Yr 4 Term 1 Homework

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This booklet is designed to provide flexibility in the homework routine. Teachers

understand that each family has unique and often busy afternoon schedules. For this
reason, you will find all homework for Term 1 contained in the following pages.
This homework is designed to reinforce concepts previously taught in class. Each week
contains one page of English based skills and one page of Maths skills. It is not meant
to be stressful or overly challenging. The homework is based on the prescribed skills
contained within the Australian National Curriculum. It provides an excellent opportunity
for parents and carers to gain a greater insight

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This homework acts as a tool for
consolidation and promotes self
discipline, a skill that will be called
upon continuously throughout
their lifetime.
If you find that your child
experiences unreasonable
difficulty in completing the
homework, please arrange
a suitable time to discuss
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teacher.
Homework is Due
Weekly on:
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On this Date
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HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 1

Write your spelling words each day using
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Answer each of the following questions.

THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FLOWERING PLANT
Without bees, plants would find it difficult to make new
plants. Pollen is carried by insects or blown by the wind
from one flower to another. This is called pollination.
1)
Match up the key words with their

meanings.
POLLINATION
When seeds from plant are

scattered.
When pollen reaches the new flower, it meets egg cells

in the ovary to make seeds. This is called fertilisation.
FERTILISATION
When a new seed starts to

grow.
The new seeds are then scattered. This is called seed

dispersal. Sometimes a seed will be eaten by an animal
or carried on its fur. Sometimes seeds can travel by the
wind (e.g. dandelion seeds) or by water. Sometimes the
seeds will go into the ground when the plant dies.
SEED DISPERSAL
When pollen from one flower

is carried to another.
The seeds will start to grow if they have the right

conditions. This is called germination. They need
water, warmth and soil to germinate. As the plant grows
more, it needs nutrients from the soil and light to keep
growing. When the flower blooms, insects arrive and the
life cycle starts all over again!
2)
Verbs like 'think and 'believe' are used to

show your opinion about something.
Underline the opinion verbs below.
I find that cats
can be wonderful
companions.
I believe that cats

should be given
warm milk if it's cold.
GERMINATION

meets the egg cells in another
flower and makes seeds.
Why do you think this is called a life 'cycle'?

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Choose the correct homophone to

fill in each gap.
1. would / wood
___________ you be kind enough to put
some more __________ on the fire?
2. one / won
Our school have lost _______ match this
season. They have ________ the rest.
I think that cats are

the most annoying
pets ever!
I consider cats
to be my
favourite
animal!
3. desert / dessert
Cold jelly and ice cream is the perfect
________ to eat in the hot __________.
In your neatest cursive writing, use one of your spelling words in a sentence.

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This machine multiplies numbers by 5.
What are the new numbers?
11
10
7
4
12
6
8
9
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Problem solving
1.
Luke makes 28 mistakes in a test. Naomi

makes 13 mistakes. How many
mistakes do they make in total?
2. How many more mistakes does Luke

make than Naomi?
Instead of reading prices in full, Mr Williams

rounds them up or down to the nearest
thousand. What are the new numbers?
Can you add these amounts?

(Don't forget the dollar sign!)
$54 960
$32 040
$19 632
$49 358
$78 159
$97 220
$65 480
$13
+$86
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$45
+$ 23
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$62
+$ 37
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$80
+$ 12
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$75
+$2 2
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$48
+$ 50
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How do plants provide shelter for animals?
1)
Plants provide shelter for animals in several ways. They

shield animals from predators and the harsh environment,
like the hot sun, cold snow and torrential rain. The also
provide a place to hunt from.
What is the name given to animals

who live in trees?
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2)
Name two reasons some animals

use plants for shelter.
a) _____________________________
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the trees themselves o these are called arboreal animals.
Trees and plants don't always just provide shelter, they
can also provide a source of food for the animals that live
there. For example, birds that build their nests in trees can
feed off the bugs that live in the bark. Others use the
canopy as shelter to protect them from being eaten or as
a base where they can wait for prey to walk by.
b) _____________________________
3)
Name three animals that use plants

for shelter.
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There are many different names for different types of

animal shelters. Some examples are : den, nest, cave,
lodge, and burrow.
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Circle the verbs that you might use

if you wanted to report your findings.
I paint
I suggest
I conclude
I shout
I argue
I understand
I jump
I summarise
I hammer
I support
I eat
I observe
Write the double letters in each verb.
1.
run
ru _ _ ing
2.
hop
ho _ _ ing
3.
hit
hi _ _ ing
4.
tip
ti _ _ ing
5.
rot
ro _ _ ing
6.
mop
mo _ _ ing
7.
pop
po _ _ ing

Someone has left these two doubling machines
side by side. What are the new numbers?
Problem solving
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1. In one week an owl caught 53 mice. In the

next week it caught 38. How many mice
did it catch altogether?
4
2
3
6
1
5
2. At night, an owl can see about 100 times

better than a human. Last night, I could
see about 5 metres in front of me.
How far could an owl see?
What are the missing numbers?
Write the numeral for each addition.
60 000 + 4000 + 500 + 10 + 5 = 64, 515
13 + ? = 20 ____
109 + ? = 147 ____
30 000 + 5000 + 400 + 70 + 6 = _________
? - 5 = 12
____
? - 18 = 34
?2=8
____
?8=8
70 000 + 2000 + 600 + 3 =
_________
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40 000 + 8000 + 800 + 60 + 4 = _________
5 x ? = 20 ____
7 x ? = 56 ____
20 - ? = 14 ____
43 - ? = 12 ____
63 - ? = 30 ____
57 - ? = 36 ____
?7=9
? 5 = 10
10 000 + 5000 + 700 + 30 + 7 = _________

