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January 2021 Home Learning
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Message from Year 4 Teachers.....
Hello Year 4!
You're doing such a fantastic job with your home learning, we're so impressed! We are still well but missing you all, it's been so long since we've all been together. We love our weekly zoom calls with you.
Mrs Pears is now in school working with Year 6. She'll still be keeping an eye on 4P's lovely work but Ms Wallop might answer some of 4P's emails as well as 4W's. Ms Wallop will be at home planning tasks to keep you busy; we're so impressed with the work you've done so far.
Stay safe, be helpful, and keep up the fantastic work!
Take care from Ms Pears and Ms Wallop
Week Beginning: Monday 6th July 2020
English: Wings poem
Have you ever wanted to fly?
This week, we've been inspired by Pie Corbett's soaring poem, Wings.
We'd like you to follow our guidelines to create your own poem about taking to the skies.
English: Letter writing
Video calls are great, but not as exciting as a real paper letter in an envelope winging its way to you!
First look at this Bitesize page about formal letter writing, there's a video, tips and a quiz to test yourself too.
When you've done that, we'd like you to write a letter to someone you've not seen since the start of lockdown - a friend or relative.
If you're writing to someone you know, it doesn't need to be formal, but we would like you to lay it out properly with the address and date in the right place.
We'd like your letter to contain at least three paragraphs. Some ideas for what to include: the best things about being at home all the time; what you're finding hard about lockdown; and what you'd love to do when we all have more freedom to travel.
Use your best handwriting. Send us a picture of your letter, then post it to the lucky recipient. You will make their day!
Maths: More Same Less
This factors problem is simple but will get you thinking systematically.
We've filled in a few boxes to get you started, because we're helpful!
There are lots of right answers, can you explain why you've chosen the numbers you have?
We look forward to seeing how you get on...
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on week 11 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets below...
Science: How far can a paper air-plane fly?
We know lots of you love making paper airplanes!
This week we're putting your skills to good use in a science investigation.
Can you create a Guinness World Record breaking paper plane?
PSHE: A to Z of Amazing
Go to four minutes in this video and watch Rashmi Sirdeshpande read her fantastic poem, the A to Z of Amazing.
Then follow her instructions for creating your own poem, she's got lots of wonderful ideas.
We can't wait to see what you come up with!
RE: Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is a colourful boat race celebrated in Hong Kong and, usually, along the Thames.
Watch the video of the races and find out a little more about their origin.
Then see if you can make your own colourful paper dragon boat.
Perhaps an origami one? And will it float?
We've attached an origami tutorial, it's quite tricky so you will need patience, we suggest you pause the video after each step.
Good luck!
How to make an Origami Dragon Boat:
Dragon boat racing in Hong Kong:
DT: One sheet of paper challenge
I'm sure you know that paper is made from trees, but do you know exactly how it happens?
Watch the Bitesize video to find out!
Now for your task:
How many different structures can you make out of just one sheet of paper? All at once, or one after the other.
How about scrunching it up to make a ball, rolling to make a cylinder, folding to make a boat... ?
What's the strongest structure you can make?
We've given you a link to an origami video which might help (it's an origami heavy week this week!)
Make a list or take photos to show us. We think you should be able to come up with more than ten ideas...
How paper is made: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-how-is-paper-made/zryb92p
Origami: https://youtu.be/0K7V9AUAjZc
PE: Rainbow Yoga
Ms Wallop really likes yoga and has been doing it at home during lockdown. This video is really good, plus it features a dog!
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 29th June 2020
English: Yeti factfile
This week we are writing non-fiction pieces about fictional beasts. Can you use really excellent formal language to tell the story of these monstrous creatures? We've given you lots of ideas, some instructions and the links to two relevant Bitesize pages to help.
Reading: The Hungriest Caterpillar
Read this incredible true story by Isobel Thomas on page 88.
Can you find evidence which shows how good scientists are at persevering?
Can you explain in your own words what blazing sun, biting wind and churning water mean?
What type of figurative language has the author used?
If you could discover something in nature that would help you solve a big problem, what would it be?
