Students Homework activities for the second half of the year.

1. Senior Team Homework Term 3 & 4, 2014
Each fortnight:
 Complete TWO homework activities from the table below.
 Aim to use ONE page per activity. If you have photos, diagrams or graphs it maybe 2 pages.
 Do your BEST work and remember your book standards at all times.
 Remember to fill in your Reading Log (minimum of 5 reading sessions of 20 minutes per
week) and remember to participate in Mathletics (1000 points per week).
Make as many words as you can from
HORRIBLE HISTORIES.
What animals were symbolically
important to the Caveman culture?
Draw a picture of a home from the people
you are studying. What would it look like
inside? What would it look like outside?
Make a glossary of common English
words that originally came from the
Norse or Viking culture. Is their
meaning the same or different now?
Make a mind map of connections
between the culture you are studying
and now. Where to do see
evidence? On T.V, books, movies?
Create a diorama that shows what it looked
like where/when your culture lived.
Design and create a piece of jewellery
that was worn by the Native Americans.
Design a weapon that someone from
the Viking culture would have used
(Sword, shield etc.).
Dress up as a person from the culture you
are studying. Take a photo of yourself and
include arrows/bubbles that explain you
choices.
Write 10 ways to avoid getting the
plague.
Plan a 7 day trip to the area your
studying to see the sights and see
artifacts in a museum. Include: flights,
accommodation and places to visit.
Design and create a set of 10 Quiz cards
about cowboys and Native Americans.
Imagine you are a 10-year-old child
from your "Horrible History". Write a
descriptive diary entry of a 'day in your
life'. You will need to research this.
Create a word search or crossword
about the culture from your “horrible
histories”.
Research the history of an antibiotic, e.g.,
penicillin. How did life change before and
after its invention?
Research a piece of technology
developed by the Aztecs. Explain what,
when, and where it was developed and
how it was used.
Using a T-chart, compare an Aztec
pyramid with an Egyptian pyramid.
Write a narrative about a place and time
from the “horrible histories” culture you are
studying. Remember to include a setting,
characters, a problem and a solution.

2. Set yourself a fitness goal or decide on
a sporting skill you want to learn. Plan
how you will achieve this.
Keep a record of what you do each day
to as you work on your goal...this could
be written, photo or video evidence.
After 2 weeks test yourself to see if you
met your goal and write about it.
Pretend you’re Goldilocks and write an
apology letter to the 3 bears for
damaging their property and stealing
their food.
Think of 10 questions you would ask a
Caveman.
What if “The Gardens School” had no
rules for stealing, hurting people or
willful damage?
Write down the consequences.
Visit http://horrible-histories.co.uk/
Record in pictures what happened on
“This Day in History”
Record three facts you have learnt
about the “Villain” of the week.
Does NZ have its own castle? Research 5
facts about Larnach’s Castle in Dunedin.
Design a Victorian dinner menu for
Queen Victoria. What did she like to
eat?
What Happened The Day You Were
Born? Record an interesting event on
either the day you were born or the
year.
Create a fact file about children’s toys from
the Victorian era.
What toys do we still have?
Write an acrostic poem about the
“Bubonic Plague”
Write a short newspaper report
announcing the discovery of
Tutankhamun’s tomb. (Include a Catchy
Headline!)
Make a 3D model of a castle. Have fun
using recycled materials or use Minecraft.
Remember to take pictures of your
creation.
Measure the height of each person in
your family in meters (m) and
centimeters cm)
Make a card clock. Draw a comic strip
to show your day, with clock pictures
showing time for each picture.
Fractions - Using pictures/ drawings of
foods such as apples, oranges pizza or
chocolate bars demonstrate your
knowledge of fractions.
Create a “winter” word search.
Remember to illustrate this with
pictures that match.
Write a different ending to your
favourite fairytale.
Make a booklet for juniors photographing
2D and 3D shapes in their natural
environment/around the home.
Choose a character from a fairytale and
make a hand puppet or mask out of
recycled materials.
Write about your favourite musician.
Include the type of music they play,
why you like them.
Who is a knighted New Zealander? What
did they do to become a knight?

3. When is our Queen’s birthday and
when is it celebrated in NZ? Why do we
celebrate it?
Research and create a joke book to
share with others.
Write 10 things you liked about the
homework this year and 10 you did not
enjoy doing. Write the names of the
activities clearly
Design and create a crown fit for
Queen Victoria to wear to her
coronation 1838.
Read a famous fairytale, e.g.,
Rumpelstiltskin and retell it using a
storyboard.
Draw a diagram of a Viking Longship and
label its parts.