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Autumn Homework Tasks 

Literacy 

Please bring literacy tasks in for me to mark! 😊 

Activity 1 – Writing Task 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1 

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

Funni made a secret garden where she felt she belonged. 

  • Draw a picture of your own special place. 

  • Write 2–3 sentences to describe it. 

  • Use adjectives like quiet, colourful, safe. 

In the story, Funni made a place for people to come together. 

  • Write 4–5 sentences about a place in your own community where people meet (park, beach, football field, chapel). 

  • Use at least 3 adjectives. 

  • Challenge: Explain why this place is important for your community. 

Activity 2 – Oracy Task 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1  

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

Pretend you are Funni. A friend asks: “Why did you make the garden?” 

  • Practise answering in a clear voice. 

  • Now add: “How does the garden make you feel?” 

  • Practise both roles with a partner at home. 

Imagine you are interviewing Funni. 

  • Write 3 questions you would ask her (e.g. “What do you like about the garden?”). 

  • Practise saying the questions aloud. 

  • Pretend to be Funni and answer them using feelings words (happy, proud, excited). 

Activity 3 – Reading Task 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1 

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

Understanding the Story 

  1. What did Funni do to change the grey car park? 

  1. Which animals came to visit the garden? 

  1. How did Funni feel before she made the garden? How did she feel afterwards? 

 Making Connections 
4. Where is your favourite place to play or relax? Why do you like it? 
5. How is your special place the same or different to Funni’s garden? 

Reflection 
6. Why do you think having a special place is important for people? 

 

Understanding & Inference 

  1. Why do you think Funni wanted to make a garden on the car park roof? 

  1. How do the animals show that the garden is becoming alive? 

  1. Why was Zoo interested in visiting the garden? 

  1. What clues in the story show that Funni was lonely at the beginning? 

Making Connections 
5. Is there a place in your community (e.g. park, playground, beach) that brings people together? 
6. How is that place the same or different to Funni’s garden? 

Reflection & Evaluation 
7. How can a place like a garden help people feel they belong? 
8. If you could add one special thing to Funni’s garden, what would it be and why? 

 

Activity 4 – Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Task 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1 

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

Part 1: Punctuation 
Add capital letters and full stops: 

  1. funni made a garden on the roof 

  1. birds came to sing 

Part 2: Spelling 
Circle the correct word: 

  1. garden / gardun 

  1. flower / flour 

  1. friend / frend 

Part 3: Grammar 
Choose the right word: 

  1. The garden (is / are) colourful. 

  1. Flowers (grow / grows) in the sun. 

 

Part 1: Punctuation 
Add missing capital letters, commas, and full stops: 

  1. funni planted flowers on the roof 

  1. birds bees and butterflies came to the garden 

  1. zoo liked to visit the garden too 

Part 2: Spelling 
Circle the correct spelling and use it in a sentence: 

  1. garden / gardin / gardun 

  1. flower / flouwr / flour 

  1. friend / freind / frend 

  1. cloud / clowd / claude 

Part 3: Grammar 
Choose the correct word: 

  1. Funni (plant / plants) seeds every day. 

  1. The flowers (look / looks) bright and colourful. 

  1. Birds sing (happy / happily) in the sky garden. 

Activity 5 – Handwriting Task 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1 

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

In your best handwriting, copy this carefully. 

 

 

 

Maths 

These are topics that we will cover during the Autumn term.  

Answers are available at the end of each booklet for you to mark at home. 

Year 1/Blwyddyn 1 

Year 2/Blwyddyn 2 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y1-HL-Autumn-Block-1-Place-value-within-10-2020.pdf 

 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y1-HL-Autumn-Block-2-Addition-and-subtraction-within-10-2020.pdf 

 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y1-HL-Autumn-Block-4-Place-value-within-20-2020.pdf 

 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y2-HL-Autumn-Block-1-Place-value-2020.pdf 

 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y2-HL-Autumn-Block-2-Addition-and-subtraction-2020.pdf 

 

https://assets.whiteroseeducation.com/web-pages/parent-resources/Y2-HL-Autumn-Block-4-Multiplication-2020.pdf 

 

 

 

Our termly topic home learning missions and our termly literature spine are available below.  Please bring completed missions into school for me to mark.