Hello everyone!

We hope you are all keeping safe and well during this time. This page, as well as our class page, will be updated during our distance learning time and will have lots of ideas for different things for you all to do at home. 

We now have an email address which your grown ups can contact. We are checking this every day and would love to see what you are all up to! Please send us photos and videos so we can share them on this page.

Y4lhps@gatedu.org

Miss Hewitt & Mr Bloomfield

Monday 13th July

Good morning everyone! Some jobs for today:

Complete a Maths and English job from the attached booklet.

Complete one of the French activities from the booklet below. 

Friday 10th July

Happy Friday everyone! Today is our last Friday 'in' Year 4! Can you believe it? 

For Maths and English, complete the final jobs in the pack.

Something extra - Design your own room for within the factory. Miss Hewitt's room would be a coffee and cake room and Mr Bloomfield's a cheesecake room! 

Thursday 9th July

Good morning everyone. Today your reports are ready to collect from school, if you see us we would love to see your big smiles!

For Maths and English jobs, complete the next pages in your booklet. 

Something extra - Can you write a letter to Willy Wonka to persuade him to let you visit his factory?

Wednesday 8th July

Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday! 

For Maths and English jobs, complete the next pages in your booklet. 

Something extra - The Oompa Loompas are a very important part of the factory to ensure the work was done correctly. Design your own creature to work in the factory, name it and write a short paragraph all about them such as where they originally come from and what they look like.

Tuesday 7th July
Good morning everyone! 

For Maths and English, continue with the next 2 jobs in the booklet.

Something extra - Wonka was busy creating the ever-lasting gobstopper. Design your own completely unique and brand new creation and create a poster to advertise it.

Monday 6th July

Hello everyone! This is our second to last week of Year 4 before the Summer holidays, where is the time going?

Maths and English jobs for the week will be to complete the booklet like last week.

This week's additional tasks will be based on the book 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' which we read earlier on this school year and every job will be related to the text. Today, design your own Wonka bar and make a note of any ingredients. You know how we love chocolate in Y4 so please send any of your creations this way!

Friday 3rd July

Happy Friday everyone!!!

Today your tasks will be to finish the final pages of your Maths and English workbooks. 

You can also watch a movie and write a review of it. Think about if it was exciting, did you like the main character and would you recommend it to someone else. 

See you all next week and have a lovely weekend! 

Thursday 2nd July

Today for Maths and English you are continuing with the booklet set on Monday. 

PE - Today for some exercise I would like you to create a fitness circuit with 8 exercises in. You will need to select the activities and how long you need to do them for. The workout should last about 20 minutes in total. Don't forget to include a warm up and cool down. You may even be able to get an adult to do the workout with you. 

Wednesday 1/7/20 

Hello everyone, we hope you are all well! 

Today you are continuing working through your home learning pack in addition to completing the following science lesson all about sound. Here is the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb4jcmn

Tuesday 30th June

Maths & English - Today we are continuing on working through our booklet from yesterday (it can be found under yesterdays lesson). 

Creative - Today we will be recapping our learning from last year all about volcanoes. You can find the link here https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zxwjr2p

Monday 29/6

Good morning everyone and we hope you had a lovely weekend! 

This week Maths and English will be part of the same booklet, which will be posted below. We will also post work for an additional subject everyday. 

French - Follow the link to complete the learning about Family and Hobbies https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zqy9vwx

Thanks and see you here tomorrow! 

Friday 26th June

Happy Friday everyone! Another week of home learning complete.

Maths - Complete the revision sheet on the 11 and 12 times tables. There is a PowerPoint attached to help if needed.

English - Follow the link and listen to the text. Complete the activity about summarising information. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z43gp4j

Creative Curriculum - Complete some research and see if you can complete the worksheet about the different parts of a mountain.

Thursday 25th June

Happy Thursday everyone! Here are some job suggestions:

Maths - Complete the activities around solving money problems. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkm6dp3

English - Complete the attached sheet on using 'have' rather than 'of' - if you can remember far enough back to whilst we were still at school, you might remember me talking about this (much like 'may' instead of 'can'!)

Science - Watch the video and complete the activity all about sound. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zb4jcmn

Wednesday 24th June

Here are some job suggestions for today:

Maths - Complete the revision sheet below on checking strategies. We have now completed all of the maths topic areas we would have studied in school so this is a perfect time to revise different skills and topic areas we have already looked at this year. Video - https://vimeo.com/430335670

English - Follow the link and complete the activity on National Writing Day https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zssbp4j

Something extra - Follow the link to the Family Activities and complete something with your family. 

