Family Homework

Kings and Queens

Every school holiday, fam-ilies across the Stepney

Partnership primary schools enjoy ‘family homework’. Children, siblings and

parents/carers learn together and have fun!

This half-term’s homework invites you to be find out all about kings and queens. You could research a queen or king, create a wonderful crown or im-

agine you are king or queen for a day. Use your imagination!

When you come back to school, you can share your learning with your teacher and your class.

Design a crown fit for a king or queen.

What precious gemstones will you in-

clude? Maybe rubies or emeralds… or

even diamonds. Can you find out some

interesting facts about your gemstones?

Draw a timeline for the kings and queens

of Britain. Can you work out who ruled for

the longest time? How about the shortest?

If you were king or queen for a day what would

you do? What laws or rules would you change?

What would you most like about being the king or

queen?

A country that has a king or queen is called a

monarchy. How many countries in the world are Did you know that the Ancient Egyptians had

kings and queens too? They were called

pharaohs.

Research a king or queen from Ancient Egypt.

You could find out about the food they ate,

where they lived, what happened when they

died. Or you could come up with your own

ideas.

You could visit the Ancient Egyptian gallery at

the British Museum to find out

more. It’s free!

Make a model of your crown. Don’t for-

get to decorate it so that it is fit for a

king or queen!

You can see the real crown jewels at the

Tower of London. It only costs £1 if you

have an Idea store card or leisure centre

card from Tower Hamlets.

Why aren’t all countries monarchies? What

do countries have instead of a king or

Try and learn the words to the Horrible Histories song about kings and queens. Go on, give it a go!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/music/p00h9nqb

Choose a king or queen of Britain

and do some research about them.

Some of them are very interesting:

Did you know that King Henry

VIII had six wives?

Did you know Queen Victoria

was only 18 years old when

she became queen?

Did you know Queen Elizabeth

I was the first woman to be

queen of England?

Paint or draw a portrait of a British

king or queen. See if your teacher

can guess who it is.

You could visit the National Portrait

Gallery in Trafalgar Square to see

some original portraits.

Design a beautiful dress or gown

for a queen.

We know how many kings or queens have

had the same name by the number at the

end of the their name. Our queen is

called Elizabeth II because she is second

queen called Elizabeth. We use Roman

numerals to show this.

Can you write Roman numerals for num-

bers up to 10? How about 100? Can you

find out to write years (like 2016) in Ro-

man numerals?

Kings and queens have royal coats of arms.

Find out about coats of arms, maybe you

could design one for your family.

Use the box below to record any of the Family Homework activities your

family has enjoyed this holiday. Be ready to share your homework when

you return.

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