LKS2 Autumn Term 2 – Celebrations
Activities
Y3 Number
Aquatic Addition Learn Screen - Adding and subtracting using formal written methods of columnar
addition and subtraction
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Football Mad Activity - Use written multiplication methods (repeated addition and scaling) to
support multiplication, and use related vocabulary
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Y4 Number
Hot Seat Activity - Identify the appropriate number operation to solve a problem.
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Temple Crusade Activity - The operation of subtraction and the associated vocabulary.
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Year 3 /4 Activities
• Plan a party. Use written methods to calculate costs and stick to a given budget. Use the Internet to
source food prices and other supplies. Link to computing and input the information into a spreadsheet.
• Use dice, spinners or cards to generate numbers and in pairs set challenges to test written methods of
calculation.
• Build an inverse function machine. Using an empty box, label one side as the input and the other as
the output. Encourage students to put their calculations back through the inverse function machine to
remind them to check their answers.
Y3 Fractions and decimals and percentages
Up and Away Activity - Find the common denominator and then position the fraction on a number line.
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Fish with Manu Activity - Recognise the equivalence between fractions.
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Use food items which can be split into equal parts to demonstrate equivalent fractions. Allow the
students to investigate which fractions would give the same portions.
Split food items into tenths and count in tenths.
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Y4 Fractions and decimals and percentages
• Use food items to show fractions. Split the different food items into tenths. Repeat with 10 multilink
cubes shown as a row. Line the cubes up against a number line with the same proportions, again split
into tenths.
• Use a metre rule to show tenths and hundredth and practise writing lengths
Y3 Measure
Stig and the Bus Activity – Solve simple word problems involving time.
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Space Walk Activity - Solve word problems involving time.
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Kuko Run Activity - Recognise relationships between standard metric units.
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When planning a party celebration write a timescale for the events and as the party organiser create a
program with event times and costs for the partygoers.
Set a class challenge. How much tinsel would it take to decorate different parts of the classroom? Use
measuring equipment to work out lengths of pieces of furniture.
Y4 Measure
Shop with Stig Activity - Solve 1 and 2 step subtraction problems involving money.
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Help Granny Activity - Multiplication using money. Click on coins to answer.
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Snip Shape Activity - Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares.
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Plan of Action Activity - Calculate the area by counting the squares of a section of a rectangular
shape or multiplying the length and width.
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Sell tickets for a party. Use the party budget to calculate how much each ticket would need to sell for,
in order to make a profit.
Set a challenge to plan out the classroom for a party. Split the class into small groups. Give each group
a large A0 piece of centimeter squared paper. Give them a selection of different rectangular objects
and their respective areas (e.g. Table = 10cm2.) The children should create a room plan by drawing
each object on the paper.
Y3 Geometry
• Go on an angle hunt around the school. Take a digital camera and photograph examples of right
angles and half and three quarter turns.
Y4 Geometry
• Split the class into groups. Give each group a set of cards, each with an obtuse or acute angle drawn
on them. Shuffle the cards and time how long it takes to sort the cards into order of size, identifying
which angles are acute or obtuse.
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Y3 and Y4 Working scientifically
Evaporation Topic Tool - Investigate the effects different environments and containers can have on
the evaporation rate of water.
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Melting freezing Topic Tool - Experiment with different materials to learn what environments will
cause them to melt or freeze.
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Y3 Rocks
Mine of Diamonds Activity - Identify if a rock is natural or man-made.
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The Dig Activity – Sorting rocks into groups.
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Rolling Stones Activity - Sort rocks by their physical attributes.
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Rolling Stones Learn Screen - Sort rocks by their physical attributes.
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Sorting Rocks Topic Tool - Categorise rocks according to properties.
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Fossils Rock Learn Screen - Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have
lived are trapped within rock
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Soil Activity- Understand soil properties and formation. Identify different types of soil.
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Soil Learn Screen- Understand soil properties and formation. Identify different types of oil.
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Look for materials made from rocks, in and around the school. Draw them and research what type of
rocks they are made from.
Make a model of the cross section of the earth or a volcano. Use bicarbonate of soda mixed with
vinegar to model how a volcano erupts.
Test the hardness of different types of rocks by scratching them with different materials, such as metal,
and making observations.
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Y4 States of matter
Sun, Sea and Sand Activity - Identify if a given substance is a liquid, a solid or gas.
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Sun, Sea and Sand Learn Screen and Activity - Identify if a given substance is a liquid, a solid or gas.
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Cauldron Activity - Identify if a given substance is a liquid, a solid or a gas.
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Boiling Point Activity - Understand temperature as a property of objects and a measure of heat.
Use a thermometer to measure temperatures in degrees Celsius.
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Boiling Point Learning Screen - Understand temperature as a property of objects and a measure of
heat. Use a thermometer to measure temperatures in degrees Celsius.