Tell us all about it!
https://issuu.com/bloomsburypublishing/docs/thebookofhopes_interactivepdf/2?ff
Maths: Can you face the wild wind?
Yetis are often described as living on windswept mountains. Can you face the wild wind and solve our gale related maths problems?
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Click on week 10 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets below...
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D8E_pgSfreL7POctDVFWigKbQ6zISJB3/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KCJ8s4X6f9f8R50YqVRnoINS1PajmC9F/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wIMBR87Qt0RbTZJu6XdLfMMWVACFj2Fv/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xK30XPr8wmA1y_VHC9qgDzQrt7_Mp5Et/view?usp=sharing
Science: Make Your Own Speaker
Using our knowledge of soundwaves, this week we're going to make our own smartphone speakers from things we have at home.
Which is the most effective and why?
Full instructions included.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgjpFFaN__XYr4n9nSJ6Pn276l3vrC33/view?usp=sharing
PSHE: Read for Empathy
Recently, it was Empathy Day.
Empathy is the ability to share and understand the feelings of someone else.
Go to 3 minutes 54 seconds in this video and watch famous children's author, Malorie Blackman, explain more about empathy and why she thinks empathy is so important in books.
Then do her challenge to describe an empathetic character in a book you've read.
If you'd like to share your work with her, there are instructions at the end of the video, or you could just share it with us.
Art: Celebrate Pride Month
Design a fantastic rainbow parade outfit.
Draw your design in beautiful rainbow colours using paint, felt-tip, crayon or collage materials, or use a design program on your I-pad instead.
Or how about making an outfit out of fabric scraps for an action figure/doll?
DT: Design a shelter
We'd like you to take a good look at the attached image then think about how to protect humans in extreme environments.
You know a bit about animals and how they adapt to their environments, but what do YOU need to survive?
Next, choose an extreme environment.
Will you choose a punishingly cold, yeti's mountainside?
When you've decided on your habitat, we'd like you to design a shelter to protect yourself.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FgjpFFaN__XYr4n9nSJ6Pn276l3vrC33/view?usp=sharing
PE: Home Pentathlon
The Pentathlon is an Olympic event comprising five different sports.
The Sportshall Home Pentathlon challenge has been designed to do at home.
Can you complete all five this week?
You can enter your scores on their website if you would like.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6DK6xTdLkmwBkVBUkZZ2L_oTT6VXErNO
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 22nd June 2020
English: Desert Island Wish List
Our two English activities are linked to the theme of desert islands this week. First, inspired by Desert Island Discs on Radio 4, we'd like you to create your own desert island wish list poem. We've given you instructions and ideas to get you started. If you are intrigued by islands and being castaway, we've also given you some ideas for further reading and watching.
English: Message in a Bottle
Now you're castaway on an island, we'd like you to create your own message in a bottle. Who will you write to? What will you say? Again we've given you some ideas to get you started and the link to a short video about a man who has collected over 1,000 messages in bottles. There's also an extension task for the engineers and inventors amongst you.
Maths: Desert Island Coordinates
Continuing our desert island theme this week, we've got a treasure map challenge for you! We'll explain everything you need to know about coordinates, as they're a new topic. Then you have to find the treasure! Once you've done that you can stretch your artistic muscles by creating your own treasure map (with carefully drawn coordinates, using a ruler obviously) for someone else to solve...
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Click on week 9 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets below...
Science: Dazzling Digestion
Following on from last week's toothy science task, we're continuing with our digestion topic and moving down into the stomach and intestines. We've lots of questions for you to answer and a hands on experiment to watch and do.
History and Geography: Windrush Generation
This week we'd like you to watch a Newsround Special programme to find out more about people who moved to Britain from the Caribbean after WWII.
When you've watched it we've got four questions for you to answer, a letter to write and an online geography quiz. Can you beat your own score?