Tuesday 23rd June

Here are some job suggestions for today:

Maths - Complete the revision sheet below on estimating answers. We have now completed all of the maths topic areas we would have studied in school so this is a perfect time to revise different skills and topic areas we have already looked at this year. Video - https://vimeo.com/430335306

English - Follow the link and complete the activity https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2ycf82

Something extra - Learn a skill to help around the house. It could be something like learning how to load the washing machine, working the dishwasher or how to change bedsheets. This is a great time for you to help grown ups around the house, especially those of you who with younger siblings or those of you with grown ups at work! From speaking to some of you on the phone, I know some have been helping do odd jobs which is brilliant! I would love to hear from you about what else you've been helping with around the house.

Monday 22nd June

Good morning everyone! Can you believe it's Monday again? Where are these weeks going to?

Maths - Complete the sheet below.

English - Follow the link to the BBC website. Read the text and have a go at the questions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zs7tjsg

French - Have a go at the French challenge on the French page. Make sure you're looking at the correct one!

Friday 19th June 

Welcome to Friday and another week that is almost over. Here are the suggested activities for today. 

Maths - Today our lesson is all about making different moves around a grid. Remember the rule from yesterday and you can find the worksheet below todays work. 

English - Our final lesson of the week is where we finally write our instructions. You can find the link here https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/write-a-set-of-instructions

Creative - I would like you to choose a country, it could be anywhere in the world, and create an information page or fact file all about that country. You could research famous people from that country, foods they eat, major cities etc. 

Have a lovely weekend and we will see you here again next week

Mr B and Miss H 

Thursday 18th June 

Good morning, how are you today? I can't believe it is Thursday already! Here are your lesson choices for today.

Maths - Following our White Rose Maths lessons today we will be drawing different positions on a grid. Remember when you are marking a position or reading coordinates if you can remember that you always have to go along the corridor before you go up the stairs. 

English - Today's English continues on from the Oak National Academy as we continue exploring instructions. Here is the link for the lesson https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/spag-focus-adverbials

DT - When new buildings or structures are designed it is really important to consider how strong they are. The following link will give you lots of information about how to make structures safer and stronger and why this is so important. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7gybdm

Wednesday 17th June

Welcome to Wednesday and half way through the week. 

Maths - As Mr B is super excited about football restarting again tonight, maths for today is all about handling data and using a football match report to create and read bar chats. You can find your task below. 

English - We are doing lesson three of the Oak National Academy's scheme. Here is the link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/identifying-the-features-of-a-text-0a55e8

Science - We are going to recap our learning all about teeth and the digestive system today. Here is the link https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z3nhjsg 

See you all here tomorrow 

Tuesday 16th June

Hello again everyone, here are the lessons for today; 

Maths - From the white rose website we are going to be describing position. I have attached the sheet below. 

English - We are onto lesson two of the Oak National Academy, where this week we are writing instructions. Here is the link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reading-comprehension-language

Challenge - Can you do three helpful things around the home today that will make someone else smile. 

See you all tomorrow. 

Monday 15th June

Good morning everyone and welcome to another week! 

Maths - Todays worksheet is all about using the lines of symmetry the you were creating on Friday to make symmetrical patterns. 

English - This week we are again going to follow the Oak National Academy's lessons and by Friday we will be writing a set of instructions. Here is the link to todays lesson. https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/reading-comprehension-fact-retrieval

PSHE - This week is International Refugee week. Using the worksheet below I would like you to look at the different images showing pictures from a refugee on the left and someone living in the western world on the right. Note down any similarities and differences that you can see. 

Have a lovely day and see you all back here tomorrow. 

Friday 12th June

Happy Friday everyone! Another week complete, can you believe it's already the weekend?

English - Write a description about what you can see from your window. Try and include expanded noun phrases with modifying adjectives.

E.g. As I stared from the window, I watched rivulets of rain pummel the glass. The rain trickled down towards the glass and I could just make out a minuscule sparrow, which was hiding beneath the garden table. The spindly branches of the tree at the south of the garden fought against the howling wind and the wilted petals of petunias cowered from the treacherous conditions.

Maths - Complete the attached sheet on lines of symmetry. As always, there will be another sheet which can be completed as revision also attached.

Creative Curriculum - Can you sketch one of the photos of a mountain?

Thursday 11th June

Good morning everyone. Hopefully a sunnier day day, I can't believe we're almost finished another week!

English - Get settled down somewhere with a book of your choice and read for 30 minutes. If you haven't got any books at home, visit https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/english/ and there are free books available to read there. I ordered The Boy in the Back of the Class and Kid Normal yesterday from Amazon so will be reading one of these today. Have you read either of them? Let me know by email what you thought, or which book you're reading and if you recommend it. I always love to get new book recommendations. 

