Year 4
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Some websites to help you at home
Dear Year 4,
Welcome back to St Johns and of course to Year 4. After what has seemed like forever, we can finally come back together in our class bubbles ready to learn.
Mr Crick will be teaching in 4NC and Mrs Evans is currently looking after 4MB. Mrs Dark will also be working with you all via Teams until she goes on maternity leave after half term. Also Mrs Mason and Mrs Compton are joining the Year 4 team and will be working between each bubble.
Remember that, although there are changes to the school and to your day, everything has been put into place for your safety. If you are worried about anything, then please let an adult in school or your parents know so we can help you to feel safe and happy when you are back at school.
Mr Crick, Mrs Evans, Mrs Baxter, Mrs Dark, Mrs Mason and Mrs Compton
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For the Literacy research sheet see last week's homework below.
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Week beginning 13th July 2020 |
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NB: This is the last week for home learning to be set daily.
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Maths - Time |
Literacy – Firework Maker’s Daughter |
Spellings |
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Monday 13.7.20 |
Converting 12 hour to 24 hour 10 am – 4CD Live lesson Power Point or PDF |
In this part of the chapter we meet Lila’s best friend – Chulak and his elephant Hamlet. Read this section and make a note of the things that you would need to do to look after Hamlet if he came to stay. |
This week all spellings are going to be based on the Year 3 and 4 words.
Use this reference sheet to remind you of the words and pick out the ones you find the hardest to remember. You will be tested on a random selection of 20 words from the list so make sure you look and learn them all!
You could try to use rainbow colours to remember the words, use LCWCh, make a poster or anything else that will help you to remember these words before you enter year 5. These sheets will also help you to practice the words before the spelling test. |
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Tuesday 14.7.20 |
Solving problems involving time 10 am – 4CD Live lesson Have a look at this PDF for some hints for how to solve these problems. |
Using your notes from yesterday write a set of instructions for how to look after Hamlet.
You could use this template to write on. |
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Wednesday 15.7.20 |
A mixture of time problems. Now is the chance to test your knowledge from the past 2 weeks. Tasks and answers - all levels Choose a level to try (they get harder as you go up) |
10 am – 4CD Live Lesson In chapter 2, Lila decides to follow her dreams and become a firework maker. Let’s read what happens next to her and her father. Make some notes about the difficulties that he explains she will face on the way. |
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Thursday 16.7.20 |
Word problems Again another chance to test your knowledge from the whole year with a selection of two-step problems to try. Choose a level to try (they get harder as you go up) |
Your task is to write a letter from her father back to Lila, explaining the difficulties that she will face and begging her to come home. Use the information that you found out yesterday to help with what you would say. |
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Friday 17.7.20 |
Arithmetic papers - Tests 5 and 6 You have 30 minutes to complete each arithmetic test. The answers are at the end of the test. |
Let’s carry on reading to the end of the chapter to find out about Lila’s journey. Oh no! What is she going to do now? What would you do if you were in the same situation? Write a paragraph to describe your decision. |
Spelling Test 10 am 4CD Live Spelling Test. Ask someone at home to chose 20 random words from the list to test you on. |
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This week’s school topic: Minibeasts From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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Week beginning 6th July 2020 |
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Daily extras:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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Maths - Time |
Literacy – Firework Maker’s Daughter |
Spellings |
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Monday 6.7.20 |
Telling the Time Assessment. 10.40 4AW Live lesson Maths
FIRST- Complete this assessment sheet to see what you can already do and what you need to learn next. Here are the answers If you would like some help with telling the time, look at this powerpoint THEN- start at the stage that you are on based on your assessment. If you are stuck then use this interactive clock to help learn how to tell the time. Turn the digital time off then move the hands of clock and look at the analogue time, which is written in words. Stage 1 - 5 minutes past Stage 2 - 5 minutes to Stage 3 - 1 minute past Stage 4 - 1 minute to Answers for all the sheets |
Be a reading detective
Complete this BBC Bitesize Daily lesson all about inference. |
Spellings for this week are all about homophones and near homophones
Use this LCWCh sheet to help with your learning of your spellings. |
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Tuesday 7.7.20 |
