Class 4 Snow Day Homework
Snow, Snow, Snow
Most people across the UK will be affected in some way by this extreme weather. The activities
below are for you to have a go at whist we are closed. Choose one or two to complete and bring
them with you to school when we re-open.
Of course, if there is a current Home Learning Project you could valuably spend the time doing
some related activities for this!
Have fun!
English
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Make a magazine
Dig out old magazines and help your child cut out their favourite adverts, images and
features. They can mount them in a new magazine all of their own and use the images as a
basis for creative stories, quizzes and fun activities. Another idea is to use different
eye/face/hair/body cut outs and mix them up to create some comical looking collages.
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Write a poem
Write a snow poem about the wonders and difficulties of snow. Think about the advantages
and disadvantages and how different people are affected. Useyou’re your senses to
describe the snow. Illustrate when completed.
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Write a script for a news report
The snowy weather and its effects will inevitably be all over the news! Write your own TV
news script. Maybe you could interview members of your family. If possible you could film
your news report or record as a radio report.
Literacy/ICT
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Create a film
If you are allowed take charge of the video camera for an afternoon and script and create
your own little film. You could star in it yourself or use your teddies /dollies /Lego men as
characters - it's a great way to get involved in some creative role-play and fill a few snowy
hours at home.
Art/ICT
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Draw or take a picture of your favourite snow scene from the last two days. Try to show the
texture of the snow.
Extend a photo you have taken with your art skills. For this you stick your photo or chosen
picture in the middle of a page, select resources to use, then carry on the picture on your
paper. Old Christmas cards can be great for finding winter scenes too.
Extension: Complete the same picture using two different types of resources,
e.g. paint and pastels, Artrage and Microsoft paint.
Extend your photo
Photograph
Maths
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Find out about the different levels of snow that have fallen around the UK. Produce a bar
chart to show how different areas have been hit by this weather. You can use squared
paper or plain paper for this. Alternatively you can enter the different snow levels into excel
and then create a bar chart from your results.
Extension: Add some facts to your work about your findings, such as most and least snow
fallen in places.
DT / Maths
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Do some baking or design a snow day meal / snack. Write instructions for how to make it;
draw it or take a photo.
Music
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Think of a song you know very well (could be a nursery rhyme, pop song or Christmas
carol). Write some wintery or snow related lyrics of your own to go with the tune.
History/ICT
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Research extreme snow conditions of the past. You could do this by interviewing a grown
up or researching using the internet. Can you identify similarities and differences in the
affects of the snow then and now? Find out how people were affected in different jobs then
and now. Particularly bad winters you may want to investigate are 1950-51, 1962-63, 198182.
Present your findings as an interview or report. Use headings to organise your sections.
Extension: Research other extreme weather from the last decade, from 2000 to 2009. This
may include flooding, droughts, high winds, etc. Produce your findings as a report.
ICT
Of course there are always the websites listed on our class website page that you could have a
look at.