Jellyfish - Miss Witherington
zoe.witherington@brightlingsea.essex.sch.uk
Otters - Mrs Sparling (Mon - Thu) & Mrs Barry (Fri)
sherral.sparling@brightlingsea.essex.sch.uk
jenny.barry@brightlingsea.essex.sch.uk
Rock Eels - Mrs Barry (Mon - Tue) & Mrs Goff (Wed - Fri)
jenny.barry@brightlingsea.essex.sch.uk
agaWednesday - Friday:
emma.goff@brightlingsea.essex.sch.uk
Sea Dragons - Mrs Miller
Welcome to the Year 4 page
If your child should find themselves having to isolate due to COVID-19 but they are well enough to work, please find below a series of resources that they can use to support their learning.
Everyday Activities
Please read books, magazines and comics as often as you can. Keep a journal of what you read and record the thoughts and ideas these texts inspire.
Play Times Table Rockstars to practice your times tables https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student/79225
Don't forget your other maths skills! Try Hit the button to increase your speed at adding, subtracting doubling and more: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Don't forget to practice your spellings!
TOPIC HOMEWORK.. Please select 3 activities and hand in to your class teacher
Our Topic is Roman Invasion .
Week beginning 28/3/22
Literacy
Monday
Recap your knowledge of prefixes like ir-, il-, im- and in- with these tasks. Once you've finished, try the dictionary definition activity
Cheeky Challenge - B2-3
Chunky Challenge - List of words for recording
Tuesday - Friday
Over the next few days you will be planning, writing and editing a story about going back in time to the Roman era. Follow the slides below to give you a helping hand and choose the success criteria that suits you best.
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| Success Criteria.pdf | Download |
Monday Maths Test your methods with our Monday methods today. Choose your challenge and work through the calculations, recording your work neatly and carefully. When you're finished, check through with a calculator and make sure you have another go at any your got wrong to see if you can spot your mistake.
Maths Tuesday - Friday
Tuesday - Today we tenths on a number line. Use the video then try some of the questions in the file list.
https://vimeo.com/518282932
Wednesday - Today is Roman Banquet Day. Take this opportunity to revise Roman Numerals. Use this opportunity to revise Roman Numerals using the links.
https://www.abcya.com/games/roman_numerals
https://www.transum.org/software/SW/Starter_of_the_day/Students/Roman_Numerals.asp
Thursday - Today we are looking at hundredths. Try some of the questions in the file list.
https://vimeo.com/519976198
Friday - Explore hundredths as decimals, Use the video and then ty some the questions in the file list.
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| Friday WO8-Hundredths-as-decimals-2019 (1).pdf | Download |
| Friday-ANS8-Hundredths-as-decimals-2019.pdf | Download |
| Thursday ANS7-Hundredths-2019.pdf | Download |
| Thursday WO7-Hundredths-2019.pdf | Download |
| Tuesday ANS4-Tenths-on-a-number-line-2019.pdf | Download |
| tuesdday WO4-Tenths-on-a-number-line-2019.pdf | Download |
Week beginning 21/3/22
Monday
| Name | |
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| Maths Challenges.pdf | Download |
Literacy
This week, we are beginning a new unit on narrative writing. We will be showing off all the skills we have learnt over the last term.
Take look at the information about the colosseum and imagine being there and watching some Roman entertainment. Write some descriptive paragraphs to record what you saw, did, touched, tasted and smelt. Use the WILFs on the power point to help you remember all things you could add in.
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| Support Sentences.pdf | Download |
History
Find out what the Romans believed in by following this lesson. If you want to know more, take a look at the presentation about the gods and make some noes of your own.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-did-the-romans-believe-60tp2r
Tuesday - Friday
Literacy
Tuesday -
Practise your spelling of words where the /s/ sound is spelt /sc/.
Wednesday -
Find out about roman gladiators and learn how to write complex sentences.
Thursday -
Today we are going to use a fantastic description of a setting to create our own.
Friday -
Revise perfect speech punctuation by watching this video and joining inn with the activities.
Week Beginning 13/3/22
Maths
Watch the videos and try out the questions in the file list below. You can write your answers on a piece of paper and use the answer sheets to check.
Wednesday - Fractions of amounts
https://vimeo.com/510590763
Thursday - Calculate fractions of a quantity
Friday - Calculate Quantities
https://vimeo.com/511578840
This Week's Literacy
In Literacy, we are currently writing persuasive letters to a Roman General to persuade him to let us join the army.
Do some research on the Roman army here, or find your own web page to explore safely:
https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/history/ancient-rome/roman-army/
Task1 - Make a list of what you like about the Roman army and what you are good at (e.g. hunting, aiming, swimming) These are things you can use in your letter.
Task 2 - Use the template below to p[an out your letter. You can make your own copy. Try to include as much detail as you can.
Task 3 - Write your letter carefully, making sure you reread every sentence to check it has perfect punctuation and that it makes sense. Try reading your letter out loud to someone at home - would they allow you to join?
If you need some help remembering the key features of persuasive letters, try looking through these lessons below.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/units/the-day-the-crayons-quit-persuasive-writing-0c4a
MATHS
Monday Methods
Every week we practise practise methods, to help increase fluency in columnar addition and subtraction, x and divide by multiples of 10, x three numbers, short x and bus stop division. There is plenty to practise. Choose your challenge and use a calculator, or a different method to check your answers.
Other Maths learning can be found on the White Rose site. This link will take you to the relevant lessons. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning?year=year-4&term=spring.
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LITERACY
The Oak National Academy provides free online lessons for Year 4 students across a variety of UK school curriculum subjects. This link will take you to Literacy.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-year/year-4/subjects/english
Other Subjects .....
Science
This term we will be learning about living things and their habitats.
Download and view the power points then complete the learning tasks.
The first lesson focusses on sorting by a given and your own criteria and using Venn and Carroll diagrams.
The following lesson we are learning to use a classification key and focusses on identifying vertebrates by observing their similarities and differences.
Real PE
Log on and practise your skills today. Don't forget to record your progress.
If you need some activities to support your child's (or family's) wellbeing and mental health at home, here are some ideas to help you. We have given each day a theme, as sometimes this can help to give your week a sense of structure. But of course, your child could pick and choose whichever activities they feel like doing! Remember, these are only optional and separate to our class learning.
Mindful Mondays:
- Cosmic Kids Yoga
- Handprint doodling (see below)
Tasty Tuesdays:
- Bake a cake or create a healthy snack
- Write a menu for the day, or the rest of the week
Wonder-filled Wednesdays:
- Go for a walk and find 3 interesting objects
- Go for a walk and find as many things as you can beginning with a certain letter
Thankful Thursdays:
- Write down 5 things you are thankful for
- Make a thank you card for someone
Fab Fridays:
- Play a board game together
- Design your own board game
- Make an obstacle course with cushions etc