90 000 + 2000 + 100 + 50 + 2 = _________
20 000 + 9000 + 300 + 60 + 9 = _________
50 000 + 700 + 30 + 6 =
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Living things can be split into three groups:
producers, consumers and decomposers.
Producers are living things that make their own
energy. These are often green plants, who use
sunlight to make their own energy. They don't need
to eat anything o they just need sunlight, water and
Carbon Dioxide from the air to make energy.
Consumers are living things that can't make their

own food, so they get their energy from eating
other living things. In other words, they eat things!
These range from animals who eat meat (e.g.
foxes) to those that eat plants (e.g. cows).
Finally, decomposers are living things that get their
energy by breaking dead and dying things down.
For example, bacteria and fungi which breed when
foods rot.
Match up these language features of a
procedure with the examples
that go with them.
Remember, a procedure is something like a recipe or an
experiment, where you have instructions to follow.
Features:
Examples:
Technical language
firstly, then, next,

finally
1)
Link up the groups with where they get

their energy from :
producers
consumers
decomposers
2)
- Get energy by eating

other living things
- Get energy by breaking
down dead things
- Make their own energy
Name two living things that are

consumers.
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3)
What three things do plants need to

live?
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Drop the 'e' at the end of these words

to make an 'ing' verb.
hope
______ ing
rate
______ ing
save
______ ing
Verbs used as
commands
boil, mix, cut, place
share
______ ing
Time and sequence

words
gently, gradually,
slowly
glare
______ ing
bake
______ ing
Adverbs
microscope,
chemical reaction
rake
______ ing

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11
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Problem solving
1.
Kate has $30 to share between her ten

cousins. How much will they have each?
2. Jack has 7 packets of 6 stickers. How

many stickers is that altogether?
Each of these shapes is either a prism

or a pyramid. Label them correctly.
What number does each

abacus show?
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Many birds and animals need to eat other animals 1) Tick the two sentences that are true.
a) 'Predators' are animals which are eaten by
to survive. We call these animals 'predators'. A
other animals.
predator is an animal who eats another animal
b) 'Prey' are animals which are eaten by other
and the animal being eaten is called its 'prey'. For
animals.
example, a zebra may be caught and eaten by a
c) A lion is prey for a zebra.
lion. The lion is the predator and the zebra is its
d) Some animals can be predator and prey.
prey.
Some animals are both predator and prey. For
instance, a blackbird may eat worms and other
bugs (predator), but can also be eaten by a fox
(prey).
2)
In the section of the food chain diagram

shown, what can eat a blackbird?
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3)
Choose a suitable connective to join these

sentences together.
However
In addition
Therefore Nevertheless
By contrast In summary
Which word in the first paragraph

means 'to carry on living'?
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These words all have a silent 'g' at the start.

Fill in the letters 'gn' for each word.
'gn' words
Simon is good at writing. _________________,

his brother struggles with spelling.
It was windy and raining hard. ______________,
the travellers kept on riding.
____ome
____aw
____ash
____at
Mrs Wilkins had a dog and two cats.

________________, she had four chickens.
It had snowed overnight. __________________,
the school was closed for the day.

Can you fill in the missing numbers?
Problem solving
1.
9
12
11
4
8
10
7
6
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This machine rounds numbers to the

nearest 100, either up or down.
Write the numbers that come out of the machine.
IN
OUT
13 438
13 400
48 195
35 287
19 725
53 514
Scott shares 34 pencils between 8

friends. How many pencils will they
have each and how many will be left
over?
2. It takes Scott ten minutes to draw a

cartoon. How long will it take him to
draw 6 cartoons?
Can you subtract these amounts?
43
- 22
_____
85
- 24
_____
62
- 31
_____
68
- 36
_____
93
- 70
_____
74
- 43
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76
- 53
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63
- 41
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97
- 64
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THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BIRD
1)
There are two words in the text that mean

the same as 'start', what are they?
b __ __ __ __
c __ __ __ __ __ __ __
2)
Write the stages of the bird's life cycle in

order.
Birds begin life inside an egg. One or both parents will

sit on the eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
When the birds hatch, they're called nestlings. The

nestlings have little or no features, so the parent birds
will bring them food so they can grow.
The nestlings grow into fledglings, which begin to feed
themselves but still need their parents. At the end of this
stage, the birds leave the nest and their parents.
Some birds migrate for the winter, but by late winter /
early spring, the birds are ready to find a mate. When
they have found a mate, the couple will build the nest.
Most of the time, the female builds it.
After the nest is completed, the couple mates

and the female lays eggs to commence the
life cycle again.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word.

You can use them more than once!
this
that
these
those
the
_________ children over there are making too

much noise!
FLEDGLINGS
LEAVE NEST
MATING
LAY EGGS
NESTLINGS
i) ________________
ii) _________________
iii) _________________
iv) ________________
v) _________________

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These words all have a silent 'k' at the start.

Fill in the letters 'kn' for each word.
'kn' words
____uckle
____ife
I'll take _________ newspaper and a packet of

tissues, please.
Are ____________ keys yours?
Do you live at ___________ house or _________
one?
____ee
____ight

Doubling a number, then doubling again
is the same as multiplying by 4.
Problem solving
1.
2
5
11
4
10
7
8
12
Heather had 30 eggs in a basket, but 16

were cracked. How many eggs were
fine?
2. In another basket Heather found that half

of the eggs were cracked. There were
26 eggs in total. How many were
cracked?
Join each month up with the

number of days it has in it.
Draw lines to show where each

fraction should go on the number line.
September
June
_2
6
_5
6
_2
3
May
_1
2
Be careful
with this one!
December
28*
30
31
*29 in a Leap Year!
July
_4
5
_2
5
_1
5
_5
5
August
February
April
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Animals constantly struggle to survive. Unless they are
pets or in a zoo, they have to go out and find their daily
food. There are two main ways that animals compete:
1)
1) Animals contend for the same food.

Many animals consume the same types of food. For
instance, mice are eaten by foxes as well as birds of
prey like owls. This means that the foxes and owls are
competing for the same food supply. If one gets their
first, the other will have to find something else to eat!
2)
2) Animals compete to survive.
In order to survive, animals have to eat and also make
sure they are not eaten by predators. For example,
mice are competing with foxes. Foxes will try to eat the
mice and the mice need to try and avoid being eaten.
Being an animal can be competitive, so abilities like
speed, eyesight and hunting skills become extremely
important in trying to survive.
Write in the speech marks where you think

they should go in each sentence.
Join each word with another one that

means the same thing.
COMPETE
CONSUME
CONTEND
ABILITIES
SKILLS
EAT
What types of animals do not need to

go out and find their daily food?
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3)
Underline five verbs (doing words) in

the text.
oi or oy?
Fill in the correct letters.
I'm going to the shops, said Dad.