PSHE: Black Lives Matter
We've been so impressed with your thoughtful responses to Let the Children March. (If you've not watched it yet, scroll back two weeks.) There's a fantastic Blue Peter special about the march which you might like to watch. It explains the background to the book and brings the story up to date. Many of you have told us that you'd like to do more to be anti-racist, to make the world a better place. Helpfully, Blue Peter have created a page of useful links to give you ideas. Explore the links and think of three things you could do to make a difference. Then we'd love you to make a poster or leaflet to explain why the Black Lives Matter movement is so important?
Advice:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/watch/bp-advice-for-helping-to-stop-racisim
Blue Peter March Special:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b07654l7/blue-peter-the-walk-that-changed-the-world
Art: Art Club with Olaf Felafel
We love Olaf Felafel as he has brilliant art ideas to do at home. He does a weekly art lesson, this first one includes a Matisse tutorial, give it a try. If you like Olaf, have a look at his other lessons too.
PE: Zumba
Zumba is a dancing exercise, it's fun and really good for you. This challenge is to create your own Zumba workout, instructions attached.
http://www.thinkactive.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Zumba-Day26-A-Z-challenge.pdf
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 15th June 2020
English: Look Up! Character Challenge
Watch the video of the author reading the fantastic book Look Up! (The link is in the document.) Then create your own story book character, we've given you ideas to get you started. If you'd like to draw your character too, watch the talented illustrator show you how he created Rocket to get some inspiration.
English: Asking questions
Looking very closely at something and asking questions are both really good skills to develop. We'd like you to look at this picture for as long as you can and ask as many questions as you can. At first the picture might seem a bit boring, but look more closely... There is no such thing as a bad question! We'd like you to write out your carefully punctuated questions in your best handwriting.
Maths: Times Table Challenge
These questions require you to use your timestable knowledge to solve a problem. For the second two questions, you're allowed to use a calculator!
Maths: Times Table Challenge
These questions require you to use your timestable knowledge to solve a problem. For the second two questions, you're allowed to use a calculator!
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Click on week 8 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets below...
Lesson 1 - Write decimals 2020
Lesson 2 - Compare decimals 2020
Science: Why do we have different teeth?
This is a science investigation you can do whilst you're eating lunch! We've got lots of questions for you to answer about your teeth and a couple of videos to watch. When you've done that, we've got an experiment for you to do using old egg shells. (You'll never look at orange squash in the same way again...)
Geography and History: Volcanoes!
We'd like you to read about volcanoes in the attached, excellent, book pages and answer our questions (Ms Wallop, who knows a fair amount about volcanoes, learnt things too, it's a very good book!) Once you've done that, we'd like you to research volcano gods and goddesses. We've given you some ideas to get you started.
Computing: Historical Coding Challenge
This is a coding challenge that doesn't need a computer! (Apart from a printer to print the template.) During WWII all different kids of codes were used to pass messages between soldiers that couldn't be read by the enemy. Make yourself a Caesar wheel following the instructions on the Bletchley Park website (there's a lot of other great stuff on their website too) and send us a coded message. You'll need to work systematically and follow the instructions to the letter.
https://bletchleypark.org.uk/blog/how-to-make-and-use-a-caesar-wheel
Art: Pigments and nature
This week we want you to make your own food based paints and use it to paint some local wildlife. We've included information on the science of paint pigments (it's fascinating) and full instructions.
PE: Disney Ten Minute Shake Ups
These PE games are based on Disney movies. There's also a quiz to find out which sports and activities would suit you best.
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 8th June 2020
English: Bedroom writing challenge
Watch the two videos of stories being read to get inspiration for your own adventure story. We've given you some ideas for what to include and how to structure it.
Reading: Book of Hope
Katherine Rundell, who wrote The Explorer, a book many of you loved, has edited this lovely collection of stories and poems. We'd like you to read Bag for Life on page 30 and answer these three questions:
What does umpteenth mean?
Why does the dad not tell the son what's in the bag?
Is it good to have hope?
Justify your answers with evidence from the text and also your own ideas.
https://issuu.com/bloomsburypublishing/docs/thebookofhopes_interactivepdf/2?ff
Maths: Maths word problems
Can you solve these problems about eggs, animals and pencils? Some are easy. Which is the trickiest and why?