Maths - Complete the attached sheet on quadrilaterals. If you are unsure, have a click through the PowerPoint. There will also be a sheet attached for some revision topic areas.

Something extra - Help your grown up do a job around the house and write a set of instructions on how to complete it. This could be how to work the dishwasher, the washing machine or even how to cook something for lunch. 

Wednesday 10th June

Good morning everyone! We hope you are all well, here are today's activity suggestions:

Maths - Look at the Powerpoint on quadrilaterals and have a go at completing the sheet. Like always, there will be another revision activity sheet for you to have a go at. 

English - Have a go at completing the attached sheet.

Creative Curriculum - Have a look at the activity all about UK mountains. 

Tuesday 9th June

Good morning everyone! It's been wonderful to speak to most of you over the phone over the past few days. Remember, if you are struggling with anything to send us an email. 

Here are some job ideas for today:

English - Complete the comprehension task about mountains.

Maths - Have a look at the attached sheets about triangles. This will be easier if you have completed the previous day on triangles.

Science - Head over to the Science page and have a go at any of the experiments. If you don't have any of the materials needed at home, why not see if you can find a Youtube video of one of these to watch at home?

Monday 8th June

Good morning and welcome to another week of home learning. We hope you all had a lovely weekend and feeling refreshed and ready for another week. 

Maths - Today in Maths we are looking at and exploring different types of triangles. The worksheet is attached below

English - Today we will be doing a reading comprehension task from the Oak National Academy. Here is the link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/story-reading-comprehension-word-meaning . 

Geography - In Geography today we will be learning all about the weather and climate in the UK and around the world including an introduction to climate zones and climate change. Find the link here; https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbwckmn

Have a lovely day and see you all tomorrow! 

Happy Friday Everyone! 

Maths - Todays maths lesson is all about comparing different angles. The worksheet can be found below. 

English - The final lesson of the week can be found here https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/english/poetry-write-a-repetitive-poem-year-4-wk1-5 and it is all about writing a repetitive poem. 

Challenge - As the weekend is almost here your third activity for today is to find a way of helping your adult in the house. This could be tidying your room, helping make tea or emptying the dishwasher etc. 

Have a lovey weekend and we will see you all back here on Monday! 

Thursday 4th June

Good morning year 4, we are almost through another week of online learning. Here are todays tasks.

Maths - Today we are going to start looking at different angles. I have attached the worksheet below. Remember a right angle is 90 degrees and is where two perpendicular angles meet. Acute angles are smaller than 90 degrees and obtuse are bigger. You might want to watch this song first to help you remember them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVuMULQjb3o

English - We are continuing to work through are lessons from the National Oak Academy. Here is todays link. https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/english/spag-focus-expanded-noun-phrases-year-4-wk1-4

Music - Follow the link to BBC bitesize to learn all about different dynamics in music https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6bpf4j

Keep working hard and we will speak to you all soon. 

Good morning everyone! 

Here are todays tasks: 

English - Here is the link to lesson two of this weeks English https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/english/poetry-reading-comprehension-language-year-4-wk1-2

Maths - Today we will be investigating line graphs. There is also an additional worksheet at the bottom of the page 

French - Complete the worksheet, you may have to scroll down the the year 4 section. 

See you all tomorrow

Monday 1st June

Good morning, we hope you had a lovely half term break and enjoyed some of the sunshine! 

English - This week, we will be following the National Oak Academy's lessons. Here is the link to the first lesson https://www.thenational.academy/year-4/english/story-reading-comprehension-word-meaning-year-4-wk2-1

Maths - Complete the sheet about comparison, sum and difference. As always, there is an additional worksheet to for revision of previous topics. 

Creative Curriculum - This term we would have been starting our Mountains topic. Watch the video and complete the quiz! https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z4g3qp3

Hello and we hope you've had a lovely bank holiday weekend and a great start to your week off. Here are a few ideas of short, fun activities that you could do to keep busy. 

Have a lovely week and stay safe! 

Friday 22nd May 2020

Good morning everyone! Happy Friday! This weekend is the bank holiday weekend, so there will no work on Monday. It would have also been half term so you can have a well deserved break. We will post some fun ideas of things to do to keep you busy if you're running out of ideas! 

English - Have a go at the spelling sheet for this week.

Maths - Complete the sheet about comparison, sum and difference. There is also a maths challenge to complete if you wish. 

Something extra - Yesterday was Outdoor Classroom day. There are some attached activity ideas you could complete. Alternatively, we are hopeful we may have won the attendance award this half term so have a movie afternoon with the family. Let us know what you've watched by email!

Thursday 21st May

Hello everyone! We hope you enjoyed the sunshine yesterday, wasn't it glorious? 