I replied, Please can you bring back some
sweets?
j ____ stick
t ____ let
You'll be lucky! smiled Dad. They'll rot your

teeth.
b ____
Pleeeeease? I begged.
I'll get you an apple instead! Dad laughed.
____l can
c ____ ns

How well do you know your 5 x tables?
Fill in the gaps.
Problem solving
1.
10 x 5 = ___
7 x 5 = ___
5 x ___ = 25
___ x 5 = 45
30 5 = ___
2 x 5 = ___
___ x 5 = 55
5 x ___ = 15
4 x 5 = ___
x 8 = ___
___ x 5 = 15
45 5 = ___
50 ___ = 5
25 5 = ___
Match each of these fractions with

its equivalent decimal.
25
100
0.20 (or 0.2)
20
100
0.02
2
100
0.50 (or 0.5)
1
100
0.25
50
100
0.01
Alicia is feeling ill. She has been told to

take 3 teaspoons of medicine every day.
How many teaspoons will she have to
take in a week?
2. How many 5ml teaspoons can Alicia's

mum get from a medicine bottle holding
60ml?
There are 10 millimetres in a centimetre.

Write these lengths as millimetres.
2 cm = ____ mm
10 cm = ____ mm
15 cm = ____ mm
12 cm = ____ mm
5 cm = ____ mm
40 cm = ____ mm
1 cm = ____ mm
7 cm = ____ mm
8 cm = ____ mm
15 cm = ____ mm
12 cm = ____ mm
11 cm = ____ mm
25 cm = ____ mm
50 cm = ____ mm
30 cm = ____ mm
90 cm = ____ mm
3 cm = ____ mm
4 cm = ____ mm
6 cm = ____ mm
35 cm = ____ mm
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THE LIFE CYCLE OF AN INSECT
1)
Write the four stages of an insect's

life cycle in order.
There are two types of life cycle for insects. Some insects
have a complete metamorphosis, which means they
change into something else. Examples of these are
butterflies. These insects have four stages in their
life cycle:
ADULT
LARVA
PUPA
EGG
egg: unborn stage.

larva: young stage -- this is when most of the feeding is
done (they usually look like worms)
2)
pupa: inactive (no feeding) stage where the insect

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something else).
What happens when something goes

through 'metamorphosis'?
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adult: final, breeding stage (having grown wings).

Not all insects go to sleep and wake up a completely
different animal. Some insects go from eggs to
nymphs (where they eat to grow) and then become adults.
Examples of these are dragonflies and grasshoppers.
Can you spot some of the

features of online texts?
Ask an adult before using the internet.
i) _____________
ii) _____________
iii) _____________
iv) _____________
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When a word ending

ou or
in ow?
'sh' becomes a plural
Fill in the
we add
correct
'es'letters.
Use the internet to try and find out the answer to this
question:
HOW LONG DO ELEPHANTS LIVE?

Now answer these questions...
1. Did you use a search engine? If so, which one?
_____________________________________
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cr ___ ch
2. Which key words did you search for?
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fr ___ n
3. Why are 'hyperlinks' useful when on the

internet?
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4. Did you use the 'Back' arrow? If so, what for?
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m ___ se

Fill in the gaps.
3 x ___ = 15
6 x 3 = ___
7 x 3 = ___
___ x 3 = 27
3 x 8 = ___
2 x 3 = ___
___ x 3 = 33
3 x ___ = 12
10 x 3 = ___
3 x 3 = ___
Problem solving
1.
Lucy has 4 packets of 10 sweets and 5

loose sweets left over. How many
sweets is that altogether?
2. Lucy decides to try and sell her 4 packets

of sweets to her friends for 50 cents
each. How much money will she make?
Write each number out using expanded

notation. The first one has been done for you.
Complete these addition sums.
65 968 =
6 x 10 000 + 5 x 1000 + 9 x 100 + 6 x 10 + 8 x 1
42 513 =
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16
21
+ 42
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33
1 4
+ 1 1
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24
23
+ 21
_____
45
1 3
+ 4 0
_____
72 892 =
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93 961 =
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Life in the animal kingdom isn't always a fight for
survival. Sometimes animals benefit and help each
other in interesting ways. Here are some amazing
examples :
Egrets feed off parasites, such as lice and ticks,
found on large mammals (like hippos). Sometimes
the hippos open their mouths so that the birds can
pick up food there.
Some sea anemones bind themselves to the shell
of hermit crabs. This allows the hermit crab to use
the anemone's stings to catch food, while the
anemone benefits from getting moved around to
feed.
Some people think that that ravens and wolves
benefit from being near one another. While wolves
are able to make food available for ravens
(through carcasses), ravens are able to reveal the
location of prey to wolves through their calls.
Add more description into these
sentences by using two adjectives to
make a noun group.
The siamese cat sat by the window.

The ___________ _______________ siamese
cat sat by the window.
Outside, a dog walked past.

Outside, a _____________ _____________ dog
walked past.
1)
Write down the benefits of the

partnership between wolves and
ravens.
a) WOLVES benefit from ravens because
_________________________________
b) RAVENS benefit from wolves because
__________________________________
2)
Why do you think hippos let egrets

inside their mouths?
_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
Which word in the last sentence

means the same as 'place' or
'position'?
________________________________
ou or u?
Fill in the missing letters on
Farmer Smith's sign.
You sh ___ ld keep clear of the

b ___ ll! I w ____ ld stick to the path
near the b___sh if I was you. Please
make sure you p___ ll the gate
behind you. If you c____ ld do this,
I'd be very grateful!

Fill in the gaps.
4 x ___ = 20
3 x 4 = ___
8 x 4 = ___
___ x 4 = 36
4 x 7 = ___
2 x 4 = ___
___ x 4 = 16
4 x ___ = 44
10 x 4 = ___
4 x 6 = ___
Round each of these amounts up to the

nearest 5 cents.
52 cents
47 cents
98 cents
23 cents
82 cents
66 cents
71 cents
93 cents
37 cents
Problem solving
1.
Michael thinks of a number and

multiplies it by 4. His new number is 36.
What number did he start with?
2.
Michael thinks of another number,

doubles it and then adds 3. His new
number is 19. What number did he start
with?
Circle the 3-D shapes that only have

flat faces.
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Different materials have different properties. Some, such as
metal, conduct electricity. Some melt easily. Others, like
paper, dissolve in water. Metals like steel are magnetic.
These properties affect how each material is treated when it
is a waste product. In particular, the properties affect whether
a product can be recycled or is a pollutant.
- RECYCLED MATERIALS
Materials like paper, plastic and glass can be recycled. In the
case of plastic and glass, this is because the material can be
melted down and formed into new products. Paper can be
recycled because it is made of fibres which become pulp
when soaked in water.
- POLLUTING MATERIALS
Materials that do not rot or break down easily, like plastic,
can be pollutants. If they are not disposed of carefully, they
can stay in the environment for a long time. Some waste
products are poisonous and so they become pollutants. For
example, the waste materials from a factory may be pumped
into a nearby river, polluting it.
Change the indirect speech (reported) into

direct speech (quoted).
The first one is done for you as an example.
1)
Name one material for each property.

