Choiceboard Summer Weeks 3 and 4Our new Summer Term Topic is: African Adventure!

Please choose one of the home-learning tasks below. This is at least two weeks of learning so do not rush!Please note that all internet links were safe and teacher tested, please go online with an adult present.

Events in African History Lesson – if these boxes are too big to fit in the diamond on the next page, just write the heading for each box in the diamond boxes.

ArtLook at the artwork produced by

Kenyan born artist Gakonga.https://

www.gakongaafricanart.com/original-paintings

What do you think about his work? Look at his use of colour

whether it is bright or subtle does it set a mood in the picture?

Create your own inspired ‘Gakonga’ artwork using either:

Pastels – for thick and bold colours

Water colours - for colour wash background

If do not have these at home. Think about cutting out the

human figures with black paper or coloured paper then stick on the

coloured background.

ComputingIf you are able to, go onto

www.scratch.mit.edu – click on CREATE at the top then click on

Tutorials – click on whichever tutorial you fancy!

OR

Look at the Geography activity and create your poster on PowerPoint.

Design & Technology

What foods originate from Africa? Research with your family and then … Do you have any foods in your kitchen that

originate from Africa?

TASTE THEM! You are going to use each of your senses to describe them.

What does the food…? Look like? Feel like? Smell? Taste?

Can you create something yummy in your kitchen using any of these

ingredients?

FrenchCan you find the French names for African animals? Which animals do you like? You love? You don’t like?

What animals do you have in your house? What animals do you not have in your house? Use these

phrases and practice them out loud…

J’ai – I haveJe n’ai pas – I do not have

Maybe you have more than one pet… Can you practice saying the sentence

with the number of pets you have?e.g.

J'ai deux cobayes – I have two guinea-pigs

Geography1.Locating Africa on a map of the world.

Use the map on the next page to label: some of the countries within it, the seas that are nearby, colour the

types of terrain and where the equator is.

2.Choose one the countries on the continent of Africa and produce a poster about that country.The information I want on it…

The population. How big it is. The leader of the country. The type of terrain (it could

have more than one) The animals that live there. What people eat there? Any famous people. And anything else you want to

add!History

Go through the Africa’s Past PowerPoint attached in the

weekly email.

Go through it then… using the worksheet in the pages below this

table…

Can you sort these events into what you think are the differences

in importance of Africa and its people with the most important at

the top of the diamond and the least important at the bottom?

MusicGet out your pots and pans! Let’s

make some noise! Can you come up with your own rhythmic repeating

pattern?You can use a grid to help record your pattern. You can clap it to practice then add your chosen

instrument.Challenge: Make your rhythm longer

using 8 boxes rather than 4 or 16 boxes rather than 8.

You could add words to the boxes or simply just different things to hit or

tap. Leave gaps for space in the music!

Here’s an example:Clap click click

Clap Tap on pan

Hey!

Practice your rhythm over and over again until you can repeat it at a

good tempo without making a mistake!

PEFollow PE with Joe Wicks on his body

coach YouTube channel.OR

Create your own game to play outside or inside, it could be an

obstacle course!OR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewqq-3xJFdI – try this African

dance!

ScienceUse this website link to introduce our new topic Science Light!https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjjx6v4

THENLook at the concept cartoon below on this word document and discuss with your family.

1. Why not try an experiment and predict what should happen?

2. What about how brightly different torches shine? - What about measuring the area they light up?

3. Why do we see some stars more clearly than others?

RE/PHSETry some mindful walking:

https://youtu.be/0P3Deuv8tbc

OR

Writing down your thoughts and feelings is always a good idea. It

helps them to be free so they aren’t always stuck in your head.

I want you to write the answers to these questions…

What is your favourite thing to do at home?

What are you missing?What are you worried about?

What are you looking forward to when we get back to school?

What do you want to be when you’re older?

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Events in Africa History Lesson continued.

Geography – Africa!

Science – Light