Welcome to Southwark Bridge Class
A warm welcome to Southwark Class children, parents and carers.
Our Southwark team are:
Please click here for information on the Year 4 Statutory Times Tables Test
Class teacher-Miss Oasgood
Class teaching assistants - Mrs Glenn & Miss Griffiths
Please feel free to write us a note in your child’s homework diary, come and talk to us after school any day or phone the school to speak to us directly if there is anything you wish to discuss concerning your child.
Recommended reading books for Year 4:
Best Books for Year 4 | Y4 Reading List | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 7 and 8 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Expertly selected books for 9 and 10 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Key Information:
- A wide selection of quality books have been purchased for this class this year and your child is encouraged to take home a book every day. Each time you sign to show your child has read at home, they will receive a marble towards their team jar. The team with the most marbles at the end of the week will be crown team of the week!
- Homework will be set on Friday and due in the following Friday unless stated otherwise on the homework (A longer time will be set for projects)
- Spellings will be learnt at school and tested on Mondays. Please click on link: school-links-spellingjournalyear4southwark-1
- In your child’s homework diary, they will have a green stamp at the end of each day to show they are following our school’s ‘Good to be Green’ behaviour policy. If they do not get a green stamp it is because they have not ended the day on a green card or have received a red card during the day. You will be notified by text if a red card consequence has occurred.
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
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!