Weekly Homework Tasks
Friday 5th October 2015
Upper Key Stage 2 Year
ENGLISH
Friday
Monday
RECORD IN
HOMEWORK
BOOKS
Tuesday
MATHS
READING COMPREHENSION
Read the article on the back of this sheet. Answer the following questions in your book:
1. When did the last Ice age begin, and when did it end?
2. What was one defining feature of the Ice Age? Eg. What was different
about it compared to today?
3. How do nomadic tribes differ from settlers?
4. When did the Stone Age begin?
5. What defined the beginning of the Stone Age?
GRAMMAR EXERCISE
Underline the pronoun in the below
sentences.
1. It is our goal to complete the
project.
2. They are a great group of
children.
3. Jack will be angry if we are
late.
4. The two of them work well
together.
MYMATHS
This Week’s Maths
This week we will be dividing. Using your
www.mymaths.co.uk login, have a go at the
questions set for you.
This homework must be completed by:
Friday 9th October.
This does not need to be completed in
books.
Wednesday
CREATIVE CURRICULUM
Draw an illustration of a Stone, Bronze or
Iron human using a tool from that specific
area. You should label the tool and
describe why it was a useful technological
Calculation
Using your www.mymaths.co.uk login, have a go at
the questions set for you.
advancement.
Thursday
SPELLINGS
Write each word three times and then
write three subordinate clauses containing
at least one of the words: Allow, Allergy,
Announce Anniversary, Apple, Applaud,
Assistant, Attention, Assembly, Arrive.
HOMEWORK
BOOKS
This does not need to be completed in books.
Daily homework time recommendation: 20-30 minutes each night
The school recommends reading on a daily basis and signing the Reading Record when an adult listens to a child
read. The school also recommends practicing your year group’s spellings regularly; these can also be found in the
white reading records.
Ice Age
There have been many periods in the Earth’s history when the climate has been
much colder than today. These long periods are called Ice Ages and the last one
happened around 110,000 years ago.
During the last Ice Age, icy lands of both the North and South Poles stretched
much further towards the equator, covering large parts of the globe. Few
animals could tolerate these freezing conditions and plants couldn’t grow.
Humans migrated to warmer lands around the equator.
The first ‘Britons’, early man who migrated to Britain, were nomadic, meaning
they were constantly on the move. They followed herds of large animals, which
they hunted for food, such as horses, reindeer and even huge woolly mammoths!
As they travelled they would also gather fruits and nuts, as well as catching
fish in lakes and rivers they passed; they were what we call ‘hunter-gatherers’.
The tools used at this time were still very basic, usually just simple blades or
hammers, with no handles, made from mainly flint, but also sometimes from
bone or mammoth ivory.
Stone Age
Earth’s temperatures eventually increased so that, around 10,000 years ago,
the Ice Age finally came to an end. Over time, people developed more advanced
tools to help with hunting.
Groups of hunter-gatherers became less nomadic, not moving around as
frequently. Evidence of the first permanent and semi-permanent settlements
comes from this period. This period is the first part of what we call the Stone
Age, as rocks (particularly flint) were the most important material people used,
especially for hunting, which was vital for survival, and building homes.