Minutes, hours and seconds 11:30 am 4CD Live Lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson Maths Watch the video and read through the powerpoint and then have a go at the tasks |
Watch this clip to introduce you to our new book ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’ The book has many different front cover since its publishing in 1995. Your task today is to create your own front cover for the book. |
Dictionary definitions. Match the definition to the homophone. |
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Wednesday 8.7.20 |
Years, months, week and days 11:30 am 4CD Live Lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson Maths Watch the video and then have a go at the tasks |
10 am 4CD Live Lesson 9.30 4AW Live lesson literacy Lila is the main character in this book. Your task today is to listen to chapter one and then write a character description. You could use this sheet to write it on |
Write this week's homophones into sentences. You could make the spelling words stand out by writing it in diifferent colours. |
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Thursday 9.7.20 |
Telling time to nearest 5 minutes and converting analogue to digital 11:30 am 4CD Live Lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson Maths Watch the video and look at the powerpoint and then have a go at the tasks -------------------------------- Or if you are feeling confident after Monday’s assessments then try these challenges. Answers |
10 am 4CD Live Lesson 9.30 4AW Live lesson literacy Lila and her father work hard to create brand new fireworks. Watch this clip and then write a description of how it would feel to be at a firework festival. Remember to think about the sights, sounds, smells and feelings. Use this sheet to help plan out your ideas.
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Using the words you have learnt over the last three weeks, how many can you find? |
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Friday 10.7.20 |
Telling the time to the nearest minute and converting digital to analogue 11 am 4CD Live Lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson Maths Watch the video and look at the powerpoint and then have a go at the tasks ------------------------- Or if you are feeling confident after Monday’s assessments then try these challenges. Answers |
Today you are going to become a firework maker. Think carefully about the ingredients you would use and what you would name your firework. Read the description from the book for some ideas. Use this sheet to write out your recipe. And this checklist to ensure you have included everything. |
Spelling Test. 10am- 4CD Live Test Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings. Remember to get them to say the word in a sentence so that you know which one to spell.
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This week’s school topic: Games From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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Today we should have been on our trip to The Food and Farming Day. Luckily, you can take part in the day virtually by following this link to watch videos and completing activities based on the day.
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Week beginning 29th June 2020 |
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Daily extras:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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Maths - Shape |
Literacy – Charlotte’s Web |
Spellings |
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Monday 29.6.20 |
Plotting Co-ordinates 11 am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson PowerPoint or PDF |
Watch to this clip to find out who was speaking to Wilbur. Today’s task is all about pronouns. Click on this BBC Bitesize link, watch the video and complete the tasks. |
Spellings for this week are all about homophones and near homophones
Use this LCWCh sheet to help with your learning of your spellings. |
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Tuesday 30.6.20 |
Plotting Missing Co-ordinates 11 am 4CD Live Lesson PowerPoint or PDF |
10am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW Live lesson EB White describes the perfect summer’s day. How would you describe a day during summer? Think about using your senses and maybe some of the phrases from the book. Have a look at this to help you with some of your ideas. |
What do these words mean?
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Wednesday 1.7..20 |
Translating Shapes on a grid 11 am 4CD Live lesson 9.30 4AW live lesson PowerPoint or PDF |
10 am 4CD Live Lesson 10.40 Live lesson One of the man themes in the book is the friendship between Charlotte and Wilbur. Today you are going to plan a story that involves friendship. PowerPoint or PDF |
Homophones can be tricky to remember – watch this BBC video today to give you some ideas of how to remember them. |
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Thursday 2.7.20 |
Co-ordinate Challenges 11am 4CD Live Lesson Now it’s time to put your learning this week to the test. Try these challenges all about co-ordinates. |
10.40 live lesson 4AW From your plan yesterday, you are going to write your story. Things to think about: - Use different pronouns rather than repeating yourself. - Expanded noun phrases - Different types of conjunctions - Paragraphs to separate your ideas. Use this word mat to help with your ideas |
Spot the mistake.
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Friday 3.7.20 |
Arithmetic Test 4 You have 30 minutes to try this arithmetic test. The answers are at the end of the test.
