Year 4 Week Beginning 4.5 - woodwater.devon.sch.uk
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Year 4 – Week Beginning 4.5.20
Ongoing skills
work and extra
fun!
Please use these pages as a guide for learning at home, with a mixture of activities to keep your brain busy! Although we have outlined the
work in daily sections across the week, please feel free to re-order the days’ activities into your own timetable. Remember,
if you especially enjoyed any activities from previous weeks, you can still have fun with these. Watch out for our special
VE Day Celebrations section on Friday.
Lots of great fun is being had on Seesaw! Don’t forget to look out for two activities during this week that we would like you
to add to your journal. You can also choose another piece of home learning work to upload.
If you haven’t already, you might find the Parents and Carers Helpsheets from Thinkuknow UK helpful in
supporting your children in being safe online - there is one especially parents of primary aged children.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/globalassets/thinkuknow/documents/thinkuknow/parents/pdf/thinkuknow-parents-helpsheet-
primary.pdf
Monday Computing – internet safety:
Follow the link to the Thinkuknow internet safety website.
https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/8_10/watch/
Watch the animation with an adult at home and talk to them about the story.
What did Alfie do when he realised something wasn’t right?
Talk together about the different ways you like to use the internet.
Extra: You could make a list of the different apps and sites you use most often.
English – grammar:
Watch the clip to remind yourself about
how adjectives work. Complete the
‘highlight the adjectives’ activity and the ‘adjectives quiz’ on the same
page. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/zy2r6yc
Find 5 objects around your home to describe using different
adjectives. Say your sentences to someone at home or even over the
phone. Can you upload a video to Seesaw of you describing them?
Now sketch your favourite object to draw and label your object in your book.
Maths – Measures:
Follow the link to remind yourself about measuring how heavy something is using grams and kilograms. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zbvgkqt
What’s in this
column?
This is where you
find those everyday
learning activities
like Accelerated
Reader,TT
Rockstars and
Spelling Shed, which
help to keep some
of your key learning
skills sharp!
You will also find
different ideas for
keeping active and
some fun activities
you might enjoy any
time.
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If you have kitchen scales at home, you could try using them to find out how heavy different items are in your house. You could write
down what you find out each time, taking care to write the correct measurement in grams and kilograms.
Or you can follow this link for a game with virtual scales and click on the ‘amounts in steps of 50g’. https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html
Remember to read
every day for 20
minutes as you would
do at school.
https://ukhosted108.renle
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You are aiming to
achieve an 80% pass
rate when you quiz
online. We will be
checking your
percentage scores, to
see how you are getting
on.
https://vimeo.com/36088583
Enjoy listening to this
fascinating tale while
you watch the
animation.
Tuesday Maths - number work
Order these measures in descending order (heaviest to lightest).
50g 670g 300g 150g 1kg 5g
Maths - problem solving
Measure at home: Today you will be using household items to
investigate mass.
Find yourself a tin from the cupboard (baked beans, tomatoes,
kidney beans etc). This will be used as a standard measure (a
measure to compare the mass of other items).
1. Can you find two objects in the kitchen that have a greater
mass than your tin? (e.g. 1 item may be a packet of cereal)
2. Can you find two objects in the kitchen that have a lighter mass than your tin?
3. Check if you were correct.
Record what you have found out in your home learning book. You may want to take
photos.
Challenge: Use inequality symbols (< >) to compare your objects.
> greater than < less than
E.g. tuna tin < baked bin tin
baked bin tin > tuna tin
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English – grammar:
Make a poster to show what adjectives are. Imagine you are making the poster for someone who has no
understanding of what an adjective is.
Make sure you include: what adjectives are and some examples of adjectives.
You may want to draw pictures or use pictures from old magazines etc. to illustrate your examples.
Geography – Climate zones: Follow the link to find out about Earth’s climate zones.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zr7hyrd
Find out about the climate in different places around the world. You could use an atlas, or
Google Maps to explore some different landscapes. Choose as many of these places as you like.
You could use the ‘Satellite’ view on Google Maps to see what the land is like. Talk to someone at
home about what you notice. Try looking up these places:
Svalbard, Sumatra, Vermont, Namibia and Corsica.
Extra: You could design the perfect outfit to wear in any of the locations you have investigated, based on the kind of climate you think is experienced by people living there.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/ipl
ayer/episode/m000hqxy/c
beebies-bedtime-stories-
749-tom-hardy-hug-me
If you are looking for a
story, at bedtime, or any
other time, try this one on
iplayer from Tom Hardy.
https://play.edshed.co
m/
You have been set an
assignment to complete:
you must complete this
by the end of the week.
To do this, go into the
assignments area on
your Spelling Shed
dashboard. These will
be checked and
updated weekly. Use
this as an opportunity
to move up on your
spelling colour.
Wednesday
Maths - Number work: Convert the measure below. Remember to look at the resource in your home learning book to help.
1000g = …kg
2500g = …kg
5000g = …kg
1.5kg = …g
3.5kg = …g
Maths – problem solving:
1. A cake is cut into 10 slices, each of which weighs 140g. What is the weight of the cake?
2. Each apple weighs 150g. How much do 9 apples weigh in kg?
3. A casserole is made with 800 g of meat and 1.2 kg of vegetables. What is the combined weight of the ingredients?
4. A gardener has 10 plants to pot. Each plant pot needs 50g of soil. How much soil does the gardener need altogether?
a) In grams
b) In kilograms
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English – grammar:
Follow the link and explore the first four sections to find out more about adjectives.
https://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/learning-
activities/languages/words/adjective-detective/
Then complete the quiz and the game in the last two sections.
