Year 4: Blog items

Nativity 2020

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 10:57pm

Online Safety over the Christmas Holidays

Date: 16th Dec 2020 @ 2:11pm

Here you will find some help and advice for keeping your family safe online over Christmas.

Online Safety December 2020

Home Practice Friday 11th December 2020

Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 3:50pm

Year 4

Home Practice 11^th December 2020

 

We’ve had a fantastic 3 days in Year 4 – it’s so lovely to see you all back in school and with your friends again.  I am proud of each and every one of you for the superb work you have done at home – you have obviously worked hard and your Iron Man board games were fantastic.  Thank you to everyone at home who has helped and supported the children in any way – it is very much appreciated.

This week, we played our Iron Man board games with a partner and evaluated them, thinking about what worked well and what we would change if we made the game again.  In addition, we shared our adverts with the class – this was great fun – some of your performances were exceptional.  In maths, we consolidated our mental subtraction skills and our times tables. We created some beautiful art work and were filmed singing and playing the glocks for the Nativity.  In French, we designed and described a Christmas jumper – Mrs Quilliam said we did a super job on our first day back in school after 2 weeks!

As we missed ‘tree dressing’ day in school last week, we had our very own celebration outside.  We all made decorations during our time at home and we hung these on a tree near the nature area. We also enjoyed the Sponsored Santa dash, which is helping to raise funds for reading books.

Well done to Gabriella T, India and Molly who spent the most amount of time on Sumdog this week – on Monday, you will be given 10 Dojos each to start the week!  Well done to everyone else who has been on Sumdog during the last week, practising the skills set will help you to make even more progress.   

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (16^th December 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?   

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

This week, our spellings focus on words many children get wrong in their independent writing. These words will be tested next Thursday (17^th December 2020).  Please practise the spellings below each evening at home, on Sumdog, by writing them out, and by writing your own sentences including these words spelt correctly. Remember to take care with your handwriting and punctuate your sentences correctly too!

We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

does            doesn’t         there           their           they’re        were

where          to                too              two              your             you’re

went            would           could            our              are              goes            

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings
• A maths challenge (mental subtraction within 1000)
• A maths times table challenge (based on arrays for the 3, 4 and 8 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

HOME LEARNING Tuesday 8th December 2020

Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 4:58pm

Year 4

Home Learning Tuesday 8^th December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I am looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow. Please bring the work you have completed at home, your reading books, your PE kit, and your tree decoration – we will be having our own ‘Tree Dressing’ session in the next few days.  We will be extremely busy when we get back to school with our learning as well as preparing for the Nativity which will be videoed on Thursday!

Please remember to take part in the Sumdog challenges that started last Friday (4^th December).  I will be seeing on Friday who has spent the most time on the challenges and there are plenty of Dojo’s up for grabs!

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Please make sure you practise your spellings on Sumdog.

Write each word in a silly sentence – check your spellings afterwards to check they are right.  Did you remember your capital letters and full stops?

You will be tested on these words in class next Thursday (10^th December 2020).

Times tables

1. Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any other times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
3. Practise your 9 times table with the rapping unicorn

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39b 

English

1. Write a letter

Today I would like you to write a letter to me.  Please take care with your capital letters, punctuation, spelling and handwriting. Organise your writing into paragraphs:

• Paragraph 1 – what you have been doing over the past 2 weeks
• Paragraph 2 – what you are looking forward to when we are back in school
• Paragraph 3 – the goals you are going to try and achieve when we are back in school and in the Spring term

Below, I have given you an idea of how to set your letter out and an example of how to start your paragraphs.

Dear Mrs Tipping                                                             Monday 7^th December 2020

Today is the last day of home learning as we will be back in school tomorrow. During the past 2 weeks, I have …….

When we are back in school, I am looking forward to ……

I have thought carefully about what I need to do to in order to improve my learning. Before we break up for Christmas, I am going to …….                          In addition, in the Spring term I am going to …….

Make sure you finish your letter off appropriately!

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

Maths

1. As a warm-up, please have a go at the Sum blocks puzzle by clicking on the link below. You will be shown a sum and you need to drag the number blocks up to make the target sum.  This starts off quite straightforward but do not be fooled, it gets progressively harder!

https://www.mathplayground.com/logic_sum_blocks.html

2. Maths investigation

Today I would like you to carry out a maths investigation which will help practice and consolidate your addition and subtraction strategies.  You may use different strategies, depending on the numbers in the calculation (eg a compensating strategy, counting up, subtracting by partitioning).

• Choose a 2-digit number         eg 27
• Reverse the digits and subtract the smaller number from the larger number

27 reversed is 72, so the calculation will be 72 – 27

Use a numberline / jottings to solve the calculation

Eg 72 – 27 = 45

• Now, reverse the digits in the answer and add this to your answer

The answer to the subtraction was 45, reversed, this is 54, so the calculation is 54 + 45

Use a numberline / jottings to solve the calculation

Eg 54 + 45

50 add 40 = 90      5 + 4 = 9         90 + 9 = 99

• Do this with different 2-digit numbers
• What do you notice?
• Does this happen with any 2-digit number? Are there some exceptions?
• Why do you think this is?

Please show your working out and write what you notice in your books.

Extension

For a challenge, have a go with 3-digit numbers, an example is given below

• Choose a 3-digit number eg 431
• Reverse the digits in the number and subtract the smaller number from the larger number 

Eg 431 – 134 = 297

          

• Reverse the digits in the answer and add it to your answer

The answer to the subtraction was 297, reversed, this is 792

Eg 792 + 297 = 1089

• Do this with different 3-digit numbers
• What do you notice?
• Does this happen with any 3-digit number? Are there some exceptions?
• Why do you think this is?

Please show your working out and write what you notice in your books.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your understanding. Have fun!

1. Carrying cards – click on the link below

https://nrich.maths.org/2726

Can you work out what the missing numbers should be?

If there was another row of four children standing behind the fourth row, what numbers would they be holding?

2. Cracker – see the sheet attached to the blog

Have a go at the Christmas Code Cracker – what words can you find?

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Monday 7^th December 2020

Question 2 – Rows of Coins

1. 5p 2p 20p 1p 10p
2. 2p 5p 1p 2p 1p 5p     or 5p 1p 2p 1p 5p 2p

When you use two 10p coins as well

2p 5p 10p 2p 1p 5p 1p 10p      or 10p 1p 5p 1p 2p 10p 5p 2p

Science

In our science topic, we have been learning about animal classification and habitats.  Humans can have both positive and negative effects on habitats and environments.  They can help to both sustain environments and destroy environments.  In your books, please write the date and the learning objective, then divide your page into 2. Write Positive Impacts on one side and Negative Impacts on the other.  Can you think of / research examples of each?  Make sure you know why your example has an impact on habitats and environments, although you do not need to write this down. I have given you an example below:

Tuesday 8^th November 2020

Can I give examples of the human impact on habitats and environments?

Positive Impacts	Negative Impacts
Setting up a bird house Making nature reserves Having garden hedges instead of fences	Cutting down trees Dropping litter Polluting rivers, streams, and lakes

 

 

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Have a lovely evening Year 4 – I’m looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

HOME LEARNING Monday 7th December 2020

Date: 6th Dec 2020 @ 6:05pm

Year 4

Home Learning Monday 7^th December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you all had a lovely weekend with your family.  I am looking forward to seeing your smiling faces on Wednesday!  

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

Well done to the children who took part in the Sumdog challenges last week.  Ezra spent the most amount of time on the Maths challenge, Leo the most amount of time on the Grammar challenge and Leah the most amount of time on the Spelling challenge.  Well done Ezra, Leo and Leah – I will be rewarding you with Dojos when we’re back in school.

Please remember to take part in the Sumdog challenges that started last Friday (4^th December).  I will be seeing on Friday who has spent the most time on the challenges and there are plenty of Dojo’s up for grabs!

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.

Can you use lots of expression in your reading today? Think about the story and what you know about the characters so far, use the voice you think the character would have.

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all start with either uni, bi or tri.    

unicycle         universe       universal      unicorn         bicycle        

biceps           biathlon       binoculars    bifocal         triangle

triple            triathlon      tripod           tricycle        trilogy

Please make sure you practise them on Sumdog.

Today, split the words up into chunks and write them out in different colours.

Eg    unicycle           universe       bicycle         biceps          tripod          trilogy

You will be tested on these words in class next Thursday (10^th December 2020).