10am Maths Challenge 4AW |
Use the time today to finish your story and then have a look at this success criteria to edit and improve your work. Remember that it is not just a tick sheet but to be used to remind you of the key elements in Year 4 writing and for you to add and improve. 4CD be ready to read some of your story during our afternoon TEAMs meet ups |
Spelling Test. 10am- 4CD Live Test Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings. Remember to get them to say the word in a sentence so that you know which one to spell. 2.00 Maths catch up 4AW |
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This week’s school topic: Art and Artists From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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Find ideas to try Outdoor Learning activities to do at home on our webpage.
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Week beginning 22nd June 2020 |
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Daily extras:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
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Maths - Shape |
Literacy – Charlotte’s Web |
Spellings |
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Monday 22.6.20 |
Line Symmetry in Shapes 11 am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW live lesson Today we are looking at line symmetry in polygons (2d shapes). Watch this video and look at the PDF to help you identify them. |
Today we are going to look in more detail with chapter 1. PowerPoint or PDF Here are two activities for you to try all about using adverbs and adverbials to start and improve sentences. |
Spellings for this week are all about homophones and near homophones
Use this LCWCh sheet to help with your learning of your spellings. |
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Tuesday 23.6.20 |
Triangle or Quadrilateral Poster Today you are going to show all the knowledge you have gained over the last two weeks to create some information posters. Either chose types of triangles or quadrilaterals and make a poster to explain the properties, Here are some examples from the children in school for you to look at. |
11 am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW live lesson In chapters one and two, we learn all about Fern’s first day with Wilbur. Your task is to plan a diary entry that she could have written at the end of her typical day. |
Using all the words you are learning this week complete these sentences!
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Wednesday 24.6.20 |
Completing a symmetrical figure 11 am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW live lesson
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Now using your plan from yesterday, you are going to write Fern’s diary entry. This PowerPoint will remind you of the features of a diary. 4CD Teams Guided Write - have a look to remind you what we did together yesterday. Use this sheet to write out your entry. |
Homophones can be tricky to remember – watch this BBC Bitesize video and then try the activities underneath the video. |
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Thursday 25.6.20 |
Symmetry challenges 11 am - 4CD Live lesson Now it’s time to put your learning this week to the test. Try these challenges all about symmetry. |
10.40 4AW Live lesson Today we are going to look in more detail with chapter 3. Here is an activity for you to try all about using conjunctions to improve these superhero sentences. |
Another try to practice putting your spelling words into sentences. |
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Friday 26.6.20 |
Arithmetic Test You have 30 minutes to try this arithmetic test. The answers are at the end of the test. |
11 am 4CD Live lesson 10.40 4AW live lesson Have a listen to chapter 4 What advice would you give to Wilbur now he has moved to Uncle Avery’s farm? How would you cope with being lonely? Use this sheet to write a letter to Wilbur to help him now he is feeling lonely. |
10am- 4CD Live Spelling Test Spelling Test. Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings. Remember to get them to say the word in a sentence so that you know which one to spell. |
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This week’s school topic: Superheroes From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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If you are going on a walk, exploring a local outdoor area or playing in your garden, you may like to have a go at some of these outdoor learning activities. Click this link to take a look at Mrs Llewellyn's suggestions!
