Hello everyone!
We hope you are feeling positive and ready to start learning at home 🙂 We can’t wait to welcome you all back very soon.
There will be weekly blog posts that outline the week ahead. They will be posted on a Monday morning at 8.00am.
Support:
If you need any additional support please contact us between 8.50am-4.00pm via our year group e-mail. We will try to respond as quickly as possible. Also, if you would like to share any work, please e-mail it to the same e-mail address.
meadows.yearfour@taw.org.uk
Spellings:
Your spellings will be set on Purple Mash. Please practice these throughout the week. You can request to play again and on Friday you can submit your score on Purple Mash for us to see.
If you complete your spellings you can find more on Purple Mash. Go to the Home screen– English– Spelling Resources—Click Y2 or Y3 or Y4 spellings— Choose a test to complete.
Guided Reading:
Reading task set on Purple Mash daily.
Maths:
Please complete one activity on ActiveLearn every day. We have allocated a few activities to choose from. Please use TTRockstars to practise your times tables.
Here is a link to our school calculation policy. Here is a detailed breakdown of the methods and language we use in school to teach your children maths.
There are also knowledge organisers on here too. These are documents that children are given at the beginning of a knew topic. It outlines key vocabulary and key concepts that can support your child when learning new skills.
http://www.meadowsprimaryschool.co.uk/curriculum/mathematics/
Here is a link to the Oak Academy. They provide lessons in all subjects.
https://classroom.thenational.academy/subjects-by-key-stage/key-stage-2
Literacy:
This week, we will be reading a book called ‘Way Home’. Use the following link to listen to the story being read. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjzP18bsSdQ
This week, you will be writing a poem based on the cat in the window and you will be thinking of an alternate ending, which might be better for the main character, Shane.
Monday:
Listen to the reading of Way Home. Write down what you think about the story.
Answer these questions: (These have been set on Purple Mash)
What do you think about Shane?
How do you think Shane feels throughout the story?
How could you make Shane feel safer?
Tuesday:
Use the five senses (smell, touch, taste, hearing and sight) to describe the image below. Think about what noises the cat can hear, what the cat can see and what the cat thinks of Shane. Write your descriptive vocabulary around the picture. I have given some examples to get you started.
Wednesday:
Read the poem below and then have a go at writing your own (using the vocabulary you wrote yesterday). You can either use the template to help you or write your own.
Thursday:
Listen to the reading of Way Home again. Shane’s dilemma is that he is homeless. What would make this a satisfying ending and solve Shane’s dilemma?
Friday:
Have a go at re-writing the ending to story so that Shane’s problem is solved and the reader feels satisfied.
PSHE:
History:
During History this week, we will be thinking about the changing of the monarchs and in particular King John and Queen Victoria.
Our enquiry question is: What was life in Britain like under King John, compared to Queen Victoria?
Monday:
The Monarchs– We will learn to order the Monarchs in chronological order.
On Purple Mash, we have set a sorting task. Cut out the squares, mixed them all up and order them in chronological order (time order).
Tuesday:
Write a diary entry from the perspective of a Victorian or someone from the Middle Ages. On Purple Mash a diary entry template will be set for you to use.
Two PowerPoints will be set for you to have a look at. These will give you information about the life of different people in the Victorian era and the Middle Ages.
Once you have decided who you are going to be in your diary entry, get started. Make sure you use the checklist to check your writing.
Have you included everything that you need to?
Wednesday:
Conduct research on King John and the Magna Carta and create a fact file on Purple Mash. A PowerPoint has been put on Purple Mash too.
Please write the information in your own words- don’t copy and paste. You can read, think and write. Please don’t copy.
Below you will find some useful links you can use.
King John and the Magna Carta:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/middle_ages/king_john_magna_carta.php
Timeline, King John, Magna Carta and images:
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-magna-carta
The Magna Carta:
http://projectbritain.com/calendar/June/magnacarta.html
You can find your own information too.
Thursday:
Reading comprehension. On Purple Mash, 2 reading comprehensions have been added. Complete them to make sure you have a good understanding of each time period.
Friday:
Bringing it all together! On Purple Mash, A Venn Diagram has been set. One side needs to be labelled Victorian and the other Middle Ages. How are the 2 the same and how are they different?
PE:
Everyday we would like you to complete the Meadows Shake up (5 minutes of exercise). This can be any form of exercise you wish such as, dancing, running, walking, jumping jacks, lunges etc.
On Thursdays & Fridays we would like you to complete one of the following:
For more ideas have a look at the PE blog.
Happy Home learning!
Mrs Latcham and Miss Gregory 🙂 🙂
MeadowsYear4 
