Year 4 Virtual School
15 June 2020
Maths
Today’s Maths lesson is Lesson 1: Knowing Types of Angles.
Click here for today’s lesson video.
There is no answer sheet today as you did Friday’s review online.
We use Maths No Problem textbooks and workbooks, if you aren’t a Charles Dickens pupil you can get them here.
English
Cars. What’s your opinion? Today’s guided reading looks at the argument for and against cars.
Click here to watch the video.
Click here for the text if you don’t have yours.
Click here for the worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Year 4 Virtual School
16 June 2020
Maths
Today’s Maths lesson is Lesson 2: Comparing Angles.
Click here for the answers to the previous lesson.
Click here for today’s lesson video.
We use Maths No Problem textbooks and workbooks, if you aren’t a Charles Dickens pupil you can get them here.
English
Your spelling lessons today also includes some grammar. We are looking at subordinate clauses. Watch the video here
Handwriting is all about practicing those tricky letters. Take your time and practice until you are proud of your presentation. Here is the handwriting video.
When you’ve finished your SPaG and Handwriting, have a listen to Chapter 4 of My Friend Walter.
Year 4 Virtual School
17 June 2020
Maths
Today’s Maths lesson is Lesson 3: Classifying Triangles.
Click here for the answers to the previous lesson.
Then:
Click here for today’s lesson video.
We use Maths No Problem textbooks and workbooks, if you aren’t a Charles Dickens pupil you can get them here.
English
Congratulations for passing the beginner level of Ghost School. We are moving on to the intermediate level today. You will need to be stealthy with today’s task – do not be detected!
Here is today’s lesson video.
Here is a video on how to make tea-stained paper.
And here is another one if you want to make it even darker.
When you’ve finished your letter in English, have a listen to Chapter 5 of My Friend Walter here.
Year 4 Virtual School
18 June 2020
Maths
Today’s Maths lesson is Lesson 4: Classifying Quadrilaterals.
Click here for the answers to the previous lesson.
Then click here for today’s lesson video.
We use Maths No Problem textbooks and workbooks, if you aren’t a Charles Dickens pupil you can get them here.
English
You have all now completed the beginner and intermediate levels at Ghost School. Are you ready for your ultimate challenge? I am going to be sending you to an old house and you will need to haunt it until the residents can’t take it anymore. Record your spooking in a Haunt Report – written or spoken – for us all to enjoy.
Here is the lesson video.
And here is Chapter 6 of My Friend Walter.
Year 4 Virtual School
19 June 2020
Maths
Today’s Maths lesson is Lesson 5: Identifying Symmetrical Figures.
Click here here for the answers to the previous lesson.
Then:
Click here for today’s lesson video.
We use Maths No Problem textbooks and workbooks, if you aren’t a Charles Dickens pupil you can get them here.
English
It’s the last day of Ghost School. Will you all pass the Expert stage? I have no doubt that you will. Today, you will finish your haunt report – fill it with detail so we can clearly imagine the brilliant scaring you did in that house.
Here is today’s video.
Then listen to Chapter 7 of My Friend Walter here to find out what Walter has up his sleeve to help Bess and her family.
Contact
Humanities
Elizabeth I and the Age of Exploration!
Click here to watch the video.
Click here for the exciting new quiz.
And here for the lesson booklet.
Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the Time Capsule Project over the last 7 weeks. Your future selves will thank you! Take some time to reflect on the activities you have completed and remember that you can still add to your capsule as the weeks go on and record your personal histories.
You might want to think back to your ‘Everyday Heroes’ activities, record new skills you are learning and interview family members and friends from different households.
Click here for the video guide.
Art & Music
Art
Inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat’s painting ‘red rabbit’ we’ll be creating our own super brave rabbit.
Like Basquiat we’ll be combining it with writing too, a lot like a sketchbook, layering oil pastels over felt tip pens.
Click here for this week’s art lesson with Mr Yusuf, and follow along with the help sheet!
Click here to watch the video.
Music
In this weeks lesson you’ll be listening to bathroom band, problem solving with rhythms, singing a well known song with a twist and watching a very special performance by your peers. Enjoy!
Click here to watch the video.
Science
This week’s Science lesson is all about how habitat loss affects biodiversity.
Click here for the lesson video.
Click here for the booklet.
Click here to watch a video about coral reefs.
Active
This week we take a deeper look at some of the animal inspired yoga poses. Watch the video here
Click here for the yoga worksheet if you don’t have yours.
Thank-you everyone for sending in your yoga photos and videos. Please enjoy the yoga celebration video here.
Click here for this week’s Dance lesson with Delene.
French
Bonjour Year four!
First, please click here to watch our year 4 celebration video. This week, there is an extra surprise!
This week’s activity is using our French phonics to read unfamiliar words. We are learning about which shapes Matisse liked to “paint” with his scissors. Click here for this week’s lesson.
When you have finished our lesson, click here for a little reading challenge.
Enjoy!
Au revoir
Wellbeing
This week we are learning about feeling grateful. How we can show others that we are grateful and help support them in feeling thankful and happy.
Click here for this week’s lesson.