Home Learning Suggestions As part of your topic on ‘There’s no place like home’, you are required to complete 3 pieces of home learning. You can select any activities from the list below or come up with your own ideas to suggest to your teacher. You can complete more during your free time on Friday afternoon if you wish. English
Maths
Topic
Working Together
Write a fact file about yourself including important information people might not know about you. Write out three different times tables of your choice and their related division facts.
Using a thesaurus, make a list of alternative words that you could use for the following – said, scared, old, nice, big, walked. can you work out which is the largest room in your house? Can you prove it?
Research the life of an older family member/friend and write a biography for them.
Write a poem or description about a place that you really like near where you live.
Find out the price of 5 of your favourite toys or foods. Find the total cost and find the change from £100.
Create a junk model using 3D boxes. Take a photo of the model, write a list of the 3D shapes you use and list their properties.
Make a model or paint/draw a picture of your favourite place in Lancaster. Take a photo of it or bring it into school.
Choose three places in Lancaster and find out when they were built. Which is the oldest? (you might want to use, The Cathedral, The Ashton Memorial, The Priory or The Town Hall) Play a board game with your family. Take a photo and stick in your project book.
Make a fact file about a building or place in Lancaster or Morecambe. How long has it been there? Who made it? Has it changed use over the years?
Interview an older family member/friend and make comparisons between their life and yours e.g. where they lived holidays, food, toys, leisure time etc. Go to Mass as a family on Sunday and write a recount of the Gospel message.
Visit a local museum to find out about Lancaster in the past. Take photos or draw pictures and record what you have learnt.
Visit a local place that you like with your family. Write a description of it and why you like it. Take photos if possible.