Welcome to Southwark Bridge Class

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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.

Year Four Home Learning Wk Beginning 11th May 2020

May 10, 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)

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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.

 

Music- More home singing to keep everyone cheerful. Try and learn a new song!

https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=OOTA%20%20HOME%20Week%207%20AB&utm_content=OOTA%20%20HOME%20Week%207%20AB+Version+B+CID_0748b8b619296979ea895525f2d9c508&utm_source=Email%20newsletter&utm_term=VIEW%20WEEK%207%20%20HOME

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

Homeric epic stories

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

May 3, 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

https://www.outoftheark.co.uk/ootam-at-home/?utm_source=homepage&utm_campaign=ootamathome2&utm_medium=banner

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