Broom Leys Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!

Your teachers are:

4R: Mr Read and Mrs Clare

4B: Mr Bancroft and Mrs Waldron-Hall

4G: Miss Gaskin and Mrs Smallwood

Our cover supervisor is Mrs Wiles.

 

Thank you for being so amazing! We hope that you all have a brilliant summer!

 

Year 4 Work for Home

Please refer to the information and links below for assistance and guidance in providing work for your child.

The BBC are offering daily lessons for homeschooling, please find the link below:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Another website also offering daily lessons is:

• https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-4/#schedule

Twinkl provides resources for all areas of learning. To find age appropriate resources type 'Year 4' or 'KS2' into the search bar before the topic you would like resources for. To access a  free months trial on Twinkl use 'UKTWINKLHELPS' (www.twinkl.co.uk/offer).

As well as the ideas below, we would like children to really focus on continuing to learn their times tables. Children should also continue to read three times a week.

Challenge

Try to complete these challenges this week:

• Exercise for 30 minutes every day
• Read for at least 10 minutes each day
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Maths

 MyMaths

Each week we shall be setting new activities on MyMaths for the children to complete. Keep a look out for these! Also, feel free to have a look at other activities for various topics.

 

A teacher called Gareth Metcalfe will be doing daily maths lessons. Use the link below to access these!

• http://www.iseemaths.com/home-lessons/

White Rose Maths are also providing daily maths lessons. Use the link below to access this and other resources:

• https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

The NCETM are providing virtual lessons. Use the link below to access these:

• https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/54431

The Hamilton Trust are providing weekly learning packs. Use the link below to access these:

• https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/

Times Tables Rock Stars

Your child should have received their TTRS login. There are plenty of games and times tables to practise. We shall be setting the children different times tables to practise each week. Please have an explore of all the wonderful features: 

• https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

These websites have lots of games and activities for the children to do:

• http://nrich.maths.org/
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
• https://mathsframe.co.uk/
• https://www.themathsfactor.com/

If you would like a work book which includes lots of activities for maths we cover in year 4, it can be downloaded and printed here:

• https://www.risdubai.com/ebooks/PDF_ebooks/Y4%20Math%20Abacus%20Math%20Workbook%20Year%204.pdf

This term, we would like you to develop your knowledge of shape.

Here are a few links for learning about shape:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvmxsbk
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zy72pv4
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt7xk2p
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zb84382
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkhwqp3

In addition to shape, we would like you to develop your knowledge of statistics.

Here are a few links for learning about statistics:

• https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/492/Y4-Data
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqgrd2p
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z7rcwmn
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zgtn34j
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zkf34wx
• https://whiterosemaths.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Year-4-2018-19-Summer-Block-4-Statistics.pdf

Please find further maths resources at the bottom of this page.

 

English

Jane Consadine is releasing English videos regularly which your child might enjoy! Link Below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuaq74gHBALPcb1nbJ1EF2Q

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sentence+stackers

 

The Hamilton Trust are providing weekly learning packs. Use the link below to access these:

• https://www.hamilton-trust.org.uk/blog/learning-home-packs/

Please find links to various activities for writing, spelling and grammar activities:

• https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html
• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
• https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html

Children could keep a diary of their time at home.

Children could write their own story based upon a book they have read. This might be the next chapter or sequel to the book. Children could plan using the story mountain (found at the bottom of the page). Try to encourage the children to use fronted adverbials, expanded noun phrases, pronouns, similes and metaphors, and interesting vocabulary. 

Take a look at these links to help the children with placing varying language features into their work:

• Metaphors and similes - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zfkk7ty/articles/z9tkxfr
• Fronted adverbials - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zp937p3
• Expanded noun phrases - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z3nfw6f
• Coordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z9wvqhv
• Subordinating conjunctions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zqk37p3
• Prepositions - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/zw38srd
• Pronouns - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwwp8mn/articles/z37xrwx

Here are some useful links for writing newspaper reports:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/z2gk9qt
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkgcwmn/articles/zbsbwty
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zdmw2hv

Here are some useful links for writing a diary entry:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z2yycdm/articles/zgfhcj6
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/how-do-I-write-a-successful-diary/z4h9y9q

If you would like to access a recipe template, please follow this link:

• https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-1176-recipe-template

This week, we would like you to create a fact file about yourself! You could then bring this in on your first day in year 5 after the summer holidays to share with your teacher so they get to know a little bit more about you! Feel free to create this fact file in any format that you would like to. Some ideas of what you might want to include:

• Pictures
• Family
• Friends
• Interests and hobbies
• Favourite subjects
• Favourite food and drink
• Any worries about next year at school

Reading

The children should continue to read three times per week. They can continue to read their reading book from school as well as any other books or other reading material you have available.

This term you could chose a book to read of your choice. When reading to an adult make sure to discuss what you like and dislike about the book.

Here are a few ideas:

• Write a prequel or sequel to a book
• Create a review of the book (what you like and dislike)
• Recommend a book to a family member
• Create a poster to promote the book
• Write the next chapter of the book 

Please find links to various reading activities:

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/reading
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zprrd2p
• https://www.literacyideas.com/reading-activities-for-any-book

David Walliams is also releasing a free audio book each day on www.audible.co.uk.

Please find further reading resources at the bottom of this page.

 

PE

Joe Wicks is running a 30 minute 9 a.m. workout every morning, Monday to Friday. This is a great way to stay healthy and be ready for the day ahead. Please follow the link to his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

 

Science

Our next topic in Science is living things and their habitats. Here are some activities you can have a go at:

• Go out into your garden and see what habitats you can find
• Draw the habitat and write about the mini beasts that live there.
• Make your own mini beast hotel.
• Research the different mini beasts you find in your garden and create a fact file.

Please find a few links to some useful sites for learning about habitats:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbnnb9q/resources/1
• https://www.outstandingscience.co.uk/index.php?action=view_page&page=view_unit&unit=4a
• https://ypte.org.uk/lesson-plans/living-things-and-their-habitats-year-4?hide_donation_prompt=1

The Field Studies Council are also offering live lessons free of charge. The lessons can help to build children's scientific and geographic enquiry skills. Please find the link below:

• https://www.field-studies-council.org/2020/03/31/fsc-fieldworklive/

 

Topic

This week we would like you to create a timeline on the Invasion of Britain and Boudicca's rebellion. Remember to include these features in your timeline:

• Chronological order
• Dates
• A summary of each event
• You could include an image to go alongside the information 

Here are some links for Bodicca's Rebellion and the invasion of Britain:

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/boudicca.shtml
• https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/boudica
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7ONgTJGKw
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/story-of-britain-boudica-and-the-roman-invasion/zmyhf4j
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zqtf34j/articles/z9j4kqt
• http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Romans.html
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN_x9o8MV1o

Art

Our next topic in Art is rain forests.

Here are a few ideas:

• Draw a rain forest landscape 
• Draw a rain forest animal
• Create a collage of a rain forest 

This week, you could also create a mask for the Venice Carnival.

 

RE

In RE we will be learning about the difference between right and wrong. Please find below some helpful videos:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/pshe-ks1-ks2-why-should-i-be-good/zmbrkmn

In the summer term, we will be learning about the following topics:

English	Maths	Science	Topic	PE	Computing	Art	French	RE	PSHE
Italy Italy fact file Venice Carnival newspaper report	Shape	Living things and their habitats	Italy	Athletics	E-Safety Handling data Multimedia Programming	Rainforests	At home	The differences between right and wrong	Philosophy for children