Year Four Virtual School
5 January 2021
Maths
Today’s maths lesson is Chapter 6, Lesson 1: Counting in Hundredths.
English
Good morning year 4. Today we are starting an exciting new book, ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. I will be reading the first chapter and then you are going to answer some questions based on what you have heard. Then we are going to watch some explorers visiting the Rain Forest in Guyana. Can you list any of the animals seen in the video? Watch the video to guide you through the lesson.
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Year 4 Virtual School
6 Jan 2021
Maths
Today’s maths lesson is Chapter 6, Lesson 2: Writing Mixed Numbers.
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English
Good morning year 4. Today we are going to continue with ‘The Explorer’ by Katherine Rundell. I am going to re-read the first chapter again and then you are going to retell the story to someone in your household. Then you are going to do some drama, imagining you are Fred sitting in the plane and think about the different feelings Fred might have had, during different points of the story. Watch the video which will guide you through the lesson.
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Year 4 Virtual School
7 January 2021
Maths
Today’s maths lesson is Chapter 6, Lesson 3: Showing Mixed Numbers on a Number Line.
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English
Good morning year 4. Today you are going to be writing sentences which link two actions together, based on chapter one. The sentences will be based on the following 3 scenes: 1) Fred taking off in the plane, 2) The pilot falling ill, 3) The pilot collapsing. Enjoy!! Watch the video which will guide you through the lesson.
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Year 4 Virtual School
8 January 2021
Maths
Today’s maths lesson is Chapter 6, Lesson 4: Finding Equivalent Fractions.
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English
Good morning Year 4. I have seen some amazing English work from many of you. Well done!!
Today I am going to read Chapter 2 of ‘The Explorer – The green dark’. You are then going to write some descriptive sentences based on chapter 2 using the following sentence structure: Position + place, subject and action, eg. High up in the trees, the plane continued to burn. Watch the video to guide you through the lesson.
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Remember to click on the class book link, so that you do not miss any of ‘The Explorer’.
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Humanities
Welcome to the very first lesson of your brand new geography unit all about Brazil and the Amazon Rainforest. Enjoy!
Music
This week we’ll be learning to sing Stand By Me from our Charles Dickens song book.
Art
For this week’s virtual art lesson please watch the video and follow along. Click here for this week’s guide!
Active
Today’s lesson is throwing and catching.
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French
Bonjour year 4, today we are working on the French tradition of the galette des rois and learning about a traditional French song about the galette!
RE
Welcome back to virtual RE with Mr Smith – this week we are starting a new topic exploring Sikh practices – today we are going to explore the gurdwara – what does it look like? and what happens inside?
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