Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 25th April

HALF TERMLY OPTIONAL HOME LEARNING

This will remain the same for the half term (see below) What lovely Viking boats some of you have made!

Then we have our usual weekly learning - to be carried out by everyone:

Reading

Dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading. How are you progressing towards your target?

Maths

TTROCKSTARS aim to get those heatmaps green. If they are, keep raising your rock star status - and dare I say, set Mrs Lyons a challenge to beat!

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

notice, ordinary, certain, suppose, breathe, increase, recent, quarter, group, island

Group 2 Practise these spellings below and complete the quizzes set on purple mash

Ever,  everyone,  every,  another,  father,  after,  again,   any,   anyone,  ask  old

Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 18th April

HALF TERMLY OPTIONAL HOME LEARNING

In line with our new homework policy, each class will now have some optional half termly tasks . Some tasks will build on previous learning and others will enrich this half term’s learning. Please click on the link below to view the tasks for this half term. You can do these in homework books, as photos, powerpoints or however you like.

Then we have our usual weekly learning - to be carried out by everyone:

Reading

Dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading. Have you quizzed yet this half term?

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 10 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap. Also, can you use our method to complete the following calculations?

a) 14 x 6 b) 17 x 8 c) 19 x 5 d) 24 x 3 e) 28 x 4 f) 27 x 7 g) 49 x 3 h)234 x 5

In Year 4, we work them out by partitioning the larger number into its parts.

See the example below

16 x 7= (break it into the calculations below then add up the answers)

10 x 7=

6 x 7=

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

actual, address, calendar, disappear, experience, particular, thought, separate, difficult, weight

Group 2 Practise these spellings below.

I’ve, I’m, now, call, house, school, would, could, should, other, mother, brother

Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 28th March

Rest and Reflection

You have had a big week! Performing Shakespeare on stage, your last swimming lesson and also your Reconciliation on Thursday. Can you reflect on what you have learned about yourself in these last few days? What is your relationship with God? What are you like as a person? What can you do now that you couldn’t before? How have you managed to achieve this? You can just discuss this with your adults OR you can make a little page about it in your homework book.

Reading

Dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading. Have you met your reading target?

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 10 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

special, strange, possible, probably, strength, surprise, remember, although, notice, recent

Group 2 Practise these spellings below.

have,   do,  little,  out,   our,   saw,    when,   who,   where, here,  how,  why

Now everyone read the words below with the s sound spelt sc. Can you spell any of these? Do you know what they mean?

scent, science descend, scene, scenery, conscience, ascend,

Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 21st March

Reconciliation

Please complete up to and including p29-46 of your ‘Making things right’ book and make yourself familiar with our lovely song, ready for the Reconciliation Service in church.

Reading

Dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading. What are you reading? Do you understand it? Is it at the right level for you

Romeo and Juliet

Go over your part for the final time this weekend. Get the things you will need for Wednesday.

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 10 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

business, medicine, accident, accidentally, actually, continue, forward, forwards, length, occasionally, though, woman

Group 2 Practise these spellings below.

some, come, they, this, that, there, took, goes, are, can’t, don’t, new

Now read the words below. Can you spell any of these?

quietly, bravely, badly, softly, slowly, weakly.

Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 14th March

Reconciliation

Please complete up to and including p28 of your ‘Making things right’ by the next session. Please remember to bring this with you to next Thursday’s session

Reading

Find times where you put down screens and dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading.

Romeo and Juliet Script

Keep practising! It is looking really good!

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 5 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

earth, answer, busy, centre, century, describe,  exercise, February, occasion, straight

Group 2 First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

some, come, they, this, that, there, took, goes, are, can’t, don’t, new

Conversation starter

Please see the main blog for this conversation about volcanoes! Then complete your purple mash 2 animate to make an eruption.

Year 4 home learning to be completed by Thursday 7th March

Reconciliation

Please complete up to and including p15 of your new ‘Making things right’ by the next session. Please remember to bring this with you.

Reading

Find times where you put down screens and dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading.

Romeo and Juliet Script

We really need to know our lines now. On Friday we are recording the performance to send to the Grand so they can review it. Please make sure you know them by then.

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 5 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

imagine, decide, group, learn, weight, build, early, island, grammar, therefore

interact, international, interface

Group 2 First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

bony, cheesy, spiky

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 29th February

Reading

It would be amazing if all children could meet their reading target this half-term. But we must start early - please make sure you are reading a good amount at home each week. Find times where you put down screens and dedicate 15 - 30 minutes on reading.

Romeo and Juliet Script

The producton is starting to shape up! We will be continuing learning to perform these scenes on the first week back - so please practise a little each day to learn off by heart.

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 5 minutes per day in Garage - see if you can improve your heatmap

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

appear material library perhaps sentence various regular bicycle possess caught

sleepily, magically, angrily

Group 2 First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

all, one, look, was, were, what, took, goes, are, can’t, don’t, new

very happy funny

Kindness homework

now you have your Lenten boxes, see what creative ways you can earn money from your adults. What chores could you do for them? How can you spread kindness to earn extra pennies to collect for CAFOD in your box?

