St Mary's C of E Primary School & Nursery

Faith in Everyone to Shine Brightly

College Road, Purton, Wiltshire, SN5 4AR

01793 770239

admin@st-marys-purton.wilts.sch.uk

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Year 4's Home Learning Hub

VIRTUAL CLASSROOM

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You can see our curriculum overview and read
more about our curriculum by clicking the image above.

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Welcome to Year 4's Learning Hub.

Term 3 2022-2023 

Please ask any questions via the office or catch us at the end of the day. 

Our main reader for this term is: 

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. 

Our Big Questions are:

Is everlasting ice possible?

Is it better to be an insider or an outsider?

What makes a good leader?

Our values are:

Hope and Humility

PE kit needs to be worn on Monday and Wednesday 

Remember to add any reading you carry out onto your Go Read account.

 

 

We continue our 50 reads challenge in Year 4. You can find the list of our books here

 

Monday 21st March 2022

Subject Activity Notes

Mathematics

(Lesson = 30 minutes

Maths on Track = 20 minutes)

We have a division workout for you to try today. You can find the task here

 

Maths on Track is now devoted to increasing our fluency in times tables. 

The best way to do this is to play TT Rockstars, pick any game and play for at least 15 minutes. 

Remember that time in the shop is not playing!!  

 

English

(45 minutes)

We would like you to practice sentence types today.  You can find the lesson here

 

You can find additional activities here

 

 

  

Reading

(30 minutes)

We have some recap questions for you from our class reader 'The astounding broccoli boy'. You can find the questions here

 

 

Keeping Active

Remember you bike rides, walks and runs all count towards keeping active. Our bank of 5 will help you with some more ideas.

  1. Design a circuit at home to challenge someone. 
  2. You can log onto the oak academy and choose a PE lesson to try. You can find the link here
  3. Try a Go Noodle or Just Dance routine
  4. We are using the lockdown challenges here. There are loads to choose from.
  5. You can find some fantastic challenges here to try

 

Other Learning

 

PSHE: We are investigating the effects of alcohol on our health. You can find the lesson here. You will also need this true or false quiz and liver fact page

 

 

  

 

Tuesday 29.3.22

Subject Activity Notes

Mathematics

(40 Minutes + 15 Minutes)

 We will be identifying obtuse angles today. 

Find the lesson here.

And more information about angles here. This will help you for the week's lessons. 

Continue to work on your tables on TT rockstars - set a Rockslam for your teacher!    

English

(40 Minutes) 

 Find the rest of the week's activities to support your understanding of the poem, 'Dreams' here.

Today's lesson focusses on the use of apostrophes. 

This sheet gives you some examples:

here.

Then add apostrophes to  these images here

 

 

 If you you'd like more information about how to use possessive apostrophes, use this link.

 

 

Reading

(20 Minutes)

 

 Find the reading tasks for the week on Monday.

 

Keeping Active

(45 Minutes) 

See our Bank of 5 for Monday.

Other Learning

(45 Minutes)

RE: We will continue to look at  how remembering Jesus might make a difference to how Christians live?

We will be choosing what could go in a memory box to help remind Christians about what they can learn from the life and death of Jesus. 

This link will help you pick what can go in your box.

More videos from Christians can be found here.

 

 

  

 

Wednesday 30.3.22

Subject Activity Notes

Mathematics

(40 Minutes + 15 Minutes)

 

 Today we will focus on acute angles. 

Find the lesson and tasks here. 

Further support can be found by following the link on Tuesday's lesson. 

 

  

 

English

(45 minutes) 

 We will be looking at performance poetry today and beginning to prepare for our own performance of dreams. Follow the link on Monday for ideas that you might like to include. 

You can prepare today and send in a video of your performance on Thursday. 

 

Reading

 Find the reading tasks for the week on Monday 

 

Keeping Active

(45 Minutes)

See our Bank of 5 for Monday.

