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Roll up, roll up for the Year six fairground projectTake part in a fairground-themed home learning project – and stay ahead of the game! Can you
complete a line….two lines….three lines or even….(drum roll please!)….A FULL HOUSE??
Make some colourful bunting for a stall using paper, string or wool and sellotape. Make it colourful and eye-catching!
Write a persuasive advert for a fairground. Use
imperative verbs powerful adjectives exaggeration
to entice your reader/listener to the best show in town!
Brainstorm a list of rides and both adult and child prices. Then decide which rides Family 1 will go on and how much it will cost in total (decide how many adults and children there are). Repeat with Family 2, Family 3, Family 4 (no two families have exactly the same number of people in it)…
Design a menu of meals, snacks and drinks you might find at a fairground. Or, better still, of a more healthier selection of foods than you usually find! Try to include a range of foods food from the different groups: fruits and veg, carbohydrates, proteins, meat/fish/ dairy/alternatives, and fats and oils.
Design a plan of a fairground on paper. What rides will you include and where will you place them around the park? Where will each games stall go? And where would the food stalls be best for business? Label each ride and stall and add colour and signs for each attraction.
Make props for a fairground photo booth out of paper, cardboard, material…whatever you think works. And, if you can find some sticks to attach your props to, all the better!
Make some delicacies that might be sold at a funfair…sandwiches, buns, fruit salad, baked potato and fillings, samosas, fruit dipped in chocolate... (ALWAYS check with an adult before doing anything in the kitchen; you may need supervision for some of the dishes).
Investigate which combinations of 2 ice cream flavours you can have in a cone. You can only have a maximum of 2 scoops and cannot repeat the combination. Clue – there are 21 different combinations!
Make a net for a popcorn holder container out of paper or card, decorate it, stick it together – and fill it with treats!
Write each fairground-related word/phrase below on 2 separate pieces of paper. Then turn all the pieces face down and test your memory by playing Pairs: prizes, screams, ghost train, coconut shy, candy floss, big wheel, popcorn, flashing lights, dodgems, clowns, thrills, toffee apples, rollercoaster, music, balloons, helter skelter, hall of mirrors…
Write a story about an unusual experience at a fairground (it could involve travelling back in time, entering a different world..) beginning with the line,I had no sooner stepped through the shadows and into the Ghost Train carriage, than my surroundings appeared to have changed…
Teach yourself how to juggle! Watch the video below to help. Start with small scarves/light pieces of fabric, then progress onto balls (these could be small oranges, apples or balls of tin foil). How skilled at this can you become?!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzSHRbLAx4
Write a list of instructions for how to prepare one or more of the fairground delicacies suggested above (or any you ended up making). Remember a title, subheadings (ingredients, equipment, method), bullet points, numbers, imperative verbs, fronted adverbials of time…
Make a series of games deserving of any respectable funfair using cereal boxes, tins, paper, tin foil, string, paper plates etc that you find around the house – Tin Can Alley, Balls in Cups, Apple Bobbing, Bean Bag Toss...
Create a fact file or informative leaflet about the history of the fairground. The link below has a plethora ;) of information on the subject. Use titles, subheadings, lists, pictures, colour, boxing up…http://www.fairground-heritage.org.uk/learning/
Create a piece of fairground artwork based on the work of American artist, Vassia Alaykova.
Make a fairground ride from any materials you can get your hands on at home – cardboard, lolly sticks, paper, string, newspaper, straws…https://sandytoesanddustyfeet.wordpress.com/2014/02/17/how-to-make-a-cardboard-carousel/
Helter skelters are basically long, spiralling slides that work thanks to gravity and little friction. Can you design an experiment that tests 5 different surfaces to see which allows a marble (or something similar) to travel i) the fastest and ii) the slowest?
Write your name using this fancy font.
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