Homework Menu.
Year: 6
Topic: It’s All Greek To Me!
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Due date: Monday 28 May
Children must complete at least one activity from 'I enjoy reading, writing and speaking' and at least one from 'I enjoy working Maths'. Otherwise they
have free choice, but should complete 20 points.
Points
I enjoy
reading,
writing and
speaking
What do I know and
understand?
2
Find out and share a
Greek fable.
Can I apply and show
what I know?
4
Share what you know
about servant life to your
parents following your
research on Ancient
Greece.
What can I question,
compare and analyse?
6
Find a Greek poem or
nonsense rhyme, copy and
recite it to someone in your
family.
What can I create?
Complete 2 maths
exercises of your choice
on BBC revisewise.
Read and complete the
questions in the Letts
Revise book on ratio and
proportion.
Create coded problems
involving 3 of your times
tables. (You can use
shapes or letters to create
your code).
Complete all the
activities to do with
micro-organisms on this
page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sch
ools/ks2bitesize/science/
living_things/
Look at a painting from
the Ancient Greece era –
what does it tell you
about life in Ancient
Greece times?
Go for a ‘Marathon’ run
with someone you know
and write a description
about how you feel
afterwards.
Write a short report or
poster which explains
how micro-organisms are
used in making food and
drinks.
Create a poster which
shows two or more engines
or motors and explains how
they work. You should point
out what is similar and what
is different.
Visit the
http://www.ancientgreece.
co.uk/ and make a sketch
of something that catches
your eye.
Carry out a household
task to benefit your
family. Write down in 8
lines a description of the
activity.
Create a poster advert for
an Ancient Greek
household product.
Create a graph or chart
to show the
temperatures in 4
countries around the
world (north, south, east
and west of the globe)
over a continuous
period of 14 days.
Get some yeast
(available in
supermarkets). Design
a test which will prove
that yeast makes a gas
when it is in warm water
containing sugar.
Based on your
research, create a
traditional greeting/post
card for Ancient Greece.
Make a mosaic using old
newspaper and magazines.
Discuss with an adult why
mosaics were important to
Ancient Greeks.
Visit a Museum and find
out as much as you can
about Ancient Greece,
and then write a report
about your visit.
Make a traditional Greek meal
and produce a report based
on the feed back you
received, including pictures.
Find an Ancient Greek
nursery Myth and read it
to an adult.
Listen to your favourite
music and explain why
you like it.
Listen to a piece of Greek
music and list the
instruments you can hear.
Using everyday objects,
create and perform a
piece of music linked to
our Ancient Greece
topic.
8
Write and record a comic
song in the style of “Horrible
Histories” relating to any
aspect of Ancient Greek life.
(Must complete at
least one activity
from this row)
I enjoy maths
(Must complete at
least one activity
from this row)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sch
ools/ks2bitesize/maths
I enjoy being
scientific
I enjoy
painting,
drawing and
visualising
I enjoy being
active and
doing handson activities
I enjoy
making and
listening to
music
Points
2
4
6
8
Write a script for a short
Ancient Greek play,
using up to 4
characters.
Can I evaluate and make
judgements?
10
Write a newspaper report
about a major event in Ancient
Greece.
Or
Write an information leaflet
advertising ‘The Ancient
Greek Olympics’.
Create your own photostory or
moviemaker video explaining
how maths is used in your day
to day life.
Create a vehicle that can
move itself (e.g. powered by
an elastic band or spring)
Paint a portrait of a famous
character from Ancient
Greece, rich or poor.
Consider appropriate colours.
10