Summer Week 6- Home Learning & School Timetable

Year 4We hope you are enjoying your time at home and that you are managing to get a little bit of work done too! To help, we have created a weekly timetable for you to do along with the Y4 children who have to come into school. Please remember that these are just suggestions, you could do a selection of the activities each day, or just a few a week. We hope that you have lots of fun and remember to take lots of pictures to show us what you have been up to when you get back or on our Facebook page

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday FridayPhysical: Joe Wicks’ PE lessons at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQMental Maths

Rockstars Timestables https://ttrockstars.com/Maths Shed tasks at https://play.edshed.comMultiplication and Division facts up to x12 times table booklet.

Maths Summer term Week 6 (daily lessons with video, task and answers) on https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/(If needed, you can also access work from other year groups).

Spelling Spelling shed list 22 practise at https://play.edshed.com

The suffix ‘-cian’ used instead of ‘-sion’ when the root word ends in ’c’ or ‘cs’Spelling activities below: musician, magician, electrician, politician, mathematician, technician, optician, beautician, physician, dietician.

Get someone at home to test you on your spellings.

Writing Nim’s Island is the book we should have read in Summer 1 so I thought we could see if we can get through it this half term – TASK 1 Have a look at the front cover– answer the questions predicting what we think the book will be about.

Task 2Have a look at the Blurb – answer the questions and if you are quick you can draw your own version of the cover.

TASK 3 Read the next part about what happened to Nim’s mum - up to ‘Like a Mermaid Nim thought.’ Complete the task below- newspaper

Complete your newspaper from yesterday.

Reading Read the opening few paragraphs – up to nearly the bottom of page 4 –‘ as well as

some of her own.’Answer the questions for Reading 1

Reading Task 2 Draw a picture of Nim – what does she look like, what clothes is she wearing – what is she holding – fill the

picture with words to describe what you think she is like.

Reading Task 3Finish reading Chapter 1.Answer the questions below on Chapter 1.

Finish anything you need to catch up on.

Wider Curriculum

Science:Habitats and threats.Consider the questions on the powerpoint discussing habitats and the changes that humans exert on the environment

Art:Look at the insect art photopack. Use prompt questions. Looking At Insects: all insects have 3 body parts: thorax, abdomen and head.

Geography :Look at the map of Nim’s Island – it contains lots of natural features - Find them all and then explain what they are in the table given.

D&T

What does a greenhouse do? How does it work?

around them. Plants and animals are unable to make big changes to their environment, and therefore are very vulnerable to changes in their habitat.

Go outdoors and survey the local habitat and make detailed observations. Draw a sketch map of the habitat, drawing and labelling any environmental dangers they can see there.

Write a list of habitats and habitat threats. What changes to the environment can you think of and what danger would that be to the local wildlife? For example, litter can cause injury to animals. Animals can cut themselves or get tangled or trapped.

Discussion Points: (Spiders are not insects, but spiders and insects are arthropods. Anatomically, spiders differ from other arthropods in that the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax and abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel. Unlike insects, spiders do not have antennae).

Run through powerpoint.What A Good Insect Drawing Looks Like: Look at the image and check the level of detail. Draw everything that you can see – the more you look at the image or insect, the more detailed the drawing will be. (Look for different types of marks e.g. hard, soft, jagged, smooth…)

Complete an observational drawing of an insect using pencil.Make sure the drawing fills the whole page. Can you identify the insect you are drawing? What can you find out about its habitat, life cycle and what it eats?

Then you can design your own tropical island! Don’t forget to include natural and man-made features.

Have a look at the mini greenhouse ideas sheet and design your own greenhouse – work out what materials you need ready to make it!

Don’t forget to add an image to show what your greenhouse ‘should’ look like!

PHSE How do I feel today?My main worries.Who’s in your bubble?

What positives have come out of lockdown. What special qualities have I discovered?

Nim says she loves living on her island with her dad even though it must be hard sometimes. Imagine you were stranded on an island and write down everything you would miss.

Nim is grateful for many things on her Island – how many can you name?Being back at school this week will hopefully have you thinking about what you are grateful for – write four ’this week I am grateful for…’ love hearts for you to take home and share with your parents.

Mindfulness

This is a fantastic activity that students can “take home” with them. It can be particularly useful to do a body scan to help relax before sleep. Download our printable Body Scan Guided Meditation Script to use with your class/ child.

Students lay on the floor, with their eyes closed if they are comfortable (or they may prefer tolook at the ceiling). Encourage students to pay attention to their feet for 5 or 10 seconds.

Questions to ask during a body scan:– How does this body part feel?– Is it cold or warm?– Does it feel tight or relaxed?

– Is all or part of that body part touching the floor?– Or clothing?– What does that feel like?

Move on to their toes, then ankles, then calves and knees. Continue body part by body part until you reach the head. Question how each part of the body feels to bring students’ awareness to their body in the moment. If there is tightness or stress, imagine breathing the stress out of that part of the body with each exhale

This week I am grateful for… This week I am grateful for…

This week I am grateful for… This week I am grateful for…

English 1

1. How is the title written? Is this effective do you think? Why?2. Who do you think the animals are?3. Who is the girl?4. What do you think she has around her neck?5. Where do you think the book is set and why?6. What is casting the shadow?7. Who is the author?

Write a short paragraph explaining what type of book this is (Fiction/ nonfiction) what genre (horror/ romance/ adventure/ ghost) and what you think might happen in the story:

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English 2

1. How is the title written? Is this effective do you think? Why?2. Who do you think the animals are?3. Who is the girl?4. What do you think she has around her neck?5. Where do you think the book is set and why?6. What is casting the shadow?7. Who is the author?

Write a short paragraph explaining what type of book this is (Fiction/ nonfiction) what genre (horror/ romance/ adventure/ ghost) and what you think might happen in the story:

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Now you have read the BLURB – was your prediction right?

Write out all the words that are big and coloured:

Why do you think the author did this?

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What disaster could threaten her home on an island?

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Who do you think will come to help her?

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Now you have read the BLURB – was your prediction right?

Write out all the words that are big and coloured:

Why do you think the author did this?

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What disaster could threaten her home on an island?

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Who do you think will come to help her?

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Reading 1 Answer in full sentences.

Reading 2

1. Draw a picture of Nim – what does she look like, what clothes is she wearing – what is she holding – fill the picture with words to describe what you think she is like.

1. Where is Nim? And why do you think the author is so precise?2. What does wild hair mean?3. Why does the author use alliteration to describe the shell and the ocean?4. Why does the author write thump! 5. Who are Selkie and Fred?6. How was Fred honest?7. What things does this opening show Nim is good at?

TASK 3 – Read all about the tragic events around Nim’s mum’s death – imagine you are a reporter covering the awful events and plan a newspaper report about the death below:Then have a go at writing your report – don’t forget your quotes – direct and reported speech!

Chapter 1 QUESTIONS - Reading 3

List all the jobs that Jack did when he built Nim and himself a home:

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What did Nim do at ‘school?’

Job advert for a Scientist!

(List all the jobs that Jack does, as a scientist)