Some job ideas for today:

Maths - complete the sheet on comparison, sum and difference. This means you need to interpret the values on the graphs to tell you information. Remember, sum is another word to mean add or total and to find the difference you would subtract the smaller value from the larger value. If you have any questions, send an email and we will be happy to help.

There will also be another sheet attached as revision for previous topics.

English - Using your research from yesterday, can you create a travel brochure for the North East? Think about all the things that there are to see (The Sage, Millennium Bridge, The Baltic, Hadrian's Wall, River Tyne etc), things to do (visit the coast, go to museums, visit art galleries, go shopping etc). Complete it by adding in your own illustrations of different attractions and use appealing language. We would love to see some by email!

Creative Curriculum - Follow the link to watch the video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4bnf4j

Can you create your own model of either your home or school?

Wednesday 20th May

Good morning everyone! Today is supposed to be the hottest day of the year, so once you've completed today's jobs, go and enjoy the sunshine before it disappears! 

English / Creative Curriculum - Complete some research on Gateshead (this will be important for tomorrow's job)

Some points to research:

- Things to do       - Things to see       - Weather      - How to get here       - What Gateshead 'has' such as schools, hospitals etc      

Any interesting facts you find out, please send over by email!

Maths - Complete the job about interpreting graphs. There will also be a revision sheet on a previous topic to complete if you wish. ​​​​​​​

Tuesday 19th May

Good morning everyone! Some activity ideas today:

English - https://kids.classroomsecrets.co.uk/resource/year-4-reading-comprehension-african-emergency/ 

Sign up to a free account and read the text and answer the questions.

Maths - Complete the sheet below about interpreting graphs. There will also be a sheet relating to a previous topic to complete if you wish to revise this topic area.

P.E. - Get active today! Head over to the PE page for some ideas!

Monday 18th May

Good morning everyone, hope you've had a lovely weekend! 

English - Have a go at completing the sheet about apostrophes.

Maths - Complete the sheet on statistics (below). We are going to continue on with the lessons that we would have been teaching had we been in school. As White Rose are focussing on recapping topics it sadly means that there will no longer videos of the lessons. If you have any questions about posted maths lessons, please send us an email. 

We will also post the worksheets for the home learning maths with videos that cover topics we have already looked at this year if you would like to do these additionally.

Something extra - Have a look on the Forest School page for some ideas of things to complete whilst you're outside enjoying the sunshine.

Friday 15th May

Hello everyone! Happy Friday!

English - This week you have designed your own character and described it. Can you now plan your own story where a hero has to defeat your creature? Choose your own location (Mars, Spain, etc) and think about what would happen.

Maths - Complete the sheet on time (below). We are going to continue on with the lessons that we would have been teaching had we been in school. As White Rose are focussing on recapping topics it sadly means that there will no longer videos of the lessons. If you have any questions about posted maths lessons please send us an email. ** All of these worksheets for the maths that we will be covering and adding to the website are available in the new pack that is available to collect from school.** 

We will also post the worksheets for the home learning maths with videos that cover topics we have already looked at this year if you would like to do these additionally.

Something extra - Draw a self portrait and send a photo to us by email!

Thursday 14th May

Hello everyone! Hopefully a lovely sunny day today! Some activities ideas for today:

English - Yesterday you were asked to design your own creature. Today, write a character sketch for it. Think about how your creature moves and acts. Remember to use all of the different things we have learnt about this year!

e.g. Deep within the darkness of the cave, there lay a disgusting creature. Not a single sound could be heard except the heavy breathing of the beast. Its eyes burned yellow like a swarm of phosphorescent fireflies and the scales on his back were obsidian black. In almost silence, he waited for the opportunity to sneak out from his cave to attack. The beast's neck, which was one metre long, bore scars of previous battles. 

Maths - Complete the sheet on time (below). We are going to continue on with the lessons that we would have been teaching had we been in school. As White Rose are focussing on recapping topics it sadly means that there will no longer videos of the lessons. If you have any questions about posted maths lessons please send us an email. ** All of these worksheets for the maths that we will be covering and adding to the website are available in the new pack that is available to collect from school.** 

We will also post the worksheets for the home learning maths with videos that cover topics we have already looked at this year if you would like to do these additionally.

Something extra - Write a letter to a loved one who you haven't seen. Tell them how much you've missed them, what you've been doing and all of the things you'd like to do when this is over. It could be a family member or a friend.  

More fabulous photos through to our emails!

