Spellings (Use Attachment

1 for activity

ideas)

Reading (All work is based on the

book George's Secret Key to the Universe

by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)

Writing (This week we are

looking at poetry)

Maths (Lessons have been taken from

White Rose Maths. This week we will be

looking at Summer Term Week 5)

Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)

Monday Practise this

weeks

spellings:

eighth,

enough,

exercise,

experience,

experiment.

Read pages 28 - 29 and

answer the questions. (See

Attachment 2)

Read the Haiku example on

Seesaw.

Make a list if the features

of a Haiku.

Once complete, check your

list against the checklist (See

Attachment 7)

Summer Term Week 5 Lesson

1 - What is a fraction?

Click below for:

Video

Check out the activity on

Seesaw.

Music - Every year World

Music Day is celebrated on

21st June to promote music

on an international level.

Visit this website to learn

what dynamics in music

are.

Watch the videos and carry

out Activity 3. If you don’t

have paints, use pens or

pencils instead.

Tuesday Practise this

weeks

spellings:

eighth,

enough,

exercise,

experience,

experiment.

Read page 31 and answer

the questions. (See Attach-

ment 3)

Haikus are made up of 3

lines. The 1st and 3rd line

is made up of 5 syllables

The second line is made up

of 7 syllables.

Look at the PowerPoint on

Seesaw to learn about syl-

lables.

Carry out the activity in At-

tachment 8.

Summer Term Week 5 Lesson

2 - Equivalent Fractions (1)

Click below for:

Video

Check out the activity on

Seesaw.

Science - Look at the Power-

Point about Sound on See-

saw.

Go on a sound walk

around your house, your

garden or your neighbour-

hood.

Complete the sound activity.

(See Attachment 10)

Year 4 Home Learning

W/C 22nd June 2020

Spellings (Use Attachment

1 for activity

ideas)

Reading (All work is based on the

book George's Secret Key to the Universe

by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)

Writing (This week we

are looking at poetry)

Maths (Lessons have been taken from

White Rose Maths. This week we will be

looking at Summer Term Week 5)

Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)

Wednesday Practise this

weeks

spellings:

eighth,

enough,

exercise,

experience,

experiment.

Read page 31 and answer

the questions. (See Attach-

ment 4)

We are going to be writing

a Haiku about space tomor-

row.

Haikus use lots of imagina-

tive description. Carry out

the activity on Attachment

9.

Summer Term Week 5 Lesson

3 - Equivalent Fractions (2)

Click below for:

Video

Check out the activity on

Seesaw.

RE - Christianity - Look at

the PowerPoint on Seesaw

about places of worship for

Christians.

Use the PowerPoint to help

you explain what things you

would find in a Church and

what they are used for. (See

Attachment 11)

Thursday Practise this

weeks

spellings:

eighth,

enough,

exercise,

experience,

experiment.

Read pages 35 - 36 and

answer the questions. (See

Attachment 5)

Write up your space Haiku.

Remember to include all the

features of a Haiku. (See

Attachment 7)

Summer Term Week 5 Lesson

4 - Fractions Greater than 1.

Click below for:

Video

Check out the activity on

Seesaw.

Geography - Visit this web-

site to learn about time

zones.

Complete the activity (See

Attachment 12)

Don’t forget to share you fantastic work with me on Seesaw!

Spellings (Use Attachment

1 for activity

ideas)

Reading (All work is based on the

book George's Secret Key to the Universe

by Lucy Hawking and Stephen Hawking)

Writing (This week we are

looking at poetry)

Maths (Lessons have been taken from

White Rose Maths. This week we will be

looking at Summer Term Week 5)

Topic/Science (Our Topic this term is Space Race)

Friday Practise this

weeks

spellings:

eighth,

enough,

exercise,

experience,

experiment.

Read pages 36 - 37 and

answer the questions. (See

Attachment 6)

Inverted commas - Visit this

website and watch the video

about inverted commas.

Carry out the activities on

the website.

Summer Term Week 5 -

Challenge. The most suitable

questions for Year 4 are 1,

2, 3, 4 & 5. But you can

always work with your fam-

ily on the rest of the prob-

lems. Click below for:

Activity

PSHE - Look at the Power-

Point on Seesaw about

staying safe online.

Make a poster about staying

safe online.

Don’t forget to share you fantastic work with me on Seesaw!

