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 100 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 – Turning Points in British History and Crime and Punishment (choose at least one activity)
Week 1
Due: 11/1/16
Week 2
Due: 18/1/16
Week 3
Due: 25/1/16
Week 4 Due: 1/2/16
Week 5 Due: 8/2/15
Holiday Homework Due: 23/2/16
Write a fact sheet about Henry VIII, include a picture.
Create Henry VIII's family tree, add Tudor style portraits.
Create a time line which shows the dates of key events during Henry VIII's life.
List Henry VIII's wives and explain what happened to each of them.
Choose one of Henry VIII’s wives and create a fact sheet about her.
Which of Henry VIII’s wives do you think he loved the most? Write a detailed explanation.
Find a portrait of Henry VIII. Copy it into your homework book.
Find a portrait of Henry VIII print it and stick it into your homework book. Label it to show what it tells you about Henry.
Mind map different Research one crimes and their punishment from Tudor punishments during times which we don’t use Tudor times. Add a today. Draw a detailed, description or a picture of labeled picture of it.
the punishment by each one.
Imagine you have been Create a wanted poster arrested and locked in for a criminal who has the tower of London for a committed a typical crime you did not Tudor crime.
commit. Write a diary entry.
Who was Hans Holbein? Why was he important?
“Henry VIII was the best monarch this country has ever had!” Do you agree with this statement? Write a detailed explanation.
Henry VIII divorced his second wife which outraged the Pope. Find out more about this and write a letter from the Pope to Henry explaining how he feels.
Imagine you are Henry VIII. Write a letter to a portrait painter ordering them to paint your portrait. Make sure you explain what you want your portrait to look like!
Science – Living Things and their Habitats
What are bacteria? Show what you know using a table/diagram/paragraph – your choice! Yeast is a fungus which is found in many foods we eat. Create a poster of foods containing yeast.
Fungi can be useful. Research Alexander Fleming and create a comic strip showing his great discovery.
Create a poster warning people of their punishments if they commit different crimes.
Draw two detailed pictures or write two detailed descriptions to compare crime and punishment today and during Tudor times.
There are five types of invertebrates. Find out what we call these different groups. Imagine you are locked in the Tower of London awaiting trial. Write a letter to the King, begging for mercy…
Write a courtroom speech as someone who has been accused of witch craft. Some vertebrates are warm­blooded and some are cold­blooded. Explain what this means.
After half term, we will be learning how Britain changed during the Victorian times. Create a mind map showing what you already know about this period in history. Write three things you would like to find out more about in this topic.
Create a poster showing everything you have learned in this science topic.