2017
Weekly homework – the expectation is that the following will be completed every week:
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Spellings – tested on Thursdays
Reading 4-5 times a week either independently or to an adult
Learning/revising times tables – tested on Wednesdays
One activity chosen from the selection below
Please see below a range of homework activities. The expectation is that you choose one activity to
complete each week. This should be handed in on Friday. If you find one week is not enough for an activity,
then please let me see your work in progress each Friday. Obviously you may complete more than one
activity each week.
One of the ‘green’ activities must be chosen within the half term.
Create a poster
about Michelle
Paver.
Imagine you are
Torak. Write a
diary entry.
What did Maya people
eat? How was their
diet different to
ours? Why?
Label the ancient
Maya cities on a map:
Coba, Copan, Tikal, Tulum,
Yaxchilan, Xunantunich,
Chichen Itza, Uxmal,
Palenque and Calakmul
Can you create a
mnemonic to
remember the
order of the
planets in our solar
system?
Write out some
calculations using
the Maya number
system.
Create a
fact file
about the
Maya
civilisation.
Create a poster
about polygons –
describe their
properties.
What language did
the Mayas use? Can
you write a message
using their
language?
Build a model/
draw a picture of
one of the Maya
temples.
Who was Nicolaus Copernicus? How did
he change our thinking in science?
If you need any help with any of the tasks, please ask.
Free choice
Make a
model/draw a
diagram to
describe the
movement of
the planets in
relation to the
sun.