Times tables

1. Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any other times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
3. Practise your 6 times tables with a catchy tune …..   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7rYbk9PNuM

English

1. Descriptive writing

Click on the link below and look at the picture. Imagine the door was a portal to another place, where would it take you? There is also a poem next to the image which may give you some ideas.

https://www.j2e.com/?id=R2lSODdsRUpBTHNLWW40bg==&wp&blog=2&revision=3

I would like you to compose a short piece of writing today using lots of description.  Think about the door, does it open up to a place that is in the past, the present or the future. Is it a place in this country or another country, or even a different world?

Use your senses to help with your description, what can you:

• See
• Hear
• Smell
• Taste
• Feel

Choose your vocabulary carefully to fully describe the place and create a feeling of atmosphere.  Write in the first person using pronouns such as I, my etc.

Before you start, make a list of ideas like the example below – these are just ideas, your ideas will come from whatever place is behind that door.  This will help with vocabulary. You should also write down some adjectives and adverbs to help when you come to write.

See	Smell	Hear	Taste	Touch
Dinosaurs Sharks / sea life Alien beings Animals - tigers / lions Trees / rainforest Unknown shapes Bright colours Victorian people  Romans Darkness	Flowers Food - roasting Perfume Rubbish rotting Salty sea Manure Unknown sweet odour Blood Decay Fire / smoke	Animal noises - fierce Whispering voices Music Footsteps Singing Doors slamming Cart wheels on roads Horses hooves  Arguing Roaring Crackling of fire	Fire Fruit Meat Salt Something sweet Something savoury Popcorn Metal Blood Candyfloss	Nothing - I am floating Food An animal's fur Water – rain, moisture Clouds Coldness Metal - hot or cold Fur clothing Chainmail armour Rough skin of a dinosaur

 

The focus is on:

• Capital letters and punctuation
• Correct spellings
• Neat, joined up handwriting
• Creating a feeling of mystery / atmosphere
• Using ambitious vocabulary
• Describing the place using exciting adverbs, adjectives, a variety of sentences (eg long, short) and a variety of sentence openers

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I use my senses and ambitious vocabulary to describe a scene?

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

Maths

1. As a warm-up, please have a go at the Do / undo addition puzzle at

https://www.mathplayground.com/do_undo_addition.html  

Click on the arrow to take you to the game.  The first game is straightforward, adding the numbers together and dragging the answer to the correct place.  However, the next round ‘Take numbers apart’ is a little trickier – you need to work out which 2 numbers add together to make the sum.  There are 3 levels and they get progressively harder.   

Over the past few weeks, we have worked hard to practise and refine our mental addition and subtraction using different strategies.  Today, I am going to give you some addition and subtraction questions and I would like you to write in your books, how you would answer them, using jottings / a numberline to explain your strategy (we have done something similar in class).  Remember that we have practised strategies such as partitioning, compensating, counting up, doubling, using known facts, bridging 10 and 100, pairs to 10 etc.  Which strategy you use will depend on the numbers in the question and how you like to calculate (for example, I like doubles and near doubles) however, you should be using a variety of strategies.

2. Open the ‘Which way and why’ sheet attached to this blog

Either print it off or write the question and your methods in your books.

Remember to use a numberline / show your jottings.  You are recalling and practising strategies which you feel are most appropriate for the numbers given in the question.  If you struggle with this activity, do what you can and move onto the next question.  Please have a go and do what you can, some questions are challenging.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your understanding. Have fun!

1. Christmas Tree Lights - click on the link below

https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Christmas_Tree_Lights.asp?Level=1

Level 1 - Consecutive numbers are numbers which are next to each other eg 1 and 2

Level 3 – Prime numbers are numbers which have only 2 factors, 1 and itself (this is quite advanced learning – a factor is a whole number which divides into another number exactly, leaving no remainder, so 3 is a factor of 6 because it divides into 6 without leaving a remainder – don’t worry if you don’t fully understand this at this stage).  The prime numbers in the question are 2, 3, 5 and 7, so no two of these numbers can be joined by the wire. Have a go and have fun! (No answers will be published for this challenge as there are a few and you can check whether your answer is right or not).

2. Rows of Coins – see the sheet attached to the blog

Read the instructions carefully and see if you can use your reasoning skills to solve the problems. The solutions will be published tomorrow.

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Friday 4^th December 2020

Question 1 – Dressing Elves

Did you find a systematic way to work out all the possibilities?

Question 2 – Christmas puddings

478g + 398g = 876g                    502g – 478g = 24g

502g + 398g = 900g                    605g + 478g = 1083g

605g + 398g = 1003g                  605g – 502g = 103g

605g – 478g = 127g                     478g – 398g = 80g

502g + 478g = 980g                    605g – 398g = 207g

RE

Yesterday was the second Sunday of Advent, when the second purple candle on the Advent wreath was lit – it represents hope.  The second candle of the Advent wreath is sometimes called the Bethlehem Candle to remind us of the place in which preparations were made to receive and cradle Jesus.  Hope is a gift that we must be prepared for – God gives us the gift of hope which we turn into faith.

Today I would like you to write a poem or a prayer about hope – what do we hope for? What does having hope do? How can we give hope to others? How does having hope help our faith? These are not questions for you to answer in your writing, but they may help with some ideas.

Make sure you write in your best joined up handwriting and decorate your work beautifully if you wish.

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Have a lovely evening Year 4. 

 

 

HOME LEARNING Friday 4th December 2020

Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 4:52pm

Year 4

Home Learning Friday 4^th December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you are all safe and well and had a good night’s sleep!  

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

Well done to those of you who have been practising your skills on Sumdog.  When I logged on last night, Ezra was in the lead on both the Grammar and Maths challenges and Leah had spent the most time on last week’s Spelling challenge – super work Ezra and Leah.

New Sumdog challenges start at 4pm this evening.  They are:

• A spelling challenge based on new spellings set today (see below)
• A grammar challenge relating to adverbs (remember an adverb describes a verb, for example it can tell us how, when or where it was done and they don’t always end in ‘ly’)
• A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Can you summarise in a few sentences what has happened so far?

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for next week all start with either uni, bi or tri.  Uni and bi come from Latin, uni means one and bi means two.  Tri comes from both Greek and Latin and means three.

unicycle         universe       universal      unicorn         bicycle        

biceps           biathlon       binoculars    bifocal         triangle

triple            triathlon      tripod           tricycle        trilogy

Copy the words out carefully and write a definition for them.  Ask someone at home to help or use a dictionary if you find this tricky.  A few of you may wish to choose just 5 words and learn those really well.

You will be tested on these words in class next Thursday (10^th December 2020).

Times tables

1. Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any other times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
3. Practise your 6 times tables with Todd and Ziggy.  Make sure your join in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLln96C-BxY

English

1. Write an animal fact file

Yesterday I asked you to research an animal of your choice and plan a non-chronological report about it.  Today, I would like you to write your report. You can decide whether to do this on 1 page of your exercise book or over 2 pages next to each other. Please look again at the non-chronological reports attached to yesterday’s blog.  Remember non-chronological reports:

• Have a title
• Are written in paragraphs
• Contain an introduction - what the report is about
• Include sub-headings – to separate information
• Include information / facts about the topic
• Are written in the third person (he, she, it)
• Are written in the present tense (imagine it is happening now)
• May include pictures / diagrams

As this is an English and science report, please make sure that you include scientific words (eg carnivore, herbivore etc) and information about whether it is a vertebrate / invertebrate etc.

The focus is on:

• Capital letters and punctuation
• Correct spellings
• Neat, joined up handwriting
• Ensuring you have used the correct layout for a non-chronological report (see above)

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write a non-chronological report?

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise telling the time using the link below.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

Click on ‘Play Game’, then ‘play’.  Decide which level to start at – can you start at a higher level than yesterday? Tick the 12-hour clock (or challenge yourself to the 24 hour clock) and timed game.  How many can you get right in 60 seconds? Repeat and see if you can beat your previous score.

Today, we are practising subtracting 3digit numbers from 3digit numbers using a different mental strategy from yesterday.  Again, many children find this tricky but practising and consolidating this skill now will enable us to calculate mentally with larger numbers when we are back in school.

Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.

Find a difference counting up through a multiple of 10 / 100

Using this strategy, we count UP from the number we are taking away - we are finding the difference.  Make sure you count up to the next multiple of 10 /100 according to the question, look at the examples carefully.

Please make sure you use a NUMBERLINE to show your working out and to help you calculate accurately.

Attached to the blog is a subtraction maths sheet. You don’t need to print the sheet you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

2. Open ‘Sheet 1b subtract 3d from 3d counting up’

Complete A or B, or challenge yourself and do both.

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them as we will be building on these skills with larger and trickier numbers.

REMEMBER TO USE A NUMBERLINE EACH TIME.

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s ‘Christmaths’ challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your understanding. Have fun – answers will be published on Monday!

