HOME LEARNING
I know and
understand
Reading,
writing and
speaking
Working with
numbers and
science
Painting,
drawing and
visualising
Making and
creating
Working
collaboratively
1. Research
murder holes,
garderobes and
loopholes.
Write down what
they are.
Nightingale
TERM Three
Topic: Towers, Tunnels and Turrets
I can show what
I can question,
I can evaluate and
I can create
I know
compare and analyse
make judgements
2. Find out about
famous
engineers. Draw a
picture of
something that
has been
invented or
created by that
engineer.
7. Find out about
five different
inventions and
put them in order
of when they
were invented.
3. Make your
information poster
about castles, bridges
or tunnels.
4. Create a
poem about
castles.
5. Look at the story
of Jack and the
Beanstalk. Draw a
storyboard with 6
pictures to retell the
story.
8. Research the heights
of some different
towers around the
world. Which is the
biggest?
Where is it?
9. Make a
biscuit bridge.
Take a photo of
your bridge.
10. Find out facts
about an animal that
burrows. Draw a
picture.
11. Mix colours
together that could
be used to create a
painting of a castle.
12. Create a
collage of the
Eifel Tower.
13. Design an outfit for
a hero or heroine in a
fairy tale.
15. Create a picture
to show why Easter is
important to
Christians.
16. Make a
detailed diagram of
a castle. Label
interesting
features.
17. Make up your
own
“Towers,
Tunnels and
Turrets ”
Home Learning
task and
complete it.
22. Where can
you travel to on
the Euro Star?
Discuss where
you would choose
to go and why.
18. Write a song that
could be sung at the
end of a fairy tale to
show that it is a ‘happy
ending.’
14. Create a
bridge using
stones, logs and
twigs. Take a
photo of your
creation or
draw a picture.
19. Design and
make a model
of a famous
structure from
around the
world using junk
material. E.g.
London Bridge.
24. Make some
food that you
would like to
eat at a
banquet. Take a
photo of what
you have made.
6. Make three
different tunnels
and measure the
length.
21. Go on a bridge
hunt with your
grown-ups and take
photos or draw
pictures of the
bridges that you
see.
23. Find on a world
map or globe all of the
famous landmarks that
you would like to visit.
Which continents are
they in? Talk to an
adult to discuss your
choices.
20. Design a new
landmark for
Trowbridge. Talk to
an adult about how it
represents
Trowbridge.
25. Play a tumbling
tower game such as
Jenga. What are the
best ways of keeping
the tower upright.
You could take a
photo of your tallest
tower!
You need to complete six pieces of Home Learning in term Three Choose one activity per week. Record your work in
your book and make sure you date and number every piece. Hand in your work as soon as it is ready and record it on
the class chart. Each successfully completed home learning activity counts for the Reward Scheme. If your Home
Learning is of high standard and it is clear that you have spent a VERY long time working on it then your teacher may
decide one piece of Home Learning can count as TWO pieces. However, this is your teacher’s decision.