Northbrook Primary Academy - Homework Class: Year 4 Half-term: Summer 2 12th June 2023 – 17th July 2023 Theme: Tales of the Environment Instructions: • • • • • •
Choose and complete at least 6 activities over the course of the half-term. Hand in through Seesaw or bring into school before the deadline. Each piece will be worth 1-10 house points. We expect you to complete each homework task with care. We expect you to complete each homework to the best of your ability. Good luck! We can’t wait to see your work
Multiplication Practice Daring Debate
Historical interview!
Debate and discuss whether King Alfred the Great was great and if so, what made him? Create a poster with your arguments for or against.
What questions would you ask and Anglo Saxon in an interview? Choose any Anglo Saxon you would wish to find out more about and write a playscript of the interview. You could even film yourself performing it!
Amazing Habitats.
Poetry Challenge
Create it.
Find out about an endangered animals and their habitat then create a top trumps game of the different animals you have learned about including their “endangered” rating.
Create a calligram poem with an environmental theme. For example, you could write a poem about deforestation in the shape of a tree, or ocean pollution in the shape of a fish.
Design a shield with your own personal heraldry on the front. Use geometrical shapes to create the patterns.
Build it.
Diary Details
Imagine it
Construct a model of an Anglo Saxon house remember to include the thatched roof, and outdoor pen for animals.
Imagine you have travelled back to 500AD. Write a diary of your adventures and experiences in Anglo Saxon Britain.
Draw and explain about 6 things you would want to take with you if you travelled back in time to the Anglo-Saxon era.
Protect the Planet
Get Cooking!
Interpretations
Have a think about how you can help protect planet earth. Is there anything that you and your family could do at home to make a difference?
Research some favourite Anglo Saxon recipes and have a go at cooking them.
Create a message written in runes (this will have to be interpreted!)
It is important that all children devote homework time to learning the times table facts for all the timetables up to and including the twelve times table. They need to be fluent and have very quick recall of these facts. Timetable Rock stars is great for this as the children can access independently and there are other websites which I have been shared on See Saw ESSENTIAL TASK