These are your weekly, key skills tasks – you will need to complete the maths

and literacy tasks every week. The dates are shown below. You may need to
Downfield School Homework Grid Autumn Term 2 work on one spelling rule for more than one week. Try to think about different
Year 4 ways to explore the words and record your ideas in your homework book.
Spellings
You will need to choose one activity per week from this side of the grid. You Maths (Group 1’s spellings will be given
can’t choose more than 2 from any one area – so up to 2 topic activities or separately)
up to 2 computing activities. Week To be 11 times tables and Can I use and recognise the prefix
Literacy and Imagine you are This term, we Write a
1 handed in corresponding ‘re’ to mean again or back? redo,
communication living as part of a are learning free verse
Mayan tribe. Can you by Wed division facts: refresh, recap, return, reappear,
about report poem
plan and write your 13.11.19 11 x 6 = 66 66 ÷ redecorate, readjust, reapply,
writing. This will that could be read out
own adventure story?
lead to a report on remembrance 11 = 6 rearrange, reassemble
Remember to include
detailed descriptions about The Maya. Sunday. You could Week To be 12 times tables and Can I use and recognise the prefix
and correct For homework, follow the same handed in ‘sub’ to mean under? subdivide,
2 corresponding
punctuation. These we would like structure of ‘The Magic subheading, submarine, submerge,
by Wed division facts:
can be typed with you to have a Box’ by starting with subway
20.11.19 4 x 12 = 48 48 ÷
pictures added. Up to first attempt at ‘We will remember…’ Can I use and recognise the prefix
10hp writing a report. 2hp 12 = 4 ‘auto’ to mean self or own?
Make sure to autobiography, autograph
organise your Week To be 6 times tables and Can I use and recognise the prefix
work with handed in ‘inter’ to mean between or
3 corresponding
subheadings.
by Wed division facts: among? interact, intercity,
Up to 4hp
27.11.19 11 x 6 = 66 66 ÷ international, interfere,
Maths and Show us your Now that we Write a guide on
problem understanding of have secured understanding the 11 = 6 interrelated, interaction, intercept,
solving number bonds. our Mayan number system. interlude, intersect, intertwine
Write out your understanding Week To be 7 times tables and Can I use and recognise the prefix
number bonds to: of addition and 4 handed in corresponding ‘anti’ to mean against? antiseptic,
10 subtraction, we by Wed division facts: antisocial, anticlockwise,
50 would like you 4.12.19 antisocially, antibiotics, anti-
2 x 7 = 14 14 ÷ 7
100 to write some of 3hp climax, antiques, anticipation
1000 your own word
=2
Up to 3hp problems (aim
Week To be 8 times tables and Can I use and recognise the suffix
for 10). Show
5 handed in corresponding ‘ation’? information, adoration,
your working
out and answers
by Wed division facts: sensation, preparation,
in a different 11.12.19 4 x 8 = 32 32 ÷ admiration, registration, duration,
coloured pencil. 8=4 population, situation, hesitation
4hp
Week To be 9 times tables and Can I use and recognise the suffix
Topic Create a detailed Last half term, Adult support needed:
6 handed in corresponding ‘ly’? sadly, happily, completely,
rule book for the we made clay
by Wed division facts: usually, finally, comically, basically,
18.12.19 2 x 9 = 18 18 ÷ 9 literally, naturally, unlikely
 Mayan game of figures of Mayan The Great Maya Bake
‘Pok-ta-pok’. We people. Write Off!
would like to see detailed Bake something that
pictures and instructions on resembles a Mayan
descriptions of the ‘How to make a temple. E.g. Cake / Bread
rules. To help your Mayan figure’ / Biscuits. Please send
research, visit this including pictures of your
website and watch information creations to
the video: about clay, homework@downfield.
https://hobbylark.com/misc/Pok-
A-Tok-The-Maya-Ball-Game sewing, herts.sch.uk up to 10hp
decorating 2hp
Computing What is Kodu? We would like http://mayaarchaeologist
Explain what it is you to design an .co.uk/ Visit and explore
and how it works? eSafety poster to this website. Write some
What have you help other notes in your homework
achieved in school? children know books showing what you
e.g. I have made how to keep have found out. Up to
my Kodu… 2hp safe on the web. 3hp
Retell the Can you Design and make your
Christmas story in research how own stained glassed
your own words? UNICEF came window that we can
Up to 5hp about? display in class. 7hp
Name one of the
articles and
RE describe what it
means. 2hp