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Dear Year 4 Walliams Class,

I hope you are all keeping well! Please find below some instructions for this week’s tasks…

• Times Tables Test – I am putting this into our home learning pack for this week – see how many

questions you can complete in 10 minutes! You may use a calculator afterwards only to check your

answers… Remember, I have all your times tables data so I’ll know if you’ve cheated…

• Maths – This week, we are going to look at place value, specifically focusing on rounding numbers

to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000. Before you jump straight into the tasks, make sure you look

through the Maths PowerPoint uploaded on the website as this explains what to do.

• English – This week, we are going to start looking at our new writing topic – persuasive writing.

Before you jump straight into the tasks, make sure you look through the English PowerPoint

uploaded on the website as this explains what to do.

• Reading – Have a go at reading and answering the short comprehension activities, putting your Rex

Retriever skills to the test.

• Science – This week, you are going to start learning about Living Things and Their Habitats, as

part of our new ‘Frozen (Elsa not Included)’ topic. Before you jump straight into the tasks, make

sure you look through the Science PowerPoint uploaded on the website as this explains some key

information and what to do.

• Design & Technology – As part of our new topic, we are going to make bug hotels and bird feeders

to go outside. This week, I’d like you to research what a bug hotel is and to record your research

on the activity sheet below.

• Humanities – This half term we are going to look at different environments that different living

things live in. This week, research the Sahara Desert. Where is it? What living things live there?

What is the environment like? How is different to your local environment in the UK?

• PE – Why not try some yoga this week? Head over to YouTube and type ‘Cosmic Yoga’ into the

search box and choose a video to follow that you want to do.

• Spellings – There is a new list coming out this week and has been uploaded on the website. Make

sure you practise list 1, using the activities on the second page as a way of memorising them.

Finally, I am very wary that a lot of these tasks look like they require a printer. You don’t have to

print everything off… Instead, write down the answers for each task on some lined paper in a

notebook to save yourselves some ink and paper – this is fine

Please remember not to drive your families completely bonkers this week and to try and have a

go at all the activities. If you’re struggling to concentrate, focus on an activity for 30 minutes and

then take a quick brain-break for 5 minutes by running up and down the stairs (carefully please!),

making yourself a drink, making your adult a drink, having a quick snack, practising the latest TikTok

dance…

Stay safe and keep well!

Miss Hart.

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Times Tables Test:

LI: To recall times tables up to 12x12.

Reminders:

• You have ten minutes – get as many questions done as possible! Stuck? Move on! You can always

come back to it if you have time. Here’s a website to a good timer for you to use:

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/

• The test is out of 75

• You may check your answers with a calculator once you’ve finished. I will know if you have

cheated… I keep all your times tables scored saved…

• Good luck!

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Maths Home Learning Activity 1 – Rounding to the nearest 10.

LI: To round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.

Write the tens either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number line. Then

circle the 10 to which the given number is closer. Remember, 5 and above rounds up…

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 10:

Round the following numbers to the nearest 10km:

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Maths Home Learning Activity 2 - Rounding to the nearest 100.

LI: To round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.

Write the hundreds either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number line.

Then circle the hundred to which the given number is closer. Remember, 5 (or 50) and above

rounds up…

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 100:

Round the following numbers to the nearest 100km:

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Maths Home Learning Activity 3 – Rounding to the nearest 1,000.

LI: To round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.

Write the thousands either side of the given number and mark it approximately on the number line.

Then circle the thousand to which the given number is closer. Remember, 5 (or 500) and above

rounds up…

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Round the following numbers to the nearest 1,000:

Round the following numbers to the nearest 1,000km:

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Maths Home Learning Activity 5 – Problem-Solving Activities

LI: To round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000.

Task 1: Match the number, how the number is rounded and to which it is rounded. One has been done

for you.

TOP TIP: Start with the larger numbers first.

Task 2: Solve the following word problems, rounding the answer as instructed.

1. A supermarket sells 187 cartons of yoghurt a week. How many cartons is this to the nearest 10 and

100?

2. There are 35,245 spectators at a football match. How many is this to the nearest 10, 100 and

1,000?

3. A newspaper reports that about 12,400 people attended a parade. How is this rounded and what is

the range of the precise attendance?

4. There are 12,876 adult tickets and 5,621 child tickets sold for a concert. To the nearest 10 and

100, how many tickets are sold altogether?

