KS1 Homework/Things to do at home

Year B Autumn Term - Our Local Area

Create a map of the local area where you live. Can you include a key? 
Go for a walk in your local area and see how many things you can find. 

Year B Spring Term - Off on Safari

This term we will be learning all about the lives of animal on Safari. Can you create your very own Safari and make a map for visitors? Remember to include land marks and animals!

Year B Summer Term - Beside the Seaside

Can you create a leaflet all about the seaside?
What would you find at the seaside?
What can you do if you visit the seaside? 

Year A Autumn Term - Let's go to China

Children to create their own postcard to write all about an imaginary visit to China to visit the major landmarks.

Year A Spring Term - Wonderful Weather

Create your own rain gauge. This activity will develop children's understanding on measuring and recording as well as observational and numeracy skills. Watch a TV or online weather forecast in order to record the weather over a two day period, listening to weather key words, looking at weather symbols and noting important daily changes.

Year A Summer Term - Wonderful World

Our Geography Topic this term is 'What a Wonderful World'. We are going to be learning all about the 6 countries that are part of our Erasmus project.

Before we find out about the other 5 countries, you need to know lots about our country.

We are part of the United Kingdom. We live in a country called England.
Can you do some research about England and it's famous landmarks?
Create a leaflet telling other children all about England and why they should come and visit us! 

Year B Autumn Term - Colour Chaos

Go for a colour hunt around your home for items that are different colours. 
Can you create your own piece of abstract art using paper, paint, crayons or pencils?

Year B Spring Term - Miro

Use your imagination to create a piece of artwork in the style of Miro. 

Year B Summer Term - Portraits from the Past

This term we will be incorporating our art with our history topic and looking at portraits from the past. Can you use pencil, paint or another media to create a portrait of someone in your family?

Year A Autumn Term - Willow Patterns

Can you create your own 'Willow Pattern' plate?

Year A Spring Term - Natural Sculptures

Create a sculpture using natural materials

Year A Summer Term - Landscapes and Cityscapes

For Art this half term, we are going to be looking at landscapes and cityscapes and comparing them. 
Can you watch the video below and can you see if you can use the same techniques are the artist in the video?
Can you create a landscape using patterns and textures for effect?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v368l7nAltE

Year B Autumn Term - Fabric Bunting

Create your own bunting representing you and your family.

Year B Spring Term - Chairs for Three Bears

Design, make and evaluate your own structures for characters from a well known tradition tale e.g. chairs for the bears in Goldilocks and the three bears.

Year B Summer Term - Packed Lunch Problems

We will be coming up with ideas for a healthy and balanced packed lunch. We will use cutting and spreading skills. Challenge yourself to try a brand new healthy food this term.

Year A Autumn Term - Crown Jewels

Year 1 and 2 children are designing and making a crown in Design Technology this half term linked to our Kings and Queens Topic in History.

Some ideas for activities at home:

1. Design, create and take a photo a banquet of food fit for a King or Queen
2. Design, create and evaluate a home for a King or Queen
3. Design, create and evaluate a thrown for a King or Queen

Year A Spring Term - Sensational Salads

Can you plan, prepare and try your very own fruit salad?
Can you evaluate what you thought about your finished product?

Year A Summer Term - Moving Car

For our Design and Technology this half term, you have been making a moving toy car.
You have designed, made and evaluated a toy car and ensured that you car can move.
Can you see if you can create a moving pictures using levers and sliders?
Can you make it for a well known traditional tale?

Challenges

1. Climb 100 stairs
2. Walk or run 1km
3. Create your own 10 minute workout
4. Do as many squats as you can in a minute 
5. How long can you hold a plank for?
6. Go for a 20 minute walk
7. Complete a Joe Wicks exercise session 
8. Create a 10 question sports quiz for your family
9. Complete a yoga session 
10. Go swimming with your family

Athletics

Spend some time outdoors practicing your running, jumping, hopping and skipping skills.

