Wilson Primary School Homework Grid Year: 4 Term: Summer

Weekly Homework: / Reading Spelling Times table
Topic: Tudors / Learning Opportunities
Literacy & Communication
(Speaking and listening, language and literacy) / Activity 1
Write a play about a Tudor banquet. Act it out at home, Film it or take photographs. / Activity 2
Find out how the
Tudors spoke. Write
down some of the
words and practice
talkinglike a Tudor. / Activity 3
Go to the school or public library and borrow a book about the Tudors. Write down 5 fascinating facts about Tudor exploration and travelto share with the class. / Activity 4
Make a poster or leaflet to persuade people to time travel back to Tudor times> Why would they want to go? Be persuasive!
Maths & Problem Solving
(Maths, thinking skills, Logic, Problem solving) / Activity 5
Find out how long each of the Tudor monarchs reigned for. Draw a bar graph to show
your results. / Activity 6
King Henry VIII reigned for 38 years. He had 78,000 people executed while he was king. Calculate how many people were killed per day? Show your working out. / Activity 7
Find out about Tudor money and what they would buy with it. Make up your own word problem to ask the class. / Activity 8
Find or draw a picture of the
Tudor Rose and draw
the lines of
symmetry on it.
Science and the Outside environment (Science, PE, Healthy lifestyles, Eco issues and investigation) / Activity 9
Find one invention from Tudor times, draw it, label it and write a paragraph about it. / Activity 10
Research wattle fencing and make your own piece of wattle fence. / Activity 11
Tudors grew vegetables
in their gardens.
Have a go at growing
Some vegetables
and keep a diary. / Activity 12
Find out what the Tudors did to cure illnesses. Make an information sheet.
Humanities and Citizenship
(RE, History, Geography, Moral & Social and Economic Awareness) / Activity 13
Create a quiz to test
the class on their
knowledge of
Henry VIII’s wives. / Activity 14
Make a map to show what countries were discovered and visited during Tudor times. / Activity 15
What would you do if you were KING OR QUEEN FOR THE DAY? Draw and write about your ideas. / Activity 16
Find some differences and similarities between the Catholic and Church of England religion. Record your findings in a table.
Creative Arts
(Art, Design & technology, Music, Drama & Dance) / Activity 17
Find out about Tudor musical instruments. Draw and label some of them. / Activity 18
Make up your own Tudor dance. Film it, take photographs or prepare to teach us it at school. / Activity 19
Design and make a dress for Elizabeth I. Make sure you research Tudor fashion so that your dress is fit for a queen. / Activity 20
Draw a detailed picture of Hampton Court palace.
ICT will be used where appropriate in all subjects

Remember to choose at least x1 activity from each row.

Homework needs to be completed and ready to present to your Class and Teacher on: Friday 18th July