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Week beginning 15th June 2020 |
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Daily extras:
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Maths - Shape |
Literacy |
Spellings |
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Monday 15.6.20 |
Identifying and comparing angles 4AW Live lesson 10.40 Today we are going to be looking at different types of angles. Work though the PowerPoint and then have a go at the tasks. If you would like more practice - go to BBC bitesize and do the activities there |
We are going to read about Charles today – Voice 3 and focus on the colours that Anthony Browne has chosen to use in his pictures. |
Spellings for this week are continuing with the same pattern - ch (sh sound), ch (k sound) and homophones. Use this LCWCh sheet to help with your learning of your spellings. |
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Tuesday 16.6.20 |
Triangles 4AW Live lesson 10.40 It’s different types of triangles today - the properties of scalene, right angle, isosceles and equilateral triangles. Task Sheet and Answers Sheet 2 is your challenge activity today |
Finally, today we get to meet Smudge. Work through the PowerPoint and then have a go at the comprehension questions. |
Using all the words you have learnt over the last few weeks, let’s play scrabble! |
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Wednesday 17.6.20 |
Identifying different types of lines 4AW Live lesson 10.40 Today we are looking at lines – horizontal, vertical, parallel and perpendicular. Task Sheet and Answers |
Character and idea for own story Over the next few days you are going to plan and write your own story based on The Voices in the Park. Today you are going to think about the characters and design the front cover for your story, |
Have a go at writing some silly sentences that include your spelling words. The sillier the better to help you remember them! |
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Thursday 18.6.20 |
Quadrilaterals 4AW Live lesson 10.40 It’s all about shapes with 4 sides today! |
Over the next two days, you will plan and write your story. This powerpoint will help you to think about your character and what they might be like. Use this planning sheet to help gather your ideas and this the mood sheet. This powerpoint will help you to structure your writing. Remember to think about:
Live literacy lesson 4AW - guided write to help you to write your character's voice |
A word search is today’s activity. |
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Friday 19.6.20 |
Arithmetic Test You have 30 minutes to try this arithmetic test. The answers are at the end of the test. |
Spelling Test. Ask someone at home to test you on your spellings. Don’t forget Mrs Dark will be testing her class via Teams at 10am. Make sure you have a pen and paper ready. |
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This week’s school topic: Wildlife in the Garden From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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Week beginning 8th June 2020 |
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Maths |
Literacy |
Spellings |
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Monday 8.6.20 |
Addition and Subtraction (formal methods) Live lesson with Mrs Whittaker 10.35 Watch these videos if you need to recap the formal methods |
This week we are focusing on the text – Voices in the Park by Anthony Browne. Work through this PowerPoint to introduce the story. Then there are two sheets to complete.
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Spellings for this week are continuing with the same pattern - ch (sh sound), ch (k sound) and homophones. Have a go at drawing a spelling flower this week. Draw a large flower with 10 petals and write one spelling word in each petal. Colour and display to help you with your learning of them this week. Use this LCWCh sheet to help with your learning of your spellings. |
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Tuesday 9.6.20
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Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Use your knowledge from yesterday to answer these word problems Why not try this Nrich challenge.
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Today we are going to be discussing Voice 1 from the book. Work through this powerpoint to look at Voice 1 and then complete the description of Charles' mother. |
Complete the sentences using your spelling words and other words that fit the same spelling pattern |
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Wednesday 10.6.20 |
Multiplication (formal method) Live lesson with Mrs Whittaker 10.40 Watch this video if you need to recap the formal method - link The answers are at the end of each sheet. |
Let's have a look at what Charles and his mum could be thinking whilst they are in the park. Use the powerpoint and then complete the sheet to show what they could be thinking. |
Today you are going to practice your spelling pattern along with some handwriting. |
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Thursday 11.6.20 |
Division (formal method) Watch this video if you need to recap the formal method - link The answers are the the bottom of the sheet |
Now we are going to move on to voice 2. Listen to the story again with the link above. Use the powerpoint to focus on Smudge's dad then answer the task sheet. |
Use the correct homophone in the sentence. |
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Friday 12.6.20 |
Multiplication and Division Word Problems Use your knowledge from the last few days to answer these word problems
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Today we are going to summarise the character of Smudge's dad. What sort of things can we learn about him from the text. |
Spelling Test Ask a parent or older sibling to test you. Don’t forget Mrs Dark will be testing her class via Teams at 10am. Make sure you have a pen and paper ready. |
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This week’s school topic: Explorers From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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French Bonjour! This week's work can be found here |
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In addition to our home-schooling activities and topic tasks set by your year group, you may like to try something a little bit more adventurous! Why not take your learning outside and develop some new skills, take notice of the world around you and appreciate where you live?
Mrs Llewellyn has created a range of ideas that you may like to try when you are in your garden, out on a walk or exploring the local area. If you have a go at any of these tasks, don’t forget to show us what you’ve been up to by sending photos to your class teacher or Mrs Llewellyn (Katy.Llewellyn@st-john.lincs.sch.uk).
Explore the Outdoor Learning webpage to find out more.