1. Dressing Elves – see the sheet attached to the blog

Can you work out how many ways Elves can get dressed?  This is a ‘finding all possibilities’ problem.  You will need to find a logical system to test all possibilities and record them in an ordered list or table.  You don’t need to cut the clothing items out, but they are there to help if you wish.

2. Christmas Puddings – see the sheet attached to the blog

Put your mental addition and subtraction to the test and replace the question marks with the weights of the puddings. Make sure you show your jottings and the strategies you have used to calculate mentally (eg partitioning, compensating, counting up).

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Thursday 3^rd December 2020

Question 1 – Pens problem

• Danielle bought 8 pens
• She bought 4 rulers, 4 x 45p = 180 pence or £1.80
• She got 40p change from £5, so she spent £4.60
• Take the cost of the 4 rulers away from the amount she spent, £4.60       £4.60 – 1.80 = £2.80
• She spent £2.80 or 280 pence on pens
• If pens cost 35p, 2 pens cost 70p, 3 pens cost 105p, 4 pens cost 140p counting up in 35’s ….
• OR if pens cost 35p, 2 pens cost 70p, so 4 pens cost 140p and 8 pens cost 280p, using a doubling strategy
• This gives a couple of ways to work out the last part of the question, you may have done it differently

Question 2 – Birthday bonanza

• Fred    6        aquarium
• Bill       12      laptop
• Skyla   9        guitar
• Riya     11       bike  

Art - sketching

Many of you enjoy drawing, so today I would like you to practise sketching an object. Remember, sketching is roughly scribbling an idea on paper, using free flowing lines and a relaxed pencil grip.  Start with an initial sketch and then refine and define it.

This is an example of the process I found on the internet.

 

Here are some ideas you could sketch – a fork,  an apple,  a banana,  a hat,  your foot,  your eye,  a key,  a lamp,  a laptop,  a flower,  a person,  a mug,  a car,   a potato …… the list is endless.  Remember to shade your sketch to add contrast and depth.

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Have a lovely weekend with your family Year 4 and I look forward to seeing you all again next week.  

HOME LEARNING Thursday 3rd December 2020

Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 5:00pm

Year 4

Home Learning Thursday 3^rd December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you have had a good week so far. I’m looking forward to seeing your board games and listening to your adverts next week!  

Well done to those of you who have been practising your skills on Sumdog.  Ted has currently spent the most time on the Maths challenge, Ezra the most time on the Grammar challenge and Leah has spent the most time on the Spelling challenge – well done Ted, Ezra and Leah, keep it up.

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.  

Talk to someone at home about your favourite part of the book and explain why.

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. Please ask someone at home to test you on the spellings.  Make sure you write the words in your exercise books.  Check them afterwards, if you found any of them tricky, have a look at where you went wrong.  New spellings will be set tomorrow.

Times tables

1. Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any other times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.

 

3. Today we are going to practise the 8 times table with Todd and Ziggy.  Make sure your join in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN3RG5iLKpo

English

1. Create an animal fact file

Our topic in science has been ‘Classification’ and we have learnt a lot about different animals, their characteristics and how they can grouped. Some examples are given below:

• Vertebrates – mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and amphibians
• Invertebrates - I have just written 6 groups below, there are others

Insects (ant, ladybird, beetle)

Crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, woodlice)

Molluscs (snails, slugs)

Arachnids (spiders!!)

Echinoderms (starfish)

Annelids (worms, leeches)

Today, I would like you to carry out some research and plan a non-chronological report about an animal of your choice – it can be anything you like, however, don’t pick something that you either don’t know much about or cannot find much information about.

Non-chronological reports don’t need to be read in any order and aim to give us information about a topic.  Non-chronological reports:

• Have a title
• Are written in paragraphs
• Contain an introduction - what the report is about
• Include sub-headings – to separate information
• Include information / facts about the topic
• Are written in the third person (he, she, it)
• Are written in the present tense (imagine it is happening now)
• May include pictures / diagrams

I have attached some non-chronological reports for you to read through and so you can see the features and structure.

For today, please plan (either on 1 page of your book, or over 2 pages side by side) where you are going to put your title and your introduction – jot some ideas down about what you will write here.  Draw boxes for your information and write in the sub-headings - jot down some information you will include here.  Draw a box / boxes for your pictures – you will need to label them, eg Hammerhead shark.

As this is an English and science report, please make sure that you include scientific words (eg carnivore, herbivore etc) and information about whether it is a vertebrate / invertebrate etc.

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I plan a non-chronological report?

Remember, today you are planning, tomorrow you will be writing, so make sure that you plan and carry out your research thoroughly.

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

 

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise telling the 12-hour clock using the link below.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

Click on ‘Play Game’, then ‘play’.  Decide which level to start at, then make sure you have ticked 12-hour clock and timed game.  How many can you get right in 60 seconds? Repeat and see if you can beat your previous score.

Today, we will be practising subtracting 3digit numbers from 3digit numbers using a mental strategy.  Many children find this tricky but practising and consolidating this skill now will enable us to calculate mentally with larger numbers when we are back in school.

Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.

Partitioning

Please make sure when you do this that you use a NUMBERLINE to show your working out and to help you calculate accurately.

Attached to the blog is a subtraction maths sheet. You don’t need to print the sheet you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

2. Open ‘Sheet 1a subtract 3d from 3d partitioning’

Complete A or B, or challenge yourself and do both.

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them as we will be building on these skills with larger and trickier numbers.

REMEMBER TO USE A NUMBERLINE EACH TIME.

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s maths challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your understanding. Have fun – answers will be published tomorrow!

1. Pens problem – see the sheet attached to the blog

Can you work out how many pens Danielle bought? Remember to show your working out / jottings.  Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in – and what steps you need to take to solve the problem!

 

2. Birthday bonanza – see the sheet attached to the blog

Can you work out the age of each child and the present they received for their birthday.  You may find it useful to draw a chart (like we have done in school) and / or make jottings. Good luck and have fun!

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Wednesday 2^nd December

Question 1 – Calendars Problem

Aneesa – 1^st February                           Bobby – 30^th March

Carla – 19^th January                              Daniel – 16^th February

Emma – 6^th March                                 Farooq – 22^nd January     

Question 2 – Futoshiki puzzle

        

5        3        2        4        6        1

4        2        1        5        3        6

6        4        3        1        2        5

1        6        5        3        4        2

3        1        6        2        5        4

2        5        4        6        1        3

 

 

 

 

 

Tree Dressing

On Friday, children at school are going to be ‘dressing’ their tree.  When Year 4 are back in school, we will be having our own ‘tree dressing’ session.  In preparation for this, please design and make your own decoration for our tree.  It can be anything you like but try not to make it too big or complex. Remember, simple is usually best.  I have included a couple of links to websites below to help you with some ideas. 

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act/your-school/green-tree-schools-award/tree-dressing/

https://www.commonground.org.uk/tree-dressing-day/

Please bring your decoration into school on Wednesday 9^th December.

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. I can’t wait to see your tree dressing decorations. Keep safe and well Year 4.

HOME LEARNING Wednesday 2nd December 2020

Date: 1st Dec 2020 @ 4:44pm

Year 4

Home Learning Wednesday 2^nd December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you are all happy and well!

Well done for working hard during the time you’ve been at home – keep up the good work!

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.  

Take extra care with punctuation when you read today – pause at full stops and commas.

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. Please make sure you practise them on Sumdog.

Repeat what you did yesterday in your books - writing the words in different clouds / spiky shapes and colouring the backgrounds.  Keep the words and backgrounds exactly the same as yesterday – are there any you can remember without looking at yesterday’s work?  

Times tables

1. Practise a times table / division fact you know you find tricky using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any times tables or division facts you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure it is something you know you could improve on (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.

 

3. Today we are going to repeat the 9 times table with the rapping unicorn!  Get up on your feet and dance and sing along!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39

English

1. Create an advertisement for your Iron Man game

This week you have made your own Iron Man game and written a set of instructions.

Today, I would like you to make your own radio advertisement for your game. You have all heard radio and television adverts and have a good idea of the words used and how the presenter speaks. You will need to write the words you would say and practise saying them at home – I would love to hear them when we are back at school.

First of all, listen to some examples of radio adverts made by children at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMt9fPx9mLI

You don’t need to listen to them all, however, some I thought were of interest can be found at:

• 1 minute 17 seconds - Bubble Pop Malteasers
• 4 minutes 58 seconds - Kinder Chocolate
• 6 minutes 03 seconds - Easter Monopoly

Each one starts with a rhetorical question to engage the audience eg “Are you bored of your old board games?”  The advert then goes on to persuade the listener to buy the product being advertised.

Your advert will need to encourage people to buy your board game, so try and include some memorable words, short descriptions or a little ‘jingle’ (a short song or tune).

