Millennium
Year Four Home Learning Week Beginning 25th May 2020
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f6f134″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Eid Mubarak to those families who are celebrating. We hope that all families also enjoy the bank holiday Monday. It is half term this week so we are not setting daily Maths and English learning. However we have put together some fun creative activities around our topic Ancient Egypt for you to do if you want to. [/dropshadowbox]
I have included the file in PowerPoint and Word formats as well as on here just in case you would like to print this out.
Summer Half term Homework Year Four
Here are some templates and instructions to help you:
Design-An-Ancient-Egyptian-Death-Mask-Activity
Make-Your-Own-3d-Sarcophagus-Template
How-to-make-a-shaduf-craft-instructions
How to mummify fruit instructions
If you are not sure where or what to do try mummifying a tomato it is great fun!
Please take photos of your creative work and upload to Class Dojo for us to share in our weekly Wall of Fame.
We hope you have an enjoyable half term from the year four team-Miss Turpie and Miss Danzey
International Bee Day
Happy “International Bee Day” to everybody.
Did you know that bees are crucial when it comes to producing our food?
Did you know that during her life, a bee collects only 1/12 of a tea spoon full of honey?
Did you know that social-distancing is impossible for bees as in the height of the summer, a beehive houses far over 30.000 bees?
To celebrate our little, fascinating and for our survival essential companion, please spend some time today to …
- create some “Bee-Craft” https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/153122456057498813/ and https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/bees;
- bake https://mummy2twindividuals.com/world-bee-day-6-preschool-activities;
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design a fact-file https://askabiologist.asu.edu/virtual-beehive;
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set up a mini-bee garden (with a range of flowers in a plant pot);
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…
Here are some more resources:
- beebingo-board1
- Rollup_WBD_90x200cm_50percentANG
- t-t-2547293-all-about-bees-activity-sheet
- t-tp-5971-bee-fact-cards-fact-cards-english_ver_1
- t-tp-6565-bee-mindfulness-collaborative-colouring-activity-pack-
creative and send some pictures on Class-Dojo or howardyear5@gmail.com
Mr Grundey
Year Four Home Learning Week beginning 18th May
Hello Year Four! Hope you are all keeping safe and well as you enjoy the beautiful weather. It is amazing to see all the work you have been sharing with us, it is lovely to know that you are all still working so hard and enjoying your learning.
This week’s learning:
English: This week shows a return to the Ananse stories and some fun food poetry writing.
Day one- Read the story, thinking about Ananse’s character, answer some questions and predict the ending Monday 18th May
Day two- How does the ending of the story compare with your prediction? Also, some adverbials practise using sentences from the story Tuesday May 19th
If you need some adverbials revision, use the PowerPoint to help you Adverbials with audio
Day three- Thinking about Ananse’s character, you can plan and write your own Ananse story Wednesday 20th May
Day four- A switch to poetry today! Read the food poems, looking for patterns or repeated language. Which do you like or dislike? Why? Thursday 21st May
Day five- Remind yourself of what an ode is (a poem praising a person, thing or idea using emotive and descriptive language) and write your own food based ode Friday 22nd May
Reading: If you fancy a break from Reading Planet, have a go at this as something different; Please Mrs Butler
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr93bdm
Listen to and read the poems.
You are now going to show your understanding of the poem by summarising what has happened using hashtags.
For this activity, your hashtag should not be more than six words long.
For example:
# Who is Mrs Butler?
# Mean Derek Drew
# Copycat
# Lamb on the roof!
# Derek Drew strikes again
# Eating rubbers next!
Top tip!
You might find it easier if you read a few sentences and then stop to write your hashtag.
Activity 2
Read the poem Excuses by Allan Ahlberg.
While you read, think about the question below.
- Is it the same child with lots of excuses or different children speaking?
Top tip!
Read the last line very carefully: ‘So… can we start again?’
(Thomas loved this activity, I’m sure you will enjoy it too)
Maths: We now have access to the Whiterose worksheets again. This week is a revision of fractions which some of you have already covered. If you find this is the case, have a look at the BBC Bitesize daily home learning tasks which are a little different.