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Week beginning 1st June 2020 |
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Monday 1.6.20 |
Summer Term – Week 6 Lesson 3 – Fractions of quantities |
Today’s activity is a comprehension all about the famous Wimbledon Tennis Championship. Remember to read the text carefully and refer back to the text when answering the questions. |
This week’s spelling pattern is ch (sh sound), ch (k sound) and homophones. Use the LCWCh sheet to practice your words for this week. |
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Tuesday 2.6.20 |
Fractions of quantities If you did not get to do yesterday’s worksheet then watch the video link from Monday to help with today’s work. Choose a worksheet to complete. Why not try the challenge |
Keeping with the theme of tennis and famous people it is tennis star Rafael Nadal’s birthday tomorrow. Read the information sheet about him and then we are going to have a go at some possessive apostrophe work. |
What other words follow this weeks spelling pattern? Use Sheet 2 to help you recognise and sort the words. |
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Wednesday 3.6.20 |
Summer Term – Week 6 Lesson 4 – Calculate Quantities |
Today we are going to find out about two famous women who changed the world. Work through the powerpoint to find out about their work and what they did. Then complete the comprehension. |
Try this wordsearch to help you to spot the correct spelling of each word. Each word is only there once. How quickly can you spot them all? |
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Thursday 4.6.20 |
Calculate Quantities If you did not get to do yesterday's worksheet then watch the video link from Wednesday to help with today's work. Choose a worksheet to complete. Why not try the challenge |
Yesterday we looked at two biographies of famous women and now it is your turn. You are going to plan your own autobiography using the ideas on the planning sheet. |
Put the correct homophone into the sentence. Remember that homophones sound the same but are spelt differently so it is important to know which one to use. |
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Friday 5.6.20 |
You have 30 minutes to try this arithmetic test. The answers are at the end of the test.
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Today you are going to write your own autobiography. Think about how you will layout your page and have a look at these examples to help you. Take your time when writing and presenting your work. Use first person because you are talking about yourself. Also can you use the present perfect tense? If you have forgotten how to use this then take a look at this powerpoint to help. Capital letters and correct sentence punctation. Also try to us some other punctuation eg. commas and possessive apostrophes that we looked at on Tuesday. |
Spelling Test Ask your parents or an older sibling to test you on this weeks spellings. |
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This week’s school topic: Famous People From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges |
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French This week's activity is continuing with the theme of transport. Find the link here |
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This weekend the WWF are doing a Garden Bioblitz. It involves people going out into their gardens to see what plants and creatures they can find. It also introduces a great app called seek by iNaturalist which helps children identify plants and creatures. Follow the link for more information
Madame Roche has set up this weeks work all about transport. Find the link here.
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WC: 18.05.20 |
Maths |
Literacy |
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Monday |
Week 4 (w.c 11th May) Lesson 1 – Multiplication and division problems |
Following the theme of lights camera action, today you will be director. Direct your actor as to how they would play your lead character Follow the link here
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Tuesday |
Lesson 2 – Perimeter |
Time to promote the movie of the year! Imagine turning your favourite book into a film and plan how you would promote it. |
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Wednesday |
Lesson 3 – Perimeter of rectilinear shapes |
Every author, be it for a fiction book or a play script, needs to edit their work. Follow these activities on BBC bitesize to help you edit writing more effectively. |
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Thursday |
Lesson 4 – Area |
Today you are going to write speech for characters in a short film. Watch the clip ‘The Cloud Maker’ and follow the guide of how to write speech in a play script.
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Friday |
Lesson 5 – Challenge https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
The most suitable questions for Year 4 are 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. But why don’t you work with your family on the rest of the problems. Do as many as you can! Help each other out |
Today you will be writing a review on a short film - will you recommend it and it become a box office success? Watch the clip here |
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This week’s school topic is: Lights camera action! From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges. |
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Here is this week's work from Madame Roche
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WC: 11.05.20 |
Maths |
Literacy |
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Monday |
Week 3 – w.c 4th May
Lesson 1 – multiplying 2 digit number by 1 digit https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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This week we will be using Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree as our inspiration. Today complete the grammar activities from these extracts.
