Year Four: ‘My Learning Newsletter’

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Hello year 4!! We are all missing you so much! How are you ? What have you been up to ? I hope all of you and your family are well! We can't wait to hear about everything you have been up to! Remember you are doing amazingly well and we are all so proud of you! Sending you all lots of love this week, all your year 4 staff! X x x x

English

In english this week you have some grammar practice to work through. followed by some comprehension prace questions based around war veteran Captain Tom Moore who has been praised in the news for raising an incredible amount of money for charity. Lastly, you have some fun character descriptions to experiment and explore. Remember to use a thesaurus to expand your word vocabulary.

Maths

In maths,we will be revising a range of different skills. Practice adding and subtracting 100 more or less. Revise telling the time from a clock face and recalling time facts. Finally revisit some shape labelling.Remember you can use the different areas of Times table Rock Stars, such as the Studio where there is a leader board, Slamrock where you can challenge each other and Arena where you can play against your friends. Any games played between 10 am and midday will count in your class score in our daily Year 4 ‘battle.’ Good luck!

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This week we are continuing our science topic and focusing on tooth decay! There is an exciting experiment to complete at home if you and your family fancy completing it! If you do, take some photos and share with us so we can see how it's going! Remember to document it on a piece of paper. Use the recorded timetable as shown on the slide to help you. Fast approaching is children's mental health awareness week and we usually do a lot of work around this in school. There are some cool activities to try out with your family to celebrate and support the cause.

Maths Challenge One

Arithmetic

1. 355 + 200 =

2. 784 - 562 =

3. 332 - 101 =

4. 25 x 10 =

5. 81÷ 9 =

6. ⅓ of 63 =

7. 89 x 0 =

8. 48 ÷ ? = 12

9. 4/5+ 1/5 =

10. 2/6 + ⅙ =

Problem solving and reasoning

Hint: For 9 and 10How many fifths are there?How many sixths are left?

Maths Challenge Two

Arithmetic

1. 385 + 2500 =

2. 3245 + 6674 =

3. 2003 - 155 =

4. 6 x ___ = 18

5. 5.50 + 2.4 =

6. 25 ÷ 100 =

7. 4 x 7 x 2 =

8. 672 x 4 =

9. ¾ of 100 =

10. 7.1 + 2.9 =

Problem solving and reasoning

Maths Challenge Three

Arithmetic

1. 33 ÷ 3 =

2. ¼ of 125 =

3. 7651 + 4569 =

4. 6650 - 1000 =

5. 700 + ___ = 1050

6. 350 - 75 =

7. 95 x 2 =

8. 5077 - 250 =

9. 65 ÷ 10 =

10. 5.5+ 0.5 =

Maths in and around your home…

Problem solving and reasoning

Calculate the area of a radiator in your house ?A = L X H

Extension: Can you calculate the time for each clock 1 hour before the time shown, and one hour after?

Literacy Activity One Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar Revision

Add the correct verb to the sentence.was/were

1. We _____ playing nicely. 2. I _____ only joking. 3. _____ you late? 4. There _____ a lot of people in the room.5. My friend _____ singing loudly.

Rewrite these sentences so that the adverbial becomes a fronted adverbial. Hint: Remember to add a comma.

1. She did a huge stretch in the morning. 2. The cat screeched all of a sudden. 3. He tiptoed towards her as quiet as a mouse. 4. Brush your teeth before you go to bed. 5. The bird watched vigilantly at the top of the tree.

Put a tick in the correct column to show if the sentence has used an apostrophe correctly or incorrectly.

Select the correct conjunction to complete the sentences. when so or if

1. We can have oranges _____ bananas at break time. 2. Ben was feeling hot _____ he jumped into the swimming pool. 3. Emily likes walking _____ she is on holiday. 4. Only use the apples _____ they are in date.

Literacy Activity Two Captain Tom Moore

Answer these reading comprehension questions:1. What does veteran mean? 2. How many laps of his garden did Captain Tom walk?3. Find and copy one word that means amazing. 4. What does NHS stand for? 5. How would you describe Captain Tom? 6. How do you think Captain Tom felt when we realised how much money he had raised?

Literacy Activity Three

Pick one of these characters and describe them in a paragraph. Hint: Do not just describe their physical appearance. Think about their personality, how they might move, what they might feel, their likes and dislikes.

Extension: Can you think of your own character to describe in a paragraph.

Character Description

Resource Card: Mental health awareness week

Mrs James has shared with the whole school some information about an important week that is fast approaching. Mental health awareness week. In school we usually celebrate this by discussing our feelings and emotions and do lots of team building exercises. The theme this year is ‘KINDNESS’!

Below is some activities you can do at home to discuss what kindness means to you and how you can show it. Check out the charity's website https://www.place2be.org.uk/

Activity one:

Can you design an acrostic poem using the word kindness. Write a sentence for each letter about how you show kindness to others.

Activity two:

Can you write a diary entry on a piece of paper about an occasion when someone has shown you real kindness. What happened , why do you think it has stuck with you ? What can you do to show kindness to others?

Activity three:

Find a cup/mug at home and write down/ draw pictures on different pieces of paper which represent all the kindness in your life. Fold up all the pieces when done, place them in the cup and then share them with someone else.

Resource Card: Science In school we would usually be investigating tooth decay by conducting this class experiment, you could try doing this at home! You need to place 5 eggs in speate cups and submerged in different liquids. Leave for 7 days and record what changes you can see. This experiment is showing you what different substances do to your teeth over time!