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Activity Pack We know these are difficult times so we thought we would create something to keep you occupied. We hope it helps. Page 2 Quiz Page 3 Jokes Page 4 Word search and drawing challenge Page 5 Maths quiz and Poetry Page 6 Maze and word wheel Page 7 Read: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson Page 8 Caption competition Page 9 Create a picture Page 10 Colour Page 11 Make Rocky Road Page 12 Press flowers Page 13 Sports Quiz Page 13 Quiz answers Page 14 Maths quiz answers and maze solution Page 15 Sports Quiz answers

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Quiz Finish the saying It’s raining cats and _______________ Read between _____________ Caught __________ Sealed with _______________ Questions In which English seaside town was ‘Fawlty Towers’ set? What is a group of lions called? Botany is the study of what? Who wrote Oliver Twist? What is the proper term for your funny bone? How many can you get? Name all the counties in England Name the chronicles of Narnia books

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Jokes I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down! What do you call someone with no body and no nose? Nobody knows. Why did the invisible man turn down the job offer? He couldn't see himself doing it. "Would you like the milk in a bag, sir?" "No, just leave it in the carton!’” Two guys walk into a bar, the third one ducks.

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Word search

Drawing Challenge Draw:

• Something wooden • Something stuck • A whisper

It’s up to you what you draw with these challenges, it can mean something different for you than it might be for someone else. Use different forms if you have them paint, pencils, felt tips, chalk, crayons. These can be helpful to layer up and bring texture if they suit your drawing.

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Maths quiz What is 0.1 as a percentage? If a cup of tea is £1.25, a cup of coffee is £1.50 and a bun is 75p. How much would 2 coffees, 1 tea and 3 buns cost? 2229 + 5198 = 9988 – 221 – 502 = How many sides does a hendecagon have?

Poetry

If I showed you……. Would you…. Would you… We are never alone!

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Maze

Word Wheel How many words can you make with the letters from the word wheel? Each word must use the letter in the centre of the wheel.

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Read: Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson

“Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -

And sings the tune without the words -

And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -

And sore must be the storm -

That could abash the little Bird

That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -

And on the strangest Sea -

Yet - never - in Extremity,

It asked a crumb - of me.

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Caption competition Come up with a caption for the following image, the funnier the better!

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Create a picture

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Colour

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Make Rocky Road You will need: 200g digestive biscuits 135g butter or margarine 200g dark chocolate 2-3 tbsp golden syrup 100g mini-marshmallows 18cm square tin Baking paper Freezer bag Access to a saucepan or microwave to melt the butter, chocolate and golden syrup. Method:

1. Grease with butter or margarine the 18cm square brownie tin and line with baking paper.

2. Place 200g digestive biscuits in a freezer bag and bash with a rolling pin or just the side of your fist until they're broken into a mixture of everything between dust and 50p-sized lumps. Set aside.

3. In a large saucepan melt 135g butter or margarine, 200g dark chocolate

and 2-3 tbsp golden syrup over a gentle heat stirring constantly until there are no or almost no more lumps of chocolate visible, then remove from the heat. Leave to cool.

4. Take the biscuits, 100g mini marshmallows and stir into the chocolate

mixture until everything is completely covered.

5. Tip the mixture into the lined baking tin, and spread it out to the corners. Chill for at least 2 hrs and cut into 12 fingers.

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Press some flowers You will need:

– A cardboard box – Paper – A few heavy books – Freshly cut flowers – A glue stick – Paint/felt tips/glitter – collage materials of your choice for extra decoration What to do: 1. Gather some freshly cut flowers.

2. Open up a heavy book and place paper over both pages to keep them clean. 3. Lay a flower on top of one of the pieces of paper, so that the other will cover

it when the book is closed. Make sure you only put only one flower in between each sheet – you can put multiple sheets in one book, though.

4. Close the book, and weigh it down with more books. Do the same for the

rest of the flowers, and leave them for about two weeks. 5. Start decorating. Using a cardboard box (shoe boxes are perfect) and design

the background using paint or any craft materials you have at home. 6. Once the flowers are pressed, carefully take them out of the books and glue

them on the box. Be sure to put the glue on the box itself rather than the flower.

7. Once the flowers are stuck down, leave them to dry and they’ll have the

perfect homemade keepsake box for keeping things which bring back special memories.

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Sports Quiz Guess the sports stars and the sports they play

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Quiz Answers Finish the saying It’s raining cats and _____dogs__________ Read between ____the lines_________ Caught ____red-handed______ Sealed with _______a kiss________ Questions In which English seaside town was ‘Fawlty Towers’ set? Torquay What is a group of lions called? A pride Botany is the study of what? Plants Who wrote Oliver Twist? Charles Dickens What is the proper term for your funny bone? Humerous How many can you get? Name all the counties in England Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Bristol, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, City of London, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Greater London, Greater Manchester, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire. Name the chronicles of Narnia books The magician’s nephew, The Lion, the witch and the wardrobe, The horse and his boy, Prince Caspian, The voyage of the dawn treader, the silver chair and the last battle.

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Maths quiz answers What is 0.1 as a percentage? 10% If a cup of tea is £1.25, a cup of coffee is £1.50 and a bun is 75p. How much would 2 coffees, 1 tea and 3 buns cost? £6.50 2229 + 5198 = 7427 9988 – 221 – 502 = 9265 How many sides does a hendecagon have? 11 Maze solution

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Sports Quiz answers

Serena Williams, Tennis

Chris Waddle, Football

Michael Jordan, Basketball

Johnny Wilkinson, Rugby

Ray Readon, Snooker

Mark Spitz, Swimming