SLH Year 6 Week 5
It's Week 5 of the Summer Learning Hub, and this week the theme is Animals! You'll find all sorts of interesting and fun activities for the kids below, to keep them entertained and their brains ticking over during the summer holidays.
Some Maths
Tackle our tricky "code breaker", take a trip to the zoo to solve some ratio problems for the zookeepers, or work on some animal-themed algebra "story" problems.
Solve for n to work out which African animals are hidden in this Animal Code Breaker. We've...
Take a trip to the zoo to help Tom and Millie, the zookeepers, work out some of their feeding...
Use this set of 2 worksheets to introduce algebraic expressions. We've included the answers...
This set provides 2 pages, each with 4 animal "story" problems, for the children to...
Reading and Writing...
Our Year 5 activities this week focussed on Jane Goodall. We decided that Year 6 should focus on everyone's favourite conservationist - David Attenborough! But we've also included story paper for a zoo story and the lovely Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear to read, with a comprehension exercise too. There's lots for the kids to get stuck into this week here.
Read all about the life and career of David Attenborough, then answer the questions at the ...
Use this simple quote worksheet featuring a quote by David Attenborough to spark off your...
Calling all eco-warriors! Could your school do more to improve its green credentials? Write...
This interesting worksheet prompts the kids to do some research about a conservation...
Use this newspaper report to write about a wildlife conservation issue. Do some research first...
Here's a fun activity with a difference! Can the children think of what kind of animal they...
Here's a colouring page and writing lines designed to encourage your child to write about a...
Here is a printable version of Edward Lear's lovely poem, The Owl and the Pussycat -...
Read the poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" by Edward Lear (we have a...
A Crafty Moment ...
Learn to fold a quick and easy origami koala - or really go to town on a Swedish Dala horse!
This very cute koala is a simple model to fold and makes a perfect project for beginners who are...
Dala horses (or Dalecarlian horses) are carved and painted wooden horses originating in the...
And More Ideas ...
Try some really quite challenging animal-themed puzzles this week, colour in some detailed pictures - or try our tricky "whose feet" drawing challenges!
Have a go at this word wheel challenge, and see if you can unscramble all the letters to find...
Puzzle your way through 16 word star puzzles hiding African animals! Unjumble the letters and...
We've broken up the names of some well-known dog breeds into three blocks of letters and...
Here's a puzzle with a difference to try with the kids. Starting with the shaded letter...
This beautifully detailed seahorse doodle colouring page will delight older children and adults...
We've got lots of colouring pages featuring big cats here at Activity Village. This one...
And Even More to Explore...
For more creature fun, explore our huge Animal and Bird sections!