Maths: Factors and multiples chain
This is an interactive version of a fun maths game we've played in pairs at school. What's the longest chain you can make? You can do it on the computer or on a piece of paper. Do you have a strategy for which numbers you are choosing? Play a few times and see if you can make a longer chain each time.
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Go to the White Rose website click on week 7 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets below...
Lesson 1 - Tenths as decimals 2019
Lesson 2 - Dividing 2 digits by 10 2019
Science: Classification keys
Our new science topic this week is classification. First we'd like you to do the Bitesize task to introduce you to the basics, then you'll be looking at how to classify sweets and finally, inspired by artist and cornflake classifier Anne Griffiths, we'd like you create your own classification key using something you have in your house. We've given you all the instructions you need.
PSHE: Let the Children March
Watch and listen to this true story being read with an adult. Was it good that the children went to jail? Talk to your adult about this and try to find arguments for and against. How does this book make you feel? What do you like most about it? Is there anything you don't like? Is there anything that puzzles you?
History/DT: Stay Home Board Game Challenge
Inspired by WWII board games in the Imperial War Museum collection, we'd like you to create your own Stay Home board game. We've given you some ideas to get you started and there's a video to watch for inspiration. We'd like you to write up your instructions neatly so that other people can learn to play. When we're all back at school, bring your board games in and we can play them together!
PE: Supermovers
This week we'd like you to do supermovers every day! They are a great way to practise your timestables.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-collection/z7frpg8
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Key Stage 2 Virtual Sports Day 2020
The Results
A massive thank you to all those that rose to the challenge and took part in Beatrix Potter's first virtual sports day.
Judging by the pictures and videos that were sent in, there was lots of fun had, some even wearing their PE kit to make it that little more real.
Now onto the results. It was incredible close fought competition but of course there can be only one winner. The winning team colour for KS2 Beatrix Potter Virtual Sports Day 2020 was...
The Blue Team - Congratulations!!!
Hot on their tails in second place were the purple team, closely followed by the yellows in third, in fourth were the greens and last by no means least were the reds.
You'll also see that below we have provided the individual results for each exercise and again some of the results were very close.
A big well done to all those who took part and congratulations to those who came first, second or third in the activities. Please feel free download and print the certificate that applies to you.
Once again, thank you to all those who took part, demonstrating the importance of keeping fit and healthy whilst having fun at the same time. Mr Finch
1st Place Cert - 2nd Place Cert - 3rd Place Cert - Participation Cert
Week Beginning: Monday 1st June 2020
English: Peepo! descriptive writing challenge
First watch the video of Peepo! being read by one of its authors, Allan Ahlberg then look very carefully at the illustration we've given you. What do you notice? Finally, write a description of something in the picture. We've given you lots of help and ideas to get you started.
English Resource: Click here to download
Watch Poem: Click Here
Reading/PHSE: Positive News!
The First News website has a special section with only positive news. It's free to read and it's guaranteed to cheer you up. Have a read then come up with your own positive news story based on something lovely that's happened in your family this week. Don't forget to include a picture and caption!
Maths: How many? maths challenge
Have a go at this fruity maths challenge. Is there just one right answer?
Maths Resource: Click here to download
Maths: White Rose maths lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on week 6 then access the five daily videos, once you've watched them, you'll find the worksheets in the attached folder.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Lesson 1 - Add 2 or more fractions 2019
Lesson 2 - Subtract 2 fractions 2019
Geography: Meteorology
This week we'd like you to be a meteorologist and record the weather outside of your window every day. Describe whether it's sunny, windy, rainy, what the clouds look like and how warm it is. If you don't have a thermometer to check the temperature, the weather app on your parent's phone is pretty accurate. How you record it is up to you. We've found a couple of websites to give you more information - Britannica is a good place to start, the Duckster one has more information and an online quiz to take.