Wednesday 13th May

Good morning everyone! We hope you are all doing well and staying safe. Some activities ideas for today:

English - Click the link to the photo. https://www.pobble365.com/creature-from-the-deep/

Design your own creature from the deep and label it with expanded noun phrases, modifying adjectives and prepositional phrases.

e.g. the treacherous mutant (expanded noun phrase) with 11 tantalising tentacles (modifying adjective)

piercing, red eyes sat upon its grotesque face (prepositional phrase)

Maths - Complete the sheet on Time (below). We are going to continue on with the lessons that we would have been teaching had we been in school. As White Rose are focussing on recapping topics it sadly means that there will no longer videos of the lessons. If you have any questions about posted maths lessons please send us an email. * * all of these worksheets for the maths that we will be covering and adding to the website are available in the new pack that is available to collect from school.** 

We will also post the worksheets for the home learning maths with videos that cover topics we have already looked at this year if you would like to do these additionally.

Creative Curriculum - Can you design your own Lingey House logo? Think about what makes Lingey House special and what words come to mind when you think of Lingey House. 

Tuesday 12th May

Good morning everyone! 

English - Interview a family member and write a biography about them. Some things to include could be their birthday, where they grew up and went to school and their family.

Maths - Complete the sheet below

Creative Curriculum - Follow the link to the BBC website and learn about latitude and longitude. Can you find out the latitude and longitude for Gateshead? Your house? Lingey House? And a location of your choice.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkm2xyc 

Monday 11th May

Good morning everyone and welcome to a new week! We hope you all had a lovely extra long weekend due to the bank holiday and are refreshed and ready for another week! 

Maths: Today we are going to be doing Summer Term Week Three lesson 2. This is all about multiplying three digits by one digit. This is something we have done earlier this year so you should know how to do this but the video is available from the White Rose website if you need a little reminder. 

English:  Complete the task on Coordinating conjunctions via https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z48xt39

French: Madame Moses has a challenge for you this week. She would like you to pretend you have a different pet every day and tell someone what it is! (e.g. 'J'ai un cochon d'inde'). 

Stay safe and see you all here tomorrow 

Mr B and Miss H

Friday 8th May

Happy Friday everyone! Today is VE day! Follow the link below and have a read about why we are celebrating this important day. We would love some photos of how you're celebrating today so send them through to our email at the top of the page.

There will be no jobs to complete until Monday due to the Bank Holiday. Stay safe and we will be back Monday. 

Mr B and Miss H

Thursday 7th May

Good morning everyone, hopefully another beautiful sunny day ahead for us! 

Maths - Today's lesson is on multiplying a 2 digit number by 1 digit and we are up to Summer Term Week 3 lesson 1. You can find the link to the video here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ This is a skill we have covered before so you should manage to complete these questions without trouble!

English - Follow the link to the BBC bitesize website and complete some revision tasks on fronted adverbials. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7v4kmn/ 

Creative Curriculum - Watch this video https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx72pv4/articles/zrbvjhv

Using the information, classify the following places in our local area:

Leam Lane, Gateshead, Newcastle, Durham, Windy Nook, Sunderland, Felling

Can you think of any examples of ports, market towns or resorts in our local area?

Wednesday 6th May

Good morning Year 4 and we hope you are all well. We will be updating the photos on the website at the end of the day so if you have any that you would like to send in that would be fantastic as we love to see what you have been up to. You can use the email address at the top of this page. 

Maths - Todays lesson is all about ordering money and we are up to Summer Term Week 2 lesson 4. You can find the link to the video here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

English - As Friday would have been a Bank holiday for VE day, today you are going to investigate all about the day and what it stands for. Below I have posted a file for a comprehension, remember to read the information carefully first and answer your questions in full sentences. 

Science - This week is also National Sun Safety week - there is a powerpoint below all about keeping safe in the sun. I would like you to read the slides of the Powerpoint and create a poster all about how to keep safe and why this is important. 

See you all back here tomorrow and remember to stay safe

Mr B and Miss H 

Tuesday 5th May

Hello everyone, we hope you are all well on what looks like a miserable and wet Tuesday morning. Remember it is important to try and get your fresh air and hour of exercise if possible, even if its a little wet outside. 

Here are todays activities: 

Maths - I am sure you'll all be happy to know that yesterday was our last lesson on decimals and today we are starting money. We are up to Summer Term Week 2 lesson 3 - Pounds and Pence https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ . Any spare coins that you have might be useful to help you if you find this task difficult (or you could even make your own). 

English - Yesterday you read a book and collected some vocabulary that you could use in your own writing. Today can you write your own description of a setting, it can be anywhere you like but try and include as much description as possible. You could also add in some figurative language to help your description (simile, metaphor, personification etc.) 

Music - Today you are going to investigate pulse and rhythm using clapping. Follow the link where there are two videos and some activities for you to try out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zh7hnrd

Stay safe and see you all back here for tomorrows lesson   

Monday 4th May

Good morning! We hope you've all had a fantastic weekend. 

