Welcome to Part 2 of our Health and Happiness week. The following tasks and challenges help us to reflect on our feelings. It is so important to acknowledge our feelings and to learn how to manage them. Our emotions really do drive us each day, looking after them and understanding them helps us to become emotionally resilient.
Read morePART 1 - HEALTH AND HAPPINESS WEEK! June 1st-2nd Learning together
Hello everyone. This week the teachers have put together a selection of learning tasks that help us to reflect on our own well being. Usually we would complete these tasks in class with our friends. This year you can complete them with your siblings and family.
We have divided the tasks into three:
PART 1 - Mon and Tues complete the Healthy Hands - learning all about germs
PART 2 - Wed and Thurs complete the Healthy Feelings - exploring our feelings and managing them
PART 3 - Friday get creatively active! - looking after our bodies
Read moreFriday May 22nd Our Lady Star of the school - all learning together!!!!
Welcome to our Health and Happiness lessons all about the NHS!
Read moreYear 4 Home Learning Thursday 21st May
Maths
Today you have a Fractions assessment to complete. As last time, I would like you to send me your mark please and let me know how you found it. What do you still need to practise with fractions?
Then underneath is my video showing you how I worked them out so you can watch this with your ‘purple pen’ in your hand - ready to correct any errors - make sure you understand where you went wrong.
English
Today, I would like you to write another limerick. This time it could be about anything of your choice. It could be about you! It could be about a brother or sister (as long as it is kind!!) It could be about a pet, a book character, your favourite food, a star wars character, the weather, lockdown, a learning character, your favourite animal…
I have set it on Purple Mash again and this time I have done more than one page in case you are really inspired and want to write lots. Here is one about my favourite animals - I can’t stop thinking in limericks now!!!!!
My favourite animal is a hummingbird,
Next a pufferfish, then owl coming third.
I do like a seahorse,
And cats of course.
Jinxy cat heard that and just purred!
Heehee!
Year 4 Home learning for Wednesday 20th May
Maths
Today is our final lesson about fractions. Watch carefully and think deeply Year 4!
English
Today I want you to go on our Shared blogs on Purple Mash and post a couple of messages to your friends. Watch my short video below to show you how and tell you what I want you to post.
Year 4 home learning for Tuesday 19th May
Maths
Please complete your Sum Dog unit on fractions from yesterday and do these IXL units Y18 and Y19 - (different to yesterday)
English
Today, you are going to be learning what a Limerick is - and writing them about our characters from the Firework Maker’s Daughter. Watch the video below - they are very funny! Enjoy!
Year 4 WEEKLY home learning for week beginning 19th May
I apologise for spelling Beatitudes wrong above!
Year 4 home learning for Monday 18th May
Maths
Today, please start your Sum Dog unit Finding Fractions of a number and complete IXL units Y16 and Y17 which practise this skill too. Remember, finding fractions of amounts is the same as dividing.
English
Today, please log in to Purple Mash and complete your book review for the Firework Maker’s Daughter. Also make sure you have taken an Accelerated Reader quiz on it.
When you have done this, please make a lovely visual map of the whole story - including Mount Merapi, the lake, the jungle grill, Lalchand’s workshop and the busy streets etc
Year 4 Home learning Friday 15th May
English
Well - are you ready for the final chapter? Lets see what happens.. Who will triumph at the Firework competition? Will Lalchand have to be killed? Will Lila become a firework maker?
I have put the last chapter below. (I was tempted to read it to you so I could put on my silly Italian voice for Signor Scorchini but I changed my mind!)
I would like YOU to read this together with an adult - maybe take in turns to read. Read actively - picture the beautiful scenes on display. The names of the firework makers are very funny!
Take an accelerated reader quiz on this book - click on the how to help your child link to get straight to our ‘Accelerated Reader Quizzes’ page.
2. You also have a book review to do some time over the next week - in Purple mash.
Maybe consider which book YOU would like to read next. How about reading some more Phillip Pullman? How could you begin to challenge yourself with your choices of books so that you are reading books with vivid language and marvellous characters like this?
Maths
Today we will be finding fractions of quantities/amounts. This will need a lot of focus, effort and practice. You can do it Year 4! Grow your brain.
Year 4 Home learning Thursday 14th May
Maths answers from yesterday:
Maths today
To practise all your newly learned fraction understanding, I would like you to complete IXL units BB6 and BB7 which involve adding and subtracting fractions. I have also set you a Sum Dog game practice session on this too to be completed today please.
English
In our last part of the story, Chulak came to the rescue. But he seems to be very agitated and grabs Lila by the hand. What is bothering him? Let’s find out today. I am going to rad you the next chapter and give you your task at the end of the video - it will make sense then.
Year 4 Home learning Wednesday 13th May
Maths answers from yesterday. How did you do?
Maths today
Subtracting fractions from a whole today. Watch carefully. I bet you are feeling very proud with your Fractions understanding. You are getting better and better!
English
Today there is no video because I want you to read the next part of the story! I would like you to practise reading aloud to someone. Read in an entertaining voice and break up longer words into syllables when you read so you do not get stuck. (If you are a bit shaky with some longer words, you need to be reading aloud to an adult every day until you master this) There is a vocabulary task to do before and a little task after - see below!
Year 4 home learning Tuesday 12th May
English
Time to practise a key year 4 writing skill today - being able to write a combined character and setting description. Date is wrong on the video again. It is the right one though!
Maths
Subtracting fractions today children. You are doing really well! Sorry - it says Wednesday on it - it is the right lesson! I am just getting mixed up with days!
Year 4 Home learning Monday 11th May
English
Let’s finally meet the ferocious……….fire-fiend. The wrong date is on the video - don’t worry about that. It is the right one!
Maths - Thursday’s answers. How did you do?
Maths today:
I would like you to practice the fractions skills you have been acquiring over the last few days by completing IXL BB3 and Y20 and the Sum dog unit called ‘Practising Equivalent Fractions.’
Year 4 Weekly home learning for week beginning Monday 11th May
We are coming to the end of our Geography topic on Volcanoes and our Science topic on Rocks this week. I hope you have really enjoyed them. Here are your weekly activities this week.
Year 4 Home learning Thursday 7th May
Maths - how did you do with your counting in fractions past 1 whole?
Maths today:
We are learning how to…. add fractions!!!
Year 4 Home Learning Wednesday 6th May
English
Today, you are going to use your collected ideas from yesterday to write a character description.
Maths
Mark your answers from yesterday - let’s see if you understand mixed fractions!
Today’s Maths
We are going to be counting in fractions past 1 today.
Year 4 Home learning Tuesday 5th May
English
Maths
Today we will learn what ‘Mixed numbers’ are. Pay close attention to my video (which I hope is much louder today as I have used a microphone)
You have two activity sheets to complete. Answers will be on tomorrow
Year 4 Home Learning Monday 4th May
English
Today, we are going to venture further into the jungle with Chulak and Hamlet. We will think about how Phillip Pullman creates such wonderful scenes which bring his writing to life.
Maths
Today I want you to practise your understanding of equivalent fractions by completing IXL units AA1 , AA2 and AA3. If you are having fun, you could do some more of the AA units.
Year 4 Weekly home learning activities for week starting Monday 4th May
Year 4 Home Learning Friday 1st May
Maths
First mark your answers from yesterday. Are you being a Lizzie Ladybird and trying hard to get better and better?
English
Today’s task is to write a character description for one of the characters you gathered ideas for yesterday. Watch my video to see me re-write a poor one! Remember, you will need to fast forward the video to where you were up to yesterday.