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5. A shop has 2,349 tins of tomatoes in stock. It sells 782 in a week. To the nearest 10, how many will

be left?

6. An office receives about 35 letters per day. To the nearest 10, how many letters does it receive in

a working week (5 days)?

7. A swimming pool gets about 120 swimmers each day from Monday to Friday, and about 250

swimmers in total over the weekend. To the nearest 100, how many swimmers does the pool get over

the whole week?

8. A lorry driver travels about 370 miles per day for 5 days a week. To the nearest 100 and 1,000,

how many miles does the driver travel each week?

CHALLENGE: What happens if you round the numbers in the questions, then calculate the answers?

Task 3: Round each number to the nearest 10 and shade in the rounded number to find a pathway

through the maze.

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Task 4: Lola is trying to crack the code to find the secret message. Round the numbers to the

nearest ten to find the correct letter. What is the hidden message?

Task 5: Cindy and Kyle are rounding the number below to the nearest 100.

5 hundreds, 5 tens and 5 ones.

Who is correct?

Task 6: Round each number to the nearest 100 to find the odd one out.

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English Home Learning Activity 1 – Identifying Persuasive Devices

LI: To identify persuasive devices in a range of texts.

Task 1: Write the definition of each persuasive technique and an example in the table below.

Persuasive

Device Definition Example

Alliteration

Fact

Opinion

Repetition

Rhetorical

questions

Emotive language

Exaggeration

Statistics

Rule of Three

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Task 2: Identify the different persuasive devices in the advert below. If you’re working on plain

paper/in a notebook, write down the examples of each device that you find. Can you find at least one

example of each AFOREST persuasive technique?

Who do you think the audience is for this advert?

What impact does the rhetorical questions have at the beginning of the product description?

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Task 3: Identify the different persuasive devices in the letter below. If you’re working on plain

paper/in a notebook, write down the examples of each device that you find. Can you find at least one

example of each AFOREST persuasive technique?

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English Home Learning Activity 2 – Persuasive or not?

LI: To sort appropriate persuasive language from a range of sentences.

Task: Write the vocabulary in the correct column in the table below.

Buy one, get one free!

Whilst stocks last. The Moon orbits the Earth.

Once upon a time… Do you want bright, white teeth?

Cut along the dotted line. Dear Grandma…

Sale ends at midnight! Snow closes local schools!

This roaring, red, racing car is the must have toy

of the year. “What do you want for tea?” asked Mum.

Cool trainers, designed for cool kids! The tangy, orange flavour will tickle your taste

buds.

I should use these in an advertisement I should NOT use these in an advertisement

Please mark your answers (with answers to the correcting sentence punctuation task).

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English Home Learning Activity 3 – Correct the sentence punctuation (SPaG)

LI: To identify and correct the use of punctuation within each sentence.

Task: Write the correct sentence underneath by adding in capital letters, full stops and question

marks.

1. my brother’s dog is called tess

2. on sunday she went to the park

3. the titanic sank in 1912

4. toby and mark are going to spain in march

5. martha took her children to the zoo yesterday

6. when i go to the shop, i will get some crisps

7. sameera and i are going to town on friday

8. did you sell buns at the fair

9. my mum has a cat he is called tom

10. have you got a dress for the prom

Please mark your answers.

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Answers:

Sorting sentences into appropriate and inappropriate for an advertisement –

I should use these in an advertisement I should NOT use these in an advertisement

Buy one, get one free!

Whilst stocks last.

Once upon a time…

Sale ends at midnight! Cut along the dotted line.

This roaring, red, racing car is the must have

toy of the year.

The Moon orbits the Earth.

Cool trainers, designed for cool kids! Dear Grandma…

Do you want bright, white teeth? Snow closes local schools!

The tangy, orange flavour will tickle your taste

buds.

“What do you want for tea?” asked Mum.

Correcting sentence punctuation -

1. My brother’s dog is called Tess.

2. On Sunday she went to the park.

3. The Titanic sunk in 1912.

4. Toby and Mark are going to Spain in March.

5. Martha took her children to the zoo yesterday.

6. When I go to the shop, I will get some crisps.

7. Sameera and I are going to town on Friday.

8. Did you sell buns at the fair?

9. My mum has a cat. He is called Tom.

10. Have you got a dress for the prom?

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English Home Learning Activity 4 – Plan your own persuasive letter

LI: To include persuasive devices within my writing.