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Tuesday |
Lesson 2 – multiplying 3-digit number by 1 digit. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Today we are looking at expanded noun phrases and how you can use them to help describe a setting |
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Wednesday |
Lesson 3 – Dividing 2 digit number by 1 digit https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Reading today – read the first chapter from The Faraway Tree and answer the questions. |
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Thursday |
Lesson 4 – Dividing 3 digit number by 1 digit https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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For the next 2 days you are going to write your own description of a land at the top of the tree. Listen to some extracts from The Faraway Tree for inspiration first. There is also a link on the topic page to hear more of the story. You may also draw an illustration of your land.
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Friday |
Lesson 5 – Challenge This week is a recipe challenge https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ or you can try the Mathletics that has been set up for you today. |
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Topic |
This week’s school topic is: Trees and Plants From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges. |
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Here is the look, cover, write, check and activity sheet 1 and 2 for this week spellings.
Please find this weeks French here from Madam Roche
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WC: 04.05.20 |
Maths |
Literacy |
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Monday |
This week we will continuing to focus on decimals and putting them into the context of money.
Week 2 (commencing 27th April) – Rounding decimals https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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This week we are linking to our theme ‘under the sea’ and writing a non- chronological report about a sea creature of your choice. Click here for today’s link. |
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Tuesday |
Week 2 – Halves and Quarters https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Today we are going to look at how to write an introduction. Don’t worry if you missed yesterday’s work – you can use my facts on my favourite sea creature – turtles. |
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Wednesday |
Week 2 – Pounds and Pence https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Today you are going to plan your paragraphs and write subheadings. Use the guide to help you organise your (or my) information. |
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Thursday |
Week 2 – Ordering Money https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Today we will write our main paragraphs – use your work from earlier in the week or the information on sea turtles. |
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Friday |
Week 2 – BBC Bitesize Challenge |
Finishing your report – Add appropriate pictures and captions |
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This week’s school topic is: Under the sea From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges. |
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WC: 27.4.20 |
Maths |
Literacy |
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Monday |
Summer Term 1 – Week 1 Lesson 1 – Making a Whole |
Today we are going to look at how authors describe different settings in their books, particularly shops. Follow the link for today work |
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Tuesday |
Summer Term 1 – Week 1 Lesson 2 – Write Decimals |
Shopping involves talking to people. Today we look at how to include speech to further describe a setting or character or to move the story along. |
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Wednesday |
Summer Term 1 – Week 1 Lesson 3 – Compare Decimals |
Today’s work is a comprehension about one our authors this week – David Walliams. If you would like to push yourself, there is a more challenging version here. |
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Thursday |
Summer Term 1 – Week 1 Lesson 4 – Ordering Decimals |
Today and tomorrow we are going to be looking at writing our own shop scene for a story. Today we will be planning using this guide. |
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Friday |
Summer Term 1 – Week 1 Lesson 5 - Challenges. The most suitable questions for Year 4 are questions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 but you might want to work on the rest with your family. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/
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Now we will write our scene – You will be looking to write 3 or 4 paragraphs using your plan. Use the following guides to remind you of some of the features you could try to include: Pronouns https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z64q7nb Speech |
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Topic |
This week’s school topic is: Shops and Shopping From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges. |
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This weeks spellings focus on ei, ey, gue, que, sc
To find the look cover write check click here
For activites to practice the spellings click here
Welcome back. Below you will find the literacy and Maths for this week. You will also find the link to the topic based activites for this week. We will be adding some spellings to each week - look out for these soon!
