2019-20
Class 4 Teachers: Miss J Watkinson & Miss B Karam
Supported by Mrs D Byers.
Topic: Road Trip USA!
Buckle up, sunglasses on – we’re going on a road trip across the good old US of A! Flying from London Gatwick, and landing at JFK airport New York, it’s time to explore the sights and sounds of the Big Apple. Use your map skills to navigate your way around some of its most famous landmarks and send a postcard home to ask the question ‘Do you wish you were here?’ Learn how to send an email to book a day trip or reserve a room. Make sure you ask the important questions ‘Does your hotel have a pool? Is there 24-hour room service?’ Meet the Iroquois tribe; Native Americans with amazing customs and traditions. Then plan a bespoke road trip for Mr Smith and his family of four, they want to spend three weeks in the sunshine. It’s going to be a long ride, put the roof down and let the wind blow through your hair – we’re off!
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Topic: Misty Mountain Sierra!
Mighty mountains peak above the morning mists, imposing and eternal, rocky outcrops at their feet. Discover how these giants are formed, as a fold or a block, a dome or a plateau. Follow the water cycle’s course from peak to valley and meet the exceptional tribes of the hostile Himalayas. Then plan a mountain expedition from the BMC that is eco-friendly and safe as can be. But beware, look out! What’s that by that tree? Its footprints are huge! Have we found the Yeti?
Click on the links below to learn more!
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Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar: Grammar & Punctuation Revision Mat: Click here... Guided Reading Activities: Click here... Spellings to learn: Click here... |
Further Links: To support teachers and parents whose schools have closed because of the Coronavirus, we have made Twinkl free for one month. Go to www.twinkl.co.uk/offer and enter the code UKTWINKLHELPS |
Maths:
KIRFs (Instant Recall Facts): Click here...
Maths Spring Activity Booklet: Click here...
Times-table Games: Click here...
Maths Learning Grid (Y4):
Practise your tables, play a maths game and choose one other thing to work on each day. Watch the video link for each one and then have a go yourself! (So far Year 4 have covered Place Value, Addition and Subtraction and Multiplication and Division.
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Column Addition Make your own hundreds, tens and ones counters by drawing on counters you have at home or make some out of paper/card. Practice column addition with your hundreds, tens and ones, then have a go at drawing them out. Once you have done this, practise column addition using just the numbers. Why don’t you use a dice to generate your numbers and make some column addition questions of your own! Link to video for column addition of 2 3-digit numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRAOFeuaaVU&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEyq1iZ36fRe-xTJ4NNZsmYz9&index=9 |
Column Subtraction Make your own hundreds, tens and ones counters by drawing on counters you have at home or make some out of paper/card. Practice column subtraction with your hundreds, tens and ones, then have a go at drawing them out and then practising with just the numbers. Why don’t you use a dice to generate your numbers and make some column subtraction questions of your own! Link to video for column subtraction of 2 3-digit numbers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTILCPp6q2c&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEyq1iZ36fRe-xTJ4NNZsmYz9&index=10 |
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Multiplying and dividing by 10 and 100 Make your own place value grid and place value slider and try multiplying different numbers by 10 and 100. Can you work out what happens when you have decimal numbers? Link to video on multiplying by 10 and 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y0zSnhiShc&list=UUob4tkfOSXy6yav9Y54SKIQ&index Link to video on dividing by 10 and 100: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMnbH2M0io&list=UUob4tkfOSXy6yav9Y54SKIQ&index |
Grid method and column method multiplication Multiply a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number by making your own place value counters to help you. You can either draw on counters or make your own out of card/paper. Once you have done this with counters, have a go by drawing them out. Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrKqvhV-j_Q&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEyq1iZ36fRe-xTJ4NNZsmYz9&index=13
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Telling the time in analogue Practise telling the time in analogue. You can choose to practice reading the time to o’clock an half past: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V32tRiEQ2AA&t Once you are confident with this, have a go at telling the time to quarter past & to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RbCwhdJSs If you can do this, have a go at telling the time to 5 minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJkYONqIYQM Finally have a go at reading the time to the nearest minute: |
