Year 3 – Spring 2 The Bronze Age and Iron Age
You should complete one topic homework of your choice each week as well as the science and maths task. You will also have a weekly perfect paragraph to practise. Please take time over your homework; research it carefully
and present it neatly. Each half term we will have a homework party to celebrate good homework. Each piece of homework is worth five points.
This half term, you will need at least 90 points to earn your invitation.
Topic:
The Bronze Age and Iron Age (Choose one activity)
Websites: http://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-bronze-age
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/bronzeageman_01.shtml
http://history.parkfieldict.co.uk/ironage/the-iron-age
Week 1
Draw A timeline to show the dates of the Stone Age,
the Bronze Age and the Iron Age
23/02/15
Week 2
02/03/15
Why was the Bronze
Age called the Bronze
Age? What had
changed?
Week 3
What is bronze made
of?
09/03/15
Why was the Bronze Age
called the Bronze Age?
What had changed?
Make a timeline to show the important dates in the Stone Age, the
Bronze Age and the Iron Age. Draw some pictures on your time line
to show important things which happened.
Why was the Bronze Age called the Bronze Age? What had changed?
Name three important developments which happened in this age.
Name three important
developments which
happened in this age.
Name four famous Bronze Age civilizations.
What is bronze made of?
Where did humans find
the bronze in the Bronze
Age?
What is bronze made of?
Where did humans find
the bronze in the Bronze
Age?
Write down three things
humans made out of
Bronze at this time.
What is bronze made of? Where did
humans find the bronze in the Bronze
Age?
Write down and draw three things
humans made out of Bronze in this
period.
Why did humans in the
Bronze Age build temples?
What is special about the
way stones were placed in
Bronze Age?
Why did humans in the
Bronze Age build temples?
What is special about the
way stones were placed in
Bronze Age? Where else
did the humans have
religious ceremonies?
Why did humans in the Bronze Age
build temples? What is special about
the way stones were placed in Bronze
Age? Where else did the humans have
religious ceremonies?
Draw an image of Stone Henge.
Science
Maths
Make a list of the plants you
can find in your local area. Be
specific e.g. oak tree.
Measures
Write down 5 objects in your house and
weigh them. Give the weight in g and Kg.
EXT:
Predict the mass of the objects before you
weigh them.
Sketch a detailed drawing of a
leaf. Try to include detail to
carefully show the different
parts of a leaf.
Time
Estimate how long these activities will take
then use a clock or phone timer to measure
each one:
a) Do 12 star jumps.
b) Write the alphabet from A-Z.
c) Clap your hands 30 times.
d) Write your full name 6 times.
What is pollen? Where does it
come from? What does it do?
Perimeter
Use the sheet provided to measure the
perimeter of each shape.
Roman numerals
Week 4 16/03/15
Why did humans in the
Bronze Age build
temples?
Week 5 When did the Iron Age begin? Why
was it called the Iron Age?
23/03/15
When did the Iron Age begin? Why
was it called the Iron Age?
Write three changes which happened
in the Iron Age to help humans
develop.
When did the Iron Age begin? Why was it
called the Iron Age?
Write three changes which happened in the
Iron Age to help humans develop.
Draw the armour and coins which were made
with iron.
Write a short paragraph to
explain what a plant needs in
order to grow.
Write the following numbers in Roman
numerals:
5, 12, 23, 42, 100
Ext:
68, 93, 104, 501
Time
Draw 5 clocks. Draw the hands in to
match these times:
Draw and label a picture of a
bee pollinating a flower.
Five o‛clock
Half past three
Quarter past eleven
Quarter to nine.
Twenty past eight.
Shape
Week 6 Easter
Holiday Homework
Make a poster called:” 10 most exciting facts about the Iron Age!”
Read all the information about the Iron Age in your information pack and decide which facts are the most interesting. Write
down your 10 facts in an attractive way which will make people want to read your poster. Draw some images on your poster to
match the facts.
List 3 different light sources
and explain what a light source
is.
Draw 5 regular shapes and draw in 1 line
of symmetry on each shape.
For example: