Year 4 2020/21

4A- Mrs Gillam and Miss Poole

4B- Mr Warner and Mrs Deb

Please use this link to access the school's login page for Purple Mash. All children should have their logins. Work will be set daily whilst we are remote learning.

P.E lessons take place every Monday.

Wear your kit to school.

Expectations in Year 4

Homework

Homework will be set on Purple Mash, Maths.co.uk, TTRS and SPAG.com weekly. Please  complete it and click on ‘hand in’.

Reading

All children are expected to read for at least 30 minutes every night. Please sign your child's diary to show you have listened to them read. Teachers will sign diaries on Monday and Fridays.

If it is fiction, answer the following questions and discuss them with an adult if you can:

1. Which tense is this book written in?
2. How is the main character feeling at this point in the story? How do you know?
3. Can you summarise what has happened so far in your own words?

If it is non-fiction, answer the following questions and discuss them with an adult if you can:

1. Summarise the key points from what you have read today. 
2. Write down three facts from what you have read today.
3. If you were writing this book, is there any other information you would have included?

Spellings

All children will receive a copy of the spellings they need to practise at home. Children have been shown strategies to help them to learn their spellings.  

Times Tables

By the end of year 4, children should have memorised their multiplication tables up to the 12 multiplication table. It is vital that children are able to rapidly recall multiplication facts, and can do so ‘out of sequence’ (i.e. answer 6 x 7 without having to count in 6’s from 0). Please encourage your child to use Times Tables Rock Stars and Purple Mash to practise their times tables. 
 

Week beginning: 23.11.20

Home Learning

Reading

If it is fiction, answer the following questions and discuss them with an adult if you can:

1. Which tense is this book written in?
2. How is the main character feeling at this point in the story? How do you know?
3. Can you summarise what has happened so far in your own words?

If it is non-fiction, answer the following questions and discuss them with an adult if you can:

1. Summarise the key points from what you have read today.
2. Write down three facts from what you have read today.
3. If you were writing this book, is there any other information you would have included?

Thursday- Edit and improve

Read through yesterday's diary entry. Use a different coloured pen to improve your work. Think about what words can you change to add more detail.

Friday- Can you write a diary about your favourite day?

It could be a festival, a holiday, your birthday or anything else.

Make a model Roman villa

Build a Roman Villa at home complete with a pond, courtyard and even under-floor heating!

Science 

We are continuing to learn about the digestive system.

1) Watch the video and complete the activities on https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z27kng8/articles/z9wk7p3

2) Create a cartoon of what happens when you eat a sandwich.

Can you include:

Mouth

Oesophagus

Stomach

Small intestines

Large intestines

PE

1) Have a go at a Joe Wicks workout. Can you keep up with him?

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

2) Next year the Olympics will be in Tokyo, Japan. Have a look at this website to see how people are getting ready: https://www.getset.co.uk/tokyo-ten

Week beginning: 16.11.20

History 

When the Romans came to Britain they brought their way of life with them. Over time, the people of Britain and the Romans mixed. The Britons began to live the Roman lifestyle and the Romans took on local customs. Click on the link below to find out more about Roman lifestyle. 

UNICEF World Children's Day - 20.11.2020

To mark World Children's Day and continue our work on the OutRight campaign, we would like you to complete the following:

1) Over a period of two or three days this week, make a note of things you do which are good for the environment and things which are not good for the environment. These are things like remembering to turn lights off (good) or making trips in the car (not good). When you have done this, have a think about what changes you could make to ensure you are doing the best you can for the environment.

2) Recycling is one really important action we can all take to help reduce climate change. Watch the video below and complete the task we have set for you on Purple Mash on Friday.

This term our theme is the 'Rotten Roman Rule'. Please find our Parents meeting Powerpoint and overviews below.