A morning message from Alice:
Marhabaan Year 4s! How was your weekend and how are you feeling today? We hope you and your family are all keeping well.
Here’s a question. How many different languages can you say ‘hello’ in? Click on the video to see if you can remember all 15 different languages of saying hello. Don’t be shy, sing along!
Here’s a question. How many different languages can you say ‘hello’ in? Click on the video to see if you can remember all 15 different languages of saying hello. Don’t be shy, sing along!
We would love to hear from you. So, if you would like to write to us, email us at: year4@bgfjs.org (but remember to include your name otherwise we won’t know who it’s from!).
Let’s take a look at today’s timetable:
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Lesson 1: PE with Joe
Remember to try and do some exercise each day because it is really good for your brain and body. Take a look at the benefits of keeping active:
Remember to try and do some exercise each day because it is really good for your brain and body. Take a look at the benefits of keeping active:
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Remember to take a rest or sip of water if you need one.
Have a short break and get your breath back.
Lesson 2: Maths
Warm-up:
Warm-up:
A message from Alice before you start Maths:
Main activity:
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Last week, you learned how to multiply and divide by 3. Today, you are practising the 3 times tables along with corresponding (matching) division facts.
Watch this short video about the 3 times tables.
Watch this short video about the 3 times tables.
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Now, click on the image below and practise the 3 times tables in sequence (in order). Then, scroll down to Step 3, to practise them out of sequence.
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Remember to also spend 30 minutes completing activities on Mathletics as well as 15 minutes practising times tables on Times Tables Rock Stars.
Break: It’s break time. Time for a little stretch. Remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds before getting something to eat!
Click on the image to download the activity. Colour it in and give it to someone special or to your favourite person!
Click on the image to download the activity. Colour it in and give it to someone special or to your favourite person!
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Lesson 3: Literacy
| Phonics We would like you to continue practising your phonics particularly if you are in Katie's or Madeline's literacy group. Today, you will be practising the phonemes or, ur and oo. Carefully watch and listen to the video and follow the instructions. |  |  |
Warm-up: Let’s practise present perfect and simple past verb tenses. If you are unsure of what tenses are and would like to remind yourself, watch the video below:
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Download the worksheets, read the instructions and have a go at completing the sentences.
Main activity:
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1) Read a poem
- Read Winter (page 2).
- Write on the text to show the parts of the poem that you particularly like, any patterns that you can see and any questions or puzzles that you find.
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2) Practise adverbials
- Use the Revision Card (page 3) to remind yourself about adverbials.
- Practise using adverbials by writing sentences with a fronted adverbial that could go with the months of the year.
- Write your sentences on Month Poem Idea (page 4). Challenge yourself to write at least 6 sentences. Adverbial Ideas (page 5) and Preposition Examples (page 6) might be helpful.
3) Choose a favourite poem
Try the Fun-Time Extra
Remember to also spend 30 minutes reading books and answering questions on Active Learn Primary. If you don't have access to a computer, remember, reading a magazine or newspaper (see below for this week's latest news) counts too!
- Pick your favourite month or the month of your birthday. Can you find a poem that would match this month well? You could use one of the poems we have read, or you could search online: https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/
- When you have found your poem, write all of it or some of it out very carefully.
Try the Fun-Time Extra
- Can you illustrate your favourite poem?
- Can you record yourself reading it and send the recording to someone else?
Remember to also spend 30 minutes reading books and answering questions on Active Learn Primary. If you don't have access to a computer, remember, reading a magazine or newspaper (see below for this week's latest news) counts too!
Lunch: It’s time for lunch! Try to eat a balanced meal where there are different types of food to help your body get the right amount of nutrition to work properly. Before you eat, remember to wash your hands with soap for 20 seconds!
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Lesson 4: PSHCE
Welcome back! Did you have a lovely lunch?
To prepare ourselves for this afternoon’s learning, click on the video and practise breathing calmly – follow the instructions to breathe in and out. Remember, breathing calmly is really useful to help us feel calm and relaxed.
Welcome back! Did you have a lovely lunch?
To prepare ourselves for this afternoon’s learning, click on the video and practise breathing calmly – follow the instructions to breathe in and out. Remember, breathing calmly is really useful to help us feel calm and relaxed.
Main activity:
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Today, we are recognising what healthy, positive relationships are.
What do you think makes a healthy, positive relationship? Why? How about an unhealthy relationship? What might this look like?
Download the worksheets. Then, cut out the pictures and decide if they should go in the column labelled healthy (positive) relationships or in the unhealthy (negative) relationships column. How do you know? Can you think of other healthy and unhealthy relationships for each column? Write these in.
What do you think makes a healthy, positive relationship? Why? How about an unhealthy relationship? What might this look like?
- I think a healthy relationship is... because...
- In my opinion, an unhealthy relationship is... because...
Download the worksheets. Then, cut out the pictures and decide if they should go in the column labelled healthy (positive) relationships or in the unhealthy (negative) relationships column. How do you know? Can you think of other healthy and unhealthy relationships for each column? Write these in.
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Now, write a sentence to explain what a healthy (positive) friendship is. Use one of these sentence starters and some of the vocabulary below to help you:
- I think a healthy, positive friendship is…
- In my opinion, a healthy, positive friendship is…
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Story Time
It’s time to unwind and relax. Let’s listen to today’s story, Grobblechops written by Elizabeth Laird and illustrated by Jenny Lucande. Click on the video to listen to Elizabeth Laird read aloud her story.
It’s time to unwind and relax. Let’s listen to today’s story, Grobblechops written by Elizabeth Laird and illustrated by Jenny Lucande. Click on the video to listen to Elizabeth Laird read aloud her story.
Well done for working to the end of today's Home Learning and for putting in so much effort. Have a well deserved break, and we shall see you tomorrow for yet another fun day of learning. Adiós!