_____________ melts easily.
_____________ dissolves in water.
_____________ is magnetic.
_____________ conducts electricity.
2)
What does the word 'recycle' mean?

_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
Why can plastic be a pollutant?

________________________________
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ough, au or aw?
Fill in the missing letters.
1. He told me he was going to the park today.

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2. She told us that she loved strawberries.
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d ___ ghter
3. He told us that he'd won the match.
str ___
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4. She told us that she wanted to go swimming.
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Holly thinks of a number and then multiplies
it by 10. She writes the total down.
Write down the numbers she thought of.
1.
40
5.
120
2.
80
6.
30
3.
90
7.
100
4.
110
8.
50
Write the next two numbers in the sequence

and then explain what the pattern is.
Problem Solving
1.
There are 34 cows in a field and 47 in

another. How many cows are there
altogether?
2.
21 of the cows are brown. The rest are

black and white. How many are black
and white?
Colour the nets of pyramids in red

and the nets of prisms in green.
12 15 18 21
4 8 16 32
120 115 110
18 33 48 63
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WHAT ARE METALS USED FOR?
There are lots of different types of metal. Each type has
different properties and so is used for different things. Copper
is flexible and conducts electricity, so it is used in electrical
wiring. Car bodies are made from steel, which is mostly iron,
because it is very strong and easy to press into the correct
shape. Aluminium is a very light metal and is easily shaped,
so it is used for making drinks cans out of. Light bulb
filaments are made from tungsten because it does not melt
at the very high temperature needed to make it white hot.
WHAT ARE PLASTICS USED FOR?
Just like metals, there are different types of plastics too.
Polystyrene is very light and resists impacts, so it used for
packing hard objects. PVC is durable, doesn't rust and is
cheaper than metal, so it is often used for water pipes and
plumbing. Polypropylene (PP) is used in car interiors and
bottles. Plastics don't conduct heat as well as metal, so they
are good for making saucepan handles from. They also don't
conduct electricity, so they are used to put around copper
wires to insulate them.
Change the direct speech (quoted)

into indirect speech (reported).
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He said that he was never going there again.___
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1)
Which metal conducts electricity?

_________________________________
2)
Which plastic is used to pack hard

objects?
_________________________________
3)
Why is tungsten used to make light

bulb filaments out of?
_________________________________
_________________________________
4)
Why are saucepan handles made out

of plastic?
_________________________________
A spoonerism is when you switch the first

sounds of two words. Can you spot the
real words in these spoonerisms?
Wave the sails!
Save the whales!
A lack of pies
Shake a tower
Roaring with pain
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Now think of some of your own!

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Can you work out what comes out?
Problem solving
1.
4
8
9
10
5
6
7
2
11
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____
____
____
Anna has $53 and is saving to buy an

$86 CD player. How much money does
she need to save?
2. The latest CD by Anna's favourite band is

35 minutes long. She loves it so much,
she listens to it twice in a row. How long
does she spend listening to it?
____
____
____
Circle the angles that are bigger than

a right angle.
Fill in the blanks to show

the equivalent fractions.
1 =
2
2 =
3
1 =
2
2 =
4
1 =
4
1 =
3
3 =
4
2 =
8
4
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THE LIFE CYCLE OF A FLOWERING PLANT
Without bees, plants would find it difficult to make new
plants. Pollen is carried by insects or blown by the wind
from one flower to another. This is called pollination.
1)
Match up the key words with their

meanings.
POLLINATION
When seeds from plant are

scattered.
When pollen reaches the new flower, it meets egg cells

in the ovary to make seeds. This is called fertilisation.
FERTILISATION
When a new seed starts to

grow.
The new seeds are then scattered. This is called seed

dispersal. Sometimes a seed will be eaten by an animal
or carried on its fur. Sometimes seeds can travel by the
wind (e.g. dandelion seeds) or by water. Sometimes the
seeds will go into the ground when the plant dies.
SEED DISPERSAL

is carried to another.
The seeds will start to grow if they have the right

conditions. This is called germination. They need
water, warmth and soil to germinate. As the plant grows
more, it needs nutrients from the soil and light to keep
growing. When the flower blooms, insects arrive and the
life cycle starts all over again!
2)
Verbs like 'think and 'believe' are used to

show your opinion about something.
Underline the opinion verbs below.
I find that cats
can be wonderful
companions.
I think that cats are

the most annoying
pets ever!
I believe that cats

should be given
warm milk if it's cold.
I consider cats
to be my
favourite
animal!
GERMINATION

meets the egg cells in another
flower and makes seeds.
Why do you think this is called a life 'cycle'?

__________________________________
__________________________________
Choose the correct homophone to

fill in each gap.
1. would / wood
Would you be kind enough to put
___________
wood on the fire?
some more __________
2. one / won
one match this
Our school have lost _______
season. They have ________
won the rest.
3. desert / dessert
Cold jelly and ice cream is the perfect
________
dessert to eat in the hot __________.
desert

11
10
7
4
12
6
8
9
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55
___
55
___
35
___
20
___
60
___
30
___
40
___
45
Problem solving
1.
Luke makes 28 mistakes in a test. Naomi

makes 13 mistakes. How many
mistakes do they make in total?
41 mistakes
2. How many more mistakes does Luke
make than Naomi?
15 mistakes
Instead of reading prices in full, Mr Williams

rounds them up or down to the nearest
thousand. What are the new numbers?
$54 960
$55 000
$32 040
$32 000
$19 632
$20 000
$49 358
$49 000
$78 159
$78 000
$97 220
$97 000
$65 480
$65 000
Can you add these amounts?