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 22nd February

Lenten Boxes

Over half term we would like the children to make Lenten boxes to swap with another child. The children could use a margarine tub, small cardboard box or container and decorate it how they choose. Please ensure Lenten Boxes are brought back into school by Wednesday 21st February ready to swap.

Romeo and Juliet Script

The children will be coming home with their part to learn over the holidays. Some children chose to have a little speaking part and some have quite a bit to learn! We will be learning to perform these scenes on the first week back - so please practise a little each day to learn off by heart.

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 5 minutes per day in Garage

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

difficult, famous, extreme, guide, heart, history, popular, minute, natural, believe

Group 2 First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

by, no , go, said, like, you, your, of, so, off, his, her

city, race, price

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 8th February

Maths

TTROCKSTARS 5 minutes per day in Garage

Reading

How are you doing with your target this half term? Read as much as you can this week.

English
We have now done the whole story of Romeo and Juliet. There is a great video below to help you.

Pick your favourite part of the story and draw and colour it using a page of your homework book. Can you remember and copy a line from the scene?

Eg ‘Do you bite your thumb at me sir? “Peace- I hate the word - as I hate hell and all Montagues,” “Do not swear by the moon, the inconstant moon…”

Spellings

Group 1: First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

arrive, breath, breathe, often, popular, eight, eighth, height, high, circle, fruit, guard

measure, treasure, pleasure

Group 2 First practise the spellings below and complete quiz in purple mash

walk, talk, all, fall

by, no , go, said, like, you, your, of, so, off, his, her

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 1st February

Maths

This week,in TT Rockstars, when you next go into GARAGE, you will have a GIG. This is a little test to see which tables you now know. Sit somewhere quiet and focus for the full time of the gig. Then for the rest of the week, practise in garage each day. See if you can get your ROCKSTAR STATUS up - are you a ROCK LEGEND?

Science
There is a 2do set in Purple mash, about Solids, Liquids and Gases. You need to explain the characteristics of each state. How do you know if something is a liquid? Can you also give 3 examples of each?

Music

Practice your new song in Charanga. Can you make your own tune with B, A G?

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 25th January

Maths

This week, we have nailed all the facts for the 9x table. Please go on TTRockstars each day for 5 minutes - it is set for the 9x 11x and 12x tables. Also complete IXL unit F10 on the 9x table.

Spelling

We have moved onto our Year 4 spelling book now. This week the focus was on spelling words with the prefixes mis, un, in and dis

Can you learn the following ten spellings and make sure you understand their meanings too?

mislead, misplace, mistreat, misbehave, misunderstand, unfair, inhuman, undo, incorrect, incomplete

History

We have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons in History. So far, we have learned about their homes and why they invaded our country in the 3rd century.

Do some research about the Anglo-Saxons. What can you find out? Choose one area to find out about - eg their religious beliefs.

Complete a page in your homework books with writing and pictures about it.

You could find out about foods they ate, their way of life, their kings and kingdoms, religion etc

Here is a good site to get you started

Music

Practice your new note, G and the sequence of notes B, A and G. Also our new song on Charanga.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 18th January

Maths

This week, we have nailed all the facts for the 12x table. Please go on TTRockstars each day for 5 minutes - it is set for the 2x 5x 10x and 12x tables. Also complete IXL unit F13 on the 12x table.

Spelling

We have started to learn about homophones. Here are the 20 we have covered this week

there, their, they're, hear, here, quite, quiet, see, sea, one, won

bare, bear, sun, son, to, too, two, be, bee, night, knight

Complete the purple mash spelling quizzes set. Then in your homework book, see how many of these homophones you can use in a paragraph of writing on a subject of your choice. It could be linked to something we have done in class, like Anglo-Saxons or making ice -cream. You must use the correct homophone for the correct meaning. Here is a little example below:

In the quiet of the morning, as the sun rose, my son woke me. The night before, a bear had attacked our village! There were broken fences and some hen coop was broken too! Two of the chickens had escaped to the nearby river. you could hear each bee buzzing angrily. The bear had disturbed their hives….

Reading

You have a new target set. Please make sure you are enjoying a good book and are ready to quiz soon! Also, could you please check at home to see if you have any school books. We have many Harry Potter books missing from our library!

Music

Practice your new note, G and the sequence of notes B, A and G. Also our new song on Charanga.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Monday 20th December

This week, all we would like you to do is practice ALL Christmas songs for our performance on Monday. Here are the links below

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 14th December

 Christmas songs for KS2 Christmas performance Part 3

This is the link to Little Drummer boy which we are doing without music in church. Please sing along to it and learn the tune, timings and lyrics.

Maths

This week, we have concentrated on learning and understanding square numbers.

Please put your Multiplication square given, on the wall in your bedroom or kitchen to practice and refer to this year.

Look at it with an adult. Can you spot the square numbers? Why are they called square numbers?