Swimming

Try and have the opportunity to go swimming with your family!

Yoga

Complete a cosmic yoga adventure video online.
https://www.youtube.com/user/cosmickidsyoga

Year A Autumn Term - code.org

Complete Hour of Code Activities from Code.org

Year A Spring Term - Effective Searching Online

Using google search an animal or hobby of your choice and refine your search by putting for kids e.g. 'Tigers for kids'. Create a fact file all about your chosen animals/hobby. 

Year A Summer Term - Moving a robot

Download the Beebot App or use Beebot online. 
Can you use your debugging skills to program Beebot to move? 

Year B Autumn Term - IT in Our Home

Some ideas for activities at home:

1. Make a list of all technology in your home
2. Discuss with your child how they can keep safe online
3. Draw a picture and label all the different parts of a computer
4. Learn how to switch a computer on and off

Year B Spring Term - Word Processing Skills

Use a word processor to type about a family outing or a family member.
Use the skills that you have been taught in school to complete this task.

Year B Summer Term - Grouping Data and Digital Printing

This term we will be using different software to display data. We will also be creating pieces of art work using computer software. If you have access to technology at home, look up pieces of digital art work and explain what you like about it.

Forces

Do a project on movement.  Look at how things move.  What makes your bike go quicker or slower - think about the surface you are riding on?  What is moved by wind and water?  Look at objects falling - which objects fall the quickest and the slowest?  How to planes fly without falling out of the sky?  How do boats stay afloat?

Year A Autumn Term - Seasons and Electricity

Some ideas for activities at home:

• Make a weather chart for home (season, month, day of the week and weather picture).  There are lots available online to print off or simply make your own.
• Make a washing line by pinning some string to a wall – can they hang winter clothes on it from a choice of winter and summer clothes?  Either print off pictures of clothes, use a catalogue or draw your own clothes for your child to use.
• Go for a walk and look carefully at the trees – talk about the number of leaves on the tree and he colour of them – do this regularly and notice the changes.
• Pick blackberries and bake a cake/crumble with them.  Help them realise blackberry picking happens in the autumn.  Talk about other autumn events – bonfire night, Halloween.
• Look around your home for items that use electricity.  Can they count which room has the most electrical items in?  Talk about how electrical objects give out light/heat/cold or move.
• Pack away summer clothes/footwear  with your child and explain why they won’t need them for a while.
• Let your child help you hang up the washing and use pegs – the crocodile clips we use when they are older, work in exactly the same way.
• Look at the berries and nuts growing on trees at the moment – collect some and try to describe them.  You could create some artwork using them.
• Look at the plug sockets in your home – does your child know when the socket is on/off?  Can they identify plug, socket and switch?  Show them the mains oven switch on the wall.  Do they know not to put objects in to the sockets? Can they count the sockets?
• Look at any electricity poles/pylons/substations/railway lines when you are out and about.  Explain that the yellow warning triangle is there because the electricity can be dangerous.
• Turn all electricity off – what is the biggest problem for each person in your home?

Year A Spring Term - Materials

Talk about what things are made of e.g. our table is made of wood.  Children often mix up the object (table) with what it is made of (wood).
Describe objects as hard, soft, strong, weak, rough, smooth, see-through.... 
Create a feely-bag and ask your child to guess the object or describe how the object feels.
Do a taste testing as describe the taste and texture e.g. sweet, sour, bitter, lumpy, smooth, gritty, crunchy.....
Play 'guess the object' by smelling them e.g. shampoo, flowers, crisps ...
Talk about why objects are made of specific materials e.g. bath toys are made of plastic because it is light, waterproof and safe for children.
Get crafty - make things e.g. Hamma beads (the plastic melts to stick the beads together), wooden models, clay models, aqua beads, plaster of paris figures...
Lot of making ideas are available online.  Eden Rivers Trust have some nice nature-based activities (link below).

Year A Summer Term - Animals

Find out about a range of animals from the different groups, can you create an information booklet all about a specific group e.g. book all about mammals. 