Duckster:
https://www.ducksters.com/science/earth_science/weather_forecasting.php,
Britannica:
History: Family History Project
We want you to interview an older person in your family to create a new historical source about their life. You might need to talk to them a few times then you can produce your interviews in any format you like. You can illustrate it too, either with photos of objects that they send you, or your own drawings or both. We've given you full instructions and a long list of suggested questions to get you started. This is a big project which might take you two weeks.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1W6_t4osn0aIFXevlVOIa8BlA4a37m4jr
Reading: Reading Challenge!
As you know, Mrs Pears and Ms Wallop LOVE reading. This week (or over the next couple of weeks) we'd like you to have a go at this fab reading challenge from the Open University. How many can you tick off? Some of them you've probably already done as part of your home learning, so you'll have a head start. We're not sure what a reading pass the parcel is, if you can come up with an idea, let us know. Do you notice that there are two boxes for you to fill with your own ideas? What will you do? (The task below might give you an idea...)
https://researchrichpedagogies.org/_downloads/Sharing_the_Love_of_Reading_7-9_years.pdf
DT: Make a Miniature Book
The British Library has set us a challenge to create miniature books. It could be a story book (we know you're fantastic at stories) or a non-fiction book - maybe something to do with habitats, weather or history? They've given you all the instructions you need on their website plus lots of ideas and a little bit of the history of tiny books.
https://www.bl.uk/childrens-books/activities/make-a-miniature-book
PE: Join the Move Crew
The new UK Active Kids Move Crew website has daily missions designed by elite athletes. Can you rise to the challenge? The activities are fun and can all be done inside.
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 18th May 2020
English: Poetry writing
First listen to actor Samuel West reading Julia Donaldson's poem, I Opened a Book. Then read it a couple of times to yourself. Finally, write your own poem, we've provided full instructions.
English Resource: Click here to download
Listen to Poem: Click Here
Reading: Bravery
Do you remember when we wrote stories about bravery for Beatrix Potter's 500 words competition? Can you remember all the brave characters in our school story books? Have you read any new books recently with brave characters? What did they do that was brave? How would the story have changed if they hadn't been brave? Describe one of these characters for us (how they look, how they think, how they feel) and describe how they fit into the story.
Science: How fast can you jump a kilometre?
We've designed a science investigation about human beings that you can do in your living room. We've asked you lots of questions to help direct your thinking and included the science of jumping at the end. We look forward to seeing how you get on.
Science Resource: Click here to download
Reading: Mr Gum
Ms Wallop and Mrs Pears are missing our class reading sessions, but this is a great replacement. Mr Gum is a fantastically funny storybook character who is definitely not brave. His creator, Andy Stanton has read the whole of Mr Gum and the Goblins on YouTube. Find yourself some colouring or another quiet activity then settle down and listen. We promise it'll make you laugh.
Maths: Revision Tasks
Watch the daily videos to remind yourself of the work we did in the Autumn and Spring terms then do the tasks on Sumdog to see how much you remember.
These are the Maths tasks for Year 4 that are already on the school website.
Maths: White Rose Lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on Week 5 then access the five daily lesson videos:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Once you've watched the videos, click on the link at the top to find activities to go with them on BBC Bitesize.
Art: Photographic Self Portrait
Your Year 3 class portraits are currently hanging in Tate Britain, we'd like you to take a photo of yourself at home so that we can create a Year 4 class portrait. We've given you instructions!
Art Resource: Click here to download
History: Home School History with Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner, the chief nerd on Horrible Histories, has come up with a new podcast called Home school History. Each episode is just 15 minutes; the first episode is about The Restoration, a really interesting part of British history, which includes the Great Fire of London. Have a listen then complete Greg's test and let us know which is your favourite fact and why.
History Resource: Click here to view
PE: Get Set with Team GB!
Team GB have created a website filled with short sporting activities to do indoors. We think Quick Change is a good place to start (scroll down to find it, it's lower down the main page). Have a go at a different one each day then let us know which is your favourite and why.
PE Resource: Click here to view
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 11th May 2020
English: Keeping a diary
Following on from last week's creation of a museum, how would you like to contribute to the collection of a real museum? The Museum Of Ordinary People is asking us to create daily lockdown diaries. This week we'd like you to write something every day. What did you eat? What did you read? What did you play? What did you watch on TV? What made you laugh? Was there something that worried you? If you'd like your diary to be included in the MOOP's collection, email them. Full instructions are on their website. Or you could just show it to us.
