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Activity Pack We know these are difficult times so we thought we would create something to keep you occupied. We hope it helps. Page 2 Quiz Page 3 Jokes Page 4 Word search and drawing challenge Page 5 Poetry and maths quiz Page 6 Maze Page 7 Read: The Catch by Simon Armitage Page 8 Make salt dough tags and Stretch Page 9 Word wheel and Caption competition Page 10 Create a picture Page 11 Colour Page 12 Guess the features Quiz Page 13 Quiz answers Page 14 Maths quiz answers and maze solution Page 15 Guess the features Quiz answers

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Quiz Finish the saying A nod is as good as _______________ Nothing ventured _____________ Between the devil and __________ Don’t count your chickens_______________ Questions What is Marilyn Munroe’s real name? What does BBC stand for? What is the name of the coffee that also contains chocolate? Who discovered penicillin? In what decade did Alan Sugar found Amstrad? How many can you get? Name the prime numbers under 100. Name the Star Wars films Name David Bowie’s number ones

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Jokes Why did the birthday boy wrap himself in paper? He wanted to live in the present! What does a house wear? A dress! Why should you never fall in love with a tennis player? Because to them… love means NOTHING! Why does it take pirates so long to learn the alphabet? Because they could spend years at C! I told my doctor that I broke my arm in two places. He told me to stop going to those places!

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Word search

Drawing Challenge Draw:

• Something mobile • Something stuck • A thought

It’s up to you what you draw with these challenges, it can mean something different for you than it might be for someone else. Use different forms if you have them paint, pencils, felt tips, chalk, crayons. These can be helpful to layer up and bring texture if they suit your drawing.

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Poetry

How do I know if I am in love she said…..

Do I listen to……

Do I feel……

How do I know if I am in love she said…..

Maths quiz What is 15% of 2,000? What is the square root of 1,521? How many edges does a cube have? What is 198+943= What is 7654321-987=

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Maze

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Read: The Catch by Simon Armitage

Forget the long, smouldering afternoon. It is this moment when the ball scoots off the edge of the bat; upwards, backwards, falling seemingly beyond him yet he reaches and picks it out of its loop like an apple from a branch, the first of the season.

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Make Salt Dough tags You will need: 2 cups of flour 1 cup of salt 1 cup of water heart cookie cutters rolling pin stamps ink pad bamboo skewer or straw to make hole in tags ribbon sandpaper

1. Combine the flour and salt in a bowl and add the water. Mix until you form a dough.

2. Roll out the dough using the rolling pin until it is the thickness of a £1 3. Press the stamp into the dough to make a pattern 4. Use the heart cutter to cut out heart shapes 5. At the edge of the heart shape press the straw until it goes all the way

through 6. Bake in the oven at 100 degrees C for 5 hours 7. Wait to cool 8. Sand the edges down with sandpaper 9. Push the ribbon through and tie. 10. Use as gift tags or to let someone know you are thinking of them

Stretch Stretch your arms up as much as you can. Stretch your arms to the side then the other. Stretch and touch your toes. Stretch out your legs Repeats 3 times

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Word Wheel How many words can you make with the letters from the word wheel? Each word must use the letter in the centre of the wheel.

Caption competition Come up with a caption for the following image, the funnier the better!

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Create a picture

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Colour

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Guess the features Who’s features do these belong to?

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Quiz Answers Finish the saying A nod is as good as __a wink_____________ Nothing ventured ___nothing gained__________ Between the devil and ____the deep blue sea______ Don’t count your chickens__before they have hatched_____________ Questions What is Marilyn Munroe’s real name? Norma Jeane Mortenson What does BBC stand for? British Broadcasting Corporation What is the name of the coffee that also contains chocolate? Mocha Who discovered penicillin? Alexander Fleming In what decade did Alan Sugar found Amstrad? 1960’s How many can you get? Name the prime numbers under 100. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97 Name the Star Wars films Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones,Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Solo, Rogue One, Episode IV: A New Hope, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi Name David Bowie’s number ones Dancing in the street, let’s dance, Under pressure, Ashes to Ashes, Space Oddity.

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Maths quiz answers What is 15% of 2,000? 300 What is the square root of 1,521? 39 How many edges does a cube have? 12 What is 198+943= 1,141 What is 7654321-987= 7,653,334 Maze solution

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Guess the features answers Who’s features do these belong to?

Jack Charlton

John F Kennedy

Paul McCartney

Tina Turner

Barbara Windsor

Julie Andrews

Lenny Henry

Jackie Chan