Today it is English, Maths and French.

English

For the next two weeks we are going to be looking at writing a story.

Before we start, I would like you to revise the use of fronted adverbials. Remember fronted adverbials are words or phrases at the beginning of a sentence, used to describe the action that follows.

For example:

After the rain stopped, Jack went outside to play in the garden.

Look at the BBC Bitesize clip and then try some of the activities.

Using fronted adverbials

French

It was lovely seeing your French number games last week.  Also, I really enjoyed seeing the videos of you playing the games with your family, that some of you sent to me. Thank you!

This week I would like you to learn how to talk about what hobbies and sports you like in French. Look at the clip below and then try the French hobbies quiz.

Hobbies

Maths

For maths this week we are looking at multiplication. Today, I would like to see what you can remember. Try challenge 1 or 2 below.

Challenge 1

1. a. 7 x 2 =      b. 70 x 2 =     c. 700 x 2 =
2. a. 4 x 8=       b. 40 x 8 =     c. 400 x 8 =
3. a. 7 x 4 =      b. 70 x 4=      c. 700 x 4=
4. a. 9 x 6=       b. 90 x 6=      c. 900 x 6=
5. a. 7 x 7=       b. 70 x 7=      c. 700 x 7=

Challenge 2

Use the grid method to answer each of these calculations.

1. 333 x 3
2. 243 x 2
3. 322 x 4
4. 467 x 4
5. 691 x 7
6. 794 x 8
7. 609 x 8

Here are the spellings for this week. We are revising the use of tion and ation.

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It was lovely to see lots of you yesterday. Thank you!

Today it is English, Maths and P.E.

English

It is Friday so it is spelling test day. Please test yourself on the spellings for this week.

Then do the reading comprehension about Usain Bolt. Please choose the comprehension sheet most suitable for you.

Usain Bolt Biography Differentiated Reading Comprehension Activity

Maths

First, make a poster about the number 28. I wonder why I chose that number!

Then try the mental maths test. You will need someone to read the questions to you.

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P.E.

It is Friday so it is P.E. today. Try the P.E. session with Joe Wicks or try the Cosmic Kids Yoga session.

Joe Wicks

Cosmic Kids Yoga

Today it is English, Maths and Science.

English

Please continue to follow your plans and write your newspaper report. After you have finished your article, please check it through carefully.

1. Does my article have a short headline?
2. Have I used capital letters for my headline?
3. Does the beginning of my article answer the questions who, what where, why and when?
4. Have I used a by-line?
5. Is my article organised into paragraphs?
6. Have I included quotes?
7. Have I included a picture and a caption?
8. Have I used sub-headlines?
9. Have I put the least important information last?

Maths

Today we are looking at regular and irregular polygons.

A polygon is a 2-D shape with straight sides. Regular polygons are 2-D shapes where all the sides and angles are the same size. Irregular polygons have sides and angles of different lengths. Take a look at the BBC Bitesize lesson on 2-D shapes.

2-D shapes

Then try one of the activities below.

BusyAnt_y4 regular and irregular

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Science

Today we are looking at ways to change the pitch of a sound. Remember pitch is how high or low a sound is.

Look at the PowerPoint and then record what you now know about pitch.

Lesson Presentation Higher and Lower

If you have any straws at home you might like to try the activity below.

Activity Sheet Straw Pan Pipes

Hi Everyone,

I hope those of you at home are able to join a little Teams meeting tomorrow with Mr Boffey to introduce himself and help you go over tomorrow’s maths at 9:15am.

Mr Boffey is the lovely teacher who is working in the Year 3 class bubble at the minute.

Sorry to make things more complicated, but Mr Boffey will have to send out a new invite for this meeting, so that he can be the host and therefore have access to share his screen and control the meeting.

Please can you ensure that you click on the new email link directly from Mr Boffey so that you can access the correct meeting.

Hopefully you’ve all managed to access your school email ok.  Don’t worry if the link disappears when you accept it, if you log into your emails just before 9:15am you should see a link to the meeting in the top right corner, or you can access the meeting through the calendar tab in Teams.

Please just give it a go, were are all trying to get to grips with the technology, so tomorrow will be a try it out and see how it works session.

Mrs Hilditch x

Today it is English, Maths and History.

English

Remember when we looked at writing a newspaper report last term you wrote a newspaper article about the three little pigs. I have put the link below so you can watch it again.

https://www.literacyshed.com/3littlepigs.html

I would like you to think of another fairy tale or a nursery rhyme that you could change slightly and write a newspaper report about it. It could be about Humpty Dumpty who went for a walk up Pontesford Hill and was pushed down!

Today, plan out your newspaper report. Think about the headline, the 5 W paragraph, sub-headlines and any quotations you might want to include.

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Maths

Today, we are looking at identifying acute and obtuse angles in 2-D shapes.

Remember an acute angle is less than a right angle. An obtuse angle is greater than a right angle but less than a straight angle.

Look at the PowerPoint and then try Challenge 2 on the PowerPoint.

BusyAnt_y4 2-D shapes

Once you have finished Challenge 2, you might want to write the letters of the shapes in Challenge 2 that have:

1. at least two acute angles
2. at least two obtuse angles
3. two pairs of acute angles and two pairs of obtuse angles.

History

As you know we are looking at the Anglo-Saxons and Scots this term.

I have put the booklet below that we will be using.

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Take a look at the PowerPoint and then read through lesson one in the booklet and answer the questions.

Anglo-Saxons Slides – L1.171964081 (1)