Year 6 – Autumn 2 Project Homework Grid
Homework is due on Monday. New homework is sent home on Tuesday. You should complete one topic homework of your choice each week as well as the science task. You will also have weekly maths homework and a
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 homework is worth five points.
This half term, you will need at least 120 points to earn your invitation. Lucy will run a homework club every Tuesday lunchtime. Drop in for help with homework and access to the Internet.
Topic – Rivers (choose at least one activity)
Science – Evolution
Plot a bar graph showing the
lengths of five rivers in the UK.
Design a table which gives
information about five
different rivers. Think
carefully about what headings
to choose.
Interview a family member to
find out what characteristics
you have inherited. Draw a
picture of yourself and label
them.
Find a poem about a river and
explain why you like it.
Make an acrostic poem using
the word RIVER.
Find a poem about a river and
write an extra verse.
Draw a picture of a camel and
label how it is adapted to its
environment.
Write a list of the bridges that
cross the River Thames.
Find out three interesting
facts about one bridge which
crosses the River Thames.
Why was the Thames
important to the development
of London? Research and write
a paragraph.
Do you think that “The
Garden Bridge” is a good
idea? Research and write a
speech explaining.
Imagine you were a member
of the crew on the Beagle.
Write a letter home to your
family describing your
adventures.
Create a picture of a river
scene using a technique of
your choice.
Find an artist who has painted
a river scene and do your own
copy of it.
Make a collage of a river scene
using colours you would
associate with rivers.
Design a storyboard showing
a river from its start to its end
at the sea.
What did you find out during
our trip to the Natural History
Museum?
List five animals that live in a
British river habitat.
Choose one animal that lives
in or around British rivers.
Draw it and explain how it is
suited to its environment.
Compare the animals living in a
British river habitat with a river
in a different country (e.g. the
Nile or the Amazon)
Draw a food chain for animals
living in a river habitat.
Imagine you have been on a
boat trip on the Thames.
Write a diary entry recounting
your day.
Imagine you have visited a
river in a foreign country.
Design and write a postcard
explaining what it was like.
Write an explanation of how a
feature of a river is formed (e.g.
meander, ox-bow lake,
waterfall).
Write a story involving a river.
Make a mind map showing the
different uses of rivers.
Make a poster showing the
causes and effects of river
pollution.
Week 1
Find the five longest rivers in
the world and write their
lengths.
Choose a river, write its
length in kilometres, metres
and miles.
Find a poem about a river and
copy it out.
Due: 7/11/16
Week 2
Due: 14/11/16
Week 3
Due: 21/11/16
Week 4
Due: 28/11/16
Week 5
Due: 5/12/16
Week 6
Due: 12/12/16
Week 7
Draw and label a diagram of
the water cycle.
Due: 19/12/16
Holiday
Homework
Due: 4/1/17
Make a leaflet showing how
to be safe when next to rivers.
Next term our topic will be: Tudor Crime and Punishment
Design a poster showing what you already know about this topic and what you would like to find out.
Draw a human and another
primate (e.g. gibbon, gorilla,
orangutan) label the
similarities and differences
between them.
Research one piece of
evidence Charles Darwin used
to support his theory of
evolution. (E.g. beaks of birds
on the Galapagos Islands).
Imagine you are an early
supporter of Darwin’s theory
of evolution. Design a
pamphlet informing people
about evolution.
Create a mind map showing
everything you have learned
about evolution.