Homework Learning Challenges – Spring Term
Become a ‘Homework Superstar’ by completing the challenges at home by 7 April 2025. For every challenge completed, you can earn raffle tickets and the chance to win a prize at the end of the Term. The more challenges that you complete, the more raffle tickets you can earn.
You can either post your homework in the post box by pupil entrance (make sure your name is on it), or you can email your homework to homework@westminster.sandwell.sch.uk
You decide which challenge you want to complete.
You can choose from bronze (1 raffle ticket), silver (2 raffle tickets) or gold challenges (3 raffle tickets).
| Subject | Bronze Challenge | Silver Challenge | Gold Challenge |
| My Communication – Writing | To find out and explain what we use instructions for. | Write down the key features for writing a set of instructions. | Create a set of instructions for making your favourite meal. |
| My Communication – Reading | Draw a picture for your favourite book. | Write a review for a book you have read | Read a new book halfway through, and then write a prediction for how you think it will end. Were you right? |
| My Thinking- Maths | Find objects around your home and order them in different ways (longest to shortest, smallest to tallest, lightest to heaviest). | To create a table and measure objects using either centimetres or metres. | With an adult, can you weigh out ingredients and cook or bake something. |
| My Thinking – Science | Can you create a list of all the objects in your home that produce light? | Go outside and make shadow patterns on the ground and draw around them. This could be done using your body or objects you find outside. | Create your own musical instrument and record the sound it makes. e.g. is it high pitched? |
| My Thinking – ICT | Create a list of devices/equipment that is controlled by a computer at home, e.g. washing machine. | Find out who James King is and create a poster about what he created. | Using, https://www.rodocodo.com/free-coding-game-for-kids/ , record videos of you creating your own computer code. |
| My Community – Humanities (History)
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Show how medicine has changed from Ancient Egypt to today. | Create a fact file on one of the following:
Florence Nightingale or Joseph Lister. |
Would you rather be treated for an illness using todays medicine or from the past? Can you explain why? |
| My Community – Humanities (RE) | Find two different religious buildings close to home and take a photograph. | Find examples of special clothing worn by two different religious people | Make a video for the school website saying why we need to respect each other’s faith and beliefs |
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My Community – Community Around Me
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Think about ways we can travel around our community and make a list of all the different options you can think of. | Design a poster to show how to stay safe when travelling independently on public transport. | Would you rather travel by electric or petrol vehicle? Write a persuasive letter to Mr Flowers for why electric power is better than petrol. |
| My Community – Natural World | Using objects found in your garden, create a picture of your favourite hobby. | Design a habitat to put in your garden for an animal of your choice. Think about the materials you might find outside. | Visit your local park or wildlife area and create a scrapbook of what you do there. This can include photos, drawings and blurbs. |
| My Creativity – Art | Create a picture using a material of your choice (paint, pencils, tissue paper). | Use natural materials from your home or in your garden to make a self-portrait. | Create a 3D piece of artwork using at least 4 different textures. |
| My Creativity – Music | Make a drum from recycled objects to produce a noise. | Use different recycled objects to make different noises. | Explore different noises made by recycled objects and state which country the instrument sound may come from. |
| My Creativity – Performing Arts | Practise a circus skill and record yourself or write a diary of how you improved e.g. juggling, telling jokes, dancing. | What is a travelling show? Create a poster to show what a travelling show could be and why people attend them E.g. Circus = fun. | Create your own travelling show. Think about what acts you would have, where would it be based and when would it take place. You can be as creative as you like! |
| My Wellbeing – PE | Name/watch sports that are played using a net. | Record yourself using a bat or a racquet, how many times can you keep a ball up without it touching the ground? | Create your own ‘net game’. Explain what equipment you will need, how many players the scoring and the rules. |
| My Wellbeing – RSE
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Create a poster, leaflet or PowerPoint to showcase who you are. | Explore different cultures and create a table to show how your culture could be different to someone else. | What are your aspirations? Create PowerPoint, leaflet or video to tell others what you want to do when you leave school. This could be going to college or even getting a job. |
| My Care and Independence – Care | Keeping clean. Make a list of all the hygiene products we may use to keep our bodies clean and healthy. | Make a set of instructions to tell young children how to brush their teeth. E.g.
First, get your toothbrush. Next…. |
Do our bodies change as we get older? Create a poster showing what happens to our bodies as we grow from a child into a young adult. |
| My Care and Independence – Making a Positive Contribution | Make a home for minibeasts in your garden. | Make something to keep animals/insects/birds safe in your garden from natural materials. | Make something to attract animals/insects/birds from natural materials and identify what animals it attracts. |
| My Care and Independence – Skills for Life | Make a list of things that you can grow in the garden. | How do plants grow? Plant a seed, watch it grow and keep a diary of what happens. This could be done by taking pictures or writing a diary. | Design your dream garden. Draw a plan of what your dream garden would like and label each area to explain what you would like. |