Spellings given out 27.1.2020 to be tested on 3.2.2020

Spellings - we tried giving out spellings on slips of paper last week in the hope they were then ready to stick on fridges, memo boards or on walls ready for practising them however this plan failed when several were lost or eaten by the tray monsters in our classroom! So spellings will be listed on here and the homework page each Monday, these will then be tested the following Monday.

This week our spellings are

they

reign

weight

obey

neighbour

freight

eighth

eight

sleigh

build

height (same letters eigh but different sound so be careful)

island

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Edmondson

Homework 24.1.2020 to be handed in 30.1.2020

Homework

Flute— Please practise ‘We will rock you’ and ‘Prince of Belair’ this week on your flute.

Maths—Please practise the 6 times table this week, can you do it while being active maybe? Could you skip before every answer or jump as you think?

RE— Our new RE topic is Judaism, please do some research and in your own words write down the 3 most interesting facts you learn.

Spellings—The children have all been given their spellings to learn, my apologies they were sent home on Tuesday instead of Monday. Many new routines for me to get into!

Homework to be handed in on Thursday 23rd January 2020

Maths - please practise your three times tables, there are lots of great songs and rhymes on the internet or maybe make your own?

Spellings - As explained on my blog today spellings will now be tested on Mondays within the children’s spelling lesson, please recap on the same spellings given last week ready for Monday 20th January.

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History - please visit https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z39j2hv/resources/1 and watch the video called ‘The story of China. How the Shang invented writing.’ There are plenty more videos on there if you want to discover more (this is optional).

Flute

Please practise Fresh Prince and the new note C.

Homework to be handed in on Thursday 16th January

Maths

Please practice your 4x tables using our usual process:

1. Learn to count in 4’s first until you are confident

2. Learn to say your times tables in order

3. Learn to recall them out of order.

Below is the link to ‘Percy Parker’ a fun way of learning your times tables through song!

Flute

Please Practise hot cross buns and ‘nee-naw’ like a police siren!

Spellings

Please learn the following and make sure you know their meanings:

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History

We have learned all about the Egyptians in one week! We especially enjoyed learning about the discovery of Tutenkhamun’s tomb. Please complete the Purple Mash 2do about this. If you want to find out more to help you write it, here is a good site:

Homework to be handed in on Thursday 19th December

Christmas Songs

Please put some good practice in this weekend of ALL Christmas songs so that you know the words for our performance.

Purple Mash

You have two 2do’s! A Nativity animation and a nativity newspaper report. If you want to be reminded about HOW to write a newspaper report, please look on the help section, where I have put a newspaper report toolkit!

Homework to be completed for Thursday 12th December

Christmas songs

Please make it your priority to learn the words of our Christmas songs off by heart. Maybe practise two a night. We are doing our first rehearsal in church on Monday!

Flute

Please practise all songs for our first flute concert on Monday.

Maths

We have been practising lots of strategies in addition and subtraction. Children have brought home a sheet to complete where they choose and practise them.

Charlotte’s Web

Please read the extract from Charlotte’s web to your family. Don’t forget to EMPHASIZE the words in italics. Or you could all choose to take a part to read! Tell your family all about our story so far!

Homework to be in by Thursday 6th December

Spellings to be learned for next week are:

Christmas Jesus angel busy arrive centre

young touch double trouble country tough

Could you write a paragraph about the importance of Christmas/Advent using these words?

Flute

Please practise all songs learned so far for your concert.

Maths

IXL V1 and V2 thinking about thermometers and temperature

Reading

Try and meet that reading target - curl up and enjoy your reading book!

Year 4 homework to be handed in on Thursday 28th November

Flute

Practise ‘Rocking around the Christmas Tree’ (not literally since it is only November!!!)

Also practise ‘Abie’s Blues,’ and ‘Winter Wonterland.’

Maths

Double maths this week - please complete the double sided number bonds sheet and keep practising your number bonds to 10 20 and 100 at every opportunity.

Also please learn your three times tables for next week - you could use the’Help section’ on our page to follow the process as we used for the 2,s 5,s and 10,s. You could also play the class Bingo game we learned at curriculum evening - and in class!Don’t forget to use facts you already know - so for example, if you know 5 x 3 = 15 then you know you just need to add 3 to this to get 6 x 3. Also if you know 3 x 5 you automatically know 5 x 3.

Here are some other fun games to practise your tables:

Spellings

This weeks spellings are:

pleasure, measure, treasure, leisure, picture, creature,

believe, imagine, material, laugh, special and decide.

Can you write an amusing paragraph, using these words?

Year 4 homework to be handed in on Thursday 21st November

Flute

Please practise your new Christmas song - Rocking around the Christmas Tree on Charanga.

Maths

Please complete IXL A11 on negative numbers, F3 and F6 to practise tables

Computing

Please complete purple mash 2do Animation - we practised this in class. If you find it tricky, look at the help video on the program.

Reading

Keep reading properly for 20 minutes a night/day. Many of you are doing so well because you are putting that effort in. It is lovely to hear you being so curious about what different words mean and getting really ‘into’ your books. WE may be having a ‘class recommendations’ wall soon in class to share books we like.

Homework to be handed in by 14th November 2019

Science

Please complete the 2do Purple mash about Solids, Liquids and Gases following our Science investigations in class this week.

Maths

Please practise your 2, 5 and 10 times tables using the help sheet given in the HELP section of our year 4 site and using the websites below. This is for a test on Thursday. We will then be trying to master one set of times times per fortnight.

