Explore this grid to find homework tasks that you would like to do this term.
- You must choose and complete 5 tasks in total to hand in one week before the Easter holidays.
- You must choose and complete at least 2 before the February half term.
- You must choose one task from each section of the grid, and the fifth one is a free choice from the whole grid.
A = 5 house-points; B = 3 house-points; and C = 1 house-point.
When your work has been marked, you can fill in your score on the chart below, so that you can keep track of how you are doing across the term. As each piece of work is marked, write the title in its own section at the base of the chart, and match the bar with the number of house-points you have earned at the side.
English tasks
- Research and record 5 general facts about Antarctica.
- Write a letter home from the point of view of someone visiting Antarctica for the first time.
- Create a poem inspired by the landscape and/or wildlife of the Antarctic.
- Write an acrostic poem, based on the word ‘Antarctica’.
- Pretend you’re a penguin and write a diary about your day-to-day life.
- Write instructions on how to train, or how to take care of a penguin.
- Write a biography of a person of your choice.
- Design a means of transport for travelling to the South Pole. Draw a labelled diagram to make your ideas clear.
- Create your own artwork inspired by the landscape of Antarctica.
- Design an outfit to keep you warm at the South Pole. Make sure it is stylish!
- Imagine you have trekked to the South Pole and design and draw a flag to plant in the ice when you get there.
- Create a 3D penguin model using your choice of materials (e.g. scrap, recycled and found materials).
Maths and science tasks
- Learn your times table up to 12x12, including the corresponding division facts.
- Men who trek on foot across Antarctica to the South Pole, need to eat at least 6000 calories per day. Plan a day’s food diarythat would give an explorer the energy he needsand also would keep him healthy.
- Find out about climate and environmental issues, and write a report.
- Find out about the Antarctic in numbers (e.g. how long... how far... on which date the pole was conquered, lowest temperature).
- Watch television weather and keep a diary of temperatures in your home area for a week. Show what you find as a graph and write statements about your data (e.g. range, highest, lowest, averages).
- Imagine you are stuck in a tent on an Antarctic ice shelf. Describe two possible games you might play to pass the time. No electronic games are allowed!
- Find out about climate and environmental issues worldwide, and explain ways in which they impact on people.
- Find out about the Big Freeze in America at the beginning of the year and write a report.
- Create a timeline for a famous Antarctic explorer (e.g. Ernest Shackleton), showing the key events in their life.
- Create an illustrated safety guide (with photographs or drawings), for people who want to visit the South Pole.
- Think about the best way to present your work, and talk to your teacher about your ideas, e.g. models, posters, ICT.
- Your fifth task could also be a personal project based on your own ideas – just talk it through with your teacher first.