Science Homework: 27th March 2014

Why do we have different seasons? Research and explain. You might like to include a labelled picture if it helps.

This is due in on Friday,28th March.

Topic Homework: 21st March 2014

This is a short ‘documentary’ about Pandora, the planet from the film Avatar. Design a space vehicle for landing on the planet, what special tools would it need?

This is due in on Monday, 24th March.

Science Homework: 20th March 2014

Imagine that you are one of the astronauts living for six months on board the International Space Station.

 

Write an email to a member of your family describing life living in space. Describe your views from the space station, what it is like living in zero gravity and the challenges that you face.

This is due in on Friday, 21st March.

Literacy Homework: 19th March 2014

Write a short poem inspired by one or more of these images describing the space journeys involved.

Try to use figurative language such as similes, metaphors and personification in your poem.

This homework is due in on Thursday, 20^th March.

 

Homework: 14th March 2014

Make a fact sheet about asteroids.

What do they look like?

What are the bigger ones called?

What danger may they hold for us on Earth?

 

This is due in on Monday, 17^th March.

Homework: 13th March 2014

NASA are recruiting for their next space mission. Write a letter of application for a job to NASA justifying why you should be chosen as a Space Scientist.

This is a formal letter and therefore should have the following to be successful:

·         In a formal letter, addresses, date, greeting and sign-off are correctly placed;

·         The first paragraph tells who the writer is and explains the reason for writing;

·         The middle paragraphs deliver the necessary message;

·         The letter states clearly what you would like the recipient to do;

·         You used the appropriate greeting and sign-off; and

·         A line space indicates new paragraphs.

 

This letter is due in on Friday, 14^th March.

Literacy Homework: 12th March 2014

 

Aliens visit the earth, and the first person they encounter is a six-year-old girl. Due to a strange quirk of their culture, they decide that the girl is the rightful ruler of the world.

Write a diary entry based on the girl’s experience that day.

This homework is due in on Thursday, 13^th March.

Space Homework: 7th March 2013

Topic: This homework is due in by Monday, 10^th March

Research a space mission from history and the rocket that was used. Draw and label the rocket with its significant parts. Was the space mission successful? Where did it go and what was discovered?

 

 

Science Homework: 6th March 2014

Science: Write an explanation of how we get day and night. What happens to Earth, the sun and the moon?

This homework is due in by Friday, 7^th March.

Homework: 5th March 2014

Copy out the paragraph below and put in the correct punctuation. Please hand this work in on paper on Thursday, 6th March 2014!

 

there once was a time when a huge fat and spiky

monster lived in the mountains everyone threw spears stones saws and boiling oils at the creature it roared growled spat and groaned but still it did not die a knight appeared wearing bright shining armour and pierced the bear with his special magic sword the huge beast screamed fell to the floor rolled over and died the king rewarded the knight with gold silver diamonds rubies and other precious thing

Spellings Homework: 3rd March 2014

Objective: To use adverbs.
A		B		C
1	daily		lazily		innocently
2	weekly		easily		violently
3	monthly		noisily		thoughtfully
4	yearly		actually		unexpectedly
5	nearly		foolishly		obediently
6	softly		politely		courageously
7	probably		seriously		seriously
8	slowly		quickly		mysteriously
9	surely		silently		boastfully
10	partly		usually		powerfully

Due to technical difficulties, the homework letter will be distributed tomorrow!