Home Learning Activities – Term 2

Please choose 1 activity a week to complete and bring into school each Monday. We
would like you to have completed 5 tasks by the end of term 

Why is the ocean How many amazing Write a ‘true or Create fact cards
shark facts can you
blue? Go on … false’ quiz with about the
find? Build them into
find out? a PowerPoint fascinating facts creatures of the
presentation to show about creatures Great Barrier
the rest of the class. and plants under Reef in a Top
Remember to include the sea. Trumps style.
images.

Create a picture Visit your local library Use the web with an Draw the ocean
and find non-fiction adult to find out about
dictionary of books about the oceans famous undersea
and things you
plants and and seas. Use them to
explorers, such as might see if you
find out about the sea
creatures of the creatures of the world.
Robert Ballard, Sylvia were looking
Earle, William Beebe
ocean. Look for information through the
using contents pages, and James Cameron.
glossaries and index Record your window of a
pages. Write down any information to share submarine.
new facts you have with the class.
learnt, and share them
with your class.

Design an ‘under Write a story Learn The Write a poem

the sea’ board about a diver’s Beatles’ song, about the
game. What exploration of a Yellow creatures living in
creatures might coral reef. Submarine, and the blue abyss. It
your counters write a new might be an
acrostic, shape,
represent? verse of your
haiku, cinquain or
own. free verse poem.

Research how to Make a tourist

scuba dive and leaflet for people
write a set of visiting
instructions for a Australia’s Great
new diver. Barrier Reef.