Good Morning Owls, as part of my work in school, you may get a phone call from me today just to check in with you and see how you are! :D
Thursday's Work - English and Maths
Hello Owls,
I hope you have enjoyed your first few days of home learning. I have never walked to much in my life. One of the advantages of living in the countryside is we have so much unexplored wilderness right on our doorstep. On Tuesday, my family and I walked all the way to Bignor Roman Villa - remember that trip back in Autumn Term? What fun!
Anyway, enjoy the work and keep positive! :)
ENGLISH
MATHS
ANSWERS - Tuesday's SPaG and Maths! :)
SPaG:
Adjective: excited
Nouns: boys, lightning, park
Verb: ran
Capital letters & full stops:
Sarah and David met at Plaistow park, it was very busy.
Subordinating conjunction: because
Past tense verbs: jumped and ran
Prefix: super —> supermarket, superman, superstar
Inverted commas: “I don’t think that’s a good idea,” said Molly.
Possible adverbs: carefully, cautiously, quietly, stealthily, silently etc.
A/An: A tree, An elephant, An umbrella, A kite.
Maths
3 consecutive numbers which add to make 30 = 9 + 10 + 11
I think of a number that is less than 20. I can make it from 2, 3 and 5 consecutive numbers:
The number is 15
2 numbers to make 15 = 7 + 8
3 numbers to make 15 = 4 + 5 + 6
5 numbers to make 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5
Wednesday's Work - oh the alliteration!!
MOST EXCITING THING - ONLINE HISTORY LESSON - ON FACEBOOK: ASK/BADGER YOUR MUMS AND DADS TO TAKE PART:
Taking place in a secret WW2 bunker - incredible!
https://www.facebook.com/events/s/live-history-lesson-from-secre/682955445790269/
https://localfamily.events/Event/Details?id=free-live-history-lesson-from-secret-ww2-bunker-in-liverpool-86036
The lesson will also discuss the Battle of The Atlantic, the role of Liverpool during the war, rationing, air raids and more.
All free of charge and any child who completes the lesson will get a free pass to Western Approaches worth £8 when we eventually re-open.
English - Beginning to look at persuasion and collecting facts about Venice.
Please do have a hunt around the house - you may have some touristy leaflets lurking about.
Maths - Revising equivalence! (YAY - I can hear the excitement from your parent teachers!)
Also have a watch of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJCN-nfYXOI&feature=emb_title&time_continue=1&app=desktop
He explains a lot about yesterday’s consecutive number challenge.
“https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks2-viking-sagas/zvrmy9q
Watch these wonderful Viking sagas. Featuring Odin, Loki, Freya, Thor and many other gods, goddesses, giants and an array of unusual creatures!
Try the sequencing tasks at the end too!”
Tuesday’s Work
Remember if you find this too challenging or too straightforward you can always look on the blogs of other classes.
English
Try this SPaG work - revision of Y3 skills mostly. Also remember there are weekly spellings: This week’s 5 spellings: the ‘u’ sound spelt ‘ou’ young, touch, double, trouble, country
Have a test on Thursday like normal!
As we do in spelling sessions: use them in sentences, draw them, write them, look them up!
Maths
Have a go at this. It's all about representing fractions differently:
WIDER CURRICULUM - try to complete the first two tasks of the Home Topic Book.
WORK STARTS TOMORROW - GET READY!
Happy 2nd Birthday Tilly!
To cheer you all up, this took 2 and a half hours of (aided) construction last night!
2.5 hours of construction!
Home Learning
Dear Year 4, I know this is a strange time but we will get through it. I'll still be here to ask questions to and chat to. I will keep you updated each day with the sort of work we would be doing in class. I will try to make it as fun as possible without requiring loads of equipment. Take care of yourselves and your families. I shall miss seeing you all each day. Smile and be kind. We will all be together again!
I will be setting work, daily where possible, on here and where possible on Google Classroom (for those of you who can access it in our group trial - once we’ve ironed out the creases we will ensure everyone has access to it).
