Dear Parents, please find here a guide to home learning during the holiday.
Read moreYear 4 homework to be handed in by Thursday 30th June
Online homework this week.
Maths
IXL units U6 U11 and U12 - Data and Graphs. Also please continue to practise your TT Rockstars for 5 minutes daily.
English
Task 1
I have set 1 piece of homework on Purple Mash to answer questions about the story below - parts 1 and 2 Watch and enjoy the videos - then go on purple mash to answer the questions fully - in sentences.
Task 2
Create a magical object
Your mission is to invent a magical item. You can make it or draw it—and bring it on Tuesday.
It may belong to your character you have been given in class. Or it could belong to any of the Viking gods, goddesses, giants etc.
This could be anything as long as you are prepared to explain:
Who does it belong to?
What can it do?
Where is it found? Hidden?
How would you describe it?
Here are some ideas: feather, stone, cloak, apple, potion, bag, box, ring, necklace.
Spellings this week
purpose straight surprise therefore pressure peculiar heard important interest consider
My spelling group, don’t forget to practise the spellings from your sheet completed in class.
Music
Don’t forget to go on Charanga to do your recorder homework!
Year 4 Homework to be handed in by Thursday 17th June
Maths
Please complete these IXL units about angles - W10 and W11
English.
Purple mash - I have set you chapter 3 of the story we have been reading in class and a comprehension quiz. Please complete - if you did not finish chapter 2, do this first.
Spellings
10 Year 4 words for the whole class (test next Friday) - the ones we practised in class. Please practise then complete the purple mash quiz on these spellings:
possible probably special although strange strength surprise remember notice recent
My spelling group, also practise the sheet of spellings we have covered in class this week.
History
Choose three of these topics about Vikings below to do some research at home - bring your notes in for Monday. I have put a site below to get you started.
Who were the Vikings? Viking houses Viking Clothes Why did they come here?
French
For Tuesday. If possible, Madame Jefferson would like you to bring in a picture of a French footballer playing in the Euro team. Record his name, age and colour of kit.
Year 4: Keeping our love of learning ticking over during the Half term
Dear Parents, please find here a guide to home learning during the Holiday. These are lovely quick tasks to keep our key skills ticking over.
Read moreYEAR 4 HOME LEARNING To be handed in by Thursday 20th May
Homework is to be completed in homework books this week
Maths
Please complete the sheet provided revising doubling and halving numbers - and how this is the same as multiplying/dividing by 2. Ask your grown up to give you some halves and doubles to do mentally in your head to practise this skill.
English
This week we have learned what a limerick is! I have included the powerpoint below which we used in class. Can you create your own limericks?
Do one about a member of your family and one about a character from our story, ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter.’ You can do more if you are having fun!
They must follow the rules of a limerick:
5 lines
lines 1,2 and 5 rhyme
lines 3 and 4 rhyme.
See what you can come up with!!!
Spelling
This week, we have been revising spelling words which end with the ‘l’ sound. It can be spelt as the following:
le - like in eagle
el - like in angel
al - like in petal
ol - like in petrol
il - like in fossil
Please take a page of your homework book and make 5 lists of the different ‘l’ words. You can use the internet, a dictionary or just collect with your family. Make sure they are spelt correctly though.
Reading
One more week to meet your target - you can DO it!
Year 4 online homework to be handed in by Thursday 13th May
Science
Remember what we did in class? Now watch the video below and then complete the Purple Mash science task set.
English
Reading - have some good chunks of reading time this weekend to progress further towards your reading target.
Spellings. Please practise your spellings below on Purple Mash Paint program set:
White group (words with s sound spelt sc)
scientist, descent, ascent, fascinate, crescent, discipline, scent, scissors, scenery, scent
Green group (root words end in y)
early earlier tried cried trying crying hurried tidied worried happier
3. Purple Mash 2type spellings task set - Practise your typing and your spelling at the same time! Make sure you are using the right fingers. These are not the spellings above - but are KS2 spellings you need to know.
