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Home Learning – Year 4Updates : Please ensure you regularly check the school’s website .uk and the school’s Facebook page for updates.Reading : Please read with your child for at least 30 minutes a day. Your child can read their school reading books, as well as any other books you have at home, magazines, children’s websites, etc. Please make comments in their reading records.Questions to engage your child at home:Useful websites:See attached sheet of prompt reading questions.How do you think the character feels?How were any problems resolved?What picture do you get when reading?What questions do you have?What do you think will happen next?Would you have preferred a different ending?How is the author trying to engage the reader?Can you find any examples of imagery?Find the meaning of any new words. Remember, when reading aloud, children can work on their fluency and expression, so reading a text/part of a text more than once is great practise. You can model this to them too when you read them stories.Book Review Templates (See Pack)Guided Reading: Hindu Gods (See Website)Reading and QuestionsColouring: Hindu GodsResearch: Choose one Hindu God to research further into. What is their name? What do they look like? Do they have special powers or a specific reason why they are a God?Twinkl: twinkl.co.uk/offer A range of readingactivities availableFree online reading books and resources - A large range of e-books and audio books. Login using the school code and selecting the child’s name.GetEpic assigned books, use school code: jwx4317Guided Reading:Indian Gods, Heroes and MythologyWhat is God?Maths:Maths concepts made easy: AreaWriting focus : Features of this text type:SPAG CGP Book: Complete 2 pages of your choosingCaptain Tom Moore Project:Thomas Moore?(born 30 April 1920), popularly known as?Captain Tom, is a former?British Army?officer known for his achievements raising money for charity in the run-up to his?100th birthday?during the?COVID-19 pandemic.On 6 April 2020, at the age of 99, he began to walk laps of his garden in aid of?NHS Charities Together, with the goal of raising ?1,000 by his hundredth birthday.?Diary Entry: Pretend you are Tom either before or after your 100th lap of the garden. Think about what your thoughts and feelings might have been. Describe the walk and the garden. Was the walk boring or did your goal motivate you? What did you do/are going to do to celebrate?Poem: Write a poem about Tom Moore. A title suggestion could be: 100 laps for 100 years. Positive Expression: Draw a portrait of Captain Tom and then write positive words (words of affirmation) describing him and his success around the portrait.Write a letter to Captain Tom expressing thanks for his tremendous effort. Explain how his effort made you feel.Why not send him your letter?Captain Tom Moore, C/O Post Office Limited, 67 Bedford Road, Marston Moretaine, MK43 0LA, Bedfordshire, England.Austin’s Homework Suggestion:100 Word story challenge. Not 99, not 101. 100 words exactly! Must have a clear plot and cohesive sentences. 1) Be original - this is an opportunity to use your imagination and write with creativity. Have fun with a story that nobody else has ever thought of, let alone published on the internet!2) Every sentence and every word matters - you only have a limited number of words (no more, no less!) so don't just write the first thing that comes into your head - take your time, mull it over, be a wordsmith!3) And if you can, include a surprise or sudden twist at the end - this makes your story memorable and stand out from the crowd.For daily writing challenges – see Pobble 365 each day. Answer the questions about the image and complete the sentence activities. Then continue with your own story/piece of writing.Please refer to the school website for the following spellings:KS2 200 High frequency wordsY3/4 spelling wordsY5/6 spelling wordsMake sure you know the spelling, meaning and how to use them in sentences.For more information about different text types and their features you can look on Twinkl or BBC – text types KS2 English: - Download a free copy of First News and sign up for a free trial of the iHubTips/Guidance for Creative Writing: can find this terms book at or on the school websiteMaths Learning : Please ensure your child practises their timestables and division facts every dayActivities for your child at home:Useful websites:Mathletics: -Usernames are being given out during phone calls home. Complete the assigned tasks. Measurement and AreaGet Epic: Galactic Geometry / Maths made easy:AreaCGP Book: 