Friday 15th May 2020

Home Learning Class 4 – Summer 2 Week 3

Summer 2 topic: Were the Vikings really vicious?

English

This week, we are looking at the voyages of Sinbad and thinking (thorough poetry) about effective language to describe villains. At the end of the week, there is a challenge to write your own poem full of insults which I’d love to see! Our grammar focus this week is preposition and conjunctions and there is a PowerPoint to help, which I have emailed, in case you need a reminder.

Reading

Please try to read for around 30 minutes per day. This can be a book, magazine, online research etc.

Staying with our theme of hero or villain, please see a VIPERS activity at the bottom of this page using an extract from ‘Robin Hood’.

Spellings

Each week, I will be suggesting spelling patterns that you can revise at home. This week, I would like you to review the following –with an alternative pronunciation of I spelt y:

Words with short vowel I spelt y

symbol

physical

system

rhythm

oxygen

typical

Words with long vowel I spelt y

occupy

rhyme

multiply

python

cycle

hyphen

Maths

You will have received the maths work via email. Don’t forget to look at the video links before you start the activities.

Science

This week, we continue our topic,

‘How can you light up your life?’ Our question this week is: ‘How do we know light travels faster than sound?’ Look at these two clips to help you … https://morgridge.org/blue-sky/why-is-light-faster-than-sound/ https://www.boogeylights.com/physics-of-light-and-sound-for-kids/ On the second link, follow sound waves vs light waves for more information.

Topic

This week, we continue our new topic …

Were the Vikings really vicious?

Last week, you looked at three sources of historical evidence that refer to the first documented raid by Men of the North (Vikings) in Britain and took place on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne off the coast of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. The Vikings targeted the Anglo-Saxon priory of St Cuthbert because of the riches it contained, particularly gold and silver ornaments such as crosses, candlestick holders and chalices. Most of the small group of monks were either murdered or taken away as slaves. The attack sent shockwaves across the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon Britain.

I would like you to imagine that the nearby Anglo-Saxon cities of Durham and York both had a daily tabloid newspaper. The Lindisfarne attack would have made front-page news in both cities. Using the conventions of journalistic reporting or media recount writing, and examples of modern-day tabloid newspapers, produce the front page of the newspaper for 9 June 793. As well as ensuring you follow the correct conventions of the genre – major headline, subheading, emotive image, an initial paragraph that provides a simple overview of the whole story, chronological reporting of events in more detail using topic sentences at the beginning of paragraphs, and a final paragraph summarising the story –your report must also be historically accurate. The story therefore needs to include what is known of the invaders, the apparent purpose of their attack and the consequences for the community of Holy Island. It can include quotes from survivors and interviews with ‘experts’, as well as speculation as to what might happen next. You need to bear in mind as you draft your front-page reports that people will be very frightened by this event so close to home, and very worried about whether the Men of the North will return. They will also demand what the King is going to do to prevent it happening again!

If you have forgotten the events, please look back to home learning from last week.

Keep Active

Bury school games are now now posting twice weekly stay at home challenges to help keep pupils active. You can find these on twitter @BurySchoolGames or on Instagram buryschoolgames.

Let’s keep safe, keep happy and carry on learning!

Best Wishes,

Mrs Whittaker & Mr Ormrod

VIPERS Activity

They‟d passed the graveyard on

the edge of the village by the light of a

full moon, and the hoot of an owl signalled their passage. They spent the next

few hours trudging through the gloom of the forest on their way back to

Nottingham. Mist hung about the ground at knee height, giving the forest an

ethereal feel. Robin‟s friend, Will, turned to him and confessed quietly he

wasn‟t happy about the uncomfortable silence which enveloped the woods.

Usually, even at such an early hour, the woods were filled with noises, but

tonight all was deathly silent.

They reached the river crossing just after dawn had broken and found a

sun-dappled space to sit, eat and rest a while before crossing the water into

the part of the forest inhabited by outlaws. Robin stood and stretched before

retrieving his pack, his quiver and his bow. “Come on!” he said to Will, who

lay napping on the heather and he nudged him with the toe of his boot.

“How much longer is it?” said Will screwing up his face and shielding his

eyes from the low hanging sun, “we‟ve been walking all night!”

“Not much further,” said Robin, “but keep your wits about you now…you

never know who is lurking in the woods on the Wester‟ side.”

1. Use a dictionary to find the word ‘ethereal’ can you write a definition for it in your own

words?

2. What do you think the word ‘enveloped’ means?

3. Which word in the text tells you that outlaws lived in the forest?

4. Outlaw is a compound word made of two smaller words. What do you think it means?

5. What does the word trudging tell us about the way the two of them move through the

forest?

6. Which word in the second paragraph means someone is ‘lying in wait?

Robin Hood and Little John

Robin had only taken a few steps onto the bridge when there was a flurry

of movement at the other end. Either side of the bridge, men with bows

erupted from the foliage; their arrows aimed at Robin and Will. One of the

men started to cross the bridge towards them. The man was one of the tallest

that they had ever seen. He was a whole head

taller than Robin. He carried a long staff as thick

as a man‟s wrist and he was grinning from ear

to ear - flashing his teeth at the two weary

travellers. “Look sharp!” Robin hissed at Will.

“Bridge tax!” the tall man bellowed, “stand

where you are!” The two of them continued to edge further forwards until

Robin was standing face to face with the brigand. “You cannot come across

this bridge without paying the fee!”

With unnatural speed, Robin had pulled an arrow from his quiver, nocked

it and was now stood with his drawn bow pointing in the giant‟s bearded

face. “Now, now…” said the Giant taking a step backwards, “there is no need

for that.” Robin took half a step towards the bandit who suddenly swung his

staff violently, knocking Robin‟s bow into the river; sending his arrow flying

off to embed itself into the trunk of a nearby by tree.

The outlaw laughed, “if you want to fight rather than pay, then it needs to

be a fair fight.” he said as he handed Robin another staff. “If you can knock

me, Little John, from the bridge then I will waive the fee.”

Robin let out a deep sigh as he hefted the staff. „Little John?‟ he thought to

himself, „the man is as big as a bull and twice as fierce!‟

R How far onto the bridge was Robin when John appeared?

V Which words show that the men appeared quickly?

E Explain how you know that this story is set in the past.

I What is Robin thinking/feeling when he „let out a „deep sigh?‟

S How does Little John earn money?

Answers:

Vocabulary Focus

1. delicate and light in a way that seems to be otherworldly.

2. to wrap up, cover or surround completely.

3. inhabited

4. Outside of the law – someone who has broken the law, especially one who

has escaped.

5. That they are walking slowly because they are tired.

6. lurking

R – a few steps

V – flurry, erupted

E – They are carrying bows, they are walking long distances, they fight with a

staff, there is a bridge tax

I – he is resigned to his fate – he feels like he will have to fight him now.

S – He stops people crossing the bridge unless they pay him. If they do not

pay then he robs them.