Week beginning 13th July 2020 – Japan
Here are some activities for you to have a go at if you are not joining us in school this week. In school, we are learning all about Japan. You can find all the resources and PowerPoints to help you below.
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2. Get crafty making the Japanese flag in any way you wish. |
3. Use an Atlas or the internet to help label cities of Japan onto the map. |
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4. Use the base of an empty plastic bottle to dip in pink and white paint to create your own cherry blossom art. If you have tissue available, you could scrunch it up and paint it pink. |
5. Learn how to draw Manga characters and create comic strip using your characters. |
6. Learn how to make origami. |
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7. Have a go at learning some Japanese phrases and words, including numbers. |
8. Learn how to write your name using Japanese symbols. |
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11. Make a Japanese lantern using coloured card.
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12. Make some sushi and try Japanese food by following this link: au/kitchen/galleries/13-kid-friendly-japanese-dinners-add-repertoire/4ika96io |
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13. Create a 3D paper doll using the template provided.
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14. Have a go at the Japan comprehension sheets. |
15. Learn about earthquakes and tsunamis that have happened in Japan. |
Week beginning 6th July 2020 – MEXICO
Here are some activities for you to have a go at if you are not joining us in school this week. In school, we are learning all about Mexico. You can find all the resources and PowerPoints to help you below.
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2. Get crafty making the Mexican flag in any way you wish. |
3. Relax with the Mexican colouring sheets. |
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4.Use the wrestling mask template to create your own mask.
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5.Learn all about the tourist attraction called Chichen Itza. Mind map Leaflet |
6.Learn all about Day of the Dead. Design your own face paint for a mask. Have a go at the reading comprehension too – choose your level. |
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7.Learn how to count to ten in Spanish and have a go at the puzzle and crossword. |
8.Learn about the festival Cinco de Mayo and create your own Mexican sombrero using card or a paper plate and a paper cup. Get creative and paint/decorate your sombrero. |
9.Use the link below to find an Mexican recipe that you would like to make and taste. You could make tacos, burritos, nachos, guacamole… |
Week beginning 29th June 2020
Here are some activities for you to have a go at if you are not joining us in school this week. In school, we are learning all about India. You can find all the resources and PowerPoints to help you below.
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2.Get crafty making the Indian flag in any way you wish. |
3.Relax with the India colouring sheets. |
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4.Use the hand template and pattern examples to decorate using mehndi patterns.
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5.Get to know the Hindu gods by using the colouring sheets and playing snap. Activity sheet |
6.Learn all about Rangoli art, made in India. Get crafty and dye rice to create your own Rangoli patterns. Instructions and template |
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7.Use books or the internet to add the labels to the map of ancient India. |
8.Learn all about the famous Taj Mahal building and complete the fact file. |
9.Use the link below to find an Indian recipe that you would like to make and taste. You could make naan bread, a curry, samosas… https://www.thespruceeats.com/kid-friendly-indian-recipes-1957890 |
Week beginning 22nd June 2020
Well done for another great and positive week of online learning; I know it can be tricky to motivate yourselves but you’re all doing an amazing job!
This week is slightly different. In our English sessions, we will be doing a week of Topic work, meaning that Topic on the website, will be swapped with five daily POBBLE writing activities. Get in touch on TEAMS if you have any problems.
This week’s resources uploaded include:
TOPIC – ONLINE: 11:50am
POBBLE ENGLISH
Please take a look at the five attached POBBLE tasks. The children know how to use these as I showed them at the start of lockdown. They do not need to do every page but I’d suggest spending half an hour on one per day.
READING
Find attached a reading comprehension about Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. This is a simplified version of the story but helps the children to think carefully about the order in which events happen and to become more familiar with the characters in preparation for their performance in Year 5.
MATHS
ONLINE: 9:35am
There is a PDF with a sheet of maths tasks for each day of the week. They say 10 minutes but they may take you longer.
