TIMETABLE Class 4 Week 25.01.21 Hello Class 4, I hope you are all ready for another week of learning– I am really missing seeing you at school, but it’s been great to see you

on zoom, I hope you can join in with this week’s zoom too. Thank you for working so hard at home, and thank you to your parents for supporting you during this lockdown. This week the

focus bit of work I’d like you to email me is from Wednesday’s English work. I’d like to see how you are using speech marks to punctuate the conversation you have written between the

meerkats. I really hope you and your families are well. Take care and stay safe, Mrs N.

Maths English Other Ongoing

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We’re going to learn about the inverse of multiplication this week. To start our learning on division watch – https://vimeo.com/492601303 Stop at the relevant points and complete the sheet below. Base 10 are the blocks we use in class that look like this.

Remember, if you’re unable to print the sheets off, you can talk through the answers with a grown up and write the answers down on a plain piece of paper.

This week we’re going to watch a short film on The Literacy Shed to help us with our writing. Watch ‘Catch it’ – https://www.literacyshed.com/catchit.html A group of meerkats lovingly tend to a beloved and unique fruit in the middle of the savannah. One day, their peaceful existence is disrupted by a vulture intent on stealing their pride and joy. After you’ve watched the short film can you rewrite the story as if you were one of the meerkats. You might want to start your story like this …. After a great night’s sleep, I woke up with the heat of the sun. It was a lovely, calm day. I stretched out ready to take on the day ahead. I was so excited to see whether our amazing, beautiful fruit had changed.

History Who were the Ancient Greeks? What do we mean by the Greek Empire? You have already seen a map of Greece in your Geography work. Look at a map of Greece now and compare it to the size of the Greek Empire (below). What do you notice? Watch this video. It’s quite grown up but it will help you learn about the empire. https://www.the-map-as-history.com/Ancient-Greece-Hellenistic-world/Territorial-evolution Things to think about: How did the empire grow? Why did the rulers want their empires to grow? Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RchSJSJAbc0

Although the video is from America, it introduces the Ancient Greeks well. Timeline Look at the major events of the Greek period on the timeline below. Remember BC means ‘Before Christ’ – which means before the birth of Jesus. Task Can you order the timeline? Look at the pictures and put them in the correct place on the timeline. You may prefer to draw them out on a long strip of paper if you are unable to print.

Daily Reading Read for 15 minutes and record it in your black reading folder. Daily Tables Continue to focus on a X table that you know you need to work on. Make a pairs game with the sum on one piece of paper and the answer on another, turn them over, muddle them up and then see if you can pick 2 that match. Daily Spellings This week we are starting to investigate plurals. Some plurals just add a letter ‘s’ onto the word, some have other rules. Have a look at the sheets below and complete the sheet ‘Rule #1’.

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Hopefully yesterday’s lesson helped your understanding of dividing. Today we’re going to take it a step further. Watch the video – https://vimeo.com/497573248 We’re going to focus on the part, part, whole method to help us divide today by partitioning the big number into tens and ones. We’re not going to do the whole sheet, I have put the questions below that I’d like you to have a go at.

The film ‘Catch it’ is set in the savannah. The African savannah ecosystem is a tropical grassland with warm temperatures year-round and with its highest seasonal rainfall in the summer. Watch the film again paying close attention to the setting. What colours can you see, what do you think you could hear? Smell? Feel? Today you’re going to write a description of the setting. Try to use lots of adjectives to add detail and description. Can you include a simile? Make sure your story setting description includes descriptions that

Science This week we are going to look in greater detail at electrical appliances, how electricity is generated and electrical safety. Task 1: Review what electrical appliances are by looking at Lesson sheet 1 (below). Now Look back to your treasure hunt activity from last week- looking around your house for appliances that use electricity. You sorted these into battery and mains appliances. Now think carefully - can you say what the appliances turn the electrical energy into? For example, a hairdryer turns mains electricity into heat and movement. Fill in the

Daily Reading Complete the reading comprehension below. An extract from Pandora’s Box. Daily Tables Complete the sheet below ‘Backwards and Forwards’ with the X table that you are working on. Daily Spellings Have a look at the spelling sheets below and complete the sheet ‘Rule #2’

appeal to your senses, so describe what it sounds like, smells like, feels like, looks like and even tastes like so that the reader really thinks that they are there.

table below; sorting the electrical appliances into the types of energy they produce. Task 2: Now read the information on sheet 2 Watch the videos on the links below to find out more: How is electricity generated? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPsetQ9Nt48&feature=emb_logo

Wind turbines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_cZ3IRUkU

Renewable energy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kUE0BZtTRc

City electricity: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z4spyrd

Task 3: Finally – let’s think more carefully about electrical safety. Click on the link below

https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/clips/zyxd7ty

Also investigate the house here: http://www.switchedonkids.org.uk/house.html

Extension activity- if you wish you can design a poster to remind people how to keep safe with electricity.

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Division is an area of maths that can be tricky so we’re going to go over what we have learnt so far. Remember, when a number doesn’t divide exactly, we are left with remainders. Watch - https://vimeo.com/497601665 Stop the video at the relevant points and complete up to questions 7 on the sheet below. Question 8 requires place value counters, which you won’t have at home. Question 9 is a challenge. If you would like to challenge yourself, then see if you can have a go.

Think back to the work you did last week about using speech marks. Use that knowledge to write a conversation between the meerkats. There is a poster below with some reminders about how to use speech marks. There is also a small clip on the following BBC website to remind you. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvftsbk

What do you think the meerkats would say to each other? Try and use alternative verbs for said. Here are some to help you – shouted, exclaimed, replied, whispered, moaned and squeaked.

Geography Can you remember where in the world Greece is? Can you name the capital city and the seas that surrounds it? What countries does it border? Can you name any Greek islands? Watch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw4oeZzcP24 Look at this picture of white Greek houses – compare with UK houses. Why white? Because it reflects light. Greece is in the top 5 most popular holiday destinations for British people. Why do you think this is? What does Greece have to offer? Look at www.visitgreece.gr and watch the video and look at the blog. Task Write a blog or design a poster for the above website persuading tourists to visit the country of Greece. PE Have another go at completing your challenge from last week. Can you add one more onto your score? Keep on persevering and don’t give up!

Daily Reading Read something different! See if you can find a book you haven’t read before or maybe read a leaflet that comes through the door. Read a catalogue or a cookbook and choose your favourite things. Daily Tables Log onto espresso. https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/

click log on then select Espresso username: student3817 password: milverton Go onto the KS2 page, select maths and scroll right down to the bottom and select the Times tables tester. Choose activities then choose the X table you have been learning and complete the multiplication activities. Daily Spellings

Also, remember that Joe Wicks is doing his workouts every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Have a look at the spelling sheets below and complete the sheet ‘Rule #3’

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Today we’re going to carry on learning about remainders. We’re going to watch another video from White Rose Maths – https://vimeo.com/497936690 Stop the video at the relevant points and complete the sheet. Question 1, part d, suggests using place value counters, but you could probably tackle this question without them. It looks like a lot of questions to answer, but look carefully for the pattern.

We’re going to continue thinking about using speech marks today. Remember to use the poster below, and watch any of the clips from before to remind you. Using all of that information, can you write a conversation between the meerkats and the vulture? Watch the video again and start your conversation from when the vulture lands on the branch, what would he say to the meerkats and how would they respond? Keep the conversation going using speech marks up to the point where the meerkats get the fruit back from the vulture and start throwing it to each other in the sky. Remember –

Each new character's speech starts on a new line.

Speech is opened with speech marks.

Each line of speech starts with a capital.

The line of speech ends with a comma, exclamation mark or question mark.

Close the speech with speech marks.

Can you also add some narrative into the speech? For example – “Hello,” squawked the unkind looking vulture. “What do you want?” questioned the meerkats feeling rather nervous. They could see their beautiful fruit only a few steps from the vulture. “Please don’t hurt us,” the meerkats begged. “I’m not interested in you, it’s this juicy fruit that I want,” sneered the vulture. With

RE Last week we found out about the Bible. Hopefully you’ll remember that the Bible is split into 2 parts – the New and the Old Testament. This week we are going to learn more about the new testament. Watch the link below and write the answers out to these questions. Remember to write your answers in full sentences. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zvhyr82

1.Who is the New Testament about? 2.Where does the New Testament begin? 3. Was the New Testament originally written in English? 4. How many years after the death of Jesus was the New Testament put together? 5.Who wrote the first 4 books in the New Testament? 6.What’s the fifth book of the New Testament called? 7. What does the word gospel mean in Greek? News Go onto espresso https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/ click log on then select Espresso username: student3817 password: milverton Go onto the KS2 page and watch this week’s news and complete the newsbites quiz.

Daily Reading Read something of your choice out loud to a grown up. Practice using expression in your voice; make your reading clear and fluent. Daily Tables Log onto espresso. https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/ click log on then select Espresso username: student3817 password: milverton Go onto the KS2 page, select maths and scroll right down to the bottom and select the Times tables tester. Choose activities then choose the X table you have been learning and complete the division activities. Daily Spellings Have a look at the spelling sheets below and complete the sheet ‘Rule #4’

that, he plucked it from the tree and flew through the still, warm air.

