Year: 3/4
Term: Autumn Term 2
Homework Planner – Splish, splash, splosh; water!
1. Please ensure your homework is completed to your very best standard, using either a pencil or black pen
2. You MUST hand in at least one piece of homework each week, in addition to your reading, spellings and handwriting
3. You MUST collect at least 20 points over Autumn Term 2
Curriculum Area
1 Point
2 Points
3 Points
4 Points
5 Points
English
Collect a grammar sheet from the
‘Challenge Box’.
Earn a Spellodrome certificate, print
it off or write down the score and
the date achieved.
Reflect on your previous grammar test (tests
in back of book) work on a skill from it and
evidence this for homework. Be as creative as
you can!
Can you write a paragraph about water
including 5 adverbs?
Eg. slowly, quickly, daily, occasionally, gently,
safely.
Maths
Complete a sheet from the
‘Challenge Box’.
Earn a Mathletics certificate, print it
off or write down the score and the
date achieved.
Can you work on your
times tables and
division facts? You can
present this in any way
you like.
Topic
Can you write a list of ways to
save water in your household?
http://www.waterwise.org.uk/pag
es/for-kids.html
Can you check and record the
weather forecast for the next 10
days?
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/guide/
weather/10-day-forecast
Can you find out how much rain falls where you live by
making your own rain gauge? Can you write a set of
instructions to go with it explaining how you made it?
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/weather-forkids/weather-station/rain-gauge
With an adult complete the online ‘Water Saving Calculator’ to
work out how many litres of water your household uses each
year.
You can either print off the PDF results or sign to confirm you
have completed this.
http://www.thameswater.co.uk/save-water/19038.htm
Can you take a walk to Marple canal and find out how the
locks work?
Science
Can you create a table of solids,
liquids and gasses and see how
many you can find around the
house?
Can you draw and label the water
cycle?
http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/homework/swate
r.html
Can you create a fact file about the longest
rivers in the world?
Can you find the difference between the
distance of the longest river in the UK and
the shortest? Show your working out using
column subtraction.
Can you create a poster to
encourage people to drink
more water?
http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/rive
rs/longest.htm
Can you create an experiment which will
prove that heat speeds up evaporation?
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/
http://kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/food/
water.html
Can you create a Powerpoint explaining the
water cycle?
Can you create a model of the water cycle?
http://resources.woodlandsjunior.kent.sch.uk/homework/swater.html
If you are feeling really adventurous, take a day trip to somewhere interesting and exciting and write a page about your day. Photographs would be great so we can experience it too! (There will be 5 points awarded for this!)
Additional points will be given for reading either: your reading book, your library book or a book from home and commenting on it in your reading diary each day in a week!