Maths
IXL M6 and M7 and also TTrockstars practise
Year 4 Homework to be handed in by Thursday 6th May (homework books)
Science - Rock Study
Think of at least 5 excellent questions about rocks and record them in your homework book.
Go to the beach. Find 6 rocks that are different from each other and bring them home.
Can you order them from a) roughest to smoothest
b) smallest to largest
c) dullest to shiniest?
Complete observational drawings of the rocks and annotate/label with words which describe them.
Can you have a go at identifying some of your rocks? This can be tricky so do not worry if you cannot. Use the internet to research them.
Begin to notice different types of rocks around you. What rocks are buildings made of? Walls? What else can you see made of rock? What type of rock do you think it is?
English - spelling/Handwriting
All children to complete sheet given out of homophones we learned in class - do your best handwriting. You may want to do your handwriting exercises first:
Spellings
White group - the homophones from the sheet - make sure you know their distinct meanings:
except, accept, affect, effect, who’s whose, aloud, allowed, whether, weather
Green group - said again beautiful excitement finally surely lovely should could would
Maths
Please complete the sheet given out in homework books.
Don’t forget to keep going with TT Rockstars!
Year 4 Homework to be handed in by Thursday 29th April
Science
Have a go at completing the experiment below practically with fizzy drinks. The question we are investigating is: Does gas have weight? Feel free to carry out the experiment shown or do your own simpler version. You do not need to fill out the detailed sheet shown in presentation. How will you make it a fair test? I have set a blank document on Purple Mash for you to add photos and type what you found out. How did you prove or disprove the question?
Complete the 2nd Purple mash task explaining the characteristics of Solids, Liquids and Gases.
Maths
Complete IXL unit BB5 and carry on practising TT rockstars.
English
Keep collecting words in your reading to add to your journal and make sure you understand their meanings. What book are you reading to challenge yourselves? You are all such good readers now!
Spellings this week:
Watch the above spelling rap for a bit of fun! We love Blazer Fresh!
Green group
because thought quite quiet since forest excited were across field
White group
medal, meddle, seen, scene, witch, which, bored, board, mist, missed
Play hangman with these words - or make your own word search containing these words. Make sure you know what these words mean.
Year 4 Homework to be handed in by Thursday 22nd April
Homework this week to be completed in Homework book and handed in on Thursday 22nd April
Spellings
Please practise the spellings for your group using the ‘spelling scribble’ example below. Make it bright and colourful! If this is a bit to haphazard for you, feel free to make a different colourful picture to practise them.
2. Then write 5 good sentences including your spelling words in your book. Make sure the sentences are in your best handwriting and you choose interesting vocabulary to complete - be creative. (use this activity as handwriting practice too!)
(If you worked with Mrs Lyons on spelling this week, you are Green group. If you worked with Mrs Mather on spellings you are white group.)
Green spellings
ever every friend eye laughed really what where which quick
White Spellings
awkwardly frantically curiously obediently carefully rapidly unexpectedly deliberately hurriedly reluctantly (do you know what they all mean?)
Reading
Enjoy at least half an hour each day of reading at home - especially at the weekend!
Collect any words from your reading you do not know the meaning of - look them up in a dictionary and keep a journal of these words so you are building your vocabulary. The more words you understand when reading and learning in your life, the easier everything will become!
Maths
TT Rockstars practice - build up your speed.
Science
We have started our new Science topic - The Three States of matter.
Can you work with a grown up to make water into three states - solid, liquid and gas?
What did you do? Record in homework book.
YEAR 4 HOME LEARNING To be handed in by Thursday 1st April
Read, read, read!
It is the last week to meet your reading target! Come on - go for it! We have 8 children in class who have done it. I am sure we can get more!