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Hot Springs Activity – Identify forms of water.
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Dried Out Activity - An explanation of the stages of the water cycle.
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Dried Out Learn Screen - An explanation of the stages of the water cycle
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Compare the rate that an ice cube made from salt water and an ice cube made from fresh water melts.
Research and compare the melting and freezing points of different substances.
Write a poem or song to remember the key parts of the water cycle.
Y3 and 4 Reading Comprehension
Read a play script of “A Christmas Carol” by Dickens
Final Cut Activity - Compare two movie trailers and answer questions on their component parts.
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Dragons Pendant Activity - Through directing a movie scene, understand that behaviour can be
interpreted from different viewpoints.
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Y3 and 4 Writing
Narrative:
Teleprompter Topic Tool - Engage in shared reading, fluency building and individual performance activities.
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Analyse the different features of a play script and identify examples found in the Christmas Carol.
Compare the different features of the DVD version of “A Christmas Carol” and the text.
Analyse the character of Scrooge, write a character description and create a wanted poster.
As a class, practise and perform the play considering movement on stage and pitch of voice.
Write a Christmas play, showing Christmas being celebrated in different countries around the world.
Use reference books and the Internet to research different celebrations from around the world. Create a
diary of celebrations, such as the Hindu festival of light, Diwali and Chinese New Year.
Research and compare how Christmas is celebrated in different countries from around the world.
Create a tourist manual, with instructions on how to celebrate Christmas in each country. Include
information on decorations, food, music, dancing and the different names for Father Christmas.
Y3 and 4 Vocabulary, grammar and punctuation
Band Jam Learn Screen - Explore the use of pronouns for names and belongings.
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Band Jam Activity - Select the correct pronoun to complete a music-themed sentence.
Score 90% or more to mix your own music at the end of the activity.
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Band Jam Activity - Use reflexive pronouns such as myself, yourself, ourselves to complete sentences
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Use Internet search engines to research about mountains, rivers and volcanoes, from around the world.
Use a spreadsheet package when planning a celebratory party.
Use a digital camera to take photographs of angles around the school.
Communication Learn Screen - Consider ways of communicating both in the real and digital world.
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Networks Unplugged – Learn Screen - Explore and understand computer networks, including the
Internet. Understand the basic function of routers and servers
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To Connect and Serve Activity - Analyse the multiple services offered by the Internet.
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Learn and sing celebration songs from France and Spain.
French
Carte d’Hiver Activity – Create a Christmas card
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Carte d’Hiver Learn Screen – Seasonal vocabulary
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Spanish
Tarjeta de Invierno Activity - Create a Christmas card
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Tarjeta de Invierno Learn Screen – Seasonal vocabulary
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ART DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
• Paint portraits of famous people and create a portrait gallery to celebrate their accomplishments.
• Look at celebrations from around the world and the different types of decorations they have (e.g.
lanterns in China, Henna hand painting in India).
• Make a selection of decorations and decorate the classroom in the style of a particular celebration.
• Make food for a celebration party (e.g. Mithai, to celebrate Diwali or Toffee apples, to celebrate Bonfire
Night).
• Make a rain stick form wood and dried beans. Decorate with traditional designs.
MUSIC
• Research and play some instruments from around the world e.g.
- Indian Veena
- England – Bells
- African – djembe
- Rainsticks
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Listen to different celebration music from around the world.
Record celebration songs, from around the world, using digital recording equipment.
Write a celebration song. Perform the song using instruments from around the world, to accompany
the performance.
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PE
• Look at dances performed in different countries. Recreate individual dances. Use digital video to record
different dances and create a multimedia presentation of dance and music from around the world.
• Perform a dance to accompany the celebration song written in music and perform it at a celebration
party, wearing clothing from that culture.
• Perform a rain dance to celebrate the coming of the rains. Accompany the dance by playing a
rainstick.
GEOGRAPHY / HISTORY
• Link to science activities to research and investigate the water cycle.
• Research examples of rivers, mountains and volcanoes from around the world and look at traditional
celebrations linked to them (e.g. the festival of Romeria de los Dolores in Lanzarote, which celebrates
when the lava flow from the Timanafya volcano stopped before it destroyed the town in 1736).
• Use a map of the world to identify different mountain ranges and rivers. Research the world’s highest
mountains and the longest rivers.
• Create a tourist information brochure for a mountain range or river, include information on the
environment, wildlife and weather; the people that live there and the ways that they earn a living; any
local traditions and celebrations.
• Build a working model of a volcano.
• Give children the task to research a mountain range in Britain (e.g. the Brecon Beacons). How does it
differ from a mountain range in another country such as the Himalayas?
• Using a map of Britain, give children the task of planning a route from school to the top of a British
mountain. How will they get there? What supplies would you need to pack in a bag to reach the
summit?
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