English Resource: Click here to download
English: Keeping a diary
Following on from last week's creation of a museum, how would you like to contribute to the collection of a real museum? The Museum Of Ordinary People is asking us to create daily lockdown diaries. This week we'd like you to write something every day. What did you eat? What did you read? What did you play? What did you watch on TV? What made you laugh? Was there something that worried you? If you'd like your diary to be included in the MOOP's collection, email them. Full instructions are on their website. Or you could just show it to us.
English Resource: Click here to download
Science: A Science Mystery!
Can you solve the science mystery then complete the activity? We can't give you any more details here, you'll have to find out for yourself... The document is three pages long, when you've solved the mystery, keep scrolling to discover the task we want you to do.
Science Resource: Click here to download
History: A History Challenge
1066 King Harold lost England to William of Normandy At the Battle of Hastings. The story is told in the Bayeux Tapestry. It has all sorts of events, the Comet, Harold captured before Hastings. The swearing on the bones of a saint and finally, did Harold really get an arrow in his eye. There are lots of websites to help you. Can you tell the story of the battle and try to get the facts? Mr Neale who loves this story will look at your efforts.
Reading: The Honey Bee
Listen to this lovely story about a honey bee. With your science hat on, what can you learn from the story about how bees adapt to their habitat? There's lots of interesting scientific information in the story, so you might need to listen to it twice. Tell us ten facts you've learnt.
Maths: Revision Tasks
Watch the daily videos to remind yourself of the work we did in the Autumn and Spring terms then do the tasks on Sumdog to see how much you remember.
These are the Maths tasks for Year 4 that are already on the school website.
Maths: White Rose Lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on Week 4 then access the five daily lessons:
Music: Virtual Choir
Gareth Malone is a famous choirmaster who had set up a virtual choir on YouTube. The rehearsals are live every day but you can watch afterwards too and join in. Singing is good for our mental heath as well as being fun.
PSHE: Talking Mental Health
Watch this video from the Anna Freud Centre with an adult then talk about it together. What do you do to make yourself feel better when things are feeling hard? We've talked about this at school so maybe you could share some of your classmates' ideas with your adult. There's more information for you both in the leaflet that goes with the video.
Video: https://youtu.be/nCrjevx3-Js
Leaflet: https://www.annafreud.org/media/7228/tmh-parent-leaflet-final-all-approved-laid-out-for-web.pdf
PE: Yoga
Have you ever tried yoga? Cosmic Kids Yoga is good for beginners and expert yogis alike, and designed specially for kids. Can you do yoga three times this week?
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 4th May 2020
English: Museum of Me
You can't visit museums at the moment, so we'd like you to create your own. We're really looking forward to learning more about what makes you, you. All the instructions are here.
English Resource: Click here to download
Maths: Maths Challenge
This maths challenge is like a puzzle; can you work it out? We've given you some clues to help. Let us know how you get on.
Maths Resource: Click here to download
Maths: White Rose Lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on Week 3 then access the five daily lessons:
Maths: Revision Tasks
Watch the daily videos to remind yourself of the work we did in the Autumn and Spring terms then do the tasks on Sumdog to see how much you remember.
These are the Maths tasks for Year 4 that are already on the school website.
Science: Habitats Quiz
Take this online quiz to see how much you've learned about habitats over the last couple of weeks. If you get anything wrong, look up the species or habitat mentioned to find out more about it.
https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/science/habitats-and-ecosystems/
History: Anglo Saxon Food
Read the information and watch the videos we've given you about Anglo Saxon food then (if you have any flour) make your own Anglo Saxon bread. Send us pictures of your creations!
Anglo Saxon Resource: Click here to download
Art: Draw a Pug!
The author of Pugs of the Frozen North has put this drawing tutorial on YouTube. Can you draw a pack of pugs?
PE: Just Dance
We know you all love Just Dance, can you do some every day this week?