(Don't forget the dollar sign!)
$13
+$86
$99
______
$45
+$ 23
$ 68
______
$62
+$ 37
$ 99
______
$80
+$ 12
$ 92
______
$75
+$2 2
$97
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$48
+$ 50
$ 98
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How do plants provide shelter for animals?
1)
Plants provide shelter for animals in several ways. They

shield animals from predators and the harsh environment,
like the hot sun, cold snow and torrential rain. The also
provide a place to hunt from.
What is the name given to animals

who live in trees?
Arboreal animals
______________________________
2)
Name two reasons some animals

use plants for shelter.
To provide shelter for
a) _____________________________
The tropical rainforest provides shelter to over 20% of the

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the trees themselves o these are called arboreal animals.
Trees and plants don't always just provide shelter, they
can also provide a source of food for the animals that live
there. For example, birds that build their nests in trees can
feed off the bugs that live in the bark. Others use the
canopy as shelter to protect them from being eaten or as
a base where they can wait for prey to walk by.
themselves from the weather.

b) _____________________________
They provide a source of
food for the animals.
3)
Name three animals that use plants

for shelter.
Birds, bugs
______________________________
There are many different names for different types of

animal shelters. Some examples are : den, nest, cave,
lodge, and burrow.
______________________________
Circle the verbs that you might use

if you wanted to report your findings.
I paint
I conclude
Write the double letters in each verb.
1.
run
ru _nn
_ ing
2.
hop
ho pp
_ _ ing
3.
hit
hi _tt_ ing
4.
tip
ti _pp
_ ing
5.
rot
ro _ tt_ ing
6.
mop
mo _pp
_ ing
7.
pop
po _pp
_ ing
I suggest
I shout
I argue
I understand
I jump
I summarise
I hammer
I support
I eat
I observe

Someone has left these two doubling machines
side by side. What are the new numbers?
Problem solving
8
__
16
__
4
__
6
__
12
__
2
__
__
10
8
__
12
__
24
__
4
__
__
20
1. In one week an owl caught 53 mice. In the

next week it caught 38. How many mice
did it catch altogether?
4
2
3
6
1
5
15
2. At night, an owl can see about 100 times
better than a human. Last night, I could
see about 5 metres in front of me.
How far could an owl see?
500 metres
What are the missing numbers?
Write the numeral for each addition.
60 000 + 4000 + 500 + 10 + 5 =
64, 515__
35,476
30 000 + 5000 + 400 + 70 + 6 = _________
70 000 + 2000 + 600 + 3 =
72,603
_________
48,864
40 000 + 8000 + 800 + 60 + 4 = _________
15,737
10 000 + 5000 + 700 + 30 + 7 = _________
92,152
90 000 + 2000 + 100 + 50 + 2 = _________
29,369
20 000 + 9000 + 300 + 60 + 9 = _________
50 000 + 700 + 30 + 6 =
50,736
_________
7
13 + ? = 20 ____
109 + ? = 147 38
____
? - 5 = 12
17
____
? - 18 = 34
?2=8
16
____
?8=8
52
____
64
____
4
5 x ? = 20 ____
8
7 x ? = 56 ____
6
20 - ? = 14 ____
31
43 - ? = 12 ____
33
63 - ? = 30 ____
21
57 - ? = 36 ____
?7=9
63
____
? 5 = 10
50
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Living things can be split into three groups:
producers, consumers and decomposers.
Producers are living things that make their own
energy. These are often green plants, who use
sunlight to make their own energy. They don't need
to eat anything o they just need sunlight, water and
Carbon Dioxide from the air to make energy.
Consumers are living things that can't make their

own food, so they get their energy from eating
other living things. In other words, they eat things!
These range from animals who eat meat (e.g.
foxes) to those that eat plants (e.g. cows).
Finally, decomposers are living things that get their
energy by breaking dead and dying things down.
For example, bacteria and fungi which breed when
foods rot.
Match up these language features of a
procedure with the examples
that go with them.
Remember, a procedure is something like a recipe or an
experiment, where you have instructions to follow.
Features:
Examples:
Technical language
firstly, then, next,

finally
1)
Link up the groups with where they get

their energy from :
producers
consumers
decomposers
2)
- Get energy by eating

other living things
- Get energy by breaking
down dead things
- Make their own energy
Name two living things that are

consumers.
Foxes and cows
_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
What three things do plants need to

live?
Plants need sunlight, water and
________________________________
carbon dioxide
_________________________________
Drop the 'e' at the end of these words

to make an 'ing' verb.
hope
hop ing
______
rate
rat ing
______
save
sav ing
______
Verbs used as
commands
boil, mix, cut, place
share
shar ing
______
Time and sequence

words
gently, gradually,
slowly
glare
glar ing
______
bak ing
______
Adverbs
microscope,
chemical reaction
bake
rake
rak ing
______

10
7
11
4
8
9
12
6
___
100
___
70
___
110
___
40
___
80
___
90
___
120
___
60
Problem solving
1.
Kate has $30 to share between her ten

cousins. How much will they have each?
$3 each
2. Jack has 7 packets of 6 stickers. How

many stickers is that altogether?
42 stickers
Each of these shapes is either a prism

or a pyramid. Label them correctly.
What number does each

abacus show?
__________
23,512
45,225
__________
15,243
__________
20,430
__________
triangular
prism
______________
Square based
______________
pyramid
Square based
______________
pyramid
pentagonal
prism
______________
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Many birds and animals need to eat other animals 1) Tick the two sentences that are true.
a) 'Predators' are animals which are eaten by
to survive. We call these animals 'predators'. A
other animals.
predator is an animal who eats another animal
b) 'Prey' are animals which are eaten by other
and the animal being eaten is called its 'prey'. For
animals.9
example, a zebra may be caught and eaten by a
c) A lion is prey for a zebra.
lion. The lion is the predator and the zebra is its
d) Some animals can be predator and prey. 9
prey.
Some animals are both predator and prey. For
instance, a blackbird may eat worms and other
bugs (predator), but can also be eaten by a fox
(prey).
2)
In the section of the food chain diagram

shown, what can eat a blackbird?
A fox or a bird of prey
_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
Choose a suitable connective to join these

sentences together.
However
In addition
Therefore Nevertheless
By contrast In summary
Which word in the first paragraph

means 'to carry on living'?
________________________________
survive
These words all have a silent 'g' at the start.

Fill in the letters 'gn' for each word.
'gn' words
However
Simon is good at writing. _________________,
his brother struggles with spelling.
Nevertheless
It was windy and raining hard. ______________,
the travellers kept on riding.
____ome
gn
____aw
gn
gn
____ash
gn
____at
Mrs Wilkins had a dog and two cats.

________________,
she had four chickens.
In addition
It had snowed overnight. __________________,
Therefore
the school was closed for the day.