Maths - Take a look at the next lesson on White Rose Maths. We are now up to Summer Week 2 Day 2 which is halves and quarters. 

English - Take 30 minutes of quiet time and settle down with your favourite book. Make a note of any vocabulary you could magpie from the text and include in some writing of your own. 

Creative Curriculum - Since we would be looking at our local area this half term, have a go at drawing the Lingey House logo! 

Friday 1st May

Good morning everyone! Can you believe it is May already? Where is this year disappearing to?

Maths - Have a go at the next day's lesson on White Rose Maths. The next lesson is Summer Week 2 Day 1 rounding decimals. Make sure you have completed all of the lessons beforehand or you might find it tricky. Remember the rhyme for rounding - 'find your column, look next door, 5 or more raise the score'. To round decimals to the nearest whole, you will need to look at the tenths. 

English - Miss Brown has added some information about an author called Luke Temple. There is a PDF of one of his books, Felix Dashwood and the Mutating Mansion. You should have read the text yesterday, so have a go at some of the activities in the pack today. 

Science - We have been looking at electricity in Science. Can you find over 20 electrical items in your home?

Thursday 30th April

Good morning everyone!

Maths - Have a go at the next day's lesson on White Rose Maths. The next lesson is Summer Week 1 Day 4 ordering decimals. Make sure you have completed all of the lessons beforehand or you might find it tricky.

English - Miss Brown has added some information about an author called Luke Temple. There is a PDF of one of his books, Felix Dashwood and the Mutating Mansion. Read the text and have a go at some of the activities in the 'Writing Toolbox' PDF. This will be your task suggestion tomorrow too, so don't worry about completing it all today! Why not read today and complete some of the tasks tomorrow? He has included a section called 'show don't tell' which we have looked at a lot in class this year!

Creative Curriculum - Watch the video below on the British Sign Language alphabet. Can you sign the spelling of your name? We would love to see you sign your names on video! 

From today (Wednesday 29th April) we will be getting in touch with you and your grown ups by phone. We have called a number of you today and we have loved catching up. We are so proud of how well you are all handling this strange time and how helpful you have all been at home. If we haven't spoken to you today, we will be calling still over the next few days so keep your eyes peeled!

We've been spending the past few weeks uploading work for you all, paperwork and writing reports. As well as this, Mr B has been going for lots of runs and keeping active! Miss H has been training Bo to go for walks and some of you asked for some photos - you all know she is the laziest dog of them all!

More fantastic photos coming through to our emails! Thank you so much for sharing your photos, drawings and work with us. We love seeing them, keep them coming! 

Jessica sent us a great description about the lighthouse keeper:

He lives by his self near the sea and everyone relies on him so that no boats crash in to land! He is really lonely since he lives by his self. He is really fat and chubby. He where’s a light coal suit what smells like fish! He is intelligent handy man who likes righting letters . He has loads of stuff to cover like making sure nothing crashes into the city. The rest of the friendly city helps  and cares for the pour old man when he needs it . This makes him feel honoured and as he was the king of the universe!

Wednesday 29th April

Good morning everyone, today we have some Maths, English and Creative Curriculum for you. Have a go at them and if you can send some more amazing pictures of all the fun things you have been getting up to that would be fantastic as we love looking at them so much!  

Maths - We are still working through our White Rose Maths, we are up to Summer term week 1 day , which is all about comparing decimals. Here is the link to find the lesson https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/  

English - As we continue on from all of the words that you collected yesterday to describe how the Lighthouse keeper might be feeling, can you use these to help you write a diary entry from the point of view of the keeper. If you want to watch the video again you can find it here https://www.literacyshed.com/the-lighthouse.html. 

Creative Curriculum - Can you name the major countries in Europe? If so can you locate them? The task below requires you to match the names of the major countries to their location. Don't worry if you don't know them, this is your chance to find out by researching where those countries are before adding them onto the map. 

Speak to you all soon and stay safe, 

Mr B and Miss H

Tuesday 28th April

Hello Y4, did anyone do anything fun and exciting yesterday? We'd love to see more pictures if you have been busy! 

Here are todays tasks: 

Maths: From the White Rose Maths, we are up to Summer term week 1 day 2, which is all about showing halves and quarters as decimals. Here is the link to find the lesson https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

English: Following on from yesterdays clip Lighthouse Keeper (https://www.literacyshed.com/the-lighthouse.html) can you find words that describe how the the keeper might have been feeling as he broke the bulb (you could use a thesaurus online if you want to think of different ideas) and place them into a zone of relevance with the words that best describe his feelings in the middle. 

