This week's learning

Please email your learning to:  y4teachers@hodgehill.createpartnership.org.uk

Remember to visit our YouTube channel for daily story time and other pre-recorded lessons https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIaeWZHHlHicW6oHxUPkg_hsUoMgT4vIa

Monday 8th February

Lesson 1

9.00-9.45

PE: PE  Wellbeing Achieving goals - Aston Villa PE lesson

https://youtu.be/WhJPq22WMaI

Lesson 2

9.45-10.30

Spelling and Handwriting:

This week we are going to continue our work on plural endings. Watch this video, pause it when you need and complete the tasks set. There is a plural scaffold to help you!

Spelling:

We are looking at words ending in -s, -es, ies.  Learn the following words using strategies you have worked on in class (such as pyramid words, missing vowels, pictures):

apples

matches

leaves

countries

wolves

echoes

Also learn these common exception  words for a spelling test on Friday:

calendar, caught, centre, century,certain

Handwriting:

We are learning the es join https://youtu.be/Bbif8AKKZIo

Break

10.30-11.00

Lesson 3

11.00-11.45

Maths:

Watch this video on finding the perimeter of a rectangle.

Remember the perimeter of a rectangle is the total length of the 4 sides. If you know the length of one side, you know the opposite side will be the same length.

Complete the sheet below.

Lesson 4

11.45-12.30

Reading:

Read the poem (GRRRR by Francessca Beard) and answer the questions.

●     Use keywords form the questions to help you retrieve the answer

●     Skim through the text until you find the key word/s and read around the word.

Francesca Beard is a Malaysian writer based in London. She is also a spoken word poet - this means her poems are written to be performed out loud to an audience. Francesca’s poems often include a lot of repetition and strong rhyme schemes. GRRRR is one of these poems.

Glossary for this poem

key - the pitch a piece of music is written in

Lunch

12.30-1.30

Lesson 5

1.30-2.30

History:

Tomb raiders. Watch the video clip and open the worksheet below. https://youtu.be/DsQpCXjMuaA

Decide which stolen items belong to which person.

Assembly

Miss Evan's assembly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLIaeWZHHlHiebf7SfLtwms3kiP-hqEqJJ.&v=FKpH0t-KEzc&feature=youtu.be:

Please also watch last week’s celebration assembly if you missed it Celebration assembly 5 2 21

Story time

Charlotte’s Web CH16 https://youtu.be/P4fzhxzfNxA

Tuesday 9th February - Safer internet Day

Lesson 1

9.00-9.45

Please complete this oracy survey today:  https://www.tfaforms.com/4872225.

Today is ‘Safer Internet Day’

Instead of your usual lessons, we have prepared a range of important and interesting activities for you to complete. Click on the image above to go to our ‘Safer Internet Day’ page and spend some time with your family watching the videos, completing the quiz, having a really important discussion, completing a family internet agreement and producing a poster for our whole school poster competition.

Assembly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbZ4Apz7AWk&t=6s (Mrs Povall’s safer internet day assembly)

Story time

Charlotte’s Web CH17 - visit our playlist

Wednesday 10th February

Lesson 1

9.00-9.45

PE: Joe Wicks PE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VHkFJ8nqPw

Lesson 2

9.45-10.30

Grammar:

Today we are going to revise the work we did on speech marks. Watch this video, pause it when you need and complete the tasks set.

Remember that there needs to be TWO sets of speech marks on either side of the spoken words and that there is always a punctuation mark before the closing speech marks.

Break

10.30-11.00

Lesson 3

11.00-11.45

Maths:

Watch this video on finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

Remember that the perimeter is the total length of all the sides added together. Where there are missing lengths, use the opposite sides to help.

Complete the first page of the sheet below.

Lesson 4

11.45-12.30

Reading:

Read the extract (Julius Caesar’s Goat byDick King-Smith) and answer the questions.