Other Learning

(40 Minutes)

 French: can you follow this recipe for French toast? 

french toast recipe.pdf

Or use the recipe to answer the quiz.

 

 

  

 

Thursday 31.3.22

Subject Activity Notes

Mathematics

(40 Minutes + 15 Minutes)

 

 We will identifying obtuse angles in shapes today, find the lesson here.

 

 

English

(50 Minutes) 

We will be performing and evaluating our poems today. You can film your poem and send it in via SeeSaw!

 

Reading

(20 Minutes) 

 

Read for 20 minutes today and log on Go Read 

 

 

 

 

Keeping Active

(45 Minutes) 

 See our Bank of 5 for Monday.

Other Learning

(50 Minutes)

 Computing: Continue to code your Scratch prototype toy today. You can do this using the online version of Scratch. 

 

The example code here might help. 

 

 

  

 

Friday 01.04.22

Subject Activity Notes

Mathematics

(45 Minutes)

 Today we will be comparing angles. Find the lesson here

 

English

(40 Minutes) 

It is Free Write Friday! Spend some time today building your stamina for writing by about a topic of your choice. This could be the start of a story, a diary or report. Whatever you fancy.  

Or you could use the structure of Dreams to create your own verse showing you understand the structure and style.


 

 

Reading

(20 Minutes) 

We would like you spend 20 minutes today reading a book of your choice. Remember to log your reading on GoRead so we can see what you have been reading.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keeping Active

(20 Minutes) 

See our bank of 5 on Monday 

Other Learning

(45 Minutes) 

 

 

 

  

 

GoNoodle

www.gonoodle.com/goodenergy 

Get moving and keep fit with these great videos and activities for children of all ages.

Khan Academy

https://www.khanacademy.org

Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.

 

BBC Learning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/

This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

 

Futurelearn

https://www.futurelearn.com

Free to access 100s of courses, only pay to upgrade if you need a certificate in your name (own account from age 14+ but younger learners can use a parent account).

 

Seneca

https://www.senecalearning.com

For those revising at GCSE or A level. Tons of free revision content. Paid access to higher level material.

 

Openlearn

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/

Free taster courses aimed at those considering Open University but everyone can access it. Adult level, but some e.g. nature and environment courses could well be of interest to young people.

 

Blockly

https://blockly.games

Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

 

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/

Creative computer programming

 

Ted Ed

https://ed.ted.com

All sorts of engaging educational videos

 

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

 

Duolingo

https://www.duolingo.com

Learn languages for free. Web or app.

 

Mystery Science

https://mysteryscience.com

Free science lessons

 

The Kids Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com

Wide range of cool educational videos

 

Crash Course

https://thecrashcourse.com

You Tube videos on many subjects

 

Crash Course Kids

https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

As above for a younger audience

 

Crest Awards

https://www.crestawards.org

Science awards you can complete from home.

 

iDEA Awards

https://idea.org.uk

Digital enterprise award scheme you can complete online.

 

Paw Print Badges

https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk

Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors. Badges cost but are optional.

 

Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com

All kinds of making.

 

Prodigy Maths

https://www.prodigygame.com

Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

 

Cbeebies Radio

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio

Listening activities for the younger ones.

 

Nature Detectives

https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/

A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

 

British Council

https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find

Resources for English language learning

 

Oxford Owl for Home

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

Lots of free resources for Primary age

 

Big History Project

https://www.bighistoryproject.com/home

Aimed at Secondary age. Multi disciplinary activities.

 

Geography Games

https://world-geography-games.com/world.html

Geography gaming!

 

Blue Peter Badges

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges

If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

 

The Artful Parent

https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/

Good, free art activities 

 

Red Ted Art

https://www.redtedart.com

Easy arts and crafts for little ones

 

The Imagination Tree

https://theimaginationtree.com

Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

 

Toy Theater

https://toytheater.com/

Educational online games

 

DK Find Out

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac

Activities and quizzes

 

Twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk

This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.