DT: Make a Giant Marble Run
Use the contents of your recycling bin to make a giant marble run! We've written some instructions and found a link to a YouTube video to help. We can't wait to see your engineering skills.
Marble Run Resource: Click here to download
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 27th April 2020
English: Table Poem
This week we'd like you to write a poem inspired by Edip Cansever's Table Poem. First read the poem out loud to someone in your house (can you remember the poetry performance workshop we did in the Autumn term?) Next follow our instructions for how to write your own poem, we're really looking forward to seeing your creations.
English Resource: Click here to download
Maths: Magic Trick
Try this clever Victorian magic trick on someone in your family. How does it work? Show us how you know.
Maths Resource: Click here to download
Maths: White Rose Lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on Week 2 then access the five daily lessons:
Maths: Revision Tasks
Watch the daily videos to remind yourself of the work we did in the Autumn and Spring terms then do the tasks on Sumdog to see how much you remember.
These are the Maths tasks for Year 4 that are already on the school website.
Science: How plants and animals adapt to their habitat
Pick one species to research and find out as much as you can about its habitat and how it's adapted to it. We've found some web links to help you.
Science Resource: Click here to download
History: Introduction to Anglo Saxons
Our new history topic is Anglo Saxons. Read the information we've given you then do your own research to find out differences and similarities between Anglo Saxons, Romans and Celts. Would you have like to live during the Anglo Saxon era? Explain your answer.
Anglo Saxon Resource: Click here to download
Art: Loo Roll Seahorse
Artist Darrell Wakelam has created a set of brilliant tutorials for making art out of materials we all have at home. This seahorse one fits nicely with our habitats topic. It's quite tricky but we think you can do it.
Seahorse Art Tutorial: Click here to download
PE: PE Bingo
This task is designed to take two weeks. How many of the activities can you cross off?
The Youth Sport Trust website: https://www.youthsporttrust.org/sites/default/files/Bingo%20Physical%20Activity%20.pdf
PHSE: Fake News
We get news in so many ways - from TV, newspapers, social media, radio - but how do we know what's true and what's not? This fake news quiz is fun and the other activities that go with it help you to work out what's real news and what's fake.
The Guardian's Newswise for families website:
https://www.theguardian.com/newswise/2020/mar/21/newswise-for-families-looking-out-for-fake-news
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Week Beginning: Monday 20th April 2020
Algebra challenge
You don't normally learn algebra until Y6, but we think that you'll enjoy this tricky challenge.
Maths Challenge: Click to Download
Harris Burdick Story (Part 1)
This is a writing challenge - the challenge is to write a whole story in 50 words.
Writing Challenge: Click to Download
Harris Burdick Story (Part 2)
Now you've written your story in just 50 words, can you use your ideas to write a longer story with lots of brilliant description? We know you are all fantastic as creative writing.
Weekly Spellings
Learn the spellings and ask someone to test you.
All the spellings for term are in a single document, with the dates next to each week, as usual.
Spellings: Click to Download
Coronavirus - a book for children
If you've got questions about why we're staying at home, this book is a great place to start. It's illustrated by Axel Scheffler of Gruffalo fame.
You can find a PDF of the book here:
https://nosycrowcoronavirus.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Coronavirus_ABookForChildren.pdf
Introduction to Habitats
Our new science topic is habitats. Do some research into what habitats are then make us a poster to show us what you've learnt. We've found some good web links to help you.
Science Challenge: Click to Download
Revision Tasks
Watch the daily videos to remind yourself of the work we did in the Autumn and Spring terms then do the tasks on Sumdog to see how much you remember.
These are the Maths tasks for Year 4 that are already on the school website.
White Rose Lessons
These daily tasks cover new areas of maths and have been designed specially for you to do at home.
Go to the White Rose website click on Week 1 then access the five daily lessons:
Draw Cartoon Characters
Rob Biddulph is a book illustrator who has kindly put lots of drawing tutorials on his website. Pick one or more characters to draw and share the results with us!
The tutorials can be found on Rob's website:
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