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WC: 20.4.20 |
Maths |
Literacy |
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Monday |
Today we are looking at dividing a 2 digitnumber by 10. Remember to think about your place value and how the numbers move to the right. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ Click on Week 2 Lesson 1 |
This week we are going to link with our topic and look at explanation texts. Look at the text and see if you can find the features. |
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Tuesday |
Today's lesson is a recap over hundredths. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ Click on Week 2 Lesson 2 Why not try these challenges Challenge answers |
Wallace and Gromit have a fantastic series called cracking contraptions. Today you are going to watch one of these and write an explanation as to how the ‘Soccomatic’ works |
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Wednesday |
Moving on to writing hundredths as decimals https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ Click on Week 2 Lesson 3 |
A bit of comprehension today and back to Dudley and his explanations. |
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Thursday |
This session will help you to recognise how to write decimals when they are represented on a place value chart. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ Click on Week 2 Lesson 4 Try today's challenge Challlenge answers |
A fantastic invention to read about today – The Teacher Pleaser! Read the example and have a go at designing your very own invention to make your life easier |
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Friday |
Today we are looking a dviding 1 and 2 digit numbers by 100. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ Click on Week 2 Lesson 5 Challenge Time Challenge answers |
Today you will be writing about your design. Remember to include an introduction explaining what your machine does as well as step by step explanation. To add detail to your explanation, you may include adverbs to say how various things are done, for example the wheel turns slowly. Use this bitesize guide to recap adverbs More specifically, you may choose to add fronted adverbials to add more detail For a reminder of the features of an explanation text, look back at Tuesdays link. |
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Topic |
This week’s school topic is: Inventors and Inventions From the list of activities, choose the things you would like to do linked to this topic: * Simpler activities *** More complex challenges. |
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Here are the activities and sheets for you to look at with French work this week.
As promised, instructions by Lena to make the origami butterflies Well done Lena. there is also a you tube video to help you https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZdO2e8K29o
Enjoy!
Here is the list of activities as compiled by Year 4 last week. Hopefully you will find some of these useful in the days ahead.
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Welcome to Week 2! We hope you have enjoyed the tasks last week. In Maths we are now moving onto decimals in particular looking at tenths and hundredths. We will also be revisiting how to find a fraction of a quantity. In Literacy we are continuing with the book ‘The Journey’ and you will be writing your own version of the story. In Geography, we will be locating continents, oceans and important locations on the world map. |
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Fractions of amounts – practice your skills at finding a fraction of an amount. |
Today we are looking at describing a setting, in particular by using prepositions. |
Geography On the world map, locate each of the continents and the oceans. |
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Today we will be looking at recognising tenths and hundreths. Please go to the white rose website and look at week 1 lesson 1. Watch the video and complete the worksheet. Answers are also available https://whiterosemaths.com/ |
Determiners help use to give extra information about a noun. Learn about the different types today and use them when writing a paragraph about a page from ‘The Journey. ‘ |
Name the countries in the British Isles and their capital cities. Colour the sea in blue. |
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Again on White rose, we will be loking at tenths as decimals. Watch the vieo and answer the questions on the worksheet. |
What will happen next? Use your prior knowledge to predict what may happen next in our story. |
Locate the main countries in Europe, including Russia. Label their capital cities |
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Today we are looking at tenths on a place value grid. Watch the video and complete the worksheet |
Now it’s your turn. Over the next 2 days write your own next part of the story ‘The Journey’. Where will the magic crayon take the girl next? Draw pictures and write paragraphs alongside to show what happens on her next adventure. In your writing try to include speech, expanded noun phrases and as an extra bonus - possessive spostrophes! Use the links to help remind you: |
History - Tody we will be looking at Roman roads. We will dicover how and why they were built and then you can present what you know in the form of an inormation poster
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Lastly for this week, we are looking at tenths on a number line https://whiterosemaths.com/ |
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Dear parents/carers and children
Below are the tasks for your child this coming week.
There will be 3 tasks per day, typically, a literacy based activity, maths activity and a topic activity.
Below is the timetable to make things clearer for you. In conjunction to this, there are lots of things you can be doing daily with your child to aid their development which are detailed in the box below.
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Extra Daily activities:
If you wanted to, you could;
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We all enjoyed our visit to Peterborough museum to emerse ourselves into the life of a Roman citizen in Britain. During the visit, we made clay faces in the style of Roman wine vessels, visited a Roman market, became archaeologists ane met a real life Roman legionary.
The children today completed their two performances to parents of the production 'Rocking Romans'. All of the cast were fantastic with superb singing and awesome acting. A big well done to everyone.
We have been busy designing and making our hanging softies ready for Christmas to decorate your tree! A sneak preview can be seen of some of the finished items in the gallery.
This week children have been cooking and sampling moussaka. They learnt about the key ingredients, and following and writing instructions. Many children developed a new liking for aubergine!
We have been making paper poppies to mark the 100 year anniversary and have used them alongside our homework to create a new display in our classrooms. We also thought in collective worship about saying thank you to those who served and continue to serve.