Day one- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Recognising tenths and hundredths Lesson-1-Recognise-tenths-and-hundredths-2019
Day two- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Equivalent fractions Lesson-2-Equivalent-fractions-1-2019
Day three- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
More equivalent fractions practice Lesson-3-Equivalent-fractions-2-2019
Day four- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Fractions greater than one Lesson-4-Fractions-greater-than-1-2019
Day five- https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
BBC Bitesize challenge or Nrich matching fractions challenge https://nrich.maths.org/8283/note
Remember that you also have access to Mathletics and TT Rockstars to do further practise and activities
Science:
Let’s take a break from our electricity topic for a week
Watch Operation Ouch Special-What is Corona virus-Watch the coughing experiment and hand washing experiment and answer the following questions. You can do it orally and record yourself or write your answers. If you are feeling artist you can present your answers in a illustrated homemade book or poster.
ICT: This week have a go at building your own galaxy!
http://-https://studio.code.org/s/starwarsblocks/stage/1/puzzle/1
RE: Eid Mubarak to those of you who are celebrating Eid at the end of this week!
Have a go at explaining what Ramadan is and how Muslims celebrate
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/articles/zjc2bdm
PSHE/PE: Thinking about teamwork this week
http://-https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbcthbk
History: A fun break this week thinking about solving some Ancient Egyptian Brain Teasers. How did you do? ancient-egyptians-brain-teasers-3416-312-160810-57ab2d5554fab
Latin: Revising adjectives from last week, matching endings to the nouns they describe. Watch out for the plurals! Also a recap of Homeric epic from last time. Which is your favourite of Odysseus’ adventures? Adjectives and epic part two
Music: Continuing our home learning of movement and music starting off with Move it Monday
https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/
Remember, you don’t have to do all of the activities, spend time doing those you can. Enjoy the sunshine and please keep on sharing your work with us on Class Dojo.
Continue to be amazing superstars every day!
Year Four Home Learning Wk Beginning 11th May 2020
Another week of learning at home! Hope you all enjoyed the fabulous weather over the bank holiday. Please remember to share any pictures of you VE day celebrations with us on Class Dojo!
Thank you all for your continuing efforts and for sharing all your amazing work with us each week on Class Dojo!
THIS WEEK’S LEARNIN
Guided Reading-
Reading Planet had a few glitches this week as so many children have been using the programme during lock down and some of you were not able to see the books to read. Let me know on Class Dojo if this happens again and I can reset the book for you straight away.
An Indian Folklore book for you to enjoy this week. Find the follow up activities on the last two pages of this docement.
JustOneGrainofRiceandOtherIndianFolktales (1) (1)
G:
English-
Day One; Watch the following video and then complete the tasks to revise fronted adverbials and write, or draw, a day out you would like
If you need some help remembering adverbial phrases, you could use this PowerPoint Adverbials_v2_with_audio or have a look at this BBC Bitesize page for ideas https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv73bdm
Day two; Today, you will look at contrasting opinions of zoos and think about what your own opinion might be. You will then write a letter, or some sentences, to describe why you think animals in zoos should be treated well Tuesday May 12th
Day three; First using a picture, then the video below, write some detailed descriptions of foxes and read the poems, you can then design illustrations or write your own poem Wednesday May 13th
Day four; Today, working from pictures, you will be thinking about descriptions and how to express your opinions clearly. Then, there are poems to compare and contrast Thursday 14th May
Day five; Pictures and poems about thunderstorms today. Practise reading the first poem aloud and tell your grown ups what you like about it. Then read the other poems and answer some questions about them Friday 15th May
Maths- Activity worksheets are no longer available, but follow the link to BBC Bitesize after watching the video. The activities here are also good.
Day one; Solving multiplication and division problems
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day two;- Perimeter of rectangles
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day three; Perimeter of rectilinear shapes
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day four; Area counting squares
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day five; BBC Bitesize challenge
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Science-L.O-I can begin to recognise conductors and insulators.