You will need to include:

• A rhetorical question - ask the listener a question and let them know how much they need the game, eg Have you ever needed ….
• The name of your game
• A brief explanation of what your game is
• Persuasive language – use positive language that will appeal to the buyer (eg exclusive, educational, one of a kind)
• A catchy slogan – a phrase that represents the product and makes people remember it (you could use alliteration, humour or rhyming)
• Hyperboles (pronounced hi-puh-buh-lees).  These are exaggerated claims or statements, so exaggerate the positive points about the game, eg the world’s greatest, the only game of its kind, voted number 1 educational game of 2020
• A customer review – this must be positive, eg Jack, aged 8, from Preston said, ‘It’s the best game I’ve ever played!’

The focus is on:

• Capital letters and punctuation
• Correct spellings
• Neat, joined up handwriting

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write a radio advertisement?

Remember to have fun and persuade others to buy your board game.  You could practise saying your advert to someone at home! Would they buy it?

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

 

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise rounding to the nearest whole number, using the link below.

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding 

Click on ‘Play Game’ then decide whether you want to use a numberline or not.  Play ‘Up to 9.9 to the nearest whole number’.

See how many you can get right in a minute.

If you found this tricky, come back to it later on today and have another go. Can you have a go without using a numberline? Can you beat your score from earlier today?

Using a different strategy from yesterday, we are continuing to consolidate our mental subtraction skills when subtracting 2 digit numbers. Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.

Find a difference counting up through a multiple of 10

Using this strategy, we count UP from the number we are taking away - we are finding the difference.  Make sure you count up to the next multiple of 10, then in tens, look at the examples carefully.

Please make sure when you do this that you use a NUMBERLINE to show your working out and to help you calculate accurately.

Attached to the blog are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

2. Open ‘Sheet 3 subtract 2d from 2d’

Complete C or D

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

3. Open ‘Sheet 4 subtract 2d from 2d’

Complete C or D

Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them as we will be building on these skills with larger and trickier numbers.

REMEMBER TO USE A NUMBERLINE EACH TIME.

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s maths challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your maths understanding. Have fun – answers will be published tomorrow!

1. Calendars Problem – see the sheet attached to the blog

Either print the sheet off or look at it carefully online but write your answers in your book.  Can you work out each person’s birthday from the clues given? Remember to show your working out / jottings.  Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in!

 

2. Futoshiki puzzle – see the sheet attached to the blog

Either print the sheet off or copy the numbers very carefully into your book.

This is very similar to a Sudoku puzzle.  You will need to place the numbers 1 to 6 into each row and column of the puzzle so that no number is repeated in a row or column AND so that the < > signs are obeyed.  As you work through the puzzle, write missing numbers at the end of the rows and columns and cross them off when you have used them.

(TIP – find the 2 columns with only 2 answers to write in and jot down the missing numbers at the bottom of the columns – you should be able to fill a couple of gaps in now!) 

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Tuesday 1^st December

Question 1 - Shape puzzles 1

• Puzzle A    Rectangle = 8     Square = 2    Circle = 7
• Puzzle B   Star = 9     Sem-circle = 8      Square = 6
• Puzzle C    Hexagon = 1      Rectangle = 4    Circle = 8

Question 2 – Subtraction, how many ways

• 2 ways      61 – 7 = 54        60 – 7 = 53
• 4 ways      80 – 17 = 63       80 – 13 = 67        90 – 23 = 67        90 – 27 = 63

History - Romans

Please pick a topic about Romans you are especially interested in, for example:

• Roman inventions
• Roman roads
• Roman numerals and the calendar
• A famous Roman person
• The Roman army
• Roman baths
• Roman entertainment
• Roman gods
• Hadrian’s wall
• Roman mosaics
• Roman soldiers

These are only suggestions, there may be another topic you are interested in.

Please write 10 facts about your topic, although you may wish to write more.  Use bullet points and write each fact on a new line.  Please do not copy off the internet, if you are unsure about a word, ask someone or look it up, then write your fact so that children of your own age would understand the language used.

The focus is on capital letters, punctuation and spellings as well as finding some interesting facts! We will be able to share our facts when we are back in school.

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Why not challenge someone at home and play your Iron Man game? Keep safe and well Year 4.

HOME LEARNING Tuesday 1st December 2020

Date: 30th Nov 2020 @ 4:47pm

Year 4

Home Learning Tuesday 1^st December 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you are all safe and well and finding plenty of things to do that make you happy.  I can’t believe it’s December, we put up some Christmas lights at home over the weekend and this made me feel quite festive!   

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

I am looking forward to seeing the work you have been doing at home.  Well done to all those who have been completing the new Sumdog challenges – keep it up Year 4!

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.  

Can you predict what will happen in the next chapter? Or what the ending will be?

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. Please make sure you practise them on Sumdog.

Today, write the words in different clouds / spiky shapes and lightly colour the backgrounds in different shades or with different patterns – can you remember which colour or pattern you put with which word? (see example below)

Times tables

1. Practise your PREVIOUS times table target using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any times tables you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure they are different from last week’s (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
3. Today it’s the 9 times table with a rapping unicorn!  Get up on your feet and dance and sing along!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-9-times-table/zr2gt39

English

1. Create a set of instructions for your Iron Man game

Now that you have created your questions and made your Iron Man game, you will need a set of instructions to help other people understand the rules and how to play it.

You will need to include:

• A list of equipment needed
• Information on how to decide who goes first (eg youngest person, throw the dice for the highest number, the person with birthday in January etc)
• Whose turn is it next (the player to the left or the right?
• How many people are needed to play (2 or more?) and the age group the game is aimed at
• What happens when a player lands on a question or square
• How to finish or win the game (eg the player with the most points after 5 minutes, the player who reaches the end square first)
• Can a player ‘pass’ on their go, and how many passes can they have?

I have included a few links below which will take you to some examples – note they have headings, bullet points and numbered instructions.

https://cdn10.bigcommerce.com/s-gyhhtwx4/product_images/uploaded_images/instructions/132-BGK_Instructions_Rules.jpg

https://buffalogames.com/product_images/uploaded_images/instructions/SH_Instructions.pdf

https://buffalogames.com/product_images/uploaded_images/instructions/Staccups_Instructions.pdf

Have a look at these examples and remember to take some inspiration from them.  My biggest tip again is to keep it simple.

The focus is on:

• Capital letters and punctuation
• Correct spellings
• Neat, joined up handwriting
• Including imperative (bossy) verbs
• Ensuring you have used the correct layout and punctuation for instructions (eg headings, bullet points, numbered instructions etc)

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write a set of instructions for my Iron Man game?

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise rounding to the nearest 100, using the link below.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding 

Click on ‘Play Game’ then decide whether you want to use a numberline or not.  Play ‘Up to 999 to nearest 100’ first, then ‘Up to 9 999 to nearest 100’.

See how many you can get right in a minute.

If you found this tricky, come back to it later on today and have another go. Can you have a go without using a numberline? Can you beat your score from earlier today?

Today we are continuing to consolidate our mental subtraction skills when subtracting 2 digit numbers. Please use the strategy below when practising your mental subtraction today.

Partitioning and recombining

Please make sure when you do this that you use a NUMBERLINE to show your working out and to help you calculate accurately.

Attached to the blog are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

2. Open ‘Sheet 1 subtract 2d from 2d no bridging’

Complete A or B

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

You should not need to to bridge 10 on your numberline.

3. Open ‘Sheet 2 subtract 2d from 2d some bridging’

Complete A or B

Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.

For some questions you will have to bridge 10 on your numberline

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them as we will be building on these skills with larger and trickier numbers.

REMEMBER TO USE A NUMBERLINE EACH TIME.

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, here are today’s maths challenges. Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your maths understanding. Have fun – answers will be published tomorrow!

1. Shape puzzles 1 – see the sheet attached to the blog

Either print the sheet off or draw the shapes in your book.  Remember to show your working out / trial and improvement jottings.  Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in!

2. Subtraction – how many ways – see the sheet attached to the blog

Either print the sheet off or copy the numbers very carefully into your book.  Read the instructions and see if you can complete Level 1, 2 and 3 for each question.  Make sure you show your working out and any jottings that you make. Can you explain how you worked out your answers?

Mighty Maths Challenge answers for Monday 30^th November

Question 2, Make 21 – see the answer sheet attached to this blog

A good starting point would have been the number 10, as you need to add 11 to 10 to make 21.  The only combinations of numbers which would make 11 would be 9 and 2, and 5 and 3.