I’ve added a multiplication board game as well. Perhaps you’d like to make your own board game based on the times tables you know you may need help with.
ART
Think carefully about the scene in Twelfth Night when the ship is destroyed in the storm. I’d like you to spend some time, on plain paper, on a shop bought canvas, using chalk on the pavement, (however you wish), to interpret this scene by drawing how you think it might look. Art inspiration
CREATIVE
I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 9 sharing area on TEAMS.
Letter from Miss Ali re. return to school
Another positive week, great job team. This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR – This week I have given you a grammar and punctuation challenge. It ideally needs to be done on the computer and in presentation view, otherwise the answers will be shown before you read the question.
READING – Find attached a reading comprehension about the Globe Theatre. There is only one level so give it your best efforts! I have also added a less challenging reading comprehension about Marine Life. Have a go at the Globe one but if you find it particularly difficult, do the Marine Life one.
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is a PDF with a sheet of maths tasks for each day of the week. They say 10 minutes but they may take you longer. If you struggled with the times table challenge – restart this. Repetition will help increase your times table knowledge and rapid recall. I’ve also attached times tables challenges to help you practise your times tables!.
SCIENCE – We’ve come to the point in this topic where the rest of the learning requires practical resources. I’m setting you the challenge to create a poster/leaflet/fact file about what electricity is, how we depend on electricity in the home and how to stay safe around it. You may wish to add warnings/top tips.
CREATIVE – I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 8 sharing area on TEAMS.
A great start back to this final term of year 4. Keep the momentum and hard work going gang!
Work for week of 8th June 2020. This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR – I have given you a task focussing on possessive apostrophes which we recently covered before half term in English. Go through the lesson input and then there are two tasks for you to have a go at.
Possessive apostrophes – input
READING – Find attached a reading comprehension for Chapter One of Tilly and the Time Machine. I have made the chapter available to you There is only one level so give it your best efforts! This is a long task so you could break it down and do 20 minutes or so a day.
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is a PDF with a sheet of maths tasks for each day of the week. They say 10 minutes but they may take you longer and you might wish to have a go at creating your own questions for the ones that you find a bit trickier. I have also included the final three levels of the times tables challenge that I set you last term. Have a go at all three levels.
Daily Maths tasks Daily Maths answers
SCIENCE
Your task this week is to do your own research about a gentleman called Thomas Edison and find out how he is linked to our topic of Electricity. Share what you’ve found out by creating a PowerPoint, a fact file, a leaflet, a poster etc.
TOPIC
Go through the Lesson 6 input about Tudor children and complete the activity sheet attached.
CREATIVE
I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 7 sharing area on TEAMS.
I hope you all had a wonderful and safe week off. As we start our final half term in year 4, please keep up your positivity and your wonderful efforts. Work for June 1st 2020
This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR – I have given you a task focussing on determiners. Go through the lesson input and then there are two tasks for you to have a go at. Task one involves sorting the cards into categories. Task two involves being determiner detectives. There is also a word bank to help you identify different types of determiners.
READING – Find attached a reading comprehension about Romeo and Juliet. You know what you’re capable of. There is only one level so give it your best efforts!
Romeo and Juliet comprehension
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is a PDF with a sheet of maths tasks for each day of the week. They say 10 minutes but they may take you longer and you might wish to have a go at creating your own questions for the ones that you find a bit trickier. I have also included the next five levels of the times tables challenge that I set you last week. Have a go at a different level each day.
SCIENCE – Go through the Lesson 5 input and complete the investigating switches sheet attached.
TOPIC – Go through the Lesson 5 input and complete the activity sheet attached. Watch this video clip about Henry VIII https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odZsn7Y-VRA
CREATIVE – I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 6 sharing area on TEAMS.
SUMMER WEEK 5 – 18th May 2020
Words can’t describe how much I truly am missing you all… An empty classroom is a very sad sight! After this week, we will have completed a whole half term of online learning. You’re all superstars in my eyes! This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR – I have given you a task focussing on determiners. Go through the lesson input and then there are two tasks for you to have a go at. Task one involves sorting the cards into categories. Task two involves being determiner detectives. There is also a word bank to help you identify different types of determiners.