Watch the video tutorial. Try the balloon static experiment if you have any balloon. If not, don’t worry about buying any, James and I will do an experiment video for you on Class Dojo then you can use the results in your experiment.
Stop the video tutorial as you go to answer and complete the activities.
Try something easier-http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/learning.html Insulators and Conductors tab on the bottom of the game.
If you have time, try some of the foundation subject activities below. You can pick and choose and shouldn’t feel pressured to complete everything!
I.C.T-We hope you are enjoying this term’s lessons on coding. Try creating a sports game this week. Watch the inspiring video from famous sports people first, keep an eye open for the late Kobi Bryant, Neymar Junior and Sergio Ramos.
https://studio.code.org/s/basketball/stage/1/puzzle/1
Go further and design and code a game for another sport too.
https://studio.code.org/s/sports/stage/1/puzzle/1
Art-
Watch the video to find out all about the tradition of making masks in Africa. Choose 3 masks to look carefully at and sketch them. Begin to find out how Picasso was influenced by African masks in his portrait painting.
You could go further and make or draw your own mask like the ones shown in the videos below. Remember to take photos and upload them to Class Dojo. This week, we will be sharing some of the fantastic work you have been posted for your classes to see on Class Dojo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxAvdtUXPrA
Music- More home singing to keep everyone cheerful. Try and learn a new song!
Latin- This week after our usual recaps, you will be learning about noun and adjective agreements. Then you will be looking at Homeric epic. We know very little about Homer other than his name. We don’t even know when his stories were originally sang at a fireside gathering in Ancient Greece Latin Nouns, adjectives and epic
History- This week we are looking at Egyptian Heiroglyphs. A form of Egyptian writing. Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Very few Egyptians could read and write, it was a skill reserved for only the smartest boys of rich families. Can you have a go at writing a secret message in heiroglyphs? Egyptian alphabet
If you want to learn more and test your knowledge, try this site and its quiz at the end
https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egypt/hieroglyphics_examples_alphabet.php
Happy learning this week Year Four! As always, just do the work that you can and please let us know how you are doing on Class Dojo!
Year 4 Home Learning Summer Term Week 3 Beginning 4th May 2020
Welcome to your home learning blog this week.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”” border_width=”” border_color=”#dddddd” ]We hope you are all keeping well and happy. Here is your learning for the whole week. Remember that your health and happiness is our first concern so there is no need to worry if you can’t get everything done. Please continue to contact Miss Danzey and I on Class Dojo if you have any questions or just want to chat[/dropshadowbox]
Guided Reading-
Continue to read Treasure Island or the other books you have been set on Rising Stars Reading Planet.
For parents, the books have been individually chosen for your child to support their independent reading please encourage them to read and do the comprehension quizzes.
Gold stars to Yasmin,Sofia,Mohammed,Aiden,Charlene,Mudia,Hajira,Cristos,Amira-Lee, Alana, Mario, Karolina, Ariana K, Georgi, Amirah, Sophie, Lalith and Lee this week for their excellent efforts on Reading Planet.
Superstar award to Sofia Kosyakova for her impressive 60 dojo points for all the work she has been posting!