Maths
This week you have:
1. a double - sided fraction sheet to complete
2. IXL units Y20 and Y21
English - Spelling
Mark the teacher Homophone sheet
2 Purple mash homophone quizzes. Practise any you get wrong in your books.
Year 4 Homework to be submitted by Thursday 25th March
All online homework this week.
English
Purple Mash - Jane’s Monster task all about Apostrophes for possession
We are going to invent a Brer Rabbit character in lessons next week. In preparation I want you to research North American animals and then decide on one that you research further. Find out its characteristics, can it swim, climb trees? Does it have claws, sharp teeth? Is it a herbivore or carnivore?
Maths
TT Rockstars - let’s pick up our speed. Mrs Lyons is now having competitions with members of the class on this game! Ten minutes a day will turn you into a pro!
IXL Year 4 units Y7 AA1 AA2 and AA3
Geography
We have learned all about the movement of tectonic plates and what this causes this week.
Why not use an orange and an Oreo (or any biscuit with cream in the centre) and demonstrate to your parents our analogy.
You can use this vocabulary when explaining: tectonic plates, crust, slabs, movement, collide, earthquakes, convergent, divergent, transform, volcanoes, magma, lava
Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 18th March
English - Spelling.
We are having a little block of spelling lessons all about homophones. These are words which sound the same but have a different spelling - eg main/mane here/hear
This week, children have:
1) A sheet labelled ‘Mark the teacher’ where they need to correct the ones that are wrong.
2) They then need to write a paragraph in their homework books, using the homophones on the sheet that we have focused on this week.
3) Finally, they need to complete the 2 spelling quizzes set on Purple Mash. These are Year 2 quizzes to revise our knowledge.
Maths - Fractions
We have worked really hard at recognising fractions this week.
1) Please compete YEAR 3 IXL units W5 W7 and W15. If you wish to do more from the W section of Year 3 please do! It is good for you!
2) Also we are trying hard to pick up our speed on TTRockstars. Please practise the tables I have set for you this week. Aim to do as many short sessions on it as you can.
Homework books are due in next Thursday. Please write down that you have completed the units set on computer/i-pad.
Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 17th December
Just 2 subjects this weekend.
IXL - Maths
We have been learning all about Perimeter this week. Please complete IXL units X1 X2 X3 X4.
Although the calculations are not overly tricky, you will need to make jottings for some of them as they are hard to ‘hold in your head.’
Purple Mash - King Alfred the Great
I have set you a 2do to make King Alfred a certificate to give some of the reason he was so ‘great.’ Here is a video and a website to help you. We have learned about this in class too.
Optional Science - if you want to investigate
We have been investigating how to change pitch in Science. Children have brought home two plastic straws. Why not have a go at making this instrument and then changing the pitch?
Year 4 Homework to be handed in on Thursday 10th December
We Three Kings
Practise the words for the 1st verse, last verse and chorus - then the one for your king - Gold, Frankincense or Myrrh to know by Monday please - ready for our recording. If you have speaking lines, please learn by Monday
Recorder
Please practise We will Rock You and Silent Night ready for our online concert - to be recorded on Monday!
Spellings
2do set in Purple Mash - Words with s sound spelt sc
RHE
We spent some time this week discussing what makes a good friend. In our novel, Charlotte’s Web, Wilbur just wants a friend to be with. How can you be a good friend?
In your homework books, write and draw ‘A Recipe for a Good Friend.’
What does a good friend do? How do they treat others? Talk together about how you can be a better friend. Thank God for all your friends.
RE
We have learned this prayer, when we did a lesson all about angels this week. Please copy it in your book and you can say it at night! Please illustrate with a drawing of what you imagine an angel looks like:
Angel of God, my guardian dear,
To whom God’s love commits me here.
Ever this night be at my side,
To light, to guard, to rule and to guide,
Amen
Year 4 Home learning to be completed by Thursday 3rd December
Maths
Task 1: Please complete the following IXL Maths units:
F7 (multiply by 6)
P6 (using rounding to estimate sums)
W1 (identifying shapes - ready for our perimeter work next week)
Task 2:Please practise TTRockstars for a little bit each day.