Division (grouping and sharing, part-whole method, chunking method and bus stop method) Get some something you can use to share (counters/raisins/grapes etc….) Practise dividing by sharing and dividing by grouping. Link to video: Divide a 3 digit number by a 1-digit number by making your own place value counters to help you. You can either draw on counters or make your own out of card/paper. Once you have had a go with counters, try it by just drawing out the counters. Then have a go practising with just the numbers. Link to video for dividing a 3-digit number by a 1-digit number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7PelKmv-jI&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEyq1iZ36fRe-xTJ4NNZsmYz9&index=14 |
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Equivalent fractions Print out your own fraction strips/fraction circles from the internet. Use these to find fractions which are equivalent to each other e.g. Link to video on equivalent fractions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUJ49WdgRyM&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEypS0zxt54Wez5X4gnQ-xxvu&index
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Fractions of amounts Use raisins, sweets, grapes etc.... and draw out bar models to help you find fractions of amounts. Once you have had a go with practical resources, draw them out as a picture to help you. Once you are confident with this, draw out the bar model but just record the numbers in it. Link to video showing the bar model for fractions of amounts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh53TJoMV3o&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEypS0zxt54Wez5X4gnQ-xxvu&index |
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Adding and subtracting fractions Use lego or print fraction circles off the internet to help you to practise adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator. Link to video showing adding fractions with the same denominator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s768ZakRX4k&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEypS0zxt54Wez5X4gnQ-xxvu&index Link to video showing subtracting fractions with the same denominator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUfsGb5KLWs&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEypS0zxt54Wez5X4gnQ-xxvu&index
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Right, acute and obtuse angles Make your own angle eater/right angle tester and go round your house/garden looking for right, acute and obtuse angles. Link to video showing investigation of right, acute and obtuse angles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_p0STXaf9s&list=PLWIJ2KbiNEyrTqPf1uBkSPri4zSMmL09L
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What a fantastic day celebrating all our ‘WOW’ words! #VocabularyParade2020
- Thank you to our wonderful Mystery Reader who came into Year 4 today! Year 4 were very much surprised and loved every second of it! #LoveToReadWeek2020 #Year4SuperStars
Oliver, Aminah, Haadiyah, Maisy, Ben, George, Wajiha, Taylor & Emily!
Well done, Ellie! You continue to be kind, responsible & show great enthusiasm in your learning, We love your positivity in Year 4. Keep up the hard work. You are doing amazing!
Aminah you deserve this every week as you are one of our star pupils in year 4!, Aminah is always doing her very best. Thank you, Aminah for your kind manners, your hard work, your positive mindset and the way you bring Year 4 together the way it is.
A big well done to Dylan! You have shown great enthusiasm in your learning, your eagerness to answer every question is so motivating & inspirational to the whole class! We love your positivity. Keep up the hard work. You are our star pupil!
Well done, Zac. You have who won good learner this week for your amazing progress in your learning. Zac is shining through every Maths lesson, his work ethic is inspirational to all his class members. Zac uses every minute of his school day to stay focused in his learning, he is a star pupil that we are all so proud of!
Well done, Accardo. Your resilience and your dedication has shined so brightly and you are continuing to do the very best you can and I am super proud to be your teacher. Keep it up!
A big well done to Haadiya! Our star pupil in year 4 this week, always doing her very best. Thank you Haadiya for your kind manners, your hard work, your positive mindset and the way you bring Year 4 together the way it is.
Well done, Nafiah. You are an amazing asset to St Stephens! Keep up the hard work and never stop trying, you can do this always.
A big well done to Ben! Our star pupil in year 4, always doing his very best and putting 110% effort into every piece of work. A kind, caring and responsible student at St Stephens and we couldn’t be more proud!
This term we are reading "Arthur and the Golden Rope" by Joe Todd Stanton, a tale of an unlikely hero and his epic adventure. Lots of exciting writing to come!Converting
So proud of our 3 good learners this week! Well done Moawia, Joshua and Maitie, your enthusiasm and dedication to learning is inspiring to all at St Stephen's. Keep up the brilliant work, Year 4 are lucky to have you as part of our class family.
A big congrats to Zac! For working super hard this week and using his positive mindset towards his learning & for always being a keen learner, nothing is impossible! Well done, Zac.
Well done, Oliver. He has achieved the good learner award this week, Oliver is our star pupil, a kind, responsible and dedicated learner. Absolutely fantastic!