English-
- Day 1 – Read the start of Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters. Answer comprehension questions and make notes about characters. On day 2 where you will hear the whole story. English Monday 4th May
- Day 2 – Read and think about character’s reactions. Listen to the whole story being read. Reflect upon and write notes about the character of the king. English Tuesday 5th May
- Day 3 – Summarise the story. Read a letter from her future self to Manyara. Use imagination and reflection to write your own letters from your future selves. English Wednesday 6th May
- Day 4 – Read a poem about the Willow Pattern story. Add notes to a picture of a plate to tell the story and make a story plan. Draft descriptive phrases and write a version of the story. English Thursday 7th May
- Day 5 – Read a poem about Zeus and the Tortoise. Imagine dialogue between the two characters and write this as direct speech. Then plan and write a version of the story.English Friday 8th May
Maths-This week we will be revising multiplying and dividing 2 and 3 digit numbers by a one digit number. These lessons are quite short so please continue to work on the activities you have set on Mathletics, including the Live Maths Challenges-We would like you to aim for 1,000 points week. Parents of children with additional learning needs, Mathletics now has only work for your child’s learning rather than work set by their chronological year group so should be accessible to them independently. The questions are read to them and the i tab will help them with their learning. If you hve lost your child’s log in details please contact us via Class Dojo.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Monday 4th May-https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Y4-Lesson-1-Multiply-2-digits-by-1-digit-2019 (1) Y4-Lesson-1-Answers-Multiply-2-digits-by-1-digit-2019
Tuesday 5th May-https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Y4-Lesson-2-Multiply-3-digits-by-1-digit-2019Y4-Lesson-2-Answers-Multiply-3-digits-by-1-digit-2019
Wednesday 6th May-https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Y4-Lesson-3-Divide-2-digits-by-1-digit-2-2019Y4-Lesson-3-Answers-Divide-2-digits-by-1-digit-2-2019
Thursday 7th May-https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Y4-Lesson-4-Divide-3-digits-by-1-digit-2019Y4-Lesson-4-Answers-Divide-3-digits-by-1-digit-2019
Friday 8th May-https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Remember to use Mathletics to revise your Maths learning around 3×20 minute sessions a week.[/dropshadowbox]
Choose a foundation subject to do each day if you have time.
Science-
L.O-I know how a circuit works and can give examples of a complete and incomplete circuit
Watch the leaning clips and read the PowerPoint. Then do sections electricity basics to revise your previous learning then simple circuits to practice your learning from today.
http://www.learningcircuits.co.uk/learning.html
Lesson Presentation Electrical Circuits
Art-Google art and culture to take a virtual tour of the Reina Sofia Art gallery in Madrid. Find a cubist painting you like, sketch it and find out all about it. Look for paintings by Juan Gris or Picasso. https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museo-reina-sofia
I.C.T- Try coding with Minecraft this week
https://studio.code.org/s/aquatic/stage/1/puzzle/1
Latin- This week, we are still revising esse-to be and thinking about describing ourselves. There is also a link to Science and using Latin names to help name and classify plants and animals Latin classification
Music- More fun songs and activities for you and your families to enjoy
History- This week, we are looking at why the Nile was an important part of life in Ancient Egypt Why the Nile was important
Or you could look at the BBC site for additional information,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zg87xnb/articles/zkkywty
Can you write some sentences or tell your grown ups about why the Nile was so important to the Ancient Egyptians?
If you want to have a go at another activity, you could try making a farming calendar, Farming calendar
Year 4 Home Learning Summer Term Week 2
Daily Tasks-Guided Reading, English and Maths
Guided Reading-(approximately half an hour) Thank you to
Aiden, Mudia,Hajira,Sofia, Sophie,Lalith,Amirah, Amira Lee, Christos, Alana, Karolina, Georgi, Mario and Ariana K.
who have already tried our new Guided Reading activities. If you haven’t yet, then please give it a try by following the link below:
https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Your username is your first name (including a capital for the first letter)
Your password is planet (all lowercase)
The centre ID is 211526
I have assigned you a guided reading text. If you have more than one assigned to you can choose which one to start with.
Please click on the tab to take you through to the online books. You may need to read and click on the terms and conditions the first time you enter the site. Click enter to get through to the next page with the book or books I have assigned for you.
Click on the tab open to take you through to the book. It will look something like this: 
Use the arrows to move to the next page or enlarge the print 
Read the book online and answer the questions when you see the question mark. Remember to look back at the text to help you answer the questions.
There are questions for you to answer at the end of each book and a quiz to do which sends us the results!
It looks like this:
If you need any more help accessing Reading Planet click on this guide:KS2_Pupil_user_guide
Remember to do a little bit of guided reading every day. Your timetable could look like this:
Monday-Read the book and answer the short quiz questions
Tuesday-Skim read the book again and answer the comprehension questions i=at the back of the book.
Wednesday-Skim read the book again and take the quiz.
