Home learning w/b: 13.7.20 Year: 4

Message from Mrs Hills and Mrs Stevenson

Hello Year 4!

Well it’s the last week of year 4 and home learning! You’ve done so well getting through these last few strange months! You have put a lot of effort into your work and we’re very proud of you. We have really enjoyed teaching you and feel a bit cheated that we didn’t get as much time with you at school. We have lots of happy memories of you and will miss you all. We wish you all the best next year with Mrs Cross and Mrs Housley. Mrs Dada is really pleased that she is going up with you so don’t worry, you’ll still hear her jokes! I have really enjoyed seeing some of you at school over the last couple of weeks and it’s been lovely to have extra time to chat and enjoy being together. I know Mrs Stevenson is really sorry to have missed you all these last few weeks but she’s thinking about you. I’m going to give her the book with all your lovely letters for her next week and I know she’ll love it.

International weekNormally we have International week at school in July, so we thought we could still do this. I have chosen Denmark, my home country, as our focus for our learning this week. However, if you’d rather choose a different country to research, that is ok too. For those of you in school, just pick out a few things to do. We hope you have fun completing some of the activities! Do send us pictures of what you do, we’d love to see it. year4@lea-pri.herts.sch.uk. This week Tim made an amazing biscuit Colosseum.

Dear Year 4 ,

I can’t believe we are nearly at the end of the school year. It’s such a shame that we couldn't all be together to finish Y4 in the usual way, but I'm looking forward to seeing you all in September in Y5.

Throughout this whole experience, you have all just been amazing and I'm super proud of everyone of you. I have really enjoyed seeing you in school, on all the zoom meetings and your lovely letters and pictures that you have sent in, have really made me smile. I've even been impressed with some of your joke telling too. I can tell I'm having an influence on you in this area! Haha.

I wish each and everyone of you and your families a very happy summer holidays, I miss you all so much and can't wait to see you all again soon.

Take care Y4From Mrs Dada x

What do you call a cow on a trampoline?A milk shake. Haha!Why do ducks make great detectives?Because they always quack the case. Haha!

ResearchThis week we would like you to make a fact file, mini book or PowerPoint (with written information in - not

just pictures!), all about Denmark! You will need to do some research to find out some information. You might want to find out about the geography of the country (lakes, rivers, cities, etc), landmarks, food that they eat, the language they speak, popular sports and past times, famous people, festivals and celebrations, music…or anything else that you can think of!

Denmark is a small country but it is very old and there are lots of interesting facts to find out. Here are some websites that can help you:

https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries/denmark.html

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/denmark-facts.html

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/explore/countries/denmark/

https://www.atozkidsstuff.com/denmark.html

https://www.ducksters.com/geography/country.php?country=Denmark

Did you know that although the Danish alphabet is the same as the English alphabet, it has 3 additional letters: Æ, Ø, and Å? Lego

Lego was invented in Denmark. If you have Lego or other construction toys at home, then your home learning is to use your imagination and build something. Do send us pictures!

Watch this short film about the history of Lego. Ole Kirk Christiansen started his toy company in 1932 although it wasn’t plastic bricks he made at first! You will see how the creator of Lego had several set backs and difficult times but through resilience, perseverance and hard work he managed to keep going. Does that sound familiar?

Here is the link for the Lego story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr_dTySMl7s

Where did he get the name ‘Lego’ from? What does it mean in Danish and in Latin?

Hans Christian Andersen is a famous Danish author. He was born in 1805 and died in 1875. He is mostly known for his many fairytales but he also wrote a lot of poems, novels and he loved doing papercuttings like the one of this picture. Some of his famous fairytales are: Thumbelina, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Ducking, The Tinderbox, The Little Mermaid, The Princess on the Pea, The Snow Queen (which the Disney film Frozen is based on), The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, The Nightingale. Listen to ‘The Ugly Duckling’ on here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoAZTK6dt0 Lots of the fairytales are available online.

Have a go at making paper cutting art like Hans Christian Andersen did. There are some examples after the grid. Maths Year 4’s maths on Whiterose finishes with Geometry

Hygge (one of the Danes’ favourite things to do)

and measures https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/ Follow the link and do the suggested activities on BBC Bitesize.

If you’re fed up with Whiterose maths, you could use Lego to do your maths this week. Use it for times tables or you could perhaps use it for practicing fractions.

Remember to keep practising your times tables – every day! Don’t forget to practise the division facts too. Make sure you go on TTR at least 3-4 times per week for at least 10 minutes each time.

Hygge is a Danish word which is difficult to translate but is a feeling of well being, creating a warm atmosphere and enjoying the good things in life with good people. People will go to each other’s houses to ‘hygge’. I challenge you to invite your family to ‘hygge’ with you this week. Perhaps you can play a game together, watch a movie or just chat together and really think about how good it feels to be together. The Danes love to share food together as well and food is very often part of ‘hygge’, so perhaps you can bake some cookies or share a good meal together as well.

Danish food ideas

Danish pastriesIt was suggested that you might like to try some Danish pastries as part of your research for this week! I think that is a very good idea and I think I’ll have to eat some just for research as well! Funny fact: Danish pastry is called bread from Vienna in Danish (Wienerbrød). Whatever the name, they taste amazing! One of my favourites is the Cinnamon roll. Here is a link to a recipe: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/216784/danish-cinnamon-snails/

For a much easier cake to make, try the Danish Dream Cake. It is really yummy! I’ve put the recipe at the end of this grid.

