Area Weekly Learning Project ‘Music’

Monday 13th July 2020

Blue Area Teachers would like to say how proud they are of all

the children in Year 3 and 4. We have really enjoyed receiving

your Home Learning each week and we know that you have

been working very hard at home. Well done everyone, make

sure you have a rest over the holidays and good luck in your

new classes!

We are missing you greatly in school and

we hope you are having fun learning from

home. Please email in any of your work you

would like us to look at!

Look out for a weekly celebration of

learning on our school website.

Stay safe and all the best from the Blue

Area Team.

WEEKLY HOME LEARNING

Over the week, please try to complete at least 3 ‘starter’ and 3 ‘Main’ tasks for English and Maths and submit them to the Google Classroom.

Please complete a daily fitness task and at least 2 other challenges by Friday.

MAIN ENGLISH TASKS MAIN MATHS TASKS – Please make sure you self-mark your work before submitting it to the Google

Classroom Reading

Read 5 times each

week so that you

can earn a Fiver.

Don’t forget to

write (or ask an

adult to write) the

date and the title

of the book you

have been reading

in your Home-

School Planner so

you can keep a

record of the

wonderful reading

you are getting up

to!

Guided Reading

Which has been

your favourite book

to read this year?

Explain why you

enjoyed it so much

and why you would

recommend it to

others.

Handwriting

Find a section of

lyrics from your

favourite song and

use these as your

handwriting text.

Use a sharp pencil

or handwriting pen

rather than a biro

pen.

Join your

handwriting and

keep your letters a

consistent size.

Writing and Grammar tasks:

This week’s topic is “Music”. This will be a chance to

show off your writing skills from this term in some final

mini-topics.

Task 1: (Lullabies) Think of some of the best-known

lullabies:

“Twinkle Twinkle”

“Rock a bye baby”

“Frere Jacques”

“Hush little baby”

“Little Bo Peep”

You may have some others that you know of. Either

choose one of these or another that you know and

film yourself performing them. It would be very

interesting if you performed them in an unusual way.

Get creative!

Task 2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/intro-films-and-orchestral-films/zv2gqp3 Scroll down to the section called “Trailblazers: Heitor Villa-Lobos”. Watch the video clips about the piece of music. Listen to it again. Plan and write a story about a train journey which could be accompanied by the music. It could be a train journey you have been on yourself or an imaginary one, it could be set in Brazil or somewhere completely different. Make it as descriptive as possible.

Task 3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/intro-films-and-orchestral-films/zv2gqp3 Scroll down to the section on “Mars” from the planet’s suite by Holst and watch the video clips. This piece was written about the planet Mars, which is in turn named after the Roman God of War. Write an explanation paragraph about what makes this music so effective for this subject. How does it make you feel? Why is the pace important?

Task 4: https://www.literacyshed.com/the-music-video-shed.html

Division

Task 1: (Division using number lines). On the task sheet this week below, there is a modelled example for you to look at

showing how you might use a number line to help with division. In the modelled example, the question is 20 ÷ 4. If you

start at 0 and go up in jumps of 4, you will notice that you have to complete 5 equal jumps to get to 20. Therefore, the

answer to 20 ÷ 4 = 5. Use this idea to complete one of the challenge levels of worksheet.

Task 2: (Diving into Division Mastery) Have a look at the PowerPoint which has been attached to your Google Classroom

assignment folder to help you understand the tasks for this assignment and then choose your appropriate challenge level

further down the page.

Task 3: (Short division without remainders) Watch the video clip at

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z36tyrd/articles/zgxdfcw which goes through how to use the “bus-stop” method

for short division. The video talks about remainders as well but the method is just the same for when you are working on

questions with no remainders. Now have a go using this method in the questions for Task 3 further down this home

learning document.

Task 4: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-division.html These are a range of interactive division games designed to increase your division speed in mental problems.

GRAMMAR AND SPELLING TASKS (10-15 minutes

each)

NUMBER/MULTIPLICATION STARTER TASKS

(10-15 minutes each) Keep practicing your spellings using the Spelling Frame site the

address is listed below. You can use any of the KS2 practice links

(year 3 and 4)

https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/4/Year-3-and-4

Spelling task:

Look at the Year 3/4 spelling list further down the page. Ask

somebody at home to test you on ten of these spellings at

random. If you are finding these tricky, the Year 1/2 words are

also included for you to work on.

