Wednesday, 27 May 2020

1st June

Hi Year 4, we hope you had a wonderful half term.

 This week is the start of our new topic which is called 'Traders and Raiders'. It is all about the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings coming to live here.
Usually we would visit a reconstructed Anglo Saxon village called West Stow, at the start of our topic. It is about 20 miles from Mulbarton. So this week, for your first topic lesson, you will be watching a couple of short videos about West Stow and the Anglo Saxons settling here.

 English
The English lessons this week (Monday-Thursday) will be more like the ones we have in class, where we read to you from a book and then you have a task to complete afterwards. 
You will need to copy and paste the links.
(Mondays lesson is longer than the others and I'm afraid I repeated myself a little, as it is the first time I've done this. Bear with me though please, they improve as the week goes on and the rest are only 8 minutes long!) I hope you enjoy them:
Monday: https://youtu.be/-GPc4QQ-w8c
Tuesday: https://youtu.be/c3FD6f8Z_9Q
Wednesday: https://youtu.be/UqRpCpm1fgM
On Wednesday, you may want to use this outline of Beowulf.
Thursday: https://youtu.be/vBq8jKszy34



On Friday, please could you revise the words on the list here. These words are some of the National Curriculum words for year 4. (Every Friday, we will give you some more words from the list, so that by the end of term you will have revised the whole year 4 list.) You can learn the words in the same way that you learn your weekly spellings, or use the sheet as a handwriting lesson every Friday. If you are finding them rather tricky, you could try to learn half of them please, that would be great.
Maths

Here is the Year 4 maths for this week.
Here is Year 5, if you want to challenge yourself.
Here are some challenges for Friday or as extensions to use during the week.

Topic
Lesson 1: Please could you watch these two short videos on you tube about West Stow and the Anglo Saxons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czj54OYl2Ow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoHhDXomCQ0

Lesson 2: Please read through this power point and complete the activity on it. You will need to use this sheet.

 Science
Our new science topic for this half term is called 'Living Things in their Habitats'.
This week could you read through this power point please.
Week 1 
LO: Understand the characteristics of living things and recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. 
Work through the Life Processes PowerPoint. Afterwards, explain the acronym MRS NERG to someone else. What are the 7 life processes of a living thing? 

(An acronym is a word whose letters are the first letters of other words.) 

 Hope you have a great week year 4. Take care and best wishes from us all.

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Sunday, 17 May 2020

Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Hello everybody and welcome to Week 5 - our last week before the half term break. This is the last week on our USA topic too, so we've only suggested two days of English; the last three days is for a mini project all about your road trip.

English
On Monday and Tuesday, please have a go at the reading and spelling that you will find links to here.
Reading: The Grand Canyon Tour Company
Reading: Note from the Road

 Topic
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, please have a go at this mini project to finish off out topic for this half term. You can find the links to help you below.
City Information cards
Landmark photos 1
Landmark photos 2
Passport cover
Inside passport pages

 If you are finding this mini project too difficult and you just want to have a go at something smaller, you could design a totem pole instead.  

 Maths
This week's Year 4
Or, if you prefer a challenge: Year 5
And lots of extra challenges here.


 Don't forget the daily live science broadcasts with Maddie and Greg to be found here. 

 And here is the Norfolk school virtual games challenge for this week.

Have a lovely half term everyone.
If you want to get in touch with us to share some work or ask a question, you can use the e-mail address for your class:

Giraffes@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk
or
Lions@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk

Take care everyone
- The Year 4 team.
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Friday, 8 May 2020

Week Beginning 11th May 2020

Hello everybody and welcome to Week 4 - it surely can't be too long now before we go back! In the meantime, you can keep yourself busy with all of this -   your learning for the next few days. Don't forget that you can access activities and resources on Bug Club and Education City.

Maths
Just like last week, you can have a go at the Year 4 or the year 5 learning. The Year 4 work is mostly revision and practice of learning that we have done this year. The year 5 is not completely new, but moves things forward a little.

Of course, we know that you would like some extra challenges. Have a go at a couple of these. My advice to help you solve many of these problems is to draw a picture. 


Science
This week, we are thinking about conductors and insulators. There are lots of activities to undertake here. If you can, take the time to watch the whole video, and then think about which activities you would like to have a go at - don't feel that you have to do them all!


Don't forget the daily live science broadcasts with Maddie and Greg to be found here. 

English
This weeks English activities can be found here.
Prefix, suffix, root word


Handwriting
If you would like a little extra practice with your handwriting, we now subscribe to letterjoin. Log on and have a go. 

Topic
PE
Have a look at the Norfolk Virtual School Games

Parents - if you would like a little extra support to help with teaching English, you could try looking here

If you want to get in touch with us to share some work or ask a question, you can use the e-mail address for your class:

Giraffes@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk
or
Lions@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk

Take care everyone
- The Year 4 team.
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Saturday, 2 May 2020

Week Beginning 4th MAy 2020

Greetings to all you caged Lions and Giraffes, and welcome to week 3. You have all had another brilliantly productive week. Here is your learning for the next few days. Don't forget that you can access activities and resources on Bug Club and Education City.

Maths
This week, we are revising  multiplication. Click  Week 3
Week 3 activities
Week 3 answers
(Note to parents - if your child finds this a bit too easy, I am perfectly happy for them to do the year 5 learning. Could you let me know if you do this, so that I can track what is happening - Mr Clarke)

 Fancy a multiplication Challenge? Try this
Or spend some time on this


 Science
Click here to start finding out about electrical circuits. Have a go at this activity. It would be great if you could make your own circuits at home using wires, batteries and bulbs. If you do not have the equipment  to do this, have a go at this simulator instead - it's quite addictive.

 If the simulator doesn't work on your ipad, try using this site. There is plenty here to explore.


Don't forget the daily live science broadcasts with Maddie and Greg to be found here. 

 English
Click here to find some activities for this week.

 Handwriting
If you would like a little extra practice with your handwriting, we now subscribe to letterjoin. Log on and have a go. 

 Topic
Parents - if you would like a little extra support to help with teaching English, you could try looking here

 If you want to get in touch with us to share some work or ask a question, you can use the e-mail address for your class:

Giraffes@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk
or
Lions@mulbartonprimary.norfolk.sch.uk

Take care everyone
The Year 4 team.

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