Week commencing Monday 20th April 2020

Hello Year 3 and 4,

We hope you are having lots of fun learning from home!

Here is an overview of what this week looks like:

Your teacher has given you a writing task. It is to be

completed little and often throughout the week.

Remember to do your ‘pink pen’ checking as you go. Ask

your grown-up to help you.

Each maths group has a slightly different challenge. Look

out for your teacher or your class name and this will tell

you the activities you are doing and where to find the

resources you need.

Each week we will give you a project centred around a

different subject (history, geography, art, etc.) Your next

project is to choose a European landmark (either man

made or naturally occurring – or both) and make a tourist

information leaflet. Find more information below.

We found this music a music creation website, can you

create a short piece of music using different chords.

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/ Give it a go we

love it!

Have fun this week, keep an eye on the website for more resources for next

week!

From

Miss Turner, Mrs Brown, Mrs Backrath and Miss Evans

English – Mini projects

Miss Turner’s English (Set 1)

Writing - We are going to become advertisers. Imagine you have been

asked to create an advert for a new product of your choice. It could be a

new chocolate bar, a new pencil case, an invention that does your

homework for you etc. Can you write your advert to share your product?

Remember to use persuasive writing features such as: powerful adjectives,

rhetorical questions, description, facts and evidence and a title.

Spelling/PAG - Use a different coloured pen/pencil to edit your advert.

Remember to look for punctuation and spelling mistakes. You can then up

level your language with more interesting adjectives, adverbs, expanded

noun phrases.

Reading - Read chapter 2 of Roman Rescue. Complete as many of the

activity cards as you can.

- Read a book of your choice in different locations – can you

read in the garden? Can you read in a den? Can you read in bed? Can you

read to an adult? How many exciting ways to read can you come up with?

Mrs Brown’s English (Set 2)

Writing - We are going to become advertisers. Imagine you have been

asked to create an advert for a new product of your choice. It could be a

new chocolate bar, a new pencil case, an invention that does your

homework for you etc. Can you write your advert to share your product?

Remember to use persuasive writing features such as: powerful adjectives,

rhetorical questions, description, facts and evidence and a title.

Spelling/PAG - Use a different coloured pen/pencil to edit your advert.

Remember to look for punctuation and spelling mistakes. You can then up

level your language with more interesting adjectives, adverbs and

expanded noun phrases.

Reading - Read chapter 2 of Roman Rescue. Complete 5 of the activity

cards using the second chapter to help you.

- Read a book of your choice in different locations – can you

read in the garden? Can you read in a den? Can you read in bed? Can you

read to an adult? How many exciting ways to read can you come up with?

Miss Plumtree’s English (Set 3)

Writing - We are going to become advertisers. Imagine you have been

asked to create an advert for a toy of your choice. It could be a new

PlayStation, Lego, LOL Doll, etc. Can you write your advert to share your

product? Remember to use persuasive writing features such as: powerful

adjectives, rhetorical questions, description, facts and evidence and a title.

Spelling/PAG - Use a different coloured pen/pencil to edit your advert.

Remember to look for punctuation and spelling mistakes.

Reading - Read chapter 2 of Roman Rescue with a grown up. Complete

3 of the activity cards using the second chapter to help you.

- Read a book of your choice in different locations – can you

read in the garden? Can you read in a den? Can you read in bed? Can you

read to an adult? How many exciting ways to read can you come up with?

Miss Evans’ English (Pluto)

Writing - We are going to become advertisers. Imagine you have been

asked to create an advert for a toy of your choice. It could be a new

PlayStation, Lego, LOL Doll, etc. Can you write your advert to share your

product? Remember to use persuasive writing features such as: powerful

adjectives, rhetorical questions, description, facts and evidence and a title.

Spelling - Use a different coloured pen/pencil to edit your advert.

Remember to look for punctuation and spelling mistakes.

Reading - Read page 1-4 of Dinosaurs with your adult. Can you

complete 3 activity cards linked to the pages you have read.

- Read a book of your choice in different locations – can you

read in the garden? Can you read in a den? Can you read in bed? Can you

read to an adult? How many exciting ways to read can you come up with?

Maths project –Problem solving

We have a selection of different problem solving

challenges to unlock the maths chest to release the

treasure – using our maths knowledge we need your

help! You may need to print if you wish, however

you can use a piece of scrap paper to write your

answers on.

Mrs Backrath’s Maths class - version 1

Miss Turner’s Maths class – version 2

Mrs Brown’s Maths class – version 3

Mrs France’s Maths class – version 4

ALL – Remember to practice on TT Rockstars!

Theme/ Geography project – Where in the world?

Choose a European landmark (either man made or naturally occurring – or both!!) and research it. Can you

find the answers to questions for each of the 5 W’s (When, where, who, why and what?) For example, you could choose the Eiffel Tower and find out about when it was

built, where it is, who built it, why it was built and what it is. Use this information to make a tourist attraction flyer

promoting visits to your landmark.

- Resources you will need – 1 sheet of paper, a pencil, colouring crayons, internet device to research your landmark

- Resources from school – Information about 3 example landmarks and a WAGOLL about the Eiffel Tower.

WAGGOL

This is a blank version of what your brochure might look like!

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- Your leaflet can then be folded to look like this!

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The Eiffel Tower Why you should visit:

How the tower was

made:

- The Great Wall of China

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Fun Fact!

Some people say that the Great Wall

of China can be seen from space!

This however, is only partially true. It

can only be seen from space with

some magnifying equipment in clear

conditions!

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Check out the virtual tour of the Tutankhamun

exhibit in London: https://tutankhamun-

london.com/see-do/

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The Giants Causeway

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the

result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is in County Antrim on the northeast coast

of Northern Ireland.

It is a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

It was named and a National Nature Reserve in

1987 by the Department of the Environment for

Northern Ireland. In a 2005 poll of Radio Times

readers, the Giant's Causeway was named as the

fourth greatest natural wonder in the United

Kingdom.

The tops of the columns form stepping stones

that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under

the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal,

although there are also some with four, five,

seven and eight sides. The tallest are about 12

metres (36 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the

cliffs is 28 metres thick in places.

The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust. It is

the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.

Geological significance

The Giant's Causeway and Fingal's Cave are part of the same volcanic eruption.

They were separated by the plate tectonics movements which happened when the

supercontinent Pangaea broke up.

Some 50 to 60 million years ago, during the Palaeogene period, Antrim was

subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded

through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau. As the lava cooled rapidly,

contraction occurred. The size of the columns is primarily determined by the speed

at which lava from a volcanic eruption cools. The extensive fracture network

produced the distinctive columns seen today. The basalts were originally part of a

great volcanic plateau called the Thulean Plateau which formed during the

Paleogene period. Parts of this plateau can be found in the Faroe Islands, Iceland,

and Norway, as well as at Fingal's Cave.