Topic: Active PlanetCompulsory activities: Read every day, times tables, Active Learn and spellings.Literacy & Communication(Speaking and listening, language and literacy)

Pretend you are a news reporter and you have just received word of a tidal wave. Write your script and/or film your breaking news story.

Create a news report for a natural disaster.

Write an adventure story.

Are you on holiday when a volcano erupts?

Maybe you are playing when a tornado grabs you and takes you somewhere else.

What happens next? How will you get back home?

Remember to use:

Varied openers and conjunctions Exciting vocabulary

Your Choice

Maths & Problem Solving(Maths, thinking skills, Logic, Problem solving)

How are Earthquakes measured? Draw a graph showing how frequent and/or how strong Earthquakes are.

Insure against a natural disaster - Calculate the approximate cost of replacing all of your belongings.

Maths Test Papers - Half termly maths assessments will be sent home after completion. It really benefits your child if you have time to go through any misconceptions with them.

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Science and the Outside environment(Science, PE, Healthy lifestyles, Eco issues and investigation)

Locate areas that volcanoes occur in the world. Look for what patterns erupting volcanoes make on a map of the world.

Create a model volcano. Can you find a way to make erupt? Can you film it or write a report about what happened?

Research a list of active volcanoes and how often they erupt.

Your Choice

Humanities and Citizenship(RE, History, Geography, Moral & Social and Economic Awareness)

List some countries that offer the most assistance to countries that experience natural disasters and some ways in which they help.

Find out about tectonic plates and create a map of the world’s fault lines.

Find out about an organisation that supports parts of the world suffering from natural disasters. Create a PowerPoint, poster or write about what they do.

Your Choice

Creative Arts Create a diagram showing Make a model of the Earth’s Create a natural disaster picture. Your

(Art, Design & technology, Music, Drama & Dance)

the layers of the Earth. layers. This could be a volcano erupting or an earthquake, etc.

Choice

Working Together Create a natural disaster board game. Play your game at home.

Find out about the Eden project. Can you make a model Eden project?

Create a survival kit. Think about what you would need and why. Take photographs or draw and list your kit.

Your Choice

ICT can be used where appropriate in all subjects

Homework due dates:

Friday 7th May 2021 – 2 tasks from grid

Friday 21st May 2021 – 2 tasks from grid

HALF TERM

Friday 18th June 2021 - 2 tasks from grid

Friday 2nd July 2021 – 2 tasks from grid

Friday 16th July 2021 - 2 tasks from grid

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