Today, we all began our electricity topic with a real wow moment. We created circuits using batteries, wires and bulbs and then we all become a human circuit. This demonstarted to us that electricity is dangerous as we can conduct electricity which is why we must take care when using it.
We have been creating coil clay pots as part of our Grrek topic. Although they took all day to make, we are all very proud of how determined all of the children were to complete this tricky task!
Today, Year 4 enjoyed a morning of sport by taking part in a mini olympic event. They were welcomed by Zeus and paraded the olympic flame before comencing with 4 events - javelin, discus, long jump and sprint. After taking part in heats there was a final where an winner was declared. " I enjoyed myself, but was disappointed not to make it into any finals." said John
After the four athletic events, the children took part in the St John's marathon. Luckily for them it was not a full 26 miles but two laps of our running track. "I was absolutely exhausted" said Isobel at the finish line.
At the end of the morning the 5 winners were crowned with tradtional laural crowns.
Our current Science topic is electricity and we have enjoyed creating circuits, making our own switches and testing materials to see if they are conductors or insulators.
The Romans came to Spalding on Friday and gave Year 4 a fantastic insight into life over 2000 years ago in Britain. The children were able to create moasics, oil lamps, charms to ward off evil and become Roman soldiers in the morning.
Then, after lunch, they took part in either dancing, acting or being a part of the legion before settling down for a feast of bread, cheese, fruit and 'wine'.
This term, 4AW have benefitted from addtional coaching in gymnastics for Mr Gibson. They have been focusing on parts of the body that you can balance on - points and patches and using lots of the apparatus.
Year 4 had their first opportunity to use the cookery room today, making delicious apple galettes. See the pictures in our gallery!
Year 4 enjoyed a trip to Peterbourgh to visit two places of worship - Mosque and Kingsgate Church. A great day had by all!
Read the article below to find out about all the fun we had at our mini Olympics.
Athens vs Corinth vs Argos vs Sparta in the Ancient Greece mini Olympics.
In the morning , on Friday 6th October 2017, Year 4 experienced what it would have been like in Ancient Greek times with a mini olympic event. It was held on the school field.
The competitors arrived in the hall to meet king of the Gods, Zeus, played by Mr McCarthy, a school volunteer.
“All of the competitors behaved perfectly,” commented Mr McCarthy.
They participated in 5 events, including the armour run and the javelin.
Klaudia exclaimed,“My favourite event was the javelin because I won!”
Connor in 4AW defeated his opponents by winning the marathon, running race and the shield race.
It was a fantastic experience for the children to learn more about Ancient Greece.
Their Headteacher, Mr Reid, said ”I am pleased that the Year 4 Olympics day went well, it is always really good when children can learn in a practical way. ”
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Year 4 created their own outdoor sculptures inspired by the artist Andy Goldsworthy. They took inspiration from the nature area and created their masterpieces using all natural resources.
Today, Year 4 were transported back in time to Ancient Greece as part of their topic this term. The children took part in a variety of activities that included mask making, shield creating and designing their own labyrinth out of string. As the weather was good, some groups got to use their shields in battle formation on the playground. The final activity was a challenge that looked at Greek architecture where the children had to balance on a single plastic cup without it breaking! A great day was had by all.
Today, Maximus and the XI legion invaded year 4 to bring news of the rebellion of Boudicca. The children were quickliy recruited to join the Roman ranks, making a variety of objects and listening for news of the impending invasion.
Luckily, Boudicca was stopped in her tracks and a celebratory feast, with drama and dancing, was enjoyed by all in the afternoon.
Take a look at some of the pictures of our day in our gallery.
Today year 4 went to Secondary school. The girls went by bus to Spalding High school to enjoy a morning of Food technology and Art and the boys walked to the Grammar to take part in Science and Computing lessons.
The girls made museli bars and then were able to participate in some free flow art to music. It was very messy, with painting on tables, chairs and some on each other but everyone enjoyed themselves.
The boys took part in a colourful chemistry lesson with a variety of chemicals and then moved on to some computing programming. They all loved dressing in scientific lab coats and goggles to become chemists for the morning.
A great morning was had by all!