Flute

Please practise Abbey’s Blues on Charanga and practise the note on your flute.

English

Please complete IXL ENGLISH E1 and E2 recognising articles.

Nessy

If you are doing the Nessy programme, please practise as much as possible at home.

Year 4 homework to be in for Thursday 7th November

Flute

Please log into charanga below. Practise your songs Strictly B and B Blues

Spelling investigation

We have been learning about the meaning of different prefixes. Please use the sheet given out and a dictionary. Look up the meaning of the prefixes. Then find some examples of words with this prefix meaning. If your child for any reason does not have the sheet, there is a copy below!

Maths IXL units A12 A13 A14. Each unit goes beyond 10,000 when you get to about 80 points. You do not need to complete these parts if you are too confused - as we have only gone up to 10,000 in class.

Reading: Please continue to read for 20 minutes each day. This will help you to get really into what you are reading and enjoy your story.

Home learning to be in after half term: Thursday October 31st

IXL

Please complete the following units:

B6 B9 P3 and P1. This last unit P1 is very tricky once you get past 85 points because it is in the tens of thousands. You can stop at 85 if this is too tricky.

Spellings:

peculiar, strange, children, thought, decide heard

replace, refresh, reappear redo redecorate, renew

…..

Geography

We have been finding out about different climate zones. Please complete the purple mash 2do write a postcard as though you are visiting a desert. You may need to do a little research, which will give you practice in your ‘effective searching skills’ you have been practising in Computing lessons.

Reading

Please read a really good book over the holidays and enjoy it. You will most likely be able to quiz on it when you get back to school!

Homework to be handed in for Thursday 10th October

Assembly Parts

One last push before Tuesday! Speak loudly, confidently and with expression!

Reading

I have met with each one of you this week to discuss your reading with you. We decided we MUST timetable in our reading at home to make sure we are doing twenty minutes at least, daily. Decide with your adults whether this will be in the morning, when you get home from school or at bedtime - then put it on your timetable to remind yourselves. It is crucial to put this time in at your stage in school so that you become passionate readers who give yourselves a chance to get really into the story you read. Reading is such a gift!

We have ten children in class who have now met their reading targets - we are aiming for the whole class by the end of this half term. Go for it children!

Maths

We have all been doing very well in our place value understanding. To consolidate please complete IXL units B4 B5 B7 and B8. Why not pace yourself and do one or two per day instead of all in one go?

Spellings

This week we have practised 6 year 4 key words and we have also looked at the suffix cian used for jobs. Please practice:

guide enough different decide earth extreme

musician magician electrician politician optician mathematician

It would be really good if you could make up a paragraph containing these words. It can be funny or factual!

Year 4 homework to be handed in for Thursday 3rd October

Assembly parts

Children have come home with these to be learnt for Monday if possible and practised each night until our assembly - Tuesday 8th October. We are going to sing the song below too so please practise this. I have sent home a paper copy of the words too.

Spelling

This week we have been learning the suffix tion.

Please copy these verbs and change them into nouns by adding ion - if it ends in e, drop the e first.

collect inject inspect act germinate locate

create investigate

We also are practising these words which we spell wrong in our writing sometimes:

which appear saw something were again



Purple mash

Have a go at explaining the process of germination in purple mash (2do Germination)

Explain the following in order:

1. The conditions needed in order to germinte

2. What happens to the seed first?

3. Then what happens to the seed case?

4. Then think root and shoot!

   Don’t forget your causal conjunctions (the language of explanation) eg in order to, consequently, this means that, this enables, at this stage, as a result

Year 4 homework to be handed in on Thursday 26th September

IXL

Please complete units B! and B2. I have put your IXL passwords in your homework books - except for those who did not hand it in. Yours is in your bags.

Reading!

Please do lots of reading over the weekend and read for 20 minutes each night - lets see how many children can meet their reading target this half term! Well done to Elise who has already met it!

Seed dispersal.

We have learned lots about seeds and how they disperse this week. Go on a walk around your garden or a park. Have a close look at the seeds in the plants. How do you think they disperse? Draw them in your homework book and see if you can write a little explanation of how you think they do it.

Our main categories were:

Wind: some seeds have parachutes, helicopters or shakers

Animal: Some get eaten, some get buried and some hitchhike on an animal’s fur!

Gravity - some are heavy and roll whilst others catapult out.

You could use some of our lovely language of explanation eg, in order to, as a result, consequently, since, because, this means that, this enables…..

Homework for Year 4 to be handed in by Thursday 19th September

1. Essential Paperwork (parent homework!)- please make sure all your paperwork from the induction night is completed and handed in by Monday so we can update our records. Many thanks.

2. Purple mash - Please complete the 2do ‘Home-row keys (typing practice) and the 2do Practise one more and one less to 1001 (racing game)

3. Timetable - Please make yourself a timetable and write on it things you need to remember for school each day (reading book and record needs to be remembered every day.) You could also include PE days- if you need swimming stuff, homework books and anything else to help you get yourselves organised now you are a mature Year 4 learner.

   There is a timetable you can download on this website you can use. You need to click on DISCOVER at the top. Then DAILY THINGS TO REMEMBER. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and it is there!

   Optional homework

   We have been blessed with a weekly yoga session. Put some quiet music on. Practise some of our yoga techniques. Can you remember our seed which grows into a flower? How about our beautiful bird and our butterfly? Practise being still and sitting mindfully. Breathe through your nostrils. What sounds can you hear around you when you are truly mindful? Collect them for Mrs Ward.