Science: Watch the video all about how sound is made and make your own information leaflet or TV showing all that you have learnt. https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/music--science-ks2-what-is-sound/zbnmhbk

Stay Safe

Mr B and Miss H 

Monday 27th April

Good morning Y4, welcome to another week! We hope you all had a fantastic weekend and managed to enjoy the sun. Here are the activities for today: 

Maths - From the White Rose Maths, we are up to Summer term week 1 day 1, making a whole. Here is the link to find the lesson https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

English - Watch the short video clip of the Lighthouse Keeper and write a short character description of the keeper. Remember to write about both his personality and appearance and try to expand upon your description to add as much detail and description. We would love to read these so if you can email these to the Y4 address when you have finished. https://www.literacyshed.com/the-lighthouse.html

Geography - Work through the bitesize lesson all about reading and using maps - https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkngrj6

Stay safe and have a lovely day

Mr Bloomfield and Miss Hewitt

Friday 24th April

Good morning everyone! Happy Friday!

Maths - From the White Rose Maths, we are up to week 2 day 5 which is looking at dividing 1- and 2-digit numbers by 100. You can find the link for the lesson here: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

Watch the video and have a go at the questions.

English - Yesterday there was a Powerpoint about determining importance. Have another read through the information and complete the next two activities. 

Creative Curriculum - How many buildings and places did you manage to spot in yesterday's work?

We will be looking at using shading techniques later on in the half term. 

Watch this video about different shading techniques and have a go at using some of them yourselves. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQl0em2JKLI 

Thursday 23rd April

Good morning everyone!

Maths - From the White Rose Maths, we are up to week 2 day 2 which looks at hundredths on a place value grid. You can find the link for the lesson here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

Watch the video and have a go at the questions. We have been on TTR and haven't received a RockSlam for a while! Send us a challenge!

English - Have a read through the Powerpoint below about determining importance. There will be another task to complete on this tomorrow too so look closely.

Creative Curriculum - We would be completing work about our Local Area now if we were in school. Can you identify the different buildings in our local area even though the photos are blurry? 

Wednesday 22nd April

Good morning Year 4! Hopefully another lovely sunny day today!

Maths - From the White Rose Maths we are up to week 2 day 2 which looks at hundredths as a decimal. You can find the link for the lesson here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ 

Watch the video, have a go at the questions on the webpage and the challenge underneath here. *Remember - a challenge is supposed to make you think and can't always be solved instantly.  

English - Have a go completing the SPaG activity attached and read a favourite book of yours for 30 minutes. If you have any book suggestions please send them this way!

STEM - Can you build a card tower? How tall can you make it? What techniques have you adopted to build it so that it doesn't fall over straight away? Don't forget to send some photos to us by email!

Tuesday 21st April

Bonjour Y4, we hope you had a lovely day yesterday working hard and enjoying the sun. Today looks like another lovely day! Here are todays tasks for you to complete. 

Maths - From the White Rose Maths we are up to week 2 day 1 which is all about dividing by 100. You can find the link for the lesson here https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ . There was also a new task set on MyMaths yesterday for you to complete. 

English - We are looking at pronouns and possessive pronouns. Work through the powerpoint it will help give you an understanding of what they are with examples before completing the worksheet. They are both below this writing. 

Science - I have attached a worksheet below for you to complete all about how you use electricity throughout the day and if you think that the electricity is essential or not e.g. turning on a light or switching the plug on to charge an iPad. 

Remember to stay safe

Mr Bloomfield and Miss Hewitt 

Monday 20^th April 

Good morning Y4! 

We hope that you are all safe and well and have had a lovely and well deserved break over what would have been the Easter holidays. We have been sent some fantastic pictures of people keeping busy, we are just looking through them now and will add them to this page for others to see throughout the day! 

From today we will be adding a range of lessons and activities to the page each day that you can complete to keep you busy including a daily maths lesson that we would have been doing if we were still in school. There is a link to each of the lessons with a video in case you would like a little more explanation. There will also be an attached worksheet (you don’t need to print this worksheet you can just write answers on paper or discuss with an adult) to help ensure you understand the task. 

Here are today's activities: 

Maths – Today we would have been dividing 1 digit by 10. Here is the link to a work sheet and a video explaining in more detail if you need any extra help https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/ (week 1 day 5). 

English – Read the extract 'Stig of the Dump' and answer the questions. Draw your own image of what you think Stig would look like, using your knowledge of him already. The extract and questions will be below here. 

Creative Curriculum / PE  - We would have also started our new topic today which is (drum roll...) LOCAL AREA! When you are out for your daily exercise see if you can identify and find all of the buildings in our local community. The sheet is called Local Area 2 and it is below this writing. 