Lesson input Task One Task One Answers Task Two Task Two Answers Word bank
READING – Find attached a reading comprehension about Florence Nightingale. You know what you’re capable of. Take a look at the three options and choose which you feel most confident trying. If you start and it’s too easy…switch to a harder version.
Florence Nightingale EASIER Florence Nightingale MEDIUM Florence Nightingale HARD
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is a PDF with a sheet of maths tasks for each day of the week. They say 10 minutes but they may take you longer and you might wish to have a go at creating your own questions for the ones that you find a bit trickier. I have also included the next five levels of the times tables challenge that I set you last week. Have a go at a different level each day.
Daily Maths tasks Level 6 Level 7 Level 8 Level 9 Level 10 Daily maths answers
SCIENCE – This lesson would’ve been a practical lesson investigating conductors and insulators. Take some time to look at the videos on the link below and create a poster/fact file about insulators and conductors.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2882hv/articles/zxv482p
TOPIC – Go through the Lesson 4 input and complete the activity sheet attached. This is a long lesson. You may wish to break it down and do a task or two per afternoon.
Lesson input Activity sheet Fact cards Speech bubbles
CREATIVE – I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 5 sharing area on TEAMS. CREATIVE task
SUMMER WEEK 4 – 11th May 2020 – You’re all doing an amazing job at online learning. I’m so incredibly proud of you all! This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR – I have given you a task focussing on subordinating conjunctions following on from last week. Go through the lesson input and then there is a task for you to have a go at. Lesson input Task Answers
READING – Find attached a reading comprehension for a Viking letter. You know what you’re capable of. Take a look at the three options and choose which you feel most confident trying. If you start and it’s too easy…switch to a harder version. Viking letter EASIER Viking letter MEDIUM Viking letter HARD
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is also an arithmetic paper with questions for you to have a go at in your own time, as well as a range of additional daily maths bubble questions revising topics that we have already learnt in maths this year. There is a page for each of the operation and each column is a different day so have a go daily. I am also setting you a times table challenge. Have a go at levels 1-5 this week. You could do a level a day! Time yourself and see if you can beat your time later the same day. Arithmetic
Maths Bubbles Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
SCIENCE – Go through the Lesson 3 input and complete the worksheet attached. Ignore where is says “now, test it” on the worksheet. Sadly, there aren’t enough resources to go round so this will be an area we will revisit when we are back at school…this time with resources. On the TASK slide, you will find a website link. This website allows you to have a play around with circuits in a game context. You might find it fun to have a go before we come back to school!
TOPIC – Go through the Lesson 3 input and complete the worksheet attached. Don’t worry too much…I know there is some tricky language – I have tried to make the vocabulary as easy for you to understand as possible but I’m aware some vocabulary may be new for you.
CREATIVE – I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 4 sharing area on TEAMS. Task
SUMMER WEEK 3 – WEEK BEGINNING 4TH MAY
Another week gone, another week without seeing your smiling faces. My fingers are still crossed to see you before the summer. This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH – ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR
I have given you a task focussing on the use of verbs for personification. Go through the lesson input and then there is a task for you to show off your personification skills – this lesson follows on nicely from our poetry unit in week 1. Input Task Answers
READING
Find attached a reading comprehension about The Titanic. You know what you’re capable of. Take a look at the three options
and choose which you feel most confident trying. If you start and it’s too easy…switch to a harder version ☺
Titanic EASY Titanic MEDIUM Titanic HARD
MATHS – ONLINE: 9:35am
There is also an arithmetic paper with questions for you to have a go at in your own time, as well as a range of additional maths worksheets revising topics that we have already learnt in maths this year.