Year B Autumn Term - Seasons

Create your own seasons wheel. Label the seasons and draw pictures for each season. 
Choose one of the seasons and create a simple senses poem all about your chosen season. 

• Eden Rivers Trust Activity ideas

Year B Spring Term - Light and Dark

Identify sources of light in your own home.
Can you create a poster with all of the light sources that you have found e.g. torches, candles. 

Year B Summer Term - Living Things and their Habitats including Plants

We will be looking at the lives of living things and why they choose to live where they do. Research your favourite animal and find out about its habitat, its eating habits and what else lives around their habitat.

Year B Autumn Term - Places of Worship

Create a guide on a special place of worship e.g. Bolton Church. Can you visit the local places of worship? Make a note of what you see or take some photos to share in school. 

Year B Spring Term - Easter

Retell the Easter story in your own words.

Year B Summer Term - Islam

This term we will be learning all about Islam and what Muslims believe. Can you find 3 facts about Islam?

Year A Autumn Term - Gifts and Giving

Year 1 and 2 will be learning about the importance of giving gifts and why. They will be looking at why Christians celebrate Christmas and why Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr and making comparisons.Some ideas for activities at home:

1. Retell the story of Christmas
2. Make a list of how Christians celebrate Christmas
3. Research what Muslims believe and make a book
4. Look at what Eid-al-Fitr is and why Muslims celebrate it

Year A Spring Term - Rules and Routines

We have been learning about rules and routines in school and at home. It is really important to have rules and routines in our lives. There are many religions in the world that follow different rules and routines.

Can you choose one of the following religions and find out a little about their rules and routines and how it impacts on their lives?
Religions to choose from: Christianity OR Islam

Year A Summer Term - Beginnings and Endings

Children choose from a list of three religious beginning or ending ceremonies. Research to find out as much about the ceremony as they can, recording the information in words or pictures.

Year B Autumn Term - Very Important People

Identify and draw a picture of a time when you have been a good friend to someone. Write a description of what you think makes someone a good friend. 

Year B Spring Term - One World

Children think about special people in their lives. Draw a picture of them and write a sentence to explain why they are special.
Children identify all the ways at home they can help protect and care for the world, they can draw and write their ideas.

Year B Summer Term - Diverse Britain

We will be taking a look at our own country and what makes it great. What is your favourite thing about living in the UK? Design a poster to persuade people to come and visit the UK.

Year A Autumn Term - Relationships

Think about a special person to you that you have a positive relationship with, it could be a family member, or a friend or a teacher. Create a profile all about that person explaining why they have special to you. 

Year A Spring Term - Think Positive

My Gratitude Diary: Children consider something they are thankful for each day for a week in this task and log it in their diary, along with an illustration.

Year A Summer Term - Money Matters

We are going to be learning about how we need to look after our belongings including our money. It is really important that children develop a sense of responsibility. 

Activity 1: Children to draw on a special possession of theirs and draw an example of a way they keep it safe. 

Activity 2: Children can be given a small amount of a household budget to be in charge of on a shopping trip and a small list of things to buy with it. They need to find the items and pay for them, keeping track of what they spend, writing or drawing their own receipt

Singing

Choose your favourite nursery rhyme or song. Learn your song off by heart and create some actions to go with it to perform to your friends at school.

Musical Instruments

Create homemade instruments with household items
Creating instruments together can be a fun activity and the instruments can then be used to explore different aspects of music.
Try creating shakers by using pasta and rice in empty bottles.
You could also try using bottles either with filled with varying degrees of water or empty and scraping them with spoons or twigs to make sounds, or just upturned pans and colanders.

Appreciating Music

We all love listening to songs and singing along to our favourite songs in the car.
Your task is to create your own musical instrument that you could play when singing your favourite song.

Friendship Song

Have a go at creating a poem for your friend or someone in your family. You could even turn this into a song using homemade instruments!