Home Learning ideas for Year 3/4

20th April 2020D Hymers

Hi all,

I hope you are well and I hope that you had a nice Easter even in these challenging circumstances.

I have put together some learning ideas incase you are looking for things to do.

For me the biggest new resource this week is the new lessons that the BBC have put together – I am looking forward to doing these with my children.

Click on the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

ENGLISH

Thank you all for the fantastic writing that you have been sending me.

This week’s task uses the following picture.

 

First some questions: 

What do you think it would feel like to ride an ostrich?
How do you think the ostrich feels about being ridden?
What top-tips would you give Emma to help her win the race?
How do you think riding an ostrich would be different from riding a horse?
What thoughts do you thing are going through Emma’s mind?

Story starter!
She turned in the saddle and looked behind her. Emma could see the others gaining on her.
Digging in her heels, she whispered some words of encouragement in the ostrich’s ears as it burst into full speed. They were making good time, but there was so far still to go…

Can you continue the story?

Who is chasing Emma?

Is this a race or is she on another adventure?

 

Sentence challenge!
Choose the appropriate punctuation for the following sentences.
! ? .
Stop You’re going too fast
Am I going to make it to the finish line
She told herself that it was going to be fine

Can you use all of these pieces of punctuation in your own writing?

Perfect picture!
Imagine you can see through Emma’s eyes. What can she see behind her? Draw/describe what you have imagined

 

SPELLINGS

address
busy
business
heart
fruit
breathe
strange
complete
extreme
forwards

Do you know what they all mean? see if you can find out!
Can you use them in a sentence ?
Here is a word search with our spelling words in. Can you spot the hidden words?

 

MATHS

Please continue with TT Rockstars and Numbots ( if you need your log in details please send me an email).

Remember to challenge me in ROCKSLAM!

If you want a change, don’t forget ‘Hit the Button’ which is a fabulous free resource.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

If you would like something a little different, the Maths lessons on White Rose are great and the children are used to these resources as we use them in class.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

 

COMPUTING 

You can’t beat this free resource for getting children engaged in coding. Have a go, it’s great fun.

https://hourofcode.com/uk/learn

 

Thanks again for all your emails – it’s lovely to hear from you all.

 

Remember, please email me with any questions.

 

Thanks and stay safe

Mr Hymers

 

 

BBC Daily Lessons

17th April 2020N Noble

BBC Education’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic, Bitesize Daily, launches this Monday April 20th to support parents and children learning at home over the next 14 weeks. You will be hearing more about the new service over the next few days via TV, radio and online trails.

BBC Bitesize Daily programmes will be available on any TV via the Red Button and online on any device on BBC iPlayer with teachers, experts and famous faces covering what each age group should be learning that day.

Bitesize Daily Lessons will offer a tailored learning experience for every age group between Years 1 and 10, drawing in the best of our existing BBC Bitesize content with activities and input from the best of the broader education industry, who have generously thrown their weight behind our work. These will be available via the BBC Bitesize website and will deliver a newly created Maths and English lesson every day, as well as a lesson in another curriculum topic, for each year group.

Download (PDF, 943KB)

The aim is to ensure that every child in the UK has access to content following the core parts of their nation’s school curriculum in these challenging times.

All lesson plans have been devised by teachers. And there’s a host of well-known faces on board to host the programmes including Karim Zeroual and Katie Thistleton, plus specialist subject support on Maths from Bobby Seagull and Rachel Riley, and on English from Matt Barton.

Every week we’ll have an age appropriate ‘Book Club’ for young learners with books being read in week one by Strictly Come Dancing stars Oti Mabuse and Diane Buswell, comedian Russell Kane and England rugby player Maro Itoje.

Click here, or below, to access the daily lessons:

Government Support

17th April 2020lbridges

Earlier this week, the Governemnt brought together an initial list of online educational resources to help children to learn at home.

These websites have been identified by some of the country’s leading educational experts and offer a wide range of support and resources for pupils of all ages.

The list includes subject-specific resources for:

They are currently being offered for free.

Individual resources cannot replace a school’s properly planned curriculum, and the resources in this list are not intended to do so.

They may be useful for parents/carers in considering how they could support their children’s education, but they should not be used in place of existing resources which schools may be using as part of their continued provision for pupils’ education at this time.

Please feel free to visit this website or click the links above.  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-online-education-resources-for-home-education

 

Home Learning Websites All In One Place

3rd April 2020Katie Clough

https://www.cambslearntogether.co.uk/home-learning

Education advisers in Cambridgeshire have created a  ‘one stop shop’ of FREE resources and activities for children aged 4 – 11 years old. Instead of being directed to lots of different websites, the Home Learning Hub has links to the best free resources from White Rose, NRICH, I See Maths and loads of other great resources all in one place.

It’s not just maths either, there’s pages for all subject areas.

How to keep your child reading at home…

2nd April 2020Michelle Trotter

Visit the school NEWS page about Reading and Phonics by clicking here…

OXFORD READING TREE

Did you know that Oxford Owl have added lots of eBooks for your child to continue reading while they are at home? They have an excellent range of books for children to read from ages 3-11.  They also have an excellent range of Read Write Inc books for your child to read containing green and red words.  Just visit https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and click on the free eBook library and then click your child’s reading age.