Can you fill in the missing numbers?
Problem solving
1.
9
12
11
4
8
10
7
6
___
27
___
36
___
33
___
12
___
24
___
30
___
21
___
18
This machine rounds numbers to the

nearest 100, either up or down.
Write the numbers that come out of the machine.
IN
OUT
13 438
13 400
48 195
48 200
35 287
35 300
19 725
19 700
53 514
53 600
Scott shares 34 pencils between 8

friends. How many pencils will they
have each and how many will be left
over?
4 pencils each and 2 left over
2. It takes Scott ten minutes to draw a

cartoon. How long will it take him to
draw 6 cartoons?
60 minutes = 1 hour
Can you subtract these amounts?
43
- 22
21
_____
85
- 24
61
_____
62
- 31
31
_____
68
- 36
32
_____
93
- 70
23
_____
74
- 43
31
_____
76
- 53
23
_____
63
- 41
22
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97
- 64
33
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THE LIFE CYCLE OF A BIRD
1)
There are two words in the text that mean

the same as 'start', what are they?
b __egin
__ __ __
c __ommence
__ __ __ __ __ __
2)
Write the stages of the bird's life cycle in

order.
Birds begin life inside an egg. One or both parents will

sit on the eggs to keep them warm until they hatch.
When the birds hatch, they're called nestlings. The

nestlings have little or no features, so the parent birds
will bring them food so they can grow.
The nestlings grow into fledglings, which begin to feed
themselves but still need their parents. At the end of this
stage, the birds leave the nest and their parents.
Some birds migrate for the winter, but by late winter /
early spring, the birds are ready to find a mate. When
they have found a mate, the couple will build the nest.
Most of the time, the female builds it.
After the nest is completed, the couple mates

and the female lays eggs to commence the
life cycle again.
Fill in the blanks with the correct word.

You can use them more than once!
this
that
these
those
the
Those children over there are making too

_________
much noise!
FLEDGLINGS
LEAVE NEST
MATING
LAY EGGS
NESTLINGS
Nestlings
i) ________________
Fledglings
ii) _________________
Leave nest
iii) _________________
Mating
iv) ________________
Lay eggs
v) _________________

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In the Winter, some birds move
to another area where the

_____________________________________
climate is warmer.
These words all have a silent 'k' at the start.
Fill in the letters 'kn' for each word.
'kn' words
kn
____uckle
kn
____ife
this newspaper and a packet of

I'll take _________
tissues, please.
Are ____________
these keys yours?
Do you live at ___________
house or _________
this
that
one?
kn
____ee
kn
____ight

Doubling a number, then doubling again
is the same as multiplying by 4.
2
5
11
4
10
7
8
12
8
20
44
16
40
28
32
48
Problem solving
1.
Heather had 30 eggs in a basket, but 16

were cracked. How many eggs were
fine?
14 eggs
2.
In another basket Heather found that

half of the eggs were cracked. There
were 26 eggs in total. How many were
cracked?
13 eggs
Join each month up with the

number of days it has in it.
Draw lines to show where each

fraction should go on the number line.
September
June
_2
6
_5
6
_2
3
May
_1
2
Be careful
with this one!
December
28*
30
31
*29 in a Leap Year!
July
_4
5
_2
5
_1
5
_5
5
August
February
April
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Animals constantly struggle to survive. Unless they are
pets or in a zoo, they have to go out and find their daily
food. There are two main ways that animals compete:
1)
1) Animals contend for the same food.

Many animals consume the same types of food. For
instance, mice are eaten by foxes as well as birds of
prey like owls. This means that the foxes and owls are
competing for the same food supply. If one gets their
first, the other will have to find something else to eat!
2)
2) Animals compete to survive.
In order to survive, animals have to eat and also make
sure they are not eaten by predators. For example,
mice are competing with foxes. Foxes will try to eat the
mice and the mice need to try and avoid being eaten.
Being an animal can be competitive, so abilities like
speed, eyesight and hunting skills become extremely
important in trying to survive.
Write in the speech marks where you think

they should go in each sentence.
Join each word with another one that

means the same thing.
COMPETE
CONSUME
CONTEND
ABILITIES
SKILLS
EAT
What types of animals do not need to

go out and find their daily food?
Pets
or zoo animals
_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
Underline five verbs (doing words) in

the text.
oi or oy?
Fill in the correct letters.
iI'm going to the shopsw, said Dad.

I replied, iPlease can you bring back some
sweets?w
oy stick
j ____
t ____
oi let
iYou'll be lucky!w smiled Dad. iThey'll rot

your teethw
b ____
oy
iPleeeeease?w I begged.
iI'll get you an apple instead!w Dad laughed.
____l
oi can
c ____
oi ns

Fill in the gaps.
Problem solving
1.
10 x 5 = 50
___
35
7 x 5 = ___
5 = 25
5 x ___
9
___
x 5 = 45
30 5 = 6___
10
2 x 5 = ___
11 x 5 = 55
___
3 = 15
5 x ___
40
x 8 = ___
20
4 x 5 = ___
3
___
x 5 = 15
9
45 5 = ___
10 = 5
50 ___
5
25 5 = ___
Match each of these fractions with

its equivalent decimal.
25
100
0.20 (or 0.2)
20
100
0.02
2
100
0.50 (or 0.5)
1
100
0.25
50
100
0.01
Alicia is feeling ill. She has been told to

take 3 teaspoons of medicine every day.
How many teaspoons will she have to
take in a week?
21 teaspoons
2. How many 5ml teaspoons can Alicia's
mum get from a medicine bottle holding
60ml?
12 teaspoons
There are 10 millimetres in a centimetre.