Thursday-Do a follow up activity about the text
Friday-Do another follow up activity and summarise the book to an adult or in writing
The follow up activities are here:
ThePocketElfandtheGreatDogEscape
This week, most of you will be trying Treasure Island. The follow up activity is below:
Good luck! Please continue to let us know how you are finding these tasks on Class Dojo!
If you like hearing stories read to you, why not listen to David Walliams reading his book Fing every day (catch ups to previous chapters are still available)
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
English–
Open the file to find instructions for what to do each day and all the sheets you will need. No need to print off the sheets.
This week we are looking at the stories about Ananse the Spider:
Day 1: Read the story of Ananse the Spider and complete the tasks: Day 1 Monday 27th April
Use the PowerPoint to remind you about clauses, conjunctions and verbsConjunctions Powerpoint with Audio – Day 1 or watch this video
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3
to help you if you need it.
Something easier: Write some sentences to describe Ananse the Spider using conjunctions like and, but, because or so.
Day 2: Today, read another Ananse story and try out the tasks; Day 2 Tuesday 28th April
We are still focusing on conjunctions in writing so the following PowerPoint may be useful; Conjunctions Powerpoint with Audio – Day 2
Something easier: Draw the story and add key sentences to your pictures.
Day 3: Looking at the Bird Illustration which is from another Ananse story, make up your own version of what you think the story would be (remembering to use conjunctions, fronted adverbial phrases and expanded noun phrases along with all key vocabulary)Day 3 Wednesday 29th April
Something easier: Draw your ideas and write sentences to describe them.
Day 4: Some seasonal poetry today! Read the poems, decide which is your favourite and answer some questions about it Day 4 Thursday 30th April
Something easier:Listen to these poems (a couple of my favourites!) and have a go at the activities. Try at least the first activity
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb2k8xs
Day 5: Try reading today’s poem and try to memorise it to perform to your grown up. Compare it to your favourite from yesterday, think about which you prefer and why. Remember, always have a reason as evidence for your answers! Day 5 Friday 1st May
Something easier: Have a go at writing an acrostic poem about spring and illustrate it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f
As always, remember to share any work you are proud of on Class Dojo!
Maths-Click on the links to find your daily Math’s lessons. This week we will be continuing to embed our decimals learning and revise fractions and money. You can access the video teaching as well as the answers to your work on this link:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day 1-Rounding decimals Lesson-5-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO5-Round-decimals-2020
Day 2- Halves and quarters Lesson-2-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO6-Halves-and-quarters-2020
Day 3- Pounds and pence Lesson-3-Y4-Summer-Block-2-WO1-Pounds-and-pence-2020
Day 4-Ordering money Lesson-4-Y4-Summer-Block-2-WO2-Ordering-money-2020
Day 5-Maths Challenge, TTRockstars or NRich challenge
If you are in Southwark class and normally work with Miss Alvarez with Maths try these activities instead.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Lesson-1-Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO6-Recognise-a-third-2019 Lesson-2-Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO7-Find-a-third-2019 Lesson-3-Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO8-Unit-fractions-2019 Lesson-4-Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO9-Non-unit-fractions-2019 Lesson-5-Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO10-Equivalence-of-half-and-two-quarters-2019
Use your TTRockstars account to practise your 3 and 4 times tables. Contact us on Class dojo if you can’t remember your child’s account details or have any problems with the work we have set.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Once you have completed your daily Guided Reading, English and Maths tasks choose one of the foundation subjects below. You can choose to do one a day or more or less depending on how much computer or study time you have. Don’t worry if you can’t get everything done![/dropshadowbox]
Art-(Cubism and Picasso)
Week 2-Picasso and cubism
Use this website https://www.duck
sters.com/history/art/cubism.phpto find out what cubism is. Write a paragraph in your own words to explain cubism . Then find a cubist painting you like and have a go at sketching it. You could try-Violin and Candlestick (Georges Braque), Three Musicians (Pablo Picasso)or by Juan Gris.
Something easier:
If you find it hard to read these pages on your own try listening to the web page instead.