English
Task 1: Two spelling 2do’s set on Purple Mash for words ending in ‘ous’
Task 2.
Year 1/2 spellings for test: here where there who why what
Year 3/4 spellings for test: promise arrive angel Jesus Christmas favourite
RE
Please watch the Video below about the story of the three kings and then listen to/watch the song. We will be doing something special in school with this story and song!
When you have watched these, I have set you two Purple Mash 2do’s.
One is a Christmas card quiz - sorting images into Secular (not Christian) and Christian Christmas images.
The other is to make a Christian image for the front of a Christmas card showing the three kings. They could be on their journey or visiting baby Jesus with their gifts of Gold, Frankincense or Myrrh.
Recorder
Jingle Bells, We will Rock you and Silent Night practise on Charanga
Year 4 Home Learning to be completed by Thursday 12th November
Maths
This week, I have set the 8x tables on TT RockStars for you to play at home. You must put lots of practice in at home this week as I will be giving you an 8x tables test next Friday. We then need to move on to another x table. I know a lot of you have been practising as you were brilliant this week!
Also for maths this week I want you to show your parents how we complete column addition at our school by completing the sums below on the squared paper I have given you. If you forget, there is a help video on our ‘How to Help your Child’ section of the Year 4 page. India, Jack and Isabella have done a super, walk through demonstration!
a) 3426 + 4256 = b) 2809 + 4817 =
c) 5692 + 1430 = d) 2711 + 2718 =
e) 5692 + 143 = f) 271 + 2718 =
g) 2318 + 3218 + 1232 = h) 7894 + 903 + 342 =
i) 1239 + 1245 + 2809 = j) 1889 + 797 + 4786 =
Recorder
Mrs Maddocks wants you to practise Hot Cross Buns on Charanga. See if you can now master playing B, A, G.
Spellings
Year1/2 spellings to revise: father, brother, , mother, other, walk, talk
Year 3/4 spellings learn, heart , famous, different, through, group
English
Sheet in book - forming adverbs with adjectives. We have practiced these spellings in class this week. Make sure you also do your 5 sentences - don’t forget best handwriting and punctuation.
Year 4 homework to be completed over the half term
Mainly online homework this week
Holy Communion
This week please share and complete together p21-p39 of Called to His supper Book. Next week we will have our final session so please complete all the rest of the book to the end, over the holidays.
Maths
Please complete IXL: A11 F5 J4 which practise negative numbers AND the 4xtable
Also 8 x table. We have been practising it in class. The best way to learn tables is as follows:
Learn how to count in 4’s. Do whilst marching, clapping, do slowly, build up and get faster. Write out all the multiples of 8
Learn the key facts which are 1 x 8, 2 x 8, 5 x 8 and 10 x 8. All other facts can be worked out from those. eg 9 x 8 is 10 x 8 - 8. Also write out the 4xtable and compare. It is DOUBLE the fours! The more patterns we can see - the better!
Begin to recite your 8 x table and learn your Percy Parker song!
Also complete IXL F9 and J8 over the hols which practise the 8X table.
Recorder
Go on Charanga and practise Abi’s Blues and the new song below it. Begin to feel confident at blowing a B and an A note.
Don’t forget to sterilise your recorder and bring it in for Monday.
Purple Mash
I have set you a 2do to complete either this week or over the holidays. It is linked to our Geography focusing on extreme environments. Choose ONE postcard 2do out of the ones I sent.
Year 4 Home Learning to be completed by Thursday 15th October
Mainly online homework this week
Spelling
I have set you a game 2do on Purple Mash - a quiz on our spelling patterns this week - ‘ture’ and ‘sure’ Make sure you do your very best on this.
also
The 6 Year 1/2 spellings to learn are:
cold, old, told, both, only, most
The 6 Year 3/4 spellings to learn are:
peculiar, strange, surprise, earth, early, heard
Holy Communion
On Tuesday, we will be making our Reconciliation. Have another run through of this and practise your prayer.
