Hello Year 4! 

We hope you are all well and are   keeping safe. As you are aware, we will be learning from home. We will be uploading learning videos for you to engage with. 

Alongside your daily videos, we would like you to make sure:

-You are practising your timestables everyday (through Timestable Rockstars)

-Reading everyday. (You can access free E-Books through Oxford Owl) More details can be found on the reading section of our page)

-Engage with P.E videos twice a week (these videos will be posted)

- Send us pictures of your work via Purple Mash.

Please download the home learning offer to see what learning is expected during the week.

If you have any questions, you can use the '2email' feature on Purple Mash to contact us.

Alternatively you can email us on:

Miss Rashid: frashid@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk 

Mr Taylor: btaylor@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk

English

LO To plan a narrative

This week, we will be planning and writing a narrative.  In today's lesson, we want you to use the BBC Bitesize activities to help you understand how to plan a narrative.  Watch our video, then have a go at the BBC activities by following the link.  Good luck!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z2yqkty

PE - Joe Wicks workout

If you weren't able to do the live Joe Wicks session at 9:00 this morning, don't worry - have a go at this workout instead!

Friday 8th January 2021 - Today's Learning Activities

English

LO: To use apostrophes

Watch the video, then follow the links to access the BBC Bitesize activities.  There are two activities including questions for you too try, and a quiz at the end:

1. How to use apostrophes in contractions
2. How to use apostrophes for possession

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zcyv4qt

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/zx9ydxs

PE

Today we would like everyone to do the Joe Wicks work out.  Remember, make sure you have a space to work in, and drink plenty of water to keep you hydrated.  Again - don't worry about the date on the video - we have used one of Joe's videos from the first lockdown...but good news, he will be starting new workouts from next Monday!  Good luck!

Thursday 7th January 2021

Today's Learning Activities

English 

LO: To picture characters, settings and events to help me understand a text

(Also known as visualisation.)

Watch the video, and use the text extract to help you too, and try to produce your own picture to show what the author has described in the paragraph.  Remember, you can label your picture, and if you would like to add some sentences to describe your visualisation...that would be even better!  Don't forget expanded noun phrases if you do this!

History

For today's history activities we would like you to find out about the life of a Roman Soldier.  You need to go onto Purple Mash to work on the 2dos that have been set.  You will be able to carry out research to find out about the soldiers' weapons, armour and shields.  When you have completed the shield activity, then have a go at the quizzes:

1. Roman Soldier Quiz - show us what you remember learning about the life of Roman Soldiers.
2. Roman Invasion Quiz - what can you remember about the events of the Roman Invasion?

Wednesday 6th January 2021 - Today's Learning Activities

English

LO: To use comprehension skills

First watch the short video (can anyone spot the mistake at the beginning of the video?).  Now you need to read the text, and then have a go at answering the comprehension questions.  Remember to refer to the text as many times as you need, to find the information required.

PE Activity

Today we'd like you to complete a Joe Wicks work-out.  Follow the video - it's about a half hour work-out so be ready!  We've gone back to the beginning of the first lockdown for this video, so don't worry about the date...it's still a great workout for you!

  Tuesday 5th January 2021 - Today's Learning Tasks

Good Morning Year 4! 

We hope you had a good break and are  keeping safe. As you are aware, we will be learning from home. We will be uploading learning videos for you to engage with. 

Alongside your daily videos, we would like you to make sure:

-You are practising your timestables everyday for at least 15 minutes (through Timestable Rockstars)

-Reading everyday.

-Engage with P.E videos twice a week (these videos will be posted)

- Send us pictures of your work via Purple Mash.

If you have any questions, you can use the '2email' feature on Purple Mash to contact us.

Alternatively you can email us on:

Miss Rashid: frashid@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk 

Mr Taylor: btaylor@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk 

Tuesday 5th January 2021 - English activities

LO: To identify determiners

Please watch the video, and then complete the two written activities, all about determiners.

Monday 28th September 2020

Today's Learning Tasks

For today's Maths work, we would like you to complete three different 2Dos on Purple Mash:

1. Place Value in 3-digit numbers - in this activity you need to explain the value of the digits in 3-digit numbers....is it a hundreds, a tens or a ones digit?
2. Multiplication and Division facts - following on from our work last week, this activity wants you to use your knowledge of multiplication and division facts to match calculations with the correct answers.
3. Relating addition and multiplication to objects - this activity wants you to match the pictorial representations to the correct calculations.

For English today, there are two different 2Dos on Purple Mash:

1. Spellings (Autumn 1, Week 2): Practise the spellings of homophones and near homophones
2. Alien Invasion - We would like you to write a "Newspaper Report" about your Alien invasion... Think about your writing last week about your Alien visitor...  What did your Alien do?  Where did it go?  Imagine you are writing a report about this...did anything unusual happen during the Alien Invasion?  What did the humans try to do about it?  Make it interesting, and include lots of descriptions, especially the setting and the characters.

For Computing today, there is a 2Do called "About the Internet".  We have already been working on Internet safety, and in this activity we would like you think about all the different ways we can use the internet...and how to make sure we use it safely.

Friday 25th September 2020

Today's Learning Tasks

For Maths today, we would like you to complete the third lesson on dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.  To access the activities, please click on the PDF link.

LO: To divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.