Art – Drawing:
Use your drawing skills to represent an animal. Which climate zone will your animal come from?
When you are drawing think about the shape of the animal and creating an outline with smaller shapes using light pencil lines before
adding more detail to bring your drawing to life.
You could also follow this link to the Twycross Zoo website for more
amazing animal drawing inspiration and tips. https://twycrosszoo.org/arts-and-craft-activities/?gclid=CjwKCAjw4pT1BRBUEiwAm5QuR1YUNzJI7peDutxLT2OduGdpmh4EZy6cC192eSTXMyTNND92QH23txoC1Q4QAvD_BwE
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student
1) Earn the right to
rock! You have been set
an assignment to
complete: once you
complete this challenge,
the rest of the game
modes will become
available. Don’t worry if
you find it tricky to
start with, just have a
go and notice your
progress.
2) Battle for your band!
New class challenges
are now up and running.
Earn bragging rights
for your class - the
team with the most
correct answers wins!
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Thursday Maths - number work:
Work out the measures on this scale which shows grams up to 1000g (1kg).
Need some support? Each interval (little line) on the scale goes up by 20g.
Maths - problem solving
When tackling word problems,
remember to:
1. Read the entire problem at least
twice.
2. Highlight key language and
numbers.
3. Identify what the problem is
trying to find out.
4. Decide on the steps you need to
take and in which order.
5. Choose an appropriate calculation
(+, -, , x). 6. Check your working
back.
English – writing:
Draw an animal of your own choice, This can be real or imagined but you can use your drawing
skills from yesterday to help you. Write adjectives around your drawing to describe the animal.
Can you include adjectives that describe how the animal looks, feels, sounds, moves and smells.
Science - Biomes
Biomes are areas of our planet with similar climates, landscapes, animals and plants. What lives in each biome
depends on: how warm or cold it is how dry or wet it is how fertile the soil is
Follow the link to find an animated video, information and images for you to look at,
as well as and a mini game. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zvsp92p
https://www.topmarks.
co.uk/maths-
games/rocket-rounding
There are two
alternative game modes.
The first features a
number line. The second
mode is more
challenging as you have
to round numbers
without a visual clue.
Try answering 20
questions at the first
level ‘up to 99 to the
nearest 10’ using the
number line. See how
many you get right.
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Maths challenges: Make sure you have tackled your TT Rockstars Challenge for this week, then, solve these puzzles, showing your
workings out clearly in your book.
English – writing:
Write a description of the animal you created adjectives for yesterday.
In your paragraph, include description to tell your reader what the animal
looks like, feels like, sounds like, moves like and smells like.
Remember to include the adjectives you used yesterday.
Remember to use commas between 2 or more adjectives.
Challenge: Can you alter the position of your adjectives in your sentences?
https://www.nhs.uk/10-
minute-shake-
up/shake-
ups?filter=the-lion-
king#shakeups-hub
Explore some of the
‘Change for Life’ 10
minute Lion King
inspired shake up
games. Choose
something to fit the
weather and the space
you have available.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zcwrkqt
Remind yourself of the
French hopscotch game
La Marelle. Can you find
a place to set up this
game at home and
challenge yourself?
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Friday May 8th 2020 - VE Day 75 Celebrations
75 years ago today, on 8th May 1945 Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced the war had finally ended in Europe and Victory in
Europe was declared. This was VE Day.
On CBBC’s Newsround, which you can watch online here
https:// www.bbc.co.uk/newsround, young viewers will sit
down with their older relatives to discuss their memories
of the day, what happened, what it meant to them and
how it made them feel.
Some of the programmes on TV may remind you of Poppy
Day back in November, when we learned about people
who gave their lives for our country during different
wars. Lots of people will be stopping for two minutes of
silence at 11:00am, very much like the time we held a
special silence in the hall at school last November.
But, as well as being about Remembrance, VE day is also about celebration. Plans for celebrating VE
day may have been changed, but it is still a time when we can choose to take part in something that
is important to our nation. Some people will have special tea parties at home, and others will be
joining in with the ‘Nation’s Toast to the Heroes
of WW2’ at 3pm, standing to raise a glass of
something they like to drink and saying the
words: “To those who gave so much, we thank you.”
If you go out for a walk this weekend, you might see things in people’s windows and
gardens like the image of a soldier, or maybe a poppy. There might also be some flags
or bunting.
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Why not make your own special VE Day 75 ‘Great British Bunting’ to display in your window at home? There are resources to help you,
including a short video and a template, available through the BBC Local Radio website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4TrqYDyf4PMdLypxzyTwGDg/great-british-bunting
There are detailed bunting instructions here:
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/england/pdf/how_to_make_your_great_british_bunting_step_by_step.pdf.
You could include designs and pictures like: • Union Flag • A dove of peace • Your message of thanks •
Your hero • A soldier from WW2 • Someone in your family who was in the army, navy or air force. •
Someone who did important jobs at home, like farmers, or fire fighters.
There are also printable resources to help mark this special day on this website:
https://ve-vjday75.gov.uk/toolkit/
Because returning home reflects a key idea for VE Day, when people who had been far away during the war could
begin to come home, BBC’s Bring the Noise website has a special song called ‘Take You
Home’ You can find out all about how the song was written, and explore it here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/take-you-home-lyrics/zhqft39