Challenge-Take the quiz to see what you can remember.
https://www.ducksters.com/history/art/cubism_questions.php
Creative challenge online art games-https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/tate-paint
Science-(Electricity and Scientists and Inventors)
Week 2-
L.O- I can identify electrical appliances and the types of electricity they use.
Task 1-Can you write list of some appliances in your home which use electricity and some which don’t. (at last 5 items for each)
Look at the powerpoint to check your appliances #Lesson Presentation Everyday Electrical Appliances. Read the information about the types of electricity they use (mains or battery)
Task 2-Complete the Venn diagram to sort electrical appliances into those which use mains, those which use batteries and those which use both.
SCIENCE Mains or Battery task 2
Easier-Sort the appliances in the pictures into whether they use mains or batteries
SCIENCE Mains or Battery task 2 easier
P.E-Real P.E PE-Jasmine-If you fancy taking part in some physical activities at home have a look at ‘Real PE’. The school uses these resources and now the company have offered parents an opportunity to try some of the activities at home during school closures.
It’s really simple:
Log into:
The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com
Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com
Password: howardprim
Then choose which activity you would like the children to take part in. There are a variety of activities you can do throughout the day if you wish.
If you log onto facebook and join their closed group-you can then post photos of you and the family taking part in these activities. They have weekly competitions with winners announced on their facebook page. There are all sorts of different prizes so have a go!
Facebook: Join our real PE at home – tips & ideas
I.C.T-
I can create your own Google logo using Scratch
Find and complete the activity at
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/177224273/editor
Latin- See how much you remember from our lessons. This week, after thinking about word roots and playing quick fire verbs you will be practising verb endings and esse-to be, then learning how to describe yourself Latin 24.4
Try the task here; Latin describe_yourself
Music- Another week of singing and music to entertain yourself and your family. Some songs will be familiar and some will be new.
History- It’s important as we learn about history to consider what it actually means to be a historian. There are a lot of conflicting ideas and sources about historical events and historians need to work hard to find the truth about past events. If you want to find out more about being a historian, try these activities https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6fmxyc
If you want to think a bit more about the Egyptians this week, have a look at this PowerPoint to find out a little about them and write some descriptions of the people in the pictures at the end Egypt(1)
Brain burps! If you need a break from your new learning try a break with a silly-What happened next?
Good Luck Year Four! We really hope you enjoy the lessons we have planned for you to try at home. Please, please don’t worry if you cannot get everything completed we understand how hard it is sometimes to get work done at home. Anything you get done is great!
We are really looking forward to seeing some of your work on Class Dojo. Keep safe, well and happy. Miss Turpie and Miss Danzey
Year Four Home Learning Summer Term Wk 1
Blog Week Beginning 20th April Summer Term 1 Week 1
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Welcome Back to Home Learning Year Four. We hope you are all keeping well and happy. Here is your home learning for the week. [/dropshadowbox]
Daily Tasks-Guided Reading, English and Maths
Guided Reading-(approximately half an hour) I have set up a new programme with books carefully chosen at your current reading level you can access at the following link:
https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Your username is your first name (including a capital for the first letter)
Your password is planet (all lowercase)
The centre ID is 211526
I have assigned you a guided reading text. If you have more than one assigned to you can choose which one to start with.
Please click on the tab to take you through to the online books. You may need to read and click on the terms and conditions the first time you enter the site. Click enter to get through to the next page with the book or books I have assigned for you.
Click on the tab open to take you through to the book. It will look something like this:
Use the arrows to move to the next page or enlarge the print
Read the book online and answer the questions when you see the question mark. Remember to look back at the text to help you answer the questions.
There are questions for you to answer at the end of each book and a quiz to do which sends me and Miss Danzey the results!
It looks like this:
If you need any more help accessing Reading Planet click on this guide:KS2_Pupil_user_guide
Remember to do a little bit of guided reading every day. Your timetable could look like this:
Monday-Read the book and answer the short quiz questions
Tuesday-Skim read the book again and answer the comprehension questions i=at the back of the book.
Wednesday-Skim read the book again and take the quiz.
