• Use exciting vocabulary, similies and alliteration (words starting with the same letter) to create your own poem about Matilda.

• Create a character description for Matilda – written from the perspective of her dad, Mr Wormwood – what does he think of Matilda?

• Create a Wanted Poster for Matilda for the punishments she gives to her parents.

• Doubling and halving numbers up to 100. What is double 27? Half of 72? Ask your adult to challenge you! For example, half of 25? Double 39? What methods can you use?

• Multiplication – this week we are learning our 6 times tables. Why not go on TT rock stars and earn more coins while you practise at home?

• Factor pairs – what are the factors of 16? Factor pairs are 2 numbers that multiply together to give an answer. So factor pairs of 24 are 1 & 24, 2 & 12, 3 & 8, 4 & 6.

What are factor pairs of 12, 15, 16, 32, 18, 48, 64?

• Boil an egg. Let it cool then take the shell off and put a different part into 5 different containers of liquids (For example - water, milk, orange juice, vinegar, fizzy drink) – make sure you use the same amount of liquid in each container to make it a fair test

• Predict what will happen on each day for five days to each egg shell• Check your egg shells every day – are your predictions correct? Which aren’t and why?• Write up your investigation – remember: write what you predicted would happen to each egg, the

equipment you used, a labelled drawing of your experiment and the results – maybe as a table. Can you write a small conclusion about what you found out from your results?

For Example:

• Research to produce a timeline of the Roman invasions of Britain.

• Create a diary entry for a Roman soldier – what would he have seen or experienced when arriving in Britain?

• Research any Roman sites or local features to create a leaflet showing the legacy of the Romans in our local area.

• Explore different Roman shields online: How many different styles were there? How were they used by the soldiers? Which is your favourite style? Why?

• Create your own labelled design of a Roman style shield for yourself to make! Think about the shape, colour and style of your shield, what materials it could be made from, the equipment and tools you might need to make it. How will you attach a handle?

• Create a poster to show what you think should be the basic human rights of everyone, for example: to have access to running water.

• Create a list of special rights that you think children should have and say why.

• Write a letter to explain to Mr Clewes how you think your human rights should be met in our school. For instance, if you think children should have 2 hours of fresh air a day… make it clear why!

• Create your own dance routine - have a look at Contemporary dance routines online to show the feelings of the characters from ‘Matilda’.

• If the weather is ok, get out into your garden to walk, jog or enjoy your favourite activity.

• 10 minute fitness routine each day:

20 star jumps

Jog on the spot for 3 minutes

20 sit ups