Question 3 - Joins

Using 4 numbers – the highest score is 19 + 15 + 17 + 18 = 69

                   - the lowest score is 6 + 5 + 2 + 17 = 30

  Using 5 numbers – the highest score is 20 + 18 + 13 + 17 + 18 = 86

                  - the lowest is 6 + 18 + 2 + 5 + 6 = 37

  Using 5 numbers and diagonal joins – the highest is 19 + 17 + 14 + 15 + 18 = 83

                  - the lowest is 13 + 6 + 20 + 2 + 6 = 47

RE

Read the Scripture attached to this blog, John Chapter 1_4 Verses 9-12.  This tells us about the pure generosity of God’s love for us.  The way that we can be a disciple is to make sure we live out our faith – the way we behave towards others, our love of God and the way that we love our neighbour, goes hand in hand. 

God sent his only son Jesus as a gift for everyone. God’s love for us is shown through his gift of Jesus.  The love of God and gift of Jesus teaches us about love, kindness, hope and joy.

I would like you to write a poem or a prayer (the choice is yours) about God’s love for us and giving us the gift of his son.  Include why you are glad that Jesus lived among us and reasons why this helps us to be a better person.  Please also decorate your work beautifully.

Music

Please remember to practise our nativity songs – we will only have 1 day to practise when we are back at school!    

 

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Keep safe and well Year 4.

HOME LEARNING Monday 30th November 2020

Date: 29th Nov 2020 @ 1:57pm

Year 4

Home Learning Monday 30^th November 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you had a lovely weekend and managed to do something exciting with your family!

Please complete today’s written work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return on 9^th December.

Well done to the children who took part in the Sumdog challenges last week.  Izaiah spent the most amount of time on the Maths challenges and Evie spent the most amount of time on the Spelling challenge!  Well done Izaiah and Evie – I will be rewarding you with Dojos when we’re back in school.

Please remember to take part in the Sumdog challenges that started last Friday (27^th November).  I will be seeing each week who has spent the most time on the challenges and there are plenty of Dojo’s up for grabs!

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story so far.  

Can you use lots of expression in your reading today? Think about the story and what you know about the characters so far, use the voice you think the character would have.

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for this week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. 

touch             trouble        young           nourish        flourish

tough             courage        encourage    double          enough

discourage     rough           cousin          country        couple

Please make sure you practise them on Sumdog.

Today, split the words up into chunks and write them out in different colours.

Eg    rough           touch             young            

Times tables

1. Practise your PREVIOUS times table target using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to your ‘Hit the button’ log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any times tables you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure they are different from last week’s (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.

 

3. Get up on your feet and dance and sing with Filbert Fox whilst practising your 8 times table!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-8-times-table-with-filbert-fox/z4mrhbk

(Apologies to those of you who aren’t Leicester fans - I’m looking for a Deepdale Duck times table song!!)

 

English

1. Create a quiz based on The Iron Man

I know that some of you have enjoyed making your own quizzes at home and sharing them with the class.  Today, I would like you to create a set of questions / a quiz based on the novel The Iron Man.

You will need to write questions that test the players’ knowledge of the book and characters.  Try and write a variety of questions, eg some true / false style questions; some where the answer is quite straightforward and others where the person needs to explain their answer. Some examples are given below:

The Iron Man lost the battle with the space-bat-angel-dragon.  True or False.

(This is not a question, it is a statement, therefore it does not need a question mark)

What was the name of the boy who befriended the Iron Man?  (Hogarth)

Why did the Iron Man walk back into the sea at the end of Chapter 1? (He couldn’t find his ear and he thought the sea had stolen it)

The focus is on:

• Capital letters and punctuation (full stops and question marks)
• Correct spellings
• Neat, joined up handwriting
• A variety of question openers eg what, why, how, which, when, where, who etc
• Making an interesting set of questions which tests the players’ knowledge of the novel

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write a quiz based on The Iron Man?

Write each question then leave a line.

 

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

 

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise rounding to the nearest 10, using the link below.

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding 

Click on ‘Play Game’ then decide whether you want to use a numberline or not.  Play ‘Up to 99 to nearest 10’ first, then ‘Up to 999 to nearest 10’ and lastly ‘Up to 9 999 to nearest 10’.

See how many you can get right in a minute.

If you found this tricky, come back to it later on today and have another go. Can you have a go without using a numberline? Can you beat your score from earlier today?

Today we are practising our mental subtraction skills using a compensating strategy. Consolidating this strategy now will enable us to build on it further with larger numbers, and in different and more complex problems, when we are back in school. Please make sure you use a numberline to show your working out.

Attached to the blog are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

2. Open the sheet ‘Subtracting 9 from a 2d number’

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

3. Open the sheet ‘Subtracting 99 from a 3d number’

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them. Use a numberline each time, showing your subtraction of 10 / 100 and then adding 1 back on. 

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Mighty Maths Challenges

For those of you who enjoy a challenge, I will be including some maths challenges from today.  Please feel free to have a go, making sure that you show all your working out, trial and improvement jottings and full written explanations (where appropriate) to demonstrate your maths understanding. Answers to Challenges 2 and 3 will be published tomorrow!

1. Subtracting a near multiple of 10 or 100

Using the strategy above (compensating when subtracting 9 and 99), write questions and answers which demonstrate how to subtract 19, 29, 39, 198, 199, 397, 498, 998, 999 and 1999.  Make sure you show your working out on a numberline. (You only need to give one example of each, although you may wish to do more).  This is a super way to show your understanding of how to modify a strategy, according to the numbers involved.

2. Make 21 – see the sheet attached to this blog. 

Either print the sheet off or draw the circles in your book.  Remember to show your working out / trial and improvement jottings.  Think carefully about where to begin – there is always a way in!

 

3. Joins – see the sheet attached to the blog

Either print the sheet off or copy the numbers very carefully into your book.  Read the instructions and see if you can find the solutions.  Make sure you show your working out and see how quickly you can add mentally using strategies we have learnt in class.

English and DT

You should have a list of questions you wrote for English today.  Using these questions, I would like you to make your own Iron Man board game.

You will need to think about:

• The layout
• The object of the game (ie how do you win – do you win the most points, is it the first to reach the end or the person who answers the most questions etc)
• The method of play (eg with a dice, follow a trail, pick up cards)
• What sort of counters are used?
• How the game is scored?
• Whether you need to give a certain amount of time to play the game (eg the person with the most points after 5 minutes wins)

Tomorrow you will need to write the rules for your game, so also be thinking about:

• What equipment you need
• How to decide who goes first
• What happens when you land on a square or question
• How to finish / win

Before you start, have a think about board games you have played before eg Snakes and ladders, Monopoly, Game of Life or even Top Trumps.  You could base your game on one of these or come up with your own idea.  My top tip though, is to keep it simple!

I have included some board game templates which you can either copy or print out if you wish.  Alternatively, you can make your own according to whatever your game is.  Children in previous years who have made their own games have come up with some fantastic ideas.  Have fun and enjoy making your very own Iron Man game.

Music

Mrs Winter has asked me to remind you to practise our songs for the school nativity.  The nativity will be recorded the week we go back to school, so we will not have much time to practise in school.  Therefore, please practise EVERY DAY at home.  The words and music can be found on the website under ‘Parents’, ‘Nativity 2020’.  Our songs are Silent Night and It was on a Starry Night. 

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Keep safe and well Year 4, I can’t wait to see your board games.

HOME LEARNING Friday 27th November 2020

Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 8:25am

Year 4

Home Learning Friday 27^th November 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you had a lovely day yesterday and achieved your personal goal – I can’t wait to hear what interesting goals you set yourself!

Please complete today’s work in your exercise book, as you will need to bring it back into school when you return.

Please remember to take part in the Sumdog challenges that started last Friday.  24 children have now taken part in the Maths challenges – this is brilliant, well done - and 7 in the Spelling challenge.  New challenges will be starting today at 4pm, so make sure you get involved.  I will be seeing each week who has spent the most time on the challenges and there are plenty of Dojo’s up for grabs! Well done to Neeve and Evie who are currently in the lead.  On Monday, I will let you know who spent the most time on this week’s challenges!

New Sumdog challenges start at 4pm this evening.  They are:

• A spelling challenge based on new spellings set today (see below)
• A grammar challenge relating to co-ordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and subordinating conjunctions
• A maths times table challenge (based on the 2, 5 and 10 times tables)

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story and who the characters are – who is your favourite and why.   Can you summarise what has happened in the story so far?

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary – you may like to write the new vocabulary in your reading diary and then you can use these words in your own writing.

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Spelling

Your spellings for the next week all have ‘ou’ in them, the ‘uh’ sound. 

touch             trouble        young           nourish        flourish

tough             courage        encourage    double          enough

discourage     rough           cousin          country        couple

Copy the words out carefully and write a definition for them.  Ask someone at home to help or use a dictionary if you find this tricky.  A few of you may wish to choose just 5 words and learn those really well.              