Now complete IXL YEAR5 maths unit K10 about Square numbers.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 7th December

 Christmas songs for KS2 Christmas performance Part 3

This week please practise learning the words off by heart to the following songs:

The Angel Gabriel

The First Noel

Once in Royal David’s City

Spellings

Please complete the quiz in purple mash and learn the following 15 spellings for a test on Tuesday:

10 key words:

wild, climb, most, only, both, old, cold, gold, into, told, called

5 words with spellings patterns practiced:

tired, admire, wire, fire, angel, metal

Maths

Please feed yourself a daily diet of TT Rockstars! Try to go on it for 3-5 minutes every day. Make it a habit - maybe do it every day after breakfast. It has been set for the 2x 5x and 10x - get super confident and quick at these now.

Don’t forget our Great Our Lady Christmas Bake off on Friday

This can be a Festive family effort. It is £3 entry fee and will be enjoyed by children and parents alike! Please wear Christmas jumpers (£1) and bring £1 to buy cake too.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 30th November

History

This homework is to be brought into school for Wednesday 29th November. We are setting up a historical enquiry about the pyramids of Egypt.

I would like you to make, draw or paint a pyramid or pyramids. I would then love you to think of as many questions as you can about pyramids and write them on your question sheet. (if you then want to do some research to find answers you can- but you do not have to) On Wednesday 29th November, we will bring in our pyramids and questions and collect them together. We will then find out more about them.

 Christmas songs for KS2 Christmas performance Part 2

You have now been given a Christmas songs booklet and one separate song sheet. The video of us singing the next 3 songs is below. KEEP YOUR SONG BOOKLET SAFE - you will need it from now until Christmas.

This week please practise learning the words off by heart to the following songs:

We Three Kings

While Shepherds Watched

Spellings

Please complete the quiz in purple mash and learn the following 15 spellings for a test on Tuesday:

10 key words:

whole, any, many, clothes, busy, people, water, again, half, money

5 words with spellings patterns practiced:

beard, pierce, weird, queer, appeared

Maths

Please feed yourself a daily diet of TT Rockstars! Try to go on it for 3-5 minutes every day. Make it a habit - maybe do it every day after breakfast. It has been set for the 2x 5x and 10x - get super confident and quick at these now.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 23rd November

History

This homework is to be brought into school for Wednesday 29th November. We are setting up a historical enquiry about the pyramids of Egypt.

I would like you to make, draw or paint a pyramid or pyramids. I would then love you to think of as many questions as you can about pyramids and write them on your question sheet. (if you then want to do some research to find answers you can- but you do not have to) On Wednesday 29th November, we will bring in our pyramids and questions and collect them together. We will then find out more about them.

 Christmas songs for KS2 Christmas performance

You have now been given a Christmas songs booklet and one separate song sheet. The video of us singing the first 3 songs is below. KEEP YOUR SONG BOOKLET SAFE - you will need it from now until Christmas.

This week please practise learning the words off by heart to the following songs:

Mary did you know

The Angel Gabriel

Bring him Home (sheet)

Spellings

Please complete the quiz in purple mash and learn the following 15 spellings for a test on Tuesday:

8 key words:

every, everybody, even, great, break, pretty, beautiful, asked

7 words with spellings patterns practiced:

cautious, ferocious, write, wrong, knock, knee, know

Music

Charanga week 8 Abies Blues with your new note learned. Then practice playing A then B over and over - it sounds like a siren!

Handwriters - please complete book 5

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 17th November

Maths

Please complete IXL units B1 G1 and F3 to practise various skills we have covered this week

Spellings

Please complete the quiz in purple mash and learn the following 15 spellings for a test on Tuesday:

9 key words:

floor, poor, because, kind, find, have, behind, child, children

6 words with spellings patterns practiced:

sure, measure, creature, warm, work, squash

Music

Charanga week 7 Strictly B.

Handwriters - please complete book 3 - the across to the middle letters

English

This week, we have been learning how to persuade. Use the persuasive sentence starts toolkit below (that we have used in class, to write at least 3 persuasive sentences in your homework books. Make sure your handwriting is your best.

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 9th November

Maths

Please complete the column subtraction sheet explaining to your grown ups how you do it

Spellings

Please complete the quiz in purple mash and learn the following 15 spellings for a test on Tuesday:

9 key words:

move, prove, sure, sugar, eye, could, should, would, like

6 words with spellings patterns practiced:

haunted, naughty, Autumn, giant, cage, energy

Music

Charanga week 7 Strictly B. Practice blowing a low B into your flute rather than a high B.

Handwriters - please complete book 4 - the over and back letters.

Reading

Keep reading for 20 minutes daily

Year 4 homework to be completed by Thursday 2nd November

Reading

Read one good book over the holidays and be ready to quiz on this book on the first Monday back

Remembrance

The school wants to decorate our outside castle with poppies you make! These need to be waterproof - I am afraid paper and card would get wet! Be creative! What can you come up with?

Music

Charanga week 6 tasks set

Handwriters - please complete book 2 - the up to the middle letters. Also make sure you complete and bring back book 1