Task: Using the planning template below, I’d like you to plan a persuasive letter to Mrs Rebello about

your choice of the following options (please circle the one you’ve chosen) -

• Why you should be allowed to go back to school

• Why school should provide you with an iPad or laptop to write instead of exercise books

• Why you she should cancel Mondays at school and give us all an extended weekend

Don’t forget! When planning, try to include as many AFOREST techniques as possible so that when we

write the letters (next week, not this week), you can include them.

Greeting and your own opinion on topic:

Argument 1 (you might need to research different points to make using the internet. Record on these

lines)

Argument 1 supporting reasons

Argument 2

Argument 2 supporting reasons

Closing statement (summing up why Mrs Rebello should support your suggestion)

Yours Faithfully, (Put your name underneath)

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Reading Home Learning Task – Rex Retriever

LI: To retrieve and record information, identifying key details from fiction and non-fiction texts.

1. Where did the old woman find the pot? Tick one.

In a farmer’s field One someone’s windowsill

At the village square By the side of the road

2. What did the old woman want to do with the pot?

3. Give two things that the old woman would sometimes get from nearby houses.

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2.

4. Tick one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.

Statement True False

The woman found the pot outside her home.

The old woman helped local farmers.

The owner of the pot was nearby.

The old woman thought that the pot would have a hole in it.

Please mark your answers.

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Rex Retriever answers:

1. Where did the old woman find the pot? Tick one.

In a farmer’s field One someone’s windowsill

At the village square ✓ By the side of the road

2. What did the old woman want to do with the pot?

She wanted to take the pot home so she could put a flower in it and place it on her windowsill.

3. Give two things that the old woman would sometimes get from nearby houses.

1. A plate of meat.

2. A cup of tea.

4. Tick one box in each row to show whether each statement is true or false.

Statement True False

The woman found the pot outside her home. ✓

The old woman helped local farmers. ✓

The owner of the pot was nearby. ✓

The old woman thought that the pot would have a hole in it. ✓

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Science Home Learning Activity 1 – Grouping Living Things

LI: To recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.

Task: Using the information cards on the next page, sort the living things into the correct area of

the Venn Diagram. Remember, some of these things might be in more than one category…

Lays eggs

Breathes air Lives in water

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Information cards for the Venn Diagram and quiz in following activity:

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Science Home Learning Activity 2 – Grouping Living Things Quiz

LI: To recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways.

Using the cards from your previous task, try and answer the following questions –

1. Which animals lay eggs and breathe air?

2. How many animals lay eggs, live in water and breathe air?

3. Name the animals that live on land.

4. How many animals live in water and breathe air?

5. Name the animals that do not breathe air.

6. Name three other animals that would go in the same group as the polar bear?

7. What kind of animal are the organisms that breathe air, live in water and do not lay eggs? Circle

the correct answer.

Reptiles Fish Mammals

8. Bonus question: Give a reason why there is an empty group.

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Answers – please mark your work.

Venn Diagram:

Quiz:

1. Which animals lay eggs and breathe air?

Snake Giant tortoise Chameleon Crocodile Sea Turtle

2. How many animals lay eggs, live in water and breathe air?

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3. Name the animals that live on land.

Polar bear Snake Giant tortoise Chameleon

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4. How many animals live in water and breathe air?

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5. Name the animals that do not breathe air.

Brown crab Salmon Octopus Shark

6. Name three other animals that would go in the same group as the polar bear?

Accept any land animals that bear live young.

7. What kind of animal are the organisms that breathe air, live in water and do not lay eggs? Circle

the correct answer.

Reptiles Fish Mammals

8. Bonus question: Give a reason why there is an empty group.

All animals must either breathe air or live in water, there can be no animal that lays eggs but

does not fit into one of the other two groups.

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Design and Technology Home Learning Activity – Researching Bug Hotels

LI: To research bug hotel designs.

Task: Using the blank mindmap below, research bug hotels and record the information you find in the

diagram. What are they? Who lives in them? What are they made out of? How do they cater for

different insects? What designs are there around? Where did they originate from? Can you draw

some of the different bug hotel pictures that you came across?

Bug Hotel

Research