KS2 Summer Holiday Pack - Week 4

Week 4

Looking for kids activities to keep busy at home? Check out this summer holiday pack, filled with creative and fun ideas. Learn and have fun with games, workouts, crafts and quizzes to keep your mind and body active.

This week you can

• make your own tile design
• go on a nature walk and make a Mandala from the things you find on your walk
• the Earth Squad and use your Science skills to complete the missions in the Earth, Squad, Go! game.

Talavera is a city (una ciudad) in central Spain. Since the 15th century it has been known for its creative patterns in ceramics. Spanish settlers also brought these ceramic skills to Mexico.

Traditionally hand-painted, no two tiles (losas) are ever the same. There are only six colours used in the designs: blue, yellow, black, green, orange and mauve. The designs have Islamic, Spanish and Italian influences.

Stay active during the summer holidays and dance your socks off with Oti Mabuse in a fun high energy dance party for the whole family.

Footballers Harry Maguire, Victor Moses and David de Gea challenge you to take it up to Level Two with Super Movers Just for Fun.

Many of the patterns on Talavera tiles are symmetrical.

This means if you draw a line down the middle of the tile, one half of the tile is the mirror image of the other side. You could even test this with a mirror and the design that you have made.

Watch this video and read the guide to find out more about symmetry. There's also a quiz for you to try at the end.

When you go outdoors, you can find all sorts of symmetry and patterns in nature.

Animals mostly have mirror symmetry. If you draw an imaginary line down the centre of a butterfly, each side would look like a mirror image of the other.

There is also rotational symmetry, where if you turn something around a point, it will look the same, no matter which way you look at it. An example of this is a flower like a daisy.

Can you find anything in your garden or local park that has mirror or rotational symmetry?

You can even make your own symmetrical pattern out of natural materials that you find on a walk.

Try making a nature Mandala - a symmetrical pattern made of things you find in nature such as twigs, leaves, petals and acorns.

Writing a story is so exciting and its always tempting to get started straight away. However, the most successful authors will plan it first.

Your story needs a beginning, a middle and an end.

Beginning: Where is your story taking place?

Middle: Is there a problem to solve?

End: Is it a happy or a sad ending?

You can write down ideas for each section of your story or you could draw pictures to represent what will happen at each point.

Complete the missions set by the Squad Captains and use your knowledge of the living world to answer questions about plants, animals and the human body.

Collect as many stars as you can along the way to unlock cool clothes and accessories in the outfit shop to style your character.