However, to be ready, we have also started our Holy Communion sessions this week. Children have brought home a book, “Called to his Supper.” Over the next few weeks, they will complete sections of this at home. This week please share and complete together p1-p20. Bring in for next Thursday.
Maths
This week, it is all about learning the 4 x table. We have been practising it in class. The best way to learn tables is as follows:
Learn how to count in 4’s. Do whilst marching, clapping, do slowly, build up and get faster. Write out all the multiples of 4 -eg 4,8,12,16 etc up to 12x4
Learn the key facts which are 1 x 4, 2 x 4, 5 x 4 and 10 x 4. All other facts can be worked out from those. eg 9 x 4 is 10 x 4 - 4. Also write out the 2xtable and compare. It is DOUBLE the twos! The more patterns we can see - the better!
Begin to recite your 4 x table - one four is four, two fours are 8, three fours are etc. The following song is lots of fun and really works if you learn it off by heart:
4. Practise as much as you can! The school have now bought into a great platform which is lots of fun - Times tables rock stars! Children all have a username and log in stuck into their little green reading book logs. Click the link below, add the school name or postcode and aim to practise little and often - eg 10-15 mins per day. Really use this program to your advantage to become a times tables ROCK STAR! The more you practise - the better you get!
Recorder
Go on Charanga and practise Abi’s Blues - including the little section where you need to improvise. Can you now confidently play B and A? Don’t forget to sterilise your recorder and bring it in for Monday.
Year 4 homework to be handed in by Thursday 8th October
Maths
Please complete IXL A12 A13 and A14which practise skills learned in class.
Reconciliation
On Tuesday 13th October, Father Peter is coming into school to do children’s first Confessions individually. I have sent home a help sheet with your child so you can practise together and they can try to learn the prayer off by heart - The Act of Sorrow. Father Peter will guide them through a lot of it, so do not worry too much about the order of things - but just to put their minds at rest. You could help them think about the things they are sorry for too and have some reflection on this.
English - Word investigation sheet
We have learned the prefixes mis, in, dis and un - which all mean the opposite, or not eg misheard. Follow the instructions on the sheet to complete this word investigation.
12 spellings for a test each Friday
Year 1/2 spellings to revise:
prove, improve, move, love, above, child
Year 3/4 new spellings:
children, perhaps, therefore, woman, women, son
Any spellings you are finding tricky, try and write these in a sentence - using your best handwriting.
Recorder
This week, children have been given a log in for a site called ‘Charanga.’ It is stuck to the back of their name labels on their recorders. This is where they do their recorder homework. Mrs Maddocks has put two songs for them to play along to this week on the site. Have a go at logging in and trying it this weekend.
Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 1st October
Online homework this week.
Maths
IXL: B1 B2 B4 B5 B7 - these are all things you have practised in class. Some are really easy!
Geography
We have been finding out about Plants all around the world. It has been helping us brush up on our knowledge of where countries and continents are.
I have set you two purple mash tasks to complete about countries in Europe and continents. Before you do them, have a look at an atlas, globe and/or Google Earth with an adult and locate the continents. Play a game where you name a country and try to locate it. Eg Thailand, Italy, USA
Spellings
after again any anyone beautiful because behind both bought break some every
If you know you need lots of practise with your spellings in general, there are lots and lots of games on purple mash, if you do a search on there for spellings.
Here are some more ideas to practise:
Music
Please practise the first not you have learned on your recorder - B. ( Left hand. Index finger on first hole, thumb on back hole. Prop up with other thumb at back of recorder) Also, Mrs Maddocks wanted you to practise some rhythms of your name on your recorder. Eg Miss - is Ly - ons
Reading
Lets really go for these reading targets now. Have a big read at the weekend.
Nessy children - every night please.