Remember to stay safe and keep sending pictures of what you have been up to via email. 

We are both missing you all and we hope to see you all soon!

Mr B and Miss H

HAPPY EASTER! 

We can hardly believe that the half term has come to an end and it is now the Easter Holidays. As it is now the holidays this page won't be updated until the start of the next term on the 20th of April - but please keep sending in pictures of what you have been up to as we love seeing them. 

If you are looking for ideas or activities that you can do to help fill in you time, here a few suggestions. It is entirely up to you if and when you do these. 

-Draw some easter related pictures

-Design and make an Easter card for someone in your house.

-Have an egg hunt around your house or garden. Can you write some clues to help find them?

-Design some packaging for a new Easter egg.

-Decorate a boiled egg.

-Write an Easter Poem

-Write a review of one of your Easter eggs

Remember to stay safe, enjoy your Easter holidays and we will speak to you all soon. 

Mr Bloomfield and Miss Hewitt 

3/4/20

Happy Friday everyone! We hope you are all keeping safe and well, being helpful to your grown-ups around the house and having fun. Keep the photos and emails coming, we are enjoying seeing what you have all been up to! 

Some ideas that you could complete today:

- Create your own Picasso inspired artwork. We looked at Picasso earlier on this year and there is a fact sheet about him here. 

- Read a chapter of a book. Can you read it aloud and use expression in your voice?

- How many sentences can you write which use fronted adverbials related to your book? There is a sheet with some example fronted adverbials here too.

Challenge: can you do something kind for your grown-up today without being asked? It could be making them a cup of tea or coffee, doing the dishes or tidying your bedroom. We would love to see some photos of your kind deeds on our email! ☆

2/4/2020

Hello Y4 and we hope you are all keeping well - Well done and thank you for everyone who has already been in touch with what you've been getting up to, it has been so lovely to see you all! Here are a few ideas of activities for today and remember to stay safe! We look forward to reading our emails as the day goes on to see what you have been up too. 

Mr Bloomfield and Miss Hewitt 

Maths - There are still activities on MyMaths that you can complete if you haven't already. If you have already completed it why don't you try the home learning lesson from White Rose Maths (We are up to week 1 lesson 4) https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/  

English - Today is International Children’s Book Day, why don't you write a book review for your favourite book ever...we would love to see them once they are finished via email. 

Art - how about some jungle animals click on the file below to download it to see some hints and tips about how to draw some amazing jungle animals 

1/4/2020

Good morning Year 4, 

Today is April Fool's Day, do you have any tricks planned or have you been tricked already this morning? With April fools in mind why not try out some of these activities and email Y4lhps@gatedu.org with your work?

Write a news paper report based on a made up story about school

Complete the April fools Word Search 

Look at how April fools day in different cultures from around the world

Don't forget you can do PE with Joe Wicks at 9am and there is a range of maths tasks for you to do on My Maths! 

Finally, send us your favorite joke via email. Mr B and Miss H will pick a winner and publish it on our school website. If you have a collection of jokes, why not try writing your own joke book? You could design a front cover for your book and have an illustration to go alongside each of your jokes.

Isaac has been super busy so far! He emailed Mr B and Miss H to let us know the amazing array of activities he said " I have been doing tasks from my work pack and checking our class page, I have also designed my rocket! I'm looking after our newborn kittens, they are really small and I like watching how they change everyday, they have just opened their eyes. I painted our window with a rainbow and a quote saying "At the end of every storm there is a rainbow of hope". We had a tiger and penguin come to visit. Only kidding we used google 3d. I have been on purplemash, My maths and TT rockstars too and me, my mam and lucy made a timetable of what we need to do every day for school work. We have been walking our dog for an hour to get some fresh air and exercise. I've been playing on my trampoline too and am perfecting my seat drop. I have been baking and learning to prepare food too like peeling and chopping potatoes and vegetables."

Isaac also shared some pictures of all these amazing activities...Well done Isaac keep up the work! 

30/3/20

Hello all! What a lovely bright day it is again today! 

There have been some more tasks to complete added onto MyMaths, please check there for any maths work to complete. Your password is inside of your pack.

Some ideas to complete over the next few days:

- Write your own revolting recipe. *Challenge - how many expanded noun phrases with modifying adjectives can you include? (e.g. seven slimy eyeballs with rotting skin)

- Watch a movie and write a review. Write about the characters, the plot and who you would recommend it for.

We would love to hear what you have watched and your thoughts on it! Our next movie choice is going to be either the live action remake of Dumbo or Finding Dory - we will add our review here!

- Draw the main character of the movie and colour it in. This could be a sketch, drawn and painted or even made from materials around the house.