Have fun and take care,
Mr. Ind
Buzzwire Games
In Science, on Wednesday afternoon we all collaborated and created buzz wire games in order to show off our knowledge and understanding of electricity. There was lots of good science on show, including lots of good vocabulary like conductor, insulator, component, circuit, symbol. A fantastic end to a truly shocking topic (sorry!). Well done Owl Class. :)
World Book Day Fun!
What an amazing day we had! Year 4 had such fun building their dens and then sharing and reading books in them. We were also joined by our friends from Year 1 who joined in. I even had some curious Squirrels attempting to storm into my own den! Thankfully my mini cakes were well hidden. What a lovely day sharing our love of books and reading.
SAXON & VIKING TRADE FAIR
On Friday afternoon, we had our trade fair! There was lots of bartering, buying, trading, selling and a little extortion! There are definitely some entrepreneurs to be in this class…
Preparing for the Trade Fair
Over the last couple of afternoons we have been busy crafting items to trade and sell at our Viking and Saxon Trade Fair on Friday. We have been smiths working with metal, potters, bakers, farmers, jewellery makers and shipbuilders. Lots of great D.T., Art and design and history skill on show!
You'll really DIG this...
On Tuesday afternoon, we did a spot of excavation in a hunt for Anglo-Saxon artefacts. After learning about the Sutton Hoo find we carried out our own archaeological dig in the Environmental Area. We discovered bones, a skull, some charm bracelets and ceramic items more likely to date from the Roman Era (hence the Waitrose trademark!).
Oh how charming!
This week in DT we have been designing, creating and evaluating Anglo-Saxon charm bracelets and necklaces. We used a variety of tools to help us and included various wooden beads, minerals and glass in many different designs. Some of us even included runes on them - fancy!
I love my map. I’d be lost without it
On Wednesday afternoon, we all had a good look at a variety of OS Maps. We were searching for evidence of early settlements based on place names. We discovered Celtic (Britons) place names in Wales and Cornwall. Lots of Saxon names in the South of England and a whole variety of Viking places around York (Jorvik).
Library Time and Drama in English
We have really enjoyed library time over the last few weeks - many children being completely engrossed in their books - it’s great to see! We also did a little acting and drama during English this week. Acting out important elements of Chapter 6 in the Thief Lord through the use of freeze frames. Here are just a selection of some really funny photos!
Shocking! Year 4 ELECTRICITY
We have just started a new unit of science, based on electricity. This week we created circuits and then drew them. We also did an experiment to test the conductivity of different classroom items - some of us were amazed that the pencil lead (which is graphite) was a conductor of electricity!
Great science and recording in tables.
New wall bars!
On Thursday afternoon, we enjoyed working out how the new wall bars worked and how to set them up for gym class. It was a brilliant chance to enjoy a bit of indoor P.E. with our brand new equipment.
ART WEEK 2020!
ART WEEK 2020!
What a fantastic start to the new year; a whole week of art!
We really enjoyed exploring Paolo Uccello’s painting, The Battle of San Romano we have produced lots of amazing artwork after being inspired by the painting, its story and the renaissance as a whole. Mr. Ind even showed us his university dissertation on royal portraiture. We have had a great week of art and learning.
Thank you!
A quick note to say thank you to all of you for your generosity over Christmas. I was astounded by how amazingly thoughtful everyone had been so a big thank you from myself and my family. Happy 2020!
2nd International Potion Awards - MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Congratulations to all of our prize winners. What an amazing event to end our Potions topic with. The children mixed and created a whole variety of hideous concoctions to create the most amazing potions. There were shape-shifting potions, luck potions and whole lot of love potions! The speeches made were excellent and the children were quick to acknowledge not only the hard work of their classmates but also how much their parents had helped them with providing bottles. A really great way to sign off on a super half term. Now for a rest. To all the Owl Families I wish you a peaceful, restful Christmas filled with plenty of reason to be merry (and plenty of pigs in blankets too!).
