We have been so impressed with the fantastic work you have been completing at home. Well done! We won’t be uploading daily home learning during the holidays but this page has some optional holiday homework activities. The most important thing is that you stay safe, stay inside and stay positive. We are all very much looking forward to seeing you when this is all over.
This pack is full of different tasks and ideas. If possible, ask a grown-up to print some of it for you (it has a lot of pages!) but you can also write the answers in your home learning journal.
Home learning pack 7-11 years old
We are all living through an important moment in history and artist Natalie Long has created this time capsule booklet which can act as a keepsake of this moment for us to look back on.
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A project is a great way of researching and presenting information about an interesting topic. There is no wrong or right way to do your own project but if you would like some ideas you can follow the steps below.
Choose the subject area |
Think about something you are personally interested in OR something that you want to know more about:
A scientific discovery? A scientist? An inventor? A period of history? An ancient civilisation? A big event? A person with an interesting life story? A work of art or an artist? An interesting place in the world? A book or film? An aspect of nature? Plants and animals, interesting environments and ecosystems? A debate or issue that is important to you? Your personal hobby or interests: music, sport, fashion, technology…. Anything!
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Start with background reading and searching. |
If you can, use a mixture of books and online research.
Check to see if you think the material feels like it’s aimed at the right age-group as best you can. Always ask an adult for help and tell them immediately if you seen something that you are not sure about.
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Zoom in further: Set yourself a question. |
Once you have read around a subject, decide on a question that your project will answer. This helps to give your project a sense of purpose and achievement: Give your project a title that is a question like one of these.
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Collect your evidence and information |
Before you write anything, collect lots of information. It can be annoying to lose things after you find them so make lots of notes, collect website links in your favourites, cut pictures out of magazines or download them on your computer or tablet. A good project is likely to have a nice mix or images and text so try to create a visual record of the story you will tell, like a scrapbook. |
Produce a project outcome in one or more styles |
Decide how to present your information. There are so many possibilities and you can do one or more of them for the same project:
Write your own quiz based on your research - giving questions and answers. Use this to test your family members after they’ve read your project. |
If you are looking for more to do, there are plenty of other activities on our home learning page.