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Look at the sheet below and have a go at the questions. Once you have completed the sheet, watch the link below. The link goes through the sheet and talks through the answers to the sheet and explains some of the more tricky bits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QFAVnX8C5E

The film is left a bit open ended. Watch the ending again and write down the answer to the following questions. Remember to write your answers in full sentences. 1.How do you think the meerkats felt when the vulture crashed into the cliff? 2.What game did the meerkats start to play with the fruit? How do you know? What clues are there? 3. How did the meerkats feel when the fruit went over the crossbar (tree branches)? Did they stay feeling like this or does something change their feelings? Finally, can you write what happens next? Do the meerkats go home? Does the vulture get the splatted fruit? Do the meerkats eat the fruit? How do they feel? What do they say to each other?

French We are going to learn the names of some animals we may have as pets. Go onto – https://www.french-games.net/ Click on topics and choose beginner. Choose the topic Animals – pets and then click on tutorial. When you start the tutorial, a picture will appear of an animal and the word will be spoken. Listen carefully to the pronunciation. There are 3 activities that you can choose from after the introduction, these are yes/no, either/or and what is it? Once you are confident you can move onto the games section. Please focus on the spelling game, mix and match and matching pairs (pelmanism). To practice the spelling try the hangman game and for listening skills try the Sow grow game. Alternatively, perhaps someone in your family needs to use the laptop or computer? Once you have done the tutorial you could take a piece of plain paper and draw a picture of each of the animals and write the French word next to it. PSHE At this time of year, we often think about setting a new year’s resolutions or setting a goal. Read the story below, ‘Jason and his Goal’ then talk about the following questions with your grown up. 1. What goals had Jason already achieved in his life? 2. Do you think that Jason was somebody who had to work hard to achieve these goals? 3. Why did Jason find it hard to play the violin? 4. What could he have done to get better at the violin? 5. What qualities did Phil have that helped him to achieve his goal to complete 3 violin exams? 6. What advice would you give to somebody who is trying a new skill for the very first time?

Daily Reading Create somewhere comfortable to read and enjoy a book. Maybe make a den or snuggle up under a blanket. Have some quiet time and get lost in your book. Daily Tables Log onto espresso. https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/ click log on then select Espresso username: student3817 password: milverton Go onto the KS2 page, select maths and scroll right down to the bottom and select the Times tables tester. Choose activities then choose the X table you have been learning and complete the challenge activities. Daily Spellings Ask a grown up to test you on a range of the plurals you have been learning with different endings.

Jason and his Goal – Friday 29th January

Jason and his goal

Jason was a boy who was good at a lot of things at school and he loved to be the best at new activities too. He always got the top marks in tests and was picked for school

football teams every time there was a competition. Jason never even had to try very hard at these things, he was naturally very talented. As a result, he felt confident that

he could achieve new goals.

One day, Jason’s best friend Phil started violin lessons. Within a few months, Phil was very good. He had been practicing every night at home and his teacher said he had done well to reach

his goal of completing the first violin exam.

Jason decided that he would start violin lessons too. So, he went along to lessons on a Tuesday night. However, he could not make the same lovely sound that Phil could and he struggled to

read the music. It was new to him and he didn’t find it easy. He also felt like the teacher liked Phil more than him. He got very angry, stopped practicing and gave up violin lessons after 1

month of trying. He even got jealous of Phil, Jason wasn’t used to him being better at something.

Phil continued to practice every night and went on to do 2 more violin exams. Jason decided to go back to doing well in tests and at football.

Modern Greece

Monday 25th January - History

Monday 25th January – Day 1 History

Put the pictures below on the timeline (next page down) – you could either print, cut and stick or draw it out.

Tuesday 26th January

Tuesday 26th January – Reading activity

Tuesday 26th January – Electricity Lesson Sheet 1

Electricity Sheet 2

What type of energy do electrical appliances create?

Sort the electrical appliances that you found at home last week into the type of energy that they create. Some may fit into more than one category.

Heat Light Sound Movement

Monday 25th January – Spellings . Write out the words as plurals Tuesday 26th January – Spellings. Write out the words as plurals

Wedneday 27th and Thusrday 28th January – Spellings

Monday 25th January

Tuesday 26th January – Maths

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3 – solve this problem.

Wednesday 27th January

Thursday 28th January

Friday 29th January