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Home Learning Guidelines:

Use the grid below to help structure your child’s home learning. We would encourage children to complete at least 2 activities from each column and record their learning experience in their challenge book. This could be done in a variety of ways. For example, writing a few sentences about what they learnt, drawing a picture, sticking in a photograph, completing a thought bubble etc.

To support your child at home with reading we ask that your child reads at least 4 times a week. Remember there are lots of resources to support reading on our website.

There is no expectation that your child completes the home learning challenges if they are unwell or if circumstances at home are such that the completion of the tasks cause unnecessary stress and anxiety to the household.

Year 4 Week - Home Learning Grid – Week Commencing 15th June 2020

Weekly theme: Culture and DiversityReading English Expressive Arts

Using words, poetry, drawing, painting and other mediums to describe our inner and outer responses to the word around us.

STEMScience, technology, engineering and mathematics.

People & Communities Personal and social development, well-being and religious education. Understanding the world in which we live.

Read the extract from the book The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook.It is set in India and about a girl named Chaya who steals some jewels from the Queen as well as an elephant to try and help a poor family pay for their son to go to hospital. Ananda is the name of the elephant. Can you imagine the scene?

Travel companies always advertise holidays with the aim to persuade you to book one. Look at the example below of an advert to persuade people to go to Italy.

Choose a country and find out the following facts.

1. Capital city2. Traditional food3. Locate it on a world map. 4. Some places to visit.

Use PowerPoint to create an advert for your country on 1 slide. If you don’t have access to PowerPoint, you could drawa picture instead.Use some of the persuasive words below to help you.

Read the poem below and note how the poet has described the elephant.See if you can create one for an animal of your choice from a different culture.

Look how the poet has structured each line

EngineeringThe Eiffel Tower is a very famous landmark in Paris. Watch this video to find out more about it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LYh7Npojn0

See if you can construct a tower yourself from lego, straws, lolly sticks, twigs, gold card or anything else suitable. If you fancy a project look at this video of a cardboard tower.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxjvQhbnyGM

RE - MiraclesHave a look at these events.Disaster! A storm blows up at sea and wrecks the ship you’re sailing on.Miracle! You manage to get into a lifeboat.Disaster! The lifeboat springs a leak and it starts filling with water.Miracle! Someone on board has a top hat you can use as a bucket to bail.Try and make up some miracles to these situations.Disaster! You run out of pop at the very hot and sweaty school disco.Disaster! You’re hill climbing when the hill erupts! It turns out to be a volcano!Disaster! You’re about to get safely home when Bob the bully appears just in front of you.Disaster! Your goldfish catapults itself out of the tank and flops around on the floor.

See if you can draw and label some of the scene. You may want to find out what these items are so you can draw them :Jambu fruit, Coconut blossom, Jewels

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ComprehensionRead the information below on Rosa Parks and then complete the questions using full sentences.

Try some spellings by going to the site Year 3 and 4 Spelling Games

Creating a rainstickTraditional rainsticks are thought to come from Latin America. Follow this video to create your own.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWUq1jYUn9c

ScienceFireworks are a traditional custom across the whole world at new year and in England annually for Guy Fawkes. See if you can carry out this experiment at home.(Shown below)

PSHEAll over the world, people use sign language. Try and work out how to sign your name using the sheet below. Show someone in your household.

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Select a page from a book that you are reading or have read.Pick a descriptive word from the text, write it down and use a thesaurus to write down five synonyms and antonyms for that word.

Do some research on a country’s national costume then draw it using the appropriate colours. Afterwards label it with some information. If you need some ideas watch this video

Go to the Oak Academy website and try out some art using this link. Oak Academy Art

MathsHave a look at the sheets below and see if you can answer the questions.

Create a poster on a country and surround it with things that are cultural for that country. Here are some examples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkjAvPzXY8Y

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Making Australian Damp BreadRead the recipe below and then see if you can make this Australian bread.

Ingredients: 250g plain flour 2 teaspoons baking

powder Pinch of salt 50ml water

Design a busIn August 2012, the island of Jersey asked its residents to vote on a new design for their buses (see below)

See if you can design one of your own for a country. Try and include something cultural for that country or use the country’s flag colours for inspiration.

Write a few sentences to describe why you chose your design

Making a Mayan MaskThe Maya were a civilisation who lived in modern-day Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador, from around 1000 BC to AD 1697. Masks played a central role in Mayan culture and were used for war, death or important events. See if you can create a mask yourself.

Watch this video if you need help Mayan Masks

ComputingUse a web browser (such as Google) to search Hour of code Course 3. Click on the link Course 3 – Studio code.orgClick on lesson 12: Farmer: While Loops, puzzle 1. Do puzzle 1 and 2.Watch the video called ‘While Loops with the Farmer’.Complete puzzles 3 to 9.Remember to read the instructions at the beginning of each puzzle.

See if you can create these beautiful cactus painted stones.

https://thewhoot.com/whoot-news/crafty-corner/diy-cactus-stones

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Physical DevelopmentMonday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Go to Joe Wicks’ website and join in his daily workout activities.Joe Wicks

BoulesFind an outdoor or indoor spaceSet up some lightweight objects around the garden/room. E.g. Empty milk cartons, plastic cups, empty kitchen/toilet roll, empty cereal packets. Place points on each

object. Decide the order in

which you will start. Put on a timer for 2

minutes. Roll a ball and see if you

can knock over the item. If you knock them over you score the points.

Keep a tally of your score.

How many points did you get after 2 minutes?

Play against someone else

The Sock Challenge – This might help mum or dad with the washing!You will need: A box/basket Some unpaired socks 1. Place your unpaired

socks 5 steps away from your box.

2. Set the timer, then run up to the sock box. Pair up two matching socks

3. Run with them to the box and then throw in.

4. Run back for the next pair.

See how many you can do in 60s. See if you can challenge a household member to a game!

Harry Potter YogaTry some yoga either using the poster below or follow the link for some Harry Potter Yogahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BS87NTV5I&t=211s

Dancing – Try out this ‘Just Dance’ video. See if you can copy the moves.R asputin

Can you make up some other Russian dance moves?

in your household or alter the time to make it more difficult.

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The Girl who Stole an Elephant Creating a PowerPoint Advert

Comprehension

Maths British Money Problems Challenge Questions

Fireworks in a glass Making Damp Bread British sign language