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.
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
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