Times tables

1. Practise your current times table target using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to yesterday’s log. Are you getting more right? Are you getting quicker?

2. Practise any times tables you like using ‘Hit the Button’, make sure they are different from yesterday’s (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.

 

3. Practise your 6 times table dancing and singing with Fred the Red.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc

(Apologies to those of you who aren’t Manchester United fans!!)

 

Writing

1. Write an alternative ending to the Iron Man

As you know, we finished reading The Iron Man this week.  Today, I would like you to write your own ending to the story, your own Chapter 5.  Here are some things to think about which may help you with ideas.

Did the Iron Man get shipped to Australia and challenge the space-bat-angel-dragon to something different?

Did the Iron Man win the challenge? And if so, what happened to the SBAD?

Did the SBAD win the challenge? And if so, what happened to the Iron Man and the world?

Perhaps the Iron Man’s plan wasn’t for him to challenge the SBAD, instead Hogarth needed to battle with the SBAD.

Did the SBAD eat what he wanted and then leave as suddenly as he came?

The choice is entirely yours as to how you want to finish the story.

Make sure that you:

• Use capital letters and full stops
• Write in your best, joined up handwriting
• Check your spellings very carefully
• Write in the past tense (it has already happened) and third person (you are telling the story, you are not in it)
• Try and include some excellent vocabulary and different sentence openers
• Try and write in the style of Ted Hughes (repetition of words, short sentences, longer sentences, descriptive)

Give your chapter a title, according to what your ending is going to be. In the book, Chapter 5 was called The Iron Man’s Challenge.

Write today’s date and the learning objective, Can I write an alterative ending to The Iron Man?

Write the title           Chapter 5  ___________________

 

2. Please update your self-isolation diary for today.

 

Maths

1. As a warm-up, practise some doubling on Hit the Button, multiples of 10. Have a go at ‘up to 100’ and ‘up to 250’.  Make jottings to help.  If you want more of a challenge, have a go at ‘up to 500’.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Attached to the blog are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.  These build on the work you did yesterday and relate to subtraction of multiples of 100.

2. Open the sheet ‘Multiple of 100 – multiple of 100 eg 900 - 600

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

3. Open the sheet ‘3d number – multiple of 100 eg 323 – 100

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. These are key skills in mental subtraction, so please practise them. Use a numberline to help counting back in hundreds. 

Ask someone at home to check your work.

RE

As you know, this Sunday is the first Sunday of Advent. 

Please draw an Advent wreath in your book, including the candles, and colour it in with pencil crayons if you can.  Then, please explain what Advent means, where the word originates from, the meaning of the wreath (the green part) and each of the candles.  

Write the date and the learning objective, Can I describe the meaning of the Advent wreath?

Your RE work is always beautiful Year 4, and I look forward to seeing your Advent wreaths and descriptions.

Art

Last week, we drew a Celtic knot in our art books.  Have another go at the same Celtic knot by clicking on the link below (it is the first link).

Then have a go at a Celtic knot of your own choice.  A couple of links are given below, but you may find one you especially like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqwevEiXGqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asAKuYohuCw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzYtOG-1wug

HOME LEARNING Thursday 26th November 2020

Date: 25th Nov 2020 @ 5:49pm

 

Year 4

Home Learning Thursday 26^th November 2020

Good morning Year 4.  I hope you had a good night’s sleep and are all well and happy.

Remember to complete the work set each day in your exercise book and be proud of the work you do.

Please remember to take part in the Sumdog challenges that started last Friday.  Only 17 children have taken part in the Maths challenges and 7 in the Spelling challenge.  New challenges will be starting tomorrow (Friday 26^th November), so make sure you get involved.  I will be seeing each week who has spent the most time on the challenges and there are plenty of Dojo’s up for grabs! Well done to Sophia and Evie who are currently in the lead.

Reading

Today, please read out loud to someone at home for 20 minutes.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story and who the characters are – who is your favourite and why.   Can you predict what might happen next and why you think this?

Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary – you may like to write the new vocabulary in your reading diary and then you can use these words in your own writing.

Spelling

You would have been tested on your spellings in school today.  Please therefore ask somebody at home to test you on this week’s spellings.  (They all have ‘sc’ in them which sounds like ‘s’.)  Remember you can find these spellings under Year 4 Home Practice Friday 20^th November 2020.

If you get any wrong, practise them again and ask someone to retest you on them.

New spellings will be set tomorrow.

Times tables

1. Practise your current times table target using

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Add your results to yesterday’s log. Hopefully, you should see an improvement and will have achieved more than yesterday!

 

2. Practise any times tables you like using ‘Hit the Button’ (remember to keep going over tables / division facts you should know).  Repeat this and see if you can beat your score.
3. Complete the Sumdog times table challenge.

Writing

We finished reading The Iron Man this week.  I have given you a very brief summary of each chapter of the book:

Chapter 1 – The coming of the Iron Man

The Iron Man falls off a cliff and puts himself back together then walks off into the sea. No-one knows where he has come from.

Chapter 2 – The return of the Iron Man

Hogarth sees the Iron Man and runs home frightened.  The Iron Man eats lots of metal and farm machinery. Hogarth tricks the Iron Man into falling into a pit.  The Iron Man is buried.

Chapter 3 – What’s to be done with the Iron Man?

The Iron Man frees himself. Hogarth feels sorry for the Iron Man and leads him to a junk yard.  The Iron Man enjoys his feast!

Chapter 4 – The Space-Being and the Iron Man

A space-bat-angel-dragon lands on Australia – it is enormous. It demands food, otherwise it will eat what it wants! Many countries attack the SBAD with weapons but he is not harmed and just smiles. Hogarth asks the Iron Man if he can come up with a plan.

Chapter 5 – The Iron Man’s Challenge

The Iron Man is taken to pieces and put back together again in Australia.  He challenges the SBAD to a contest and wins.  The SBAD becomes a slave to the world and sings at night. This makes all the people in the world feel calm and peaceful, and countries start to live in peace with each other. The Iron Man is a hero.

1. Please write a book review of The Iron Man.

Write the date and learning objective, Can I write a book review?

Write the title               The Iron Man by Ted Hughes

• Paragraph 1 – Give a brief summary of the plot that doesn’t give too much away.  Include the main characters, plot and setting.
• Paragraph 2 – Comment on the book’s strengths and weaknesses – give your opinion of what you liked and didn’t like – remember to include reasons WHY you liked or disliked something.
• Paragraph 3 – Who would you recommend this book to (eg what age of person, what sort of person, for example, someone who enjoys fantasy stories / science fiction / stories with underlying themes / stories about peace in the world etc). Again, explain why you are recommending it to these people.
• Paragraph 4 – How many stars out of 5 would you give the book? And WHY.
• REMEMBER to check spellings, capital letters, punctuation and sentence openers!

Below you will find some links to book reviews written by other children.  These are just examples, please follow the outline above to make your book review a superb piece of work. 

https://www.storyroom.co.uk/book-review-hamish-and-the-worldstoppers-by-danny-wallace/

https://www.storyroom.co.uk/book-review-the-land-of-far-beyond-by-enid-blyton/

https://www.storyroom.co.uk/the-magicians-nephew-book-review/

 

2. Please update your diary for today.

 

Maths

As a warm-up, practise some doubling on Hit the Button, doubles to 50 and doubles from 50 to 100.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Attached to the blog are some subtraction maths sheets. You don’t need to print the sheets you can write the questions and answers in your exercise book.

1. Open the sheet ‘Multiple of 10 – multiple of 10 eg 70 – 20

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took you to complete that section.

2. Open the sheet ‘2d number – multiple of 10 eg 53 – 40

Complete A, B, C OR D (A is the easiest, D is the hardest – choose your challenge!)

Time yourself and write down how long it took to complete that section.

If you find them tricky and need more practise, come back to them later today and have another go. Use a numberline to help counting back in tens.

Ask someone at home to check your work.

Science

Last week we learnt more about food chains. 

Please follow the link to “What is a food chain?”

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbnnb9q/articles/zwbtxsg

Watch the video and read the information below the video.  Then have a go at completing the food chain and the quiz.

Please either print off the attached sheet (called Food Chains) or draw pictures and write the answers in your exercise book.  Make sure you write in your best, joined up hand-writing and spell words correctly – you will find many of the words on the sheet and the website.

NOTE – a secondary consumer is the second animal to each something, they can be either carnivores (meat eaters) or omnivores (meat and plant eaters).  A primary consumer is the first animal to eat something and they are herbivores (plant eaters).