AUDIBLE

For as long as schools are closed, they’re open. Children everywhere can instantly stream an incredible collection of stories, including titles across six different languages, that will help them continue dreaming, learning, and just being kids.
All stories are free to stream on your desktop, laptop, phone or tablet.
Explore the collection, select a title and start listening by clicking here.
It’s that easy.

 

ELEVENSES WITH THE WORLD OF DAVID WALLIAMS

Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun! Click here!

ELEVENSES CATCH UP

Catch up on any audio stories you missed last week here.  These audio recordings will be available until Sunday.  Click here!

HOGWARTS AT HOME

If you really enjoy Harry Potter, then JK Rowling’s Wizarding World website is a definite must! There is a new ‘Hogwarts at Home’ section, filled with quizzes, magical craft videos and lots of puzzles for the young and old!  Click here to explore this magical site!

Happy Reading!!

Post created by Mrs Trotter, Mrs G-B and Miss Noble – great minds think alike!

House Party APP

1st April 2020lbridges

Houseparty has become one of the most downloaded apps in several countries including the UK amid restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus. It has been rumoured that several people over Twitter have posted screenshots that have claimed they were locked out of applications like Netflix, Spotify and even bank accounts after they downloaded Houseparty. Please be aware when downloading APPs and make sure they have strong passwords.

The company issued a statement denying those allegations.

“We’ve found no evidence to suggest a link between Houseparty and the compromises of other unrelated accounts,” a spokesperson for Epic Games said.

“As a general rule, we suggest all users choose strong passwords when creating online accounts on any platform.”

 

 

Some learning ideas for Year 3/4 – March 31st

1st April 2020D Hymers

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well.

Well done to the children who have sent me a piece of descriptive writing based on the Harry Potter image that I posted. Please try and write something and take a photo and email it to me, I would love to read your work.

Have you checked out Numbots yet?  it’s great and you can log in using your TT Rockstars details.  Click on the link below.

https://play.numbots.com/?#/account/school-login/23196

In English, I would like to see if you can remember the rules for using direct speech                (inverted commas).

 

Please click on this brilliant movie called ‘For the Birds.’

https://youtu.be/nYTrIcn4rjg

What do you think the birds are saying to each other ?  Can you write some dialogue ( a conversation ) between some of the birds. What alternatives to ‘said’ could you use?

Can you extend this to a paragraph ? for instance.

The little bird said, “What a lovely day!” 
“Budge over!” said another bird.

BECOMES

Bob the little bird whispered, “What a lovely day!” as the rest of the flock landed on the telephone wire.
“Budge over!” exclaimed Maddie impatiently as she squeezed along the wire.

SPELLINGS

If we had been in school this week these words would have been our spellings:

Words with a /sh/ sound spelt with ‘ch’   

Many of these type of words have a French origin

chef
chalet
machine
brochure
crochet
ricochet
parachute
moustache
champagne
chute

Do you know what they all mean? see if you can find out!

Can you use them in a sentence ?

Here is a word search with our spelling words in. Can you spot the hidden words?

Perhaps practise the words and on Friday ask someone to test you.

Maths

 

 

The link below takes you to White Rose Home learning which is excellent. There is a little tutorial for each lesson and some questions to answer. Even if you don’t print them off just  have a discussion and answer them orally.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3/

Begin with the week 1 task about unit and non unit fractions.

ICT

Did you have a go at the hour of code last week? I had a go at some of them with my family and we loved it. , which was great fun. If you haven’t had a go, here’s a

link: http://hourofcode.com/uk

Thanks again for keeping in touch via my email.

If there is anything you need please drop me another email and I will try my best to help.

Thanks and stay safe

Mr Hymers

J2Code

31st March 2020lbridges

https://www.j2e.com/j2code/

J2code is our award winning coding resource offering four differentiated platforms. Following the National Curriculum it encourages students’ creativity and helps teachers fulfil the requirements of computing in the curriculum for pupils in KS1 and KS2.

There are 4 sections to try!

JIT turtle.
Year 1 and Year 2 

JIT Turtle is aimed at the youngest learners and starts to introduce all of the important concepts of programming. Pupils begin by simply clicking an on screen turtle or sprite to move it, turn it or put a pen up or down. As well as moving the sprite it builds up a simple program as a series of commands in a separate window. As a user becomes more confident they can move to advanced mode where the turtle does not perform the actions until the program is run. This is a perfect compliment to motorised floor turtles or other activities.

Visual.
Year 3, 4, 5, and 6

The Visual programming engine is a familiar, block based programming tool which works on any modern computer or tablet. Starting with the simplest of programs, pupils can progress to a high level of sophistication which will keep them engaged and motivated. Teachers can share scripts with the class easily creating differentiated learning activities. There are 3 differentiated levels which enable pupils to work independently without unnecessary clutter and distraction of script that they do not understand or need.

Logo.
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

The Logo programming engine enables pupils to build varied and mathematically challenging scripts. The differentiated levels allow pupils to continue on from JIT turtle applying what they have learnt in a new context. Level 3 encourages users to work independently or for teachers or pupils to create examples for sharing with the class

MICROBIT
Year 3, 4, 5 and 6

You can use your BBC micro:bit for all sorts of cool creations, from robots to musical instruments – the possibilities are endless. The BBC micro:bit has an awful lot of features, like 25 red LED lights that can flash messages. There are two programmable buttons that can be used to control games. The BBC micro:bit can detect motion and tell you which direction you’re heading in – clever!

Have a go and see what you can create!