It’s Christmas time! Year 4 are very much excited & we have been reading ‘The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.’ We have written and created a retell through a story wheel! How amazing do these look? #English #D&T #ChristmasIsNear
Well done, Moawia. He has achieved the good learner award this week, Moawia has improved exceptionally in his reading and writing, using his amazing skills through his phonics journey. He is flying through his maths activities. A keen and super learner! Keep it going Moawia.
An amazing week for Alfie! He showed kindness care and lovely qualities everyone needs in a friend, generous and thoughtful traits. Alfie is not only looking out for his friends during playtime and lunch, he is progressing super well in lessons. Keep up the good work Alfie!
Well done Max B who has achieved the good learner award this week, Max has improved in his writing, using his amazing thesaurus and dictionary skills to expand his vocabulary. He wrote an exceptional diary entry and setting description about our Moon Man book. What a way to end our book! A big well done! Keep it up Max!
Super well done, Ruby! A lovely friend with kind, generous and thoughtful traits. An amazing buddy to her table buddies. Ruby has progressed so well in her maths and reading. Keep up the good work Ruby and thank you for being such a lovely pupil, you make St Stephens proud!
A big Well Done to Roy who won good learner on Friday for his amazing progress in his learning. Roy is shining through every Maths lesson, his work ethic is inspirational to all his class members. Roy uses every minute of his school day to stay focused in his learning, he is a star pupil that we are all so proud of!
A creative day for Year 4. We created beautiful collages of sea creatures. Aren’t they absolutely amazing?
Our trip to the Blue Planet Aquarium, a day filled with excitement, knowledge and eagerness to start our new Blue Abyss topic!
Congratulations to Ellie for a fantastic week and to celebrate her good learning as she continues to work brilliantly both outside and inside school with her extra curricular activities. Keep up the fantastic work Ellie!
Golden Jumper Winner of Week 5:
A big Well Done to Stanley who is our golden jumper winner this week. Stanley shines through every activity or work he produces, the resilience, determination and passion he shows to continue work his work and not give up is something we all need to follow. Super proud of Stanley, keep working hard.. you are doing amazing!
Golden Jumper Winner of Week 4:
Well done to Wajiha who is our golden jumper winner this week. Wajiha is a star pupil with beautiful manners, she shines through all our class/school rules, she always produces beautiful work to the best of her ability. A kind and respectable pupil! A pleasure to be teaching her this year.
A fantastic end to our week to celebrate our good learner winner Emily. Emily is a driven and enthusiastic learner, she produced a great piece of English work, as we focused on character descriptions. She’s really improved on widening her vocabulary using her prior knowledge, new dictionary and thesaurus skills. Absolutely brilliant! Well done, Emily.
A huge well done to Oliver who is our golden jumper winner this week. Oliver is a star pupil with beautiful manners, he shines through all our class/school rules and continues to motivate everyone, he always produces beautiful work to the best of his ability and loves to be challenged further, honoured to have him in my class.
A big congratulations to our super star Joe this week who is our good learner winner. Joe has been the biggest team player, not only does he finish every task and challenges, he helps all his classmates with their work and explains it carefully so they understand, a brilliant pupil, a caring friend and most of all a wonderful person.
Well done to Aminah who is our golden jumper winner this week. Aminah has been the biggest team player, not only is she a great team-mate to our new pupil Moavia, she is hardworking, motivating and has taken on a very important responsibility to make our new addition feel most welcome in Year 4. A big thank you to Aminah!
Well done to Benjamin who is our good learner winner this week. Benjamin continues to motivate everyone, he always produces beautiful work with a resilient attitude. He as done exceedingly well in Maths this week and has been one of many class buddies who have been going around class helping their friends to push themselves further in their classwork.
A fun week in Science for Year 4! We got our investigation goggles out experimenting what sugary drinks are good for our teeth. The children are in for a treat! We recorded our results over a week to find the best results... and they were interesting indeed!
Well done to Maisy who is our first golden jumper winner of the year. Maisy has settled into Year 4 beautifully. She is kind, hardworking, willing to help everyone and is an excellent role model. What a fantastic start to our school year.
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Well done to George who is our first good learner winner of the year. George has joined us in Year 4, he continues to motivate everyone around him, always producing beautiful work with a fantastic attitude. A fabulous year ahead for George! What an amazing start to our school year.