●     Use keywords form the questions to help you retrieve the answer

●     Skim through the text until you find the key word/s and read around the word.

Julius Caesar was born in Ancient Rome in 100BC. He was a talented army general and soon became very powerful. Eventually, he became the ruler of Rome. Julius Caesar is the main character in Julius Caesar’s Goat by Dick King-Smith, which tells a fictional version of his life.

Glossary for this extract

legions - large groups of Roman soldiers

Centurion-Capricorn - officer in charge of the goat

compensate - make up for something.

Lunch

12.30-1.30

Lesson 5

1.30-2.30

Science: Watch the video to remind yourself about how a circuit is made

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zq99q6f/articles/zs7g4j6

Mrs Harris will now complete my turn/your turn in the video. The questions are also in a worksheet with answers

https://youtu.be/qxkl82SK_e0

Story time

Charlotte’s Web CH18 https://youtu.be/8h_zb5EufSU

Thursday 11th February

Lesson 1

9.00-9.45

PE: Yoga workout to improve focus and flexibility

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCdWB65XXEQ

Lesson 2

9.45-10.30

Grammar:

 Today we are carrying on our work on speech marks. Make sure you have pencil and paper as there are some activities you need to do. Follow this link for our youtube lesson.

Break

10.30-11.00

Lesson 3

11.00-11.45

Maths:

Re-watch this video from yesterday on finding the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

Remember that the perimeter is the total length of all the sides added together. Where there are missing lengths, use the opposite sides to help.

Now complete the second page of yesterday’s sheet.

Lesson 4

11.45-12.30

Reading:

Read the extract  (Armoured Dinosaurs by Louise McEvoy) and answer the questions.

●     Use keywords form the questions to help you retrieve the answer

●     Skim through the text until you find the key word/s and read around the word.

Even though dinosaurs became extinct around 65 million years ago, scientists are still uncovering new facts about them. Some dinosaurs had their own body armour to protect them from attacks. This extract looks at the different types of body armour and why they were so effective.

Lunch

12.30-1.30

Lesson 5

1.30-2.30

Science:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zxdg9j6

Watch this short video about how the  brightness of a bulb can be affected by the voltage

 Find out what voltage means - visit https://kids.kiddle.co/Voltage to find out, summarise what voltage is in a small paragraph

Answer these questions in full sentences watch the video as many times as you need to help you https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zxdg9j6

1. Why do the light bulbs not light up, when it is connected to the small batteries?
2. What was the voltage of the battery in, when the bulbs lit dimly?
3. Why do you think the battery only lit it dimly?
4. What was the voltage of the mains supply, when the bulbs lit brightly?What does mains supply mean?

I think that…..

I know this because…

However……

Also……...

Story time

Charlotte’s Web CH 19 https://youtu.be/ihdKgndP1J0

Friday 12th February

Lesson 1

9.00-9.45

Today is a teacher training day! The following lessons are suggestions

PE: Work on your juggling skills. Remember you can use rolled up socks as balls.

Lesson 2

9.45-10.30

Spelling:

 Please get someone at home to test you on the  spellings you were given on Monday

Break

10.30-11.00

Lesson 3

11.00-11.45

Maths:

Complete the multiplication quiz below.

You can record how long it took you to complete the grid or how many correct answers you got in 12 minutes. Make a note of your score. Did you do better than last week? Can you do better next week?

To get better at your tables, try some of the following activities:

●         Chanting tables

●         Writing out tables

●         Making a poster for a multiplication table you find tricky

●         Writing a song or rap for a multiplication table you find tricky

●         Asking someone at home to test you or you could test a family member and tell them if their answers are correct.

Lesson 4

11.45-12.30

Reading:

Read for pleasure.

Lunch

12.30-1.30

Lesson 5

1.30-2.30

 PHSE :

Try the squiggle game: https://youtu.be/ozKW1M97JXE

 Make a squiggle and turn it into a picture

Have an amazing half term! Well done for all your hard work!