Grammar Task:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/z9n73k7

Watch the video on “paragraphs” and then verbally explain to

somebody at home what you have learnt. How much did you

manage to remember?

a) Times tables are a very important part of

Maths and Times Table Rockstars is a really

fun way to practice them. You can even

challenge members of the Blue Area team.

b) Work with your family on being able to tell

the time accurately to the nearest five

minutes and be able to calculate time

intervals in and hours & minutes. Extra

challenge: Can you tell the time to the

nearest minute? Can you convert the time

between the 12 and 24-hour clock?

c) Help your parents check that the you were

charged the correct amount on your

shopping list. With your parent’s permission,

go through the receipt from your recent

shop. Did they get the right change?

It often works best

when you are sat

at a table with both

feet firmly planted

on the ground.

Scroll down to the music video called “So Good To Me” and watch the music video. Once you have watched it, choose one of the following tasks to complete.

Write a set of instructions for keeping a giraffe as a pet.

If you could choose any animal in the world to keep as a pet, what would it be and why? What would you do with them? How would you need to change your house to take care of it?

CLIC Focus- Writing numbers as words

Write the following numbers in words:

- 303

- 4,367

- 2,309

- 10,345

- 13,460

- 123,456

What do you notice about the position of the

comma in these numbers? How might that

help us read them aloud and write them down?

PICK AND MIX – FOUNDATION SUBJECT TASKS

PE

Complete some of the tasks on the school website under “other useful links”

with the title CSET weekly challenges.

https://www.barrscourtprimaryschool.co.uk/school-closure-learning/

DT

Design and make your own instrument out of recycled materials. Can you

compose and perform a piece of music using it?

Music

(Dr Who Theme)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/ten-pieces/intro-films-and-orchestral-films/zv2gqp3

Click on this link and scroll down to “Trailblazers: Delia Derbyshire”. Watch the video

clips about the creation of the Dr Who theme song.

Either using the Dr Who theme or a theme from your favourite TV show. Use objects

from around the house to create your own version of your chosen theme. Record

your efforts to see if your classmates can guess the theme on Google Classroom.

(You may want to draft in other members of the household to make an orchestra!)

Science: Music is intrinsically linked with sound but how do we hear sounds?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgffr82 Look at the video clips and tasks in the four sections on this page to find out more.

Geography:

Create a fact poster about a style of music which originated from a different

part of the world.

Extra Opportunities

The following web links are additional opportunities but only if your child needs more work after

focus on the other tasks above.

https://www.thenational.academy/

This website provides video lessons in different subject areas. You can choose to select one

subject in particular or follow a schedule set up for each week.

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

The BBC has recently been updating the content on this website to include daily lessons.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

This website gives the children a range of tasks to further develop their Maths skills on a daily

basis.

Spelling Lists

Writing Task 2

Faster and faster and faster. Clickity-clack, clickity-clack, clickity-clack. The exhilaration rushed through me like electricity as I was

drawn inexorably onwards to my destination. I nestled further into my chair and gazed out of the window at the blur of greens

and browns rushing past. The scenery in the far distance seemed to stand still but everything close to me passed by quicker than

thoughts.

I had been looking forward to this journey all year. The middle of July always meant one thing - an end to textbooks and Maths

tests and a friendly reunion with sandcastles and ice creams! In my mind’s eye I pictured the sea stretching to the horizon and hot,

sunny days that never seemed to end. I could almost hear the screech of seagulls already and my arm instinctively moved into a

position to shield the salty chips which I did not yet have.

It was made all the more exciting by the way we were getting there. No sitting in our own personal ovens on the boring

motorway; we were travelling in style! The steam from the engine tickled the window panes as it shot by, adding to the feeling of

being in a dream. I felt a bit like Harry Potter travelling to Hogwarts as there was definitely a sense of magic in the air.

As we pulled into the next station, I squeezed my sister’s hand and smiled. She could feel the excitement too. I knew that at this

point, just like every year, there was one phrase which would escape her mouth. 3-2-1 “Are we there yet?”

Task 1-Maths

Mild

Spicy

Hot

Task 2- Maths Mild

Task 2- Maths Spicy

Task 2- Hot

Task 3- Maths- Mild

Task 1- Maths Answers-

Task 2- Maths Answers

Task 3- Maths Answers