 

Well done for finishing today’s work.  Remember to complete today’s goal and tick it off on your chart. Keep safe and well Year 4 and keep smiling. 

HOME LEARNING Wednesday 25th November 2020

Date: 25th Nov 2020 @ 2:41pm

Year 4

Home Learning Wednesday 25^th November 2020

Good afternoon Year 4 – thank you for being so sensible this morning when you were waiting to be picked up.  You will all be at home by now and I hope you have enjoyed your lunch.  Although it seems a long time, these 14 days will go really quickly and we will soon be back together again, just in time for some fantastic learning in school before Christmas!

Over the next 2 weeks, please complete the work set.  Some of it will be new learning and some will be practising key skills which will help you to make more progress once we are back at school.

Reading

It is important to keep reading EVERY DAY over the next 2 weeks.

Please read out loud to someone at home each day.  Make sure you discuss what has happened in the chapter / story and who the characters are – who is your favourite and why.   Ask someone at home for the meaning of words you are unsure of or look them up in a dictionary – you may like to write the new vocabulary in your reading diary and then you can use these words in your own writing.

Spelling

Practise this week’s spellings and write each word in a sentence of your own.  Make sure you punctuate your sentences correctly and use capital letters for proper nouns.

Times tables

Although we completed our times table test today, I will be giving out new tables targets when we return to school on 9^th December.  For today, please practise your current table target using ‘Hit the button’.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Play ‘Hit the Answer’ 3 times - see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.  Then play ‘Hit the Question’ 3 times, again see if you can improve on how many you get right in 1 minute.

Keep a log of which times table you are practising and how many you get right in 1 minute, hopefully you should see an improvement!

 

 

 

Hit the answer

Date	Times table / division fact	Number correct in 1 minute
24.11.20	X6	5
		8
		10

 

Hit the question

Date	Times table / division fact	Number correct in 1 minute
24.11.20	X6	4
		6
		9

 

Writing

I would like you to stay happy and positive over the next 2 weeks.  A super way to do this is to set yourself a small goal for each day, this is because when we reach our goals it gives us a sense of achievement and makes us feel happy. I know Year 3 and Miss Smith set themselves a goal for each day and it really helped to keep a positive mindset.

Please copy and complete the table below and write in a goal for each day – tick your goals off once you have achieved them.

REMEMBER to write neatly in your best joined up your handwriting, use capital letters and spell accurately. (I have put an example in for you!)

Day	Goal	Tick
Wednesday (today)	Play with Basil Read for pleasure for 20 minutes	ü
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday

 

Here are some ideas:

• Exercise for 15 minutes
• Make a cake or bake something tasty
• Learn something new
• Speak to a friend
• Do some mindfulness yoga (have a look on youtube)
• Draw something (find a tutorial video on youtube eg you could draw characters / 3d images / a Celtic knot)
• Clean your bedroom
• Write a letter or make a card for an elderly person in Longton (see last week’s school newsletter)
• Stay off screen all day (phone, TV, computer, ipad, xbox, PS4 etc)
• Create your own workout
• Make your own game up, teach it to someone at home and play it together
• Make a den in the house and enjoy spending some time in it
• Write a poem about a topic of your own choice
• Write down 8 things you are thankful for

Please also keep a diary over the next 14 days of what you have been doing and include any thoughts and feelings.  Start this today in your exercise book – it’s been a very different day for us all.

Keep safe and well Year 4 – I’m missing all your smiley faces already. 

 

 

Home Practice Friday 20th November 2020

Date: 19th Nov 2020 @ 4:10pm

Year 4

Home Practice 20^th November 2020

 

This week, we dramatized a scene from The Iron Man, when a family were being interviewed by a reporter – these were brilliant year 4 and some were very funny! We also wrote a letter to a friend telling them of the events of Chapter 4 when the space-bat-angel-dragon arrived, and drew and labelled what we thought the space-bat-angel-dragon looked like. In maths, we learnt how to add numbers using the expanded method of addition, this included recording exchanging accurately.  In history, we started our new topic of the Romans.  We learnt the myth behind how Rome got its name and created a story board to retell the tale of Romulus and Remus. We made our own classification key in science, and used Flexitree to produce a computer version of it.  We also learnt about food chains and the effect of losing a link in the food chain. 

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week.  It is crucial that you practise the skills set on Sumdog, as they will help you make more progress.  If you do a little every night, you will very soon see a difference in your learning.

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (25^th November 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

The spellings this week all have the spelling ‘sc’ in them, but this is an ‘s’ sound. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next week, on Thursday (26^th November 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

science        scene           scientist      scenery        scent

scissors       scenic          scientific     disciple        crescent

scented       muscle         fascinate     ascend         descend      

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A spelling challenge based on the above spellings (s sound, spelt sc)
• A maths challenge related to addition and subtraction facts within 1000 (even though we haven’t done much subtraction in Year 4, please have a go!)
• A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Home Practice Friday 13th November 2020

Date: 13th Nov 2020 @ 3:35pm

Year 4

Home Practice 13^th November 2020

 

This week, we predicted the next chapter of our novel the Iron Man and created our own ‘Iron Man Menu’ – full of foods only the Iron Man would find delicious!  In maths, we doubled numbers, partitioned numbers to help with addition, used compensating to help add numbers when they are a near multiples of 10, and multiplied and divided by 10 and 100 – phew, what a busy week! Next week, we will move onto the expanded method of written addition. We finished our symmetry patterns using Publisher in computing, and will use these skills over the next few weeks to make our perfect classroom and playground. In French, we drew and labelled clothing and tried to include colours too.  We learnt how to draw a Celtic knot in art and now understand that there is no beginning and no end!

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week.  It is crucial that you practise the skills set on Sumdog, as they will help you make more progress.  If you do a little every night, you will very soon see a difference in your learning.

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next week, on Wednesday (18^th November 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

The spellings this week all have the spelling ‘que’ in them, but this is a ‘k’ sound (again, they are often French in origin). Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next week, on Thursday (19th November 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

antique        mosque         opaque         unique          cheque

boutique      oblique         conquer        grotesque    critique

croquet        plaque          briquette     baroque       picturesque

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A maths times table challenge (based on the 3, 6 and 9 times tables)
• A maths place value challenge (numbers upto 10 000 – there may be some Roman Numeral questions included – even though we haven’t covered these in class, have a go!)
• A maths addition challenge (more mental addition of numbers within 1000 – this is an important skill, the more you practise, the better you will become at adding numbers quickly and accurately)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Home Practice Friday 6th November 2020

Date: 5th Nov 2020 @ 4:49pm

Year 4

Home Practice 6^th November 2020

 

Year 4, well done for working so hard on your first week back after half term.

This week, we have learnt more about the characters in the Iron Man and written our thoughts and feelings as if we were Hogarth.  In maths, we learnt more strategies for adding numbers together mentally, including partitioning, using pairs to ten, finding doubles and near doubles, and bridging 10 and 100.  We also worked hard to refine our 3 and 6 times tables by counting in multiples and playing Fizz Buzz. In Science, we learnt more about classifying animals and went on a mini-beast hunt in the nature area.  We enjoyed making clay tree faces during ‘Outdoor Classroom Learning’ Day – see our pictures in the gallery.  

Well done to all those who have been on Sumdog during the last week.  It is crucial that you practise the skills set on Sumdog, as they will help you make more progress.  If you do a little every night, you will very soon see a difference in your learning.

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test after half term, on Wednesday (11^th November 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

The spellings this week all have the spelling ‘ch’ in them, but this is a ‘sh’ sound (they are mostly French in origin). Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them after half term, on Thursday (12^th November 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

chalet          chef            brochure      parachute    sachet

charlatan     quiche          chaperone    chauffeur    moustache

crochet        chivalry        machine       charade       machinery

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A maths challenge (mental addition of numbers within 1000)
• A grammar challenge (tricky past tense verbs)
• A spelling challenge (based on the spellings above)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

 

The Secret Garden Competition

Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 3:28pm

 A new film version of  The Sectret Garden has been released. To celebrate this a competition is being run by the RHS Campaign for School Gardening and Sky. You can draw, paint, create a collage or model or even plant up a minature garden. If you would like your child to be in the competition the entry needs to be on a single sheet of A4 paper. The entry needs to include the design elements and why they have chosen them.

Please send your child's entry into school by Monday 16th November and we will send them off. 

Good luck!

Click here to find out more.

Home Practice Friday 23rd October 2020

Date: 23rd Oct 2020 @ 1:57pm

Year 4

Home Practice 23^rd October 2020

 

Another fantastic week of learning Year 4!

