Swan Year 4 2020 - 2021

Welcome to Swan Class

The Team

Class Teacher: Mrs Reynolds and Miss Devonshire

Teaching Assistants: Mrs Henderson, Mrs Jones and Mrs Hayes

20th May 2020

Dear Children and parents,

We hope you are all well.

Just to clarify, you don't need to get all the tasks done that we are putting on the website. We will continue to update your target work for English, Maths, Spellings and Reading. If you have been following the Twinkl daily lessons or BBC bitesize daily, that's fine too!

Try to make yourself a little time table for each day to help you structure your home learning. We would like you to do TT Rockstars, Spellings and Reading each day. Don't forget to include fun activities in your time table such as Science experiments/ Art and crafts/ D & T.

For your resources for English and Maths, we will try putting the links directly under the tasks. Additional resources will be at the bottom of the page in the resources section. THE NEWEST RESOURCES WILL NOW BE AT THE TOP!

We will also leave older resources on for a little while in case you haven't had a chance to access them. They will be further towards the bottom of the page.

From Miss Devonshire and Mrs Reynolds

If you do not have your child(s) Times Tables Rockstars login details, please email their name and class to

rockstars@stpeter-stpauls.wirral.sch.uk and we will reply to you with the login details in due course.

If you are struggling to get into a routine with your child, there is a suggested time table with daily activities on Twinkl.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/home-learning-hub

Or you could look at

BBC Bitesize daily

Target work

English updated 18th May

The Magic Slippers!

Objective: Writing an imaginary world setting description using fronted adverbials and prepositions.

The task sheet and resources have all been added to the files at the bottom of the page.

Spellings

Spelling rule 5 prefixes

Spelling rule 6 prefixes

Spelling rule 7 Suffix -ation

Spelling rule 8 Suffix -ly

Maths (updated 18th May)

Please follow the White Rose activities for Maths. If you want to do some extra work, go to the Summer Term Week 1 and 2 section. We will be following this over the next few weeks and we will also add extra resources to the resource section at the bottom of the website.

Summer Term Week 4

Objectives: Multiplying and dividing problem solving

Perimeter of rectangles

Perimeter of rectilinear shapes

Area counting squares

Summer Term Week 5

Objectives: Recognise tenths and hundredths

Recognising equivalent fractions

Recognising fractions greater than 1

TT Rockstars for Times tables.

Reading

60 second reads from TWINKL

The cat in the witch's woods

Ozma and the Little Wizard

One tiny mistake

Science (updated 19 May)

Animals including Humans

I can explain the difference between food groups and types of nutrients.

What do nutrients do for us? click here
Food packet nutrients activity sheet click here
Adult guidance – Types of nutrition click here

General Home Learning Links

This Week's Bitesize

You'll find daily lessons for homeschooling in Maths and English, as well as regular lessons in Science, History, Geography and more.

You may have seen or heard about the new Oak National Academy. The online classroom can be accesed by clicking the logo above. Please read the guide for parents and pupils before use.

The Floral Pavilion have postponed the show in June and given us new dates for the Fusion Shows. Ss Peter and Paul’s will now be performing on 19th January 2021. If you still haven’t registered on the AmaSing website, following the instructions from our school website, you can access all the backing tracks for the songs we have been learning.

The organisers are hoping to do an online sing this week on Friday 24th April 10am with children and their families who are missing the shows. If you would like to take part please email Rachel Borman rach@amasing.org.uk and she will send details to you. AmaSing would also like to make a compilation video of children/ families singing "Be who you wanna be" so if you would like to record yourselves on your phone and email it to the address above that would be fab. Uploaded videos can either be sent to What'sApp 07832139647 or via one drive.

Click on the link below to see highlights from the Welsh show which went on before the lockdown https://youtu.be/4eOohNUHS8E

We have listed some free home-learning resources that you may be interested in completing with your child(ren). Please click on each link to download and access the materials.

TWINKL Year 4 Interactive Closure Pack.

Classroom Secrets Home Learning Pack Year 4 (zip file)

Tts Home Learning Book (age 7-11)

Use the opportunity to do some Philosophy based activities with your children! I've attached the weekly activity pack in the resource section at the bottom of the page.

https://dialogueworks.co.uk/hometalk/

Religious Education (RE)

"Prayers and resources for children's liturgy catechists.In the Year of the Word, use these Gospel reflections, prayers, songs and activities to help children listen to the God who speaks" To access the Children's liturgy page click here.

Our RE topic after Easter is 'The Early Christians'

During this topic we will -

Know that Jesus made Peter head of the Church and think about what this means for all Christians.
Know that the Church began at Pentecost and think about what the Holy Spirit is able to do.
Know what happened to Stephen and Saul and reflect on how God brings good out of evil.
Know about the challenges of being an apostle and reflect on how God worked through Paul and Silas.
Know about Paul’s missionary journeys and reflect on his faith and courage.
Know some of the teaching of the Apostles and reflect on how this teaching helps us today.

Physical Education (PE)

Please click on the logo to access each website.

“Movement and mindfulness videos created by child development experts”

“Kids need to be active for 60 minutes a day. From our fun 10 Minute Shake Up games to information about active hobbies and sports, here's everything you need to get your family moving.”

Yoga, mindfulness and relaxation website for children.

There is also a daily workout for kids:

https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html

Maths

White Rose have been busy preparing free packages for parent's to use, including video tutorials. These can be accessed by clicking the link above.

Times Tables

Children are expected to know all of their tables up to 12 x 12 and associated division facts by the end of Year 4. Please ensure that the children keep their recall skills sharp. Please click on the logo to access the website.

Reading
The children should be reading every day. We would recommend two sessions of around 20 minutes each. Please listen to them read out-loud as often as possible and discuss any vocabulary that they are not sure of.

Also, Wirral libraries are offering access to e-books even if you don't have a library card.

library offer

Comprehension

Twinkl 60 second reads
A short text, followed by some age-appropriate comprehension questions. Click on the image above to download the resource.

Reading Eggs are offering a free trial to their junior reading resources - Reading Eggspress. click above to access the free trial.

Spellings

Children need to be able to read and spell all of the Year 3/4 words. They also need to learn any spelling patterns and rules that are taught in class and then sent home. Click above to see the year 3/4 spelling list.

Science

Explorify has a range of scientific investigations suitable for all ages. Click on the logo to join in.

The British Science Week website has activity packs based on ‘Our diverse planet’. Each pack has lots of activities on this theme, with anything from biological diversity and social diversity, to the diversity of knowledge and STEM careers. Click on the logo above to access the packs.

Musik