I’ve also put a recipe for Danish Butter Cookies. They are easy to make and are my children’s favourites.

SmørrebrødSmørrebrød is an open-faced ‘sandwich’ that consists of a piece of buttered rye bread called rugbrød, topped with topping such as pieces of meat, fish, egg, cheese or avocado and topped with garnishes. If you want to try it, you could use brown or seeded bread instead and use any topping you like, but leave it open.

Street foodDanes love hotdogs and all towns will have at least one hotdog stand. The sausages are a bit like frankfurters and they are eaten either boiled or grilled. They even have red sausages!

Danes also eat a lot of fish and pork and they have lots of traditional food. PSHEThis coming week, most of you will have a chance to meet with Mrs Cross. Hopefully, she will be able to talk to you about some of the great things you will be doing next year and discuss any worries you might have about year 5. This week we would like you to think a bit

PEDo something active. You can go for a bike ride, play football, practise Karate, do a fitness circuit or https://www.fitterfuture.com/.

Joe Wicks is also doing his workouts on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday mornings at 9am. Join him for a fun mixture of exercise and quizzes to test

more about Year 5. What would you like to achieve next year? Do you want to get better at something? Do you want to change the way you do something? Whatever it is, write it down and keep it safe. Think about how you are going to achieve it. What will you need to do? Who might be able to help you?

your general knowledge!

It doesn’t matter what you do but just do something active. It’s important for your health.

Other learning;Choose another session from BBC Iplayer Celebrity supply teacher. I recommend Science with astronaut Tim Peake on https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jy8k/celebrity-supply-teacher .

BBC Iplayer has still got their daily lessons covering a range of topics. They can be found on https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p089g063/bitesize-79-year-olds?seriesId=p08b2x25

Daily basic skills and online learning - Practise your spellings, handwriting and times tables at least 3 times per week.

Read every day. Websites:

Email address for queries about logins - year4@lea-pri.herts.sch.uk - Spellings - https://lea-pri.herts.sch.uk/curriculum/english/- Reading Eggspress –https://readingeggspress.co.uk - Times Tables Rockstars on https://ttrockstars.com/ - Education City –https://ec1.educationcity.com - Fitter Futures subscription –

https://app.fitterfuture.com/student/auth/login LetterJoin https://www.letterjoin.co.uk/ Hans Christian Andersen paper cutting ideas.

The famous Copenhagen waterfront ‘Nyhavn’ could be made by cutting different coloured paper and sticking it closely together like the houses on the picture. Have fun!

DANISH DREAM CAKE (DRØMMEKAGE)

Airy, moist sponge cake with caramelized coconut topping will become one of your favourite cakes from the first bite!PREP TIME15 minutesCOOK TIME50 minutesTOTAL TIME1 hour 5 minutes

INGREDIENTS 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla essence 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 6 tablespoons whole milk 6 tablespoons butter, melted Topping: 115g butter 1 1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 1 cup dark brown sugar 3 tablespoons whole milk

Instructions:1. Preheat the oven to 375F/ 190C.2. Butter and flour a 3 inch deep, 9 inch springform pan.3. In a small saucepan, combine milk with 6 tablespoons butter and heat over low

until the butter melts, then remove from the heat and allow to cool down.4. In a large bowl, using a hand mixer, whisk eggs, sugar and vanilla essence on

high speed for 4-5 minutes, until the mixture becomes white and fluffy. Add flour and baking powder and whisk to incorporate them. Pour milk/butter mixture into the cake batter, folding it in until incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and place on a baking paper-lined baking sheet.

5. Bake for 35–40 mins or until almost done.6. While the cake is baking, make your topping.7. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter, add milk and brown sugar and cook for

a minute. Add shredded coconut and mix it well.8. Remove the cake from the oven and carefully spread the topping all over the

cake.9. Turn up the heat to 400F/ 200C. Return the cake to the oven and bake for

another 5-10 minutes until the topping is bubbling and the coconut begins to toast on top.

10. Remove from oven and allow to cool before eating.11. Enjoy it!

DANISH BUTTER COOKIESSERVINGS36 COOKIES

PREP30 MINUTES

COOK15 MINUTES

TOTAL45 MINUTES

These Danish Butter Cookies taste just like the ones in the iconic Royal Dansk blue tin; this simple recipe makes the best piped butter cookies!

INGREDIENTS:

 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)  ½ cup granulated sugar  ¼ teaspoon salt  1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract or the seeds from one vanilla pod  1egg  2 cups all-purpose flour Granulated sugar (for sprinkling)

DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking trays with parchment paper.2. Beat the butter and sugar on medium speed until combined and fluffy, 1 to 2 minutes. Add

the salt, vanilla and egg, and beat until combined, approximately 1 minute. Reduce the speed to low and gradually add the flour until mostly combined. Give a final few stirs with a rubber spatula to ensure the flour is totally incorporated (the dough will be thick).

3. Transfer the dough to a decorating bag fitted with a large open star tip. Pipe the dough into 2-inch circles on the parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Sprinkle with sugar.

4. Bake until light golden brown, 15 to 17 minutes. Allow to cool completely before storing or serving.

TOP TIPS:

You can also use a cookie cutter to portion out the dough instead of piping it. Allow the cookies to cool completely before eating or storing them. The cookies can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week, or

frozen for up to 3 months.