Home Learning Challenges: Look Up!

Read the book Look Up! together and look at the pages where Rocket walks through town with her brother, Jamal. Take a walk through the main street where you live and count how many shops you can spot. Are there any similar to the ones in Rocket’s?

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Rocket likes to explore her local area. What is one of your favourite places to visit near your home? Talk about it with a family member and make a plan to visit, writing down what you will see and do.

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Rocket will remember this day for a long time. Ask a family member about a favourite memory of theirs and draw a picture of it.

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There are lots of different things in this book with writing on them, like phones, flyers and books. Try to find 10 different things in your home that have writing on them, e.g. cereal box, newspaper.

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Make an effort to ‘Look Up!’ at the sky this week at different times. What can you see? Can you spot any stars, rainbows, airplanes, or clouds?

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What does ‘looking up’ mean to you? Does your family member look up to someone? What about you? Talk about it together.

Home Learning Challenges: Wow! Animals

Read the book Wow! Animals together and look at the different animals included - can you think of any animals that are missing? Think about where in the book they would fit and write your own fun facts about them e.g. how fast they are and how tall they are.

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Choose an animal from the book as inspiration for charades. Act out the movement or sounds and challenge your family member to guess which one you are!

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Some of the animals eat rubbish they find in the ocean. One way you can help animals is by keeping the sea clean. Find items that can be recycled in your home and what they’re made of.

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Write a recipe for one of the animals based on their favourite foods. Would it be sweet or savoury? Include measurements for each ingredient.

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Have you seen any of these animals in real life? Talk about where you might have seen them before, thinking about your local area, tv programmes or films, the park or the zoo. Which animal would you love to see the most?

Home Learning Challenges: Costal Commotion, Story Cards, Routine Cards & Tape Measure

Build your own structure with the cards and measure its height using your measuring tape. Challenge a family member to see if they can do better!

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Invent your own sea creature and make a Coastal Commotion card for it, making up the facts and figures.

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Pick your favourite card. Memorise the facts about the animal and get a family member to test you!

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Talk about your favourite story. Do you know what genre it is? Talk about it with a family member and use your story cards to help you.

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Is there an activity you do as part of your routine that isn’t on the cards? Create your own activity card to add.

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Measure the biggest and smallest shoes in your house. Bring the measurements into school to compare as a class.

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Home Learning Challenges:

Bonus Challenges

Make up your own word search using a grid and swap with a friend or family member so you can have a go at each other’s.

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Make a map of your house then create a treasure hunt – use teabags to make it look old!

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Watch Countdown and play your own version using 5 smaller numbers and 2 big numbers!

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Create an exhibition of favourite toys, writing labels for each toy. You could charge an entrance fee or have a password to get in, decide on your opening times and make a poster to advertise!

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Use old toilet paper rolls and balled up socks to play bowling! Take a note of how many tubes you knock down each time and add up your score at the end.