Thursday-Do a follow up activity about the text
Friday-Do another follow up activity and summarise the book to an adult or in writing
The follow up activities are here:
ThePocketElfandtheGreatDogEscape
They include detailed notes for parent home schoolers to help your child with their reading. Please let us know, via Class Dojo, how you find these.
English–
Open the file to find instructions for what to do each day and all the sheets you will need. No need to print off the sheets. This week we will be watching a video called The Narrow Escape
and writing our own narrow escape story and then doing some poetry using expanded noun phrases and prepositional phrases.
Day 1-Plan a story about a narrow escape Year 4 English lesson 1 Monday 20th April 2020
Easier-Draw and label your plan
Day 2-Write sentences with adverbials for your story Year 4 English lesson 2 Tuesday 21st April 2020 ENGLISH Powerpoint – Adverbials lesson 2 Tuesday 21st April 2020L
Easier-Learning to change adjectives into adverbs
Day 3-Write your story from the point of view of the prey Year 4 English lesson 3 Wednesday 22nd April 2020
Easier-Parents-Create a word bank of useful words your child can use to help them write their story, for example attack, sprint,pounce,leopard
Day 4-Plan and Write a poem with noun phrases.Year 4 English lesson 4 Thursday 23rd April 2020 ENGLISH Powerpoint – Noun Phrases 1 lesson 4 Thursday 23rd Aprril 2020
Easier-Write some sentences using noun phrases remembering to include full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.
Day 5-Plan and write a poem with prepositional phrases Year 4 English lesson 5 Friday 24th April 2020 ENGLISH Powerpoint – Noun Phrases 2 lesson 5 Friday 24th April 2020
Easier-Write some sentences using prepositional phrases remembering to include full stops, capital letters and finger spaces.
Maths-Click on the links to find your daily Math’s lessons. This week we will be continuing to embed our decimals learning. You can access the video teaching as well as the answers to your work on this link: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
Day 1-Make a whole Lesson-1-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO1-Make-a-whole-2020
Day 2-Write decimals Lesson-2-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO2-Write-decimals-2020
Day 3-Compare decimals Lesson-3-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO3-Compare-decimals-2020
Day 4-Order decimals Lesson-4-Y4-Summer-Block-1-WO4-Order-decimals-2020
Day 5-Maths Challenge, TTRockstars or NRich challenge
If you are in Southwark class and normally work with Miss Alvarez with Maths try these activities instead.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/
Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO1-Make-equal-parts-2019 Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO2-Recognise-a-half-2019 Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO3-Find-a-half-2019 Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO4-Recognise-a-quarter-2019 Y2-Spring-Block-4-WO5-Find-a-quarter-2019
Use your TTRockstars account to practise your 3 and 4 times tables. Contact us on Class dojo if you can’t remember your child’s account details or have any problems with the work we have set.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Once you have completed your daily Guided Reading, English and Maths tasks choose one of the foundation subjects below. You can choose to do one a day or more or less depending on how much computer or study time you have. Don’t worry if you can’t get everything done![/dropshadowbox]
Art-(Cubism and Picasso)
Week 1-Who is Pablo Picasso?
Watch the video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zwyr87h
and read the powerpoint. ART All about-picasso-powerpoint_ver_3 Take the quiz. Either write a script and record yourself teaching someone all about Pablo Picasso or design a poster/mini book to share what you have found out.
Creative challenge-Cut out parts of faces from magazines to put together to make a new face.
Creative challenge online art games-https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/tate-paint
Science-(Electricity and Scientists and Inventors)
Week 1-
L.O- I can explain ways that electricity is generated.
Watch the video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zwqd7ty
and the Exciting electricity powerpoint Lesson Presentation Exciting Electricity
Task one-Fill in the mind map with what do you already know what do you want to find out SCIENCE Activity Sheet Electricity Mind Map
Task two-Prepare a video script explaining what electricity is and how it is generated (upload onto Class dojo) SCIENCE Exciting Electricity Video Presentation Planning Sheet
Easier-Draw a picture and label to explain how electricity is generated
P.E-Real P.E PE-Jasmine-If you fancy taking part in some physical activities at home have a look at ‘Real PE’. The school uses these resources and now the company have offered parents an opportunity to try some of the activities at home during school closures.