Arithmetic Task one Task two Task three Task four
SCIENCE
Go through the Lesson 2 input and complete the two worksheets attached. At the start, there is a starter in which you need to organise appliances using the cards provided. Like it says, you can cut and arrange or just tick and cross them on the sheet. TASK ONE asks you to think carefully about which of the appliances (from the starter) require energy from the mains or from a battery source. TASK TWO asks you to identify unsafe use of electricity in the home.
Lesson input Starter sheet Task one Task two
TOPIC
Go through the Lesson 2 input and complete the two worksheets attached. You will need to be detectives this week to do you own research using sources I’ve provided for you on the Source Sheet. Complete the table to consider how reliable (how much you trust the source) and how helpful it is. When complete, fill in the conclusion sheet using what you have learnt about Henry.
Lesson input Sources Sheet 1 Sheet 2
Summer 1 – Week 2
Well, that was a different kind of first week back, wasn’t it? Thank you to those that are listening to my requests about waiting until I have started the meeting to join in, it makes the session go much smoother!
An additional thank you for your patience. This is new to you guys and also to me…we are all learning and adapting to this way of teaching and learning every day and we are still in the early days yet, so thank you for bearing with me and for trying your best!
This week’s resources uploaded include:
ENGLISH
ONLINE: 11:50am
GRAMMAR
I have given you a fronted adverbials lesson this week. There is lesson input to read through and then you can choose your task based of difficulty. Don’t forget the comma after your fronted adverbial…
READING
Find attached a WW1 Animals reading comprehension. You know what you’re capable of. Take a look at the three options and choose which you feel most confident trying. If you start and it’s too easy…switch to a harder version J
MATHS
ONLINE: 9:35am Arithmetic 4
SCIENCE
We are moving on to ELECTRICITY this week. Go through the Lesson 1 input and complete the two worksheets attached. Sheet 1 asks you to consider what you already know and what you’d like to find out (just like we do at school). Sheet 2 is more interactive and asks you to imagine you’re recording a film/news report about the use of electricity.
TOPIC
This lesson will allow you to explore who the Tudors were and the efforts made to reign. You will read and learn about the War of the Roses and The Battle of Bosworth within the lesson input. Your worksheet asks you record information as you go through the input slides.
Lesson Keeping the crown activity sheet
CREATIVE
I have added an additional task for you. Each week, these different tasks will allow you to get imaginative and build, make, bake, draw etc. to create the scenario given. Take photos and send them in for the website or upload them into the Week 2 sharing area on TEAMS.
Comprehension easy medium hard
Geography Desert Deciduous forest Rainforest Taiga Tundra Savanna
SPRING TERM – LAST TWO WEEKS WORK
Looking forward to Joe Wicks, Fancy dress Friday workout. What will you come as?
Please find below links to work set by Miss Armstrong for this week. Instructions
Suggested timetable and well being grid
Writing – Creative comic strips and comic strips extra
English based activity – Pobble – Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5
Reading comprehension 
Easter Bunny comprehension activity 1, 2, 3
Book review – do this if you wish for any book you read
Maths – Arithmetic test 1, and I’m thinking of a number activity 1, 2, 3
The topic work will be on here in the weeks to come.
Have a good weekend and a rest from home schooling. No peeking at the next weeks work.
Hi everyone. That’s one week done already! I’m missing you all lots, it’s strangely silent at home and apparently I work best when I have 29 children making lots of noise around me J
I’m hoping that you’ve all been getting lots of vitamin D from the gorgeous sunshine we’re having and also trying plenty of the well-being tasks. Metal health starts with physical health so I hope you’ve managed to join Joe Wicks or do some Jazzercise; whatever gets your heart pumping!
I’m LOVING seeing your faces in photos on the school website. Please keep sending them in.
Stay safe, wash your hands and keep smiling.
Sending lots of love and hugs at this crazy time,
Miss Armstrong
Work for week of 30th March 2020
Instructions from Miss Armstrong Book list
Grammar and challenge Comprehension easy medium hard
Science Topic fact sheet and research and activity