46-47WhiteRose Activities: (See Website) With a focus on: What is area?, Counting squares, Making shapes and Comparing areaThis week’s focus on 8 times tables:Keep using TimesTables RockstarsSearch 8 Times Table Song (Learning is Fun The Todd & Ziggy Way!)Please focus on the following (in order of priority):Practise of four operations and written methods (multiplication, addition, subtraction and divisionTimes tablesMeasurement / Area and Perimeter (Pupil login available) (Pupil login available) - White Rose Maths KS2 Maths: free login: twinkl.co.uk/offer (a range of accessible worksheets at different challenge levels)COMPETITION?!!!Thank You NHS Project:Say thank you to the NHS by taking part in our competitionWatch the video about the NHS and our exciting competition @ stepintothenhs.nhs.uk/primary-schools Get creative... Produce a piece of artwork or performance art, for example: a painting, drawing, video, collage or temporary street art OR a poem, story, song or danceThere are some fantastic prizes available for winning students*:Overall national winner(s) will receive Amazon vouchers worth ?50Ten regional winners will each receive an Amazon voucher worth ?25Highly commended certificates will also be awardedApril 2020 update: The specifics of the national winner’s prize beyond vouchers will be discussed with the winning school, to ensure something appropriate can be awarded should the previously listed class trip to a local science venue not be appropriate at this time. *Whether you enter individually or as a pair, each of you will receive a prize if your entry is chosen.Rules:You can work on your own or in pairsOnline entries accepted only (individual files should not exceed 50MB)The closing date for entries is 19th June 2020To submit entries visit: your entry to school as well!! admin@.uk RE: Year 4 NHS Competition Submission / Miss StirlingCreative learning around IPC projectShaping Up:Joe Wicks: How much exercise should we get each week? Do a Joe Wicks workoutHeart Rate: What is a heart rate? How do we measure someone’s heart rate? What is a resting heart rate? Measure your resting heart rate for 30 seconds. Perform 25 star jumps, measure your heart rate again. Measure your heart rate after 15 minutes of resting. Do you notice a difference in your heart rate? Why? What happened? Research why your heart rate changes. How does the heart work? Aerobic activities: What is aerobics? Why are they beneficial? Use for aerobic research. Complete an aerobic exercise class via Find out: Run: KS2 Geography: KS2 History: active inside and outside: These are a really fun way to be active indoors and great for breaksWork out with Joe Wicks: Joe Wicks is running daily children’s exercise sessions on his youtube channel at 9am Monday to Friday during the school closure periodToilet Roll Challenge: As you may have seen on the news or social media, lots of celebrities have been getting involved with homemade sporting activities. How many keepy-uppies can you do?Home Circuit: Create a workout to do around the house, e.g. x2 soup can weightlifts, walk up and down the stairs 5 times, x4 star jumps Lots of fun learning through dancing and singing. (this is also a free app on the iPad)Learn a new skillTouch typing - Subscriptions: Many websites are also offering parents free access to resources; we will continue to add new sites we find to our website and our Facebook pageTwinkl (All subjects): Easy to set up - go to twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS - Twinkl covers all subjects and offers printables resources for screen free learning - Great ideas of indoor activites and games from The ScoutsEducational Television: For really informative generally science based television. Episodes on Youtube too.BBC iPlayerMaddie’s do you know (all Years )Graces’s amazing machines (also Catie’s)Messi goes to Okido (All years)NetflixAsk the Storybots (Yrs R-6)Messi goes to Okido (All Years)Bug Beats (All Years)Julie’s Greenroom (All Years)Anything David AttenboroughPrimeAnything David AttenboroughBlippi (Nursery / Reception)Little Baby Bum Nursery RhymesSocialising with friends whilst at home (Under the school’s e-safety policy, parental guidance and presence advised): Facetime – available on Apple devicesHouse Party app - Houseparty is a video messaging app that allows parents to add their friends. It has the facility for children to have a video conversation together. Within the app, the children can play games together during the conversation, such as Quick Draw, Trivia and Heads Up.-245660000 ................
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