Write these lengths as millimetres.
2 cm = ____
20 mm
10 cm = ____
100 mm
15 cm = ____
150 mm
12 cm = ____
120 mm
5 cm = ____
50 mm
40 cm = ____
400 mm
1 cm = ____
10 mm
7 cm = ____
70mm
8 cm = ____
80 mm
15 cm = ____
150 mm
12 cm = ____
120 mm
11 cm = ____
110 mm
25 cm = 250
____ mm
50 cm = ____
500 mm
30 cm = 300
____ mm
90 cm = ____
900 mm
3 cm = ____
30 mm
4 cm = ____
40mm
6 cm = ____
60 mm
35 cm = ____
350 mm
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THE LIFE CYCLE OF AN INSECT
1)
Write the four stages of an insect's

life cycle in order.
There are two types of life cycle for insects. Some insects
have a complete metamorphosis, which means they
change into something else. Examples of these are
butterflies. These insects have four stages in their
life cycle:
ADULT
LARVA
PUPA
EGG
egg: unborn stage.

larva: young stage -- this is when most of the feeding is
done (they usually look like worms)
2)
pupa: inactive (no feeding) stage where the insect

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something else).
adult: final, breeding stage (having grown wings).
Not all insects go to sleep and wake up a completely
different animal. Some insects go from eggs to
nymphs (where they eat to grow) and then become adults.
Examples of these are dragonflies and grasshoppers.
Can you spot some of the

features of online texts?
Ask an adult before using the internet.
egg
i) _____________
larva
ii) _____________
pupa
iii) _____________
adult
iv) _____________
What happens when something goes

through 'metamorphosis'?
When an insect goes through
________________________________
metamorphosis, it changes into
something else entirely.
________________________________
_________________________________
When a word ending

ou or
in ow?
'sh' becomes a plural
Fill in the
we add
correct
'es'letters.
Use the internet to try and find out the answer to this
question:
HOW LONG DO ELEPHANTS LIVE?

*** Answers will vary ***
Now answer these questions...
1. Did you use a search engine? If so, which one?
_____________________________________
ou nd
s ___
ou ch
cr ___
2. Which key words did you search for?
_____________________________________
ow n
fr ___
3. Why are 'hyperlinks' useful when on the

internet?
_____________________________________
4. Did you use the 'Back' arrow? If so, what for?
_____________________________________
ow l
___
ou se
m ___

Fill in the gaps.
3 x ___
5 = 15
6 x 3 = ___
18
7 x 3 = ___
21
___
9 x 3 = 27
24
3 x 8 = ___
6
2 x 3 = ___
11 x 3 = 33
___
4 = 12
3 x ___
10 x 3 = ___
30
Problem solving
1.
Lucy has 4 packets of 10 sweets and 5

loose sweets left over. How many
sweets is that altogether?
45 sweets
2. Lucy decides to try and sell her 4 packets

of sweets to her friends for 50 cents
each. How much money will she make?
$2
3 x 3 = ___
9
Write each number out using expanded

notation. The first one has been done for you.
Complete these addition sums.
65 968 =
6 x 10 000 + 5 x 1000 + 9 x 100 + 6 x 10 + 8 x 1
42 513 =
4 x 10 000 + 2 x 1 000 + 5 x 100 + 1 x 10 + 3 x 1

_________________________________________
_________________________________________
16
21
+ 42
79
_____
33
1 4
+ 1 1
58
_____
24
23
+ 21
_____
68
45
1 3
+ 4 0
_____
98
72 892 =
7 x 10 000 + 2 x 1 000 + 8 x 100 + 9 x 10 + 2 x 1

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93 961 =
9 x 10 000 + 3 x 1 000 + 9 x 100 + 6 x 10 + 1 x 1

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Life in the animal kingdom isn't always a fight for
survival. Sometimes animals benefit and help each
other in interesting ways. Here are some amazing
examples :
Egrets feed off parasites, such as lice and ticks,
found on large mammals (like hippos). Sometimes
the hippos open their mouths so that the birds can
pick up food there.
Some sea anemones bind themselves to the shell
of hermit crabs. This allows the hermit crab to use
the anemone's stings to catch food, while the
anemone benefits from getting moved around to
feed.
Some people think that that ravens and wolves
benefit from being near one another. While wolves
are able to make food available for ravens
(through carcasses), ravens are able to reveal the
location of prey to wolves through their calls.
Add more description into these
sentences by using two adjectives to
make a noun group.
1)
Write down the benefits of the

partnership between wolves and
ravens.
a) WOLVES benefit from ravens because
They reveal the location of prey to wolves
_________________________________
b) RAVENS benefit from wolves because
They are able to feed off the carcasses
__________________________________
2)
Why do you think hippos let egrets

inside their mouths?
They clean the mouth.
_________________________________
_________________________________
3)
Which word in the last sentence

means the same as 'place' or
'position'?
location
________________________________
ou or u?
Fill in the missing letters on
Farmer Smith's sign.
The siamese cat sat by the window.

The ___________ _______________ siamese
cat sat by the window.
Outside, a dog walked past.

Outside, a _____________ _____________ dog
walked past.
ou ld keep clear of the

You sh ___
u ll! I w ____
ou ld stick to the path
b ___
u
near the b___sh
if I was you. Please
u ll the gate
make sure you p___
ou ld do this,
behind you. If you c____
I'd be very grateful!

Fill in the gaps.
5 = 20
4 x ___
12
3 x 4 = ___
8 x 4 = 32
___
9 x 4 = 36
___
28
4 x 7 = ___
8
2 x 4 = ___
4 x 4 = 16
___
11 = 44
4 x ___
10 x 4 = ___
40
1.
Michael thinks of a number and

multiplies it by 4. His new number is 36.
What number did he start with?
9
2.
Michael thinks of another number,

doubles it and then adds 3. His new
number is 19. What number did he start
with?
4 x 6 = ___
24
Round each of these amounts up to the

nearest 5 cents.
52 cents
47 cents
98 cents
23 cents
82 cents
66 cents
71 cents
93 cents
37 cents
Problem solving
Circle the 3-D shapes that only have

flat faces.
55 cents
________
50 cents
________
$1.00
________
25 cents
________
85 cents
________
70 cents
________
75 cents
________
95 cents
________
40 cents
________
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Different materials have different properties. Some, such as
metal, conduct electricity. Some melt easily. Others, like
paper, dissolve in water. Metals like steel are magnetic.
These properties affect how each material is treated when it
is a waste product. In particular, the properties affect whether
a product can be recycled or is a pollutant.
- RECYCLED MATERIALS
Materials like paper, plastic and glass can be recycled. In the
case of plastic and glass, this is because the material can be
melted down and formed into new products. Paper can be
recycled because it is made of fibres which become pulp
when soaked in water.
- POLLUTING MATERIALS
Materials that do not rot or break down easily, like plastic,
can be pollutants. If they are not disposed of carefully, they
can stay in the environment for a long time. Some waste
products are poisonous and so they become pollutants. For
example, the waste materials from a factory may be pumped
into a nearby river, polluting it.
Change the indirect speech (reported) into

direct speech (quoted).
1)
Name one material for each property.

Glass
_____________
melts easily.
Paper
_____________
dissolves in water.
_____________
is magnetic.
Steel
_____________
conducts electricity.
Metal
2)
What does the word 'recycle' mean?