In maths we have consolidated our learning of tenths, including counting in tenths, placing and finding tenths on a numberline and finding the difference between tenths.  We also started learning more strategies for mentally adding numbers together – this will be our next focus.  In English, we started our new novel, ‘The Iron Man’ and retold the first chapter as the Iron Man.  We also created a ‘Wanted’ poster for him. We found out more about Celtic warriors in history and labelled our own warrior.    

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week – practising these skills is the key to making progress, so keep up your fantastic efforts.  Let’s see if everyone in Year 4 can log onto Sumdog during the next couple of weeks and practise these skills!

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test after half term, on Wednesday (4^th November 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

You can also practise your tables playing ‘Hit the button’.  Select the times tables or division button and then the table that you want to practise.  This is an excellent way to practise your tables.  Either type in ‘hit the button’ (the game is on Top Marks) or use the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Spellings

The spellings this week are taken from the Year 3/4 statutory word list. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them after half term, on Thursday (5^th November 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

appear         continue       grammar      material       possible      

suppose       breadth       different     group           medicine

pressure      surprise       breathe       difficult       guard

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (x3 x4 and x8 – multiplication, division and arrays – many of you are still finding these tables tricky)
• A maths challenge (adding 1’s, 10’s and 100’s, or multiples of)
• A spelling challenge (based on the spellings above)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

And finally, have a lovely relaxing time over half term.  Make sure you have lots of fun and enjoy spending time with your family.  Come back to school refreshed and ready for the next 7 weeks of learning at St Oswald’s.

Home Practice Friday 16th October 2020

Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 3:48pm

Year 4

Home Practice 16^th October 2020

 

Another busy week in Year 4!

This week we have dramatised the poem ‘The coming of the Iron Man’ during our English lesson.  As part of our Celtic topic in history, we made a model of a roundhouse - see our models in the gallery.  Following this, we wrote a set of instructions to help others make a roundhouse. In maths, we learnt how to compare and order numbers to 1 decimal place, round decimal numbers to the nearest whole number and double 2 and 3 digit numbers. In French we practised the days of the week and the months of the year. We now have the vocabulary to answer the question “Quelle est la date?”

Well done to all those who has been on Sumdog during the last week – practising these skills is the key to making progress, so keep up your fantastic efforts.  Let’s see if everyone in Year 4 can log onto Sumdog next week and practise these skills!

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

You can find even more books to read on our website.  Go to Year 4, Home Learning and click on Oxford Owl.  Use the class login and password and explore lots of books to read.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next Wednesday (21^st October 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

Spellings

The spellings this week explore the ‘g’ sound spelt gue, which is French in origin. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (22^nd October 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

rogue           league          tongue         plague          intrigue

vague           fatigue        dialogue       epilogue       prologue

colleague      meringue      catalogue     synagogue    morgue

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 2 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (x3 x4 x6 and x8)
• A grammar challenge (parts of speech, eg verbs, nouns, adverbs etc)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Home Practice Friday 9th October 2020

Date: 9th Oct 2020 @ 3:44pm

Year 4

Home Practice 9^th October 2020

 

This week we have planned and written our own story in the style of the stories from ‘How the Whale became’ by Ted Hughes.  In maths we have been counting in different steps, including 100’s and tenths. We have also explored tenths in more detail and found the effect of multiplying and dividing a one or 2 digit number by 10. In history, we discovered the type of houses the Celts lived in – we prefer living in our own homes, ask us why! In French we practised the days of the week and talked about what activities we carried out on which day.

Well done to everyone who has been on Sumdog during the last week – practising these skills is the key to making progress, so keep up your fantastic efforts. 

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next Wednesday (14^th October 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

Spellings

The spellings this week explore the ‘o’ sound spelt ‘a’ after w and qu. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (15^th October 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

what            quality         quantity       squash         squad

squabble      squander      squadron      wanted         swallow

quad             swap            swapped       wallow          wasp

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A counting challenge (counting in multiples of 4, 5 and 8)
• A maths challenge (recognising tenths)
• A spelling challenge (based on the sound ‘o’ sound spelt a, after w and qu)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

 

Home Practice Friday 2nd October 2020

Date: 2nd Oct 2020 @ 3:32pm

Year 4

Home Practice 2^nd October 2020

 

This week we have read ‘How the Hare became’ and performed a role play between Hare and another character in the story.  Following this, we learnt how to punctuate speech correctly.  We also wrote a class poem and performed it together for National Poetry Day.  In French we practised numbers to 31 and the days of the week.

Well done to everyone who has been on Sumdog during the last week – practising these skills is the key to making progress, so keep up your fantastic efforts. 

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding. 

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next Thursday (8^th October 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?  Well done to everyone who has been practising their tables during the past week – it is fantastic to see the progress you are making.

Spellings

The spellings this week explore the ‘i’ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of a word. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (8^th October 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

gym             myth            Egypt          pyramid       mystery

symbol         synonym       lyrics           system         gymnastics

hymn            typical         cylinder       physical       oxygen

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (Mixed tables 2’s 5’s 10’s 3’s 4’s and 8’s)
• A grammar challenge (speech marks / inverted commas)
• A spelling challenge (based on the sound ‘i’ sound spelt y elsewhere than at the end of a word)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Home Practice Friday 25th September 2020

Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 5:23pm

Year 4

Home Practice 25th September 2020

 

Another busy week in Year 4 – we’ve nearly worked our socks off!

In English we read ‘How the Tortoise became’ and created our own blurb and book cover for the story. In Maths we have been rounding numbers to 10, 100 and 1000 and using symbols to compare numbers.  In French, we read and wrote classroom instructions and learnt more about the Tour de France - we know the winner this year was Pogacar.  Friday was European Sports Day and we learnt how to play handball!  Well done Year 4.

This week's Home Practice can be found below.  The purpose of Home Practice is to ensure the basic skills of reading, spelling and number are practised on a regular basis at home - the tasks consolidate classroom learning.  Practising these skills little and often will ensure firm foundations for learning throughout the year.  

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you discuss the story and the characters.  Find the meaning of any new words too.  Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next Thursday (1^st October 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?

Spellings

The spellings this week explore different letter patterns for the same ‘ei’ sound. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (1^st October 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you could always use ‘Look say cover write check’.

prey            wait             bait             afraid          grey

eight           weight         sleigh          neighbour    freight

paint            eighteen      eighty          reign           vein

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (Related facts for x3 x4 and x8)
• A maths challenge (Rounding and place value to 10 000)
• A spelling challenge (based on the sound ‘ei’ spelt different ways)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Year 4 Meet the Teacher

Date: 18th Sep 2020 @ 4:49pm

Year 4 Home Practice 18th September 2020

Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 8:09pm

We have had another fantastic week in Year 4! Here are just a few snippets of what we have been learning.

In English we have read ‘How the Fox Came to be Where it is’ and ‘How the Polar Bear Became’ – our writing has been based on these 2 stories.  We especially enjoyed learning about the clever but cunning fox and how he outwitted other animals!  In Maths we have revised place value and been using Base 10 and numerical counters to help when adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1000.  In addition, we have been revising rounding numbers to 10. We have continued our RE topic of Families and learnt more about Jesus’ human family and his descendants.  We have also been learning how to insert, rotate, re-colour and re-size shapes using Publisher. What a busy week Year 4 – well done!

Home Practice 18th September 2020

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Make sure you understand what you are reading and find out the meaning of any new words.  Someone at home could ask you some questions about what you have read and you could tell them what has happened so far in the story.

 

Times tables

You have been given your own individual times table target.  Please make sure you continue to practise your times tables in preparation for your test next Thursday (24^th September 2020).  Ask someone at home to test you on your tables – can you recall them quickly and accurately?

 

Spellings

The spelling rule this week is the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ey’. Please practise your spellings each evening at home.  You will be tested on them next Thursday (24^th September 2020).  We have discussed in class different strategies you could use to help you learn them and you can always use ‘Look say cover write check’.  Your spellings are:

key              honey           money          phoney         donkey

monkey      turkey         hockey         barley          baloney

abbey         dopey           alley            trolley         chimney

 

Sumdog Challenges

You have been set 3 challenges on Sumdog:

• A multiplication challenge (x2 x3 x4 x5 x10)
• A maths challenge (Counting in 10’s 100’s and 1000’s)
• A spelling challenge (based on the spelling rule the ‘ee’ sound spelt ‘ey’)

Please make sure you log on and have a go!

Have a lovely weekend Year 4 - see you all next week.

Online Content - 10 tips to keep your children safe online

Date: 16th Sep 2020 @ 6:22pm

Monitor-Talk-Report

"In light of recent distressing content circulating on several popular social media platforms, we're reminding parents how important it is to monitor, support and talk to children about their online activities." - National Online Safety

Here are some top tips from National Online Safety on keeping children safe online when viewing content online.