It’s really simple:
Log into:
The website address is: home.jasmineactive.com
Parent email: parent@howardprim-1.com
Password: howardprim
Then choose which activity you would like the children to take part in. There are a variety of activities you can do throughout the day if you wish.
If you log onto facebook and join their closed group-you can then post photos of you and the family taking part in these activities. They have weekly competitions with winners announced on their facebook page. There are all sorts of different prizes so have a go!
Facebook: Join our real PE at home – tips & ideas
I.C.T-I can write software to make your own dance party
Find and complete the activity at https://studio.code.org/s/dance-2019/stage/1/puzzle/1
Latin- See how much you remember from our lessons. There’s no new learning this week, just a chance to practise the vocabulary and word endings we have previously learned. Go through the PowerPoint and try to test yourself. Let us know how well you did! LATIN
Music- Another week of singing and music to entertain yourself and your family. Some songs will be familiar and some will be new.
History- We were so looking forward to teaching you about the Egyptians and we certainly don’t want you to miss out. This PowerPoint will introduce you to Howard Carter and Egyptian archaeology and hopefully will make you want to start learning more! There are two tasks to complete as you read through. If you normally work with an adult in class, you can read through this PowerPoint with your parent and they can write what you want to say.
HISTORY THE TOMB OF TUTANKHAMUN
Brain burps! If you need a break from your new learning try a break with a silly-What happened next
BRAIN BURPS What Happened Next Picture Prompts
Good Luck Year Four! I really home you enjoy the lessons we have planned for you to try at home. Please, please don’t worry if you cannot get everything completed I understand how hard it is sometimes to get work done at home.
I am really looking forward to seeing some of your work on Class Dojo. Keep save and happy. Miss Turpie
Year 4 Easter Break!
Well done for all your amazing work over the past two weeks Year 4. It has been wonderful to see how hard you are all working and to be able to share your fantastic work with us on Class Dojo!
You may be aware that Monday is the start of the Easter holidays. We believe that you all deserve your Easter break and so we are suspending our daily learning blog for the next two weeks. We will resume our daily blog on Monday 20th April.
If you wish to continue your learning during this time, feel free to look back over previous blogs for tasks you have missed or wish to try again. Of course, TT Rockstars, Mathletics, Get Epic and Fiction Express all remain available to you and reading remains an important part of your learning. We have also included an Easter Bingo sheet of activities you might like to try with your families which you could share with us on Class Dojo. Easter Activity Bingo
We hope that you get an opportunity to enjoy the sunny weather which is predicted for the Easter break while still keeping safe with your family.
Stay well and happy and check back on the blog on Monday 20th April!
Year 4 Team-Miss Danzey and Miss Turpie
Year 4 Daily Home Learning Friday 3rd April
Sorry for the late upload, technical difficulties this morning!
We are at the end of week 2, we hope you are all keeping well and have found a routine for yourselves.
Your daily home learning tasks:
Maths-Try day 4, hundredths on a place value grid
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
English- Read and compare the two poems;
How the bumble bee got his stripes
Which do you like best? Why?
Pick your favourite poem and then turn it into a storyboard (like a story map, pick out the key points and use words and pictures to record) Storyboard
Then write a story version of your poem using expanded noun phrases, fronted adverbial phrases and a range of conjunctions.
Singing-If you want to have a go at some music, then check out this site. You should know some of the songs already but there are new ones to learn too
Keep safe and well. Remember to keep in touch through Class Dojo!
Year Four Home Learning Blog Thursday 2nd April 2020
Your daily home learning tasks:
Maths-Try day 3 hundredths as decimals-Whiterose
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
English-Place Crystal Explorers to practise your spelling and grammar
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkbkf4j/articles/zbm8scw
I.C.T/P.S.H.E-
try these three Keep Safe Online activities. You can then design a poster or make a short video sharing what you know about being safe online.
https://www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk/staying-safe-online?edit