Recycling means you can re-use
_________________________________
something for another purpose.
_________________________________
3)
Why can plastic be a pollutant?

They
do not rot or break down easily
________________________________
so they can stay in the environment
for
a long time.
_________________________________
ough, au or aw?
Fill in the missing letters.
1. He told me he was going to the park today.

i*hNHPJOHUPUIFQBSLUPEBZ wIFTBJE
2. She told us that she loved strawberries.
i*MPWFTUSBXCFSSJFT wTIFTBJE
_________________________________________
ough t
b ______
au ghter
d ___
3. He told us that he'd won the match.
aw
str ___
_________________________________________
i*XPOUIFNBUDI wTIFTBJE
4. She told us that she wanted to go swimming.
_________________________________________
i*XBOUUPHPTXJNNJOH wTIFTBJE
au ghty
n ___
f ough
_____ t

Holly thinks of a number and then multiplies
it by 10. She writes the total down.
Write down the numbers she thought of.
Problem Solving
1.
1.
40
5.
12
120
There are 34 cows in a field and 47 in

another. How many cows are there
altogether?
2.
80
6.
30
81 cows
2.
3.
90
7.
10
100
4.
11
110
8.
50
Write the next two numbers in the sequence

and then explain what the pattern is.
24
27
64
128
105
100
78
93
12 15 18 21
21 of the cows are brown. The rest are

black and white. How many are black
and white?
60 cows
Colour the nets of pyramids in red

and the nets of prisms in green.
+3
4 8 16 32
X2
120 115 110
-5
18 33 48 63
+ 15
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WHAT ARE METALS USED FOR?
There are lots of different types of metal. Each type has
different properties and so is used for different things. Copper
is flexible and conducts electricity, so it is used in electrical
wiring. Car bodies are made from steel, which is mostly iron,
because it is very strong and easy to press into the correct
shape. Aluminium is a very light metal and is easily shaped,
so it is used for making drinks cans. Light bulb filaments are
made from tungsten because it does not melt at the very high
temperature needed to make it white hot.
WHAT ARE PLASTICS USED FOR?
Just like metals, there are different types of plastics too.
Polystyrene is very light and resists impacts, so it used for
packing hard objects. PVC is durable, doesn't rust and is
cheaper than metal, so it is often used for water pipes and
plumbing. Polypropylene (PP) is used in car interiors and
bottles. Plastics don't conduct heat as well as metal, so they
are good for making saucepan handles from. They also don't
conduct electricity, so they are used to put around copper
wires to insulate them.
Change the direct speech (quoted)

into indirect speech (reported).
i*hNOFWFSDPNJOHIFSFBHBJOwIFTBJE
He said that he was never going there again.
i*UhTBHSFBUOFXDBS wTIFTBJE
She said that it was a great new car.

_________________________________________
1)
Which metal conducts electricity?

Copper
_________________________________
2)
Which plastic is used to pack hard

objects?
Polystyrene
_________________________________
3)
Why is tungsten used to make light

bulb filaments out of?
It does not melt at the very high
_________________________________
temperature needed to make it

white hot.
_________________________________
4)
Why are saucepan handles made out

of plastic?
5IFZEPOUDPOEVDUIFBUBTXFMMBTNFUBM
_________________________________
A spoonerism is when you switch the first

sounds of two words. Can you spot the
real words in these spoonerisms?
Wave the sails!
Save the whales!
A lack of pies
Pack of lies
Shake a tower
Take a Shower
Roaring with pain
Pouring with rain
i*hNHPJOHUPUPXOMBUFS wIFTBJE
She said she was going to town later.
_________________________________________
Now think of some of your own!

i*hWFESPQQFEUIFPSBOHFKVJDF wTIFTBJE
4IFTBJEUIBUTIFEESPQQFEUIFPSBOHFKVJDF
_________________________________________

Can you work out what comes out?
Problem solving
1.
4
8
9
10
5
6
7
2
3
____
32
64
____
72
____
____
80
____
40
____
48
56
____
____
16
____
24
Anna has $53 and is saving to buy an

$86 CD player. How much money does
she need to save?
$33
2.
The latest CD by Anna's favourite band

is 35 minutes long. She loves it so much,
she listens to it twice in a row. How long
does she spend listening to it?
70 minutes =
1 hour 10 minutes
Circle the angles that are bigger than

a right angle.
Fill in the blanks to show

the equivalent fractions.
1 =
2
2
4
1 =
4
2
8
2 =
3
4
6
1 =
3
2
6
1 =
2
4
8
3 =
4
6
8
2 =
4
1
2
2 =
8
1
4
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HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 1

Answer each of the following questions.

Match up the key words with their

When seeds from plant are

When pollen reaches the new flower, it meets egg cells

When a new seed starts to

The new seeds are then scattered. This is called seed

When pollen from one flower

The seeds will start to grow if they have the right

Verbs like 'think and 'believe' are used to

I believe that cats

When pollen from one flower

Why do you think this is called a life 'cycle'?

Choose the correct homophone to

I think that cats are

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 1

Luke makes 28 mistakes in a test. Naomi

2. How many more mistakes does Luke

Instead of reading prices in full, Mr Williams

Can you add these amounts?

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 2

Answer each of the following questions.

Plants provide shelter for animals in several ways. They

What is the name given to animals

Name two reasons some animals

The tropical rainforest provides shelter to over 20% of the

Name three animals that use plants

There are many different names for different types of

Circle the verbs that you might use

Write the double letters in each verb.

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 2

1. In one week an owl caught 53 mice. In the

2. At night, an owl can see about 100 times

What are the missing numbers?

Write the numeral for each addition.

60 000 + 4000 + 500 + 10 + 5 = 64, 515

109 + ? = 147 ____

30 000 + 5000 + 400 + 70 + 6 = _________

70 000 + 2000 + 600 + 3 =

40 000 + 8000 + 800 + 60 + 4 = _________

10 000 + 5000 + 700 + 30 + 7 = _________

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 3

Answer each of the following questions.

Consumers are living things that can't make their

firstly, then, next,

Link up the groups with where they get

- Get energy by eating

Name two living things that are

What three things do plants need to

Drop the 'e' at the end of these words

boil, mix, cut, place

Time and sequence

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 3

Kate has $30 to share between her ten

2. Jack has 7 packets of 6 stickers. How

Each of these shapes is either a prism

What number does each

HOMEWORK SHEET o Week 4

Answer each of the following questions.