For English today, we would like you to complete two different grammar activities on your Purple Mash 2Dos:

1. Make Phrases Interesting
2. Powerful Alien Words

We would also like you to work on a 2Do called "Planet Profile"  In this activity we would like you to create a new planet for your alien to live on.  You need to describe your planet...try to use expanded noun phrases to add detail to your descriptions!

This week, we have looked a little bit at the changing seasons.  Today we would like you to complete two 2Dos about this:

1. Autumn (Paint Project) - Try to create a picture which shows what the weather can look like in the Autumn.
2. Seasons Quiz... can you answer the questions to show that you understand the different seasons?

Thursday 24th September 2020

Today's Learning Tasks

For today's Maths, we would like to to work on the next lesson about dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.  Click on the PDF link to access the learning activities.

LO: To divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers

For your English work today, there are two different grammar 2Dos for you on Purple Mash:

1. Compounding with Grandad - an activity where you have to choose the correct compound words too make a sentence make sense
2. Rainy Day - you need to choose the correct conjunctions to join sentences together.

Story-writing activity:

For your story-writing activity today, there are two 2Dos on Purple Mash.  Firstly, the 2DO called "Alien Adventure" asks you to write your own story all about an alien adventure...Why not use the alien character you created yesterday?  What does your alien do?  Where does it go?  What happens there?  Make it super-interesting, and remember to use expanded noun phrases to add detail to your writing!

Then, the second 2Do is called "2 Paint a picture"... and we would like you to create a picture to go with your alien story... Be creative, and make sure you use the different art techniques available on the 2Do.

Wednesday 23rd September 2020

Today's Learning tasks

For Maths today, we are looking at dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.  This will be the first of three lessons about this.  Click on the PDF link to access today's activities.

LO: To divide 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers.

English

For today's English work, we would like you to try three different activities on Purple Mash - they have all been set up on your 2Dos:

1. Try the spelling quiz - focusing today on homophones - words which have the same sound but different spellings.
2. Alien captions.  Think about your aliens you were writing about this week.  On this 2Do we would like you to draw your alien and label it with captions to describe what it is like.
3. All about aliens.  We would like you to try to find out everything you can about aliens...and use your imagination to be especially creative...what do you think they are like?  Use this 2Do to tell us everything you know about aliens... and include pictures too!

Art: Season Trees

For today's Art activity, we'd like you to think about your understanding of plants, and also what happens to lots of plants and trees as the seasons change.  In this 2Do, you need to create four pictures showing what trees look lie in the different seasons.

Tuesday 22nd September 2020

Today's Learning Tasks

Today's Maths:

LO: To multiply 2-digit by 1-digit numbers.

This is the second lesson on multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit numbers.  To access the activities, click on the PDF link below.

Today's English:

Today we would like you to work on some grammar activities.  You will find two 2Dos on Purple Mash: 

1. "The fox and the hen" is an activity about classifying types of words - you need to identify which are the nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs
2. "Superhero Shopping Trip" is all about making new nouns by using prefixes at the beginning of words.

PSHE:

Today we would like you to tell us about your hopes and dreams for the future.  There is a Purple Mash 2Do called "My Ambition", where you can explain what you want to achieve when you are older.  Be creative and explain in as much detail as you can... What do you want to do in the future....and why are you interested in this?

Monday 21st September 2020

Home Learning for Year 4

Good morning everyone!  We hope your weekend was fabulous, and that you were able to enjoy the sunshine...

As we all know, we have to "self-isolate" away from school this week.  This means that you won't be able to come to school this week, and we hope you and all the people you live with will remember to keep safe and follow all the advice we have been given.

This week, we will be looking at different ways to support your learning while you are at home.  We would like everyone to...

• Read at home every day...read a reading book if you've got one at home with you...read books you have at home...read any comics or newspapers you might have at home...just make sure you try to read, even if it is just for 10 minutes every day!
• Practise your times tables...5 minutes every day will help you recall your times tables facts in 5 seconds!
• Choose work from your Year 4 Homework menu, and complete this in your homework book.
• Work on the three daily tasks that you are given on this school website.

TODAY'S LEARNING TASKS

Maths

This week we are working on multiplication and division.  For today's activities, click on the PDF link.  Our LO for today is:

LO: To multiply 2-digits by 1-digit.

English

For today's activity, we would like you to think about the characters from our story, "The Way Back Home".  One of the main characters was the Martian.  Can you remember how we described him?  What did he look like?  What type of character was he?

Today, we would like you complete a writing activity called

"Alien Visitor", which you will find in your 2Dos on Purple Mash. 

If you do not know your login for Purple Mash, please email your teacher, and we will get this for you!

When you open the 2Do, you will find a postcard.  We would like you to imagine that you are the Martian from our story, and you have come to spend a day on Earth... Where would you go?  What would you do?  Would you go to visit the little boy?  Describe your day...tell us all about what you did.  Remember to use expanded noun phrases to add detail to your descriptions.

Science

Today we would like you to show us what you know about Seed Dispersal.  You have a 2Do on Purple Mash called "Seed Dispersal".  You need to add images from the image bank, and then write about each type of seed dispersal that you can remember...can you explain each method clearly in your own words?

Good luck...and if you have any questions about the tasks, please email your teacher, either on their school email address, or even better, on their Purple Mash email through "2email".

This page will be updated on Monday 21st September, with content and information relating to home learning for the following week.

Any queries regarding home learning can be directed via email to :

Mr Taylor     btaylor@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk

Miss Rashid      FRashid@fosse-pri.leicester.sch.uk

We thank you for your patience and understanding at this time.