ABC Order

Write all of

your spellings

in alphabetical order.

Word Parts

Write your

words. Then use a coloured

pencil to divide the

words into syllables.

e.g. jumping

Silly Sentences

Write a silly

sentence for each of your

spellings.

Rainbow Words

Write your spellings with

coloured pencils. Make

each letter a different

colour.

Hidden Words

Draw and

colour a picture. Hide

your spelling words inside

your picture.

Backwards Words

Write your spelling words

forwards and then back-

wards.

e.g. cat tac

Vowel Spotlight

Write your

words using

one colour for the vowels and another

colour for the consonants.

(vowels: a, e, i, o, u)

Pyramid Words

‘Pyramid write’ your spelling

words. e.g. home

h ho

hom home

Story Story

Write a story

using all of

your spellings.

Squiggly Words

Write your

spellings in

squiggly

letters.

Bubble letters

Write your

spelling words

in bubble writing.

Three Times

Write each

spelling three

times.

First, in pencil. Second, in

crayon.

Third, in felt

tip.

Acrostic Poem

Choose one of

your spellings

and write an

acrostic poem

Spelling Shapes

Draw one

shape for each word.

Then write your spellings

inside each of the shapes.

Word Search

Create your

own word search with

your spellings.

Picture and A

Story

Draw a picture defining each

word. Write a

sentence about your picture

using the

spelling.

Riddles

Write a riddle

for each of your words.

e.g. I am grey.

I have a trunk and big ears.

What am I?

Writing Race

Set a timer for

2 minutes. See how many times

you can write

each spelling during that

time.

Joker

Write jokes

containing each of your

spellings.

Scrabble

In a game of

Scrabble, each letter is worth a

certain number

of points. Write your words and

then add the

total of the

letters

Word Classes

Sort your

spelling words into word

classes - e.g. nouns, verbs,

adjectives etc.

Antonyms

Find an

antonym (opposite

word) for each of your

spellings.

Technology

Type out your

spellings on the computer

or tablet.

Train Words

Write the entire

spelling list end-to-end as one

long word.

Write each new word in a

different colour.

e.g.

trainbackstop

cried

Attachment 1 - Spelling Activities

Attachment 2 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking

Monday - Pages 28 - 29

1. What does the word ‘dimension’ mean in the first sentence?

2. What word does the author use to describe what happens when Freddy knocks the books over?

3. Why do you think Eric wants Freddy out of there?

4. What do you think Eric does for a job with all the books, papers and interesting objects around?

5. Why do you think Eric had “...a huge smile on his face”?

Attachment 3 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking

Tuesday - Page 31

1. What do you think Eric’s book could be about?

2. “It was all very baffling.” Think of another word for baffling that the author could have used instead.

3. Why do you think George is confused by Eric’s reaction to the afternoon?

4. What did Galileo discover?

5. Think of a scientific question that you would ask Eric.

Attachment 4 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking

Wednesday - Page 31

1. Write a paragraph summarising what you have read so far in the book.

2. Predict what you think will happen in Chapter 4.

Attachment 5 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking

Thursday - Pages 35 - 36

1. Why doesn’t Annie want to see ‘The Birth and Death of a Star’?

2. What do you think Eric was going to say about Annie?

3. Why does George think it is unusual he hadn’t noticed the computer before?

4. Why wasn’t George allowed a computer?

5. Why didn’t George like using the computers at school?

Attachment 6 - Reading - George's Secret Key to the Universe By Lucy Hawk-ing and Stephen Hawking

Friday - Pages 36 - 37

1. What made George jump?

2. Why do you think George was nervous speaking to Cosmos?

3. What is unusual about Cosmos?

4. Will Cosmos always be the most powerful computer in the world?

5. Why do you think Eric was speaking ‘crossly’ to Cosmos?

Attachment 7 - Writing - Haiku Writing Checklist

Title

3 lines

1st and 3rd line is made up of 5 syllables

2nd line is made up of 7 syllables

Themed around nature, seasons and animals

Imaginative description

Attachment 8 - Writing - Syllables Activity

Write the number of syllables each word has in the box.

Make a list of words with the following number of syllables.

Monster Cat Strawberry Playground Extremely

Butterfly Football Basket Reading Thunder-

storm

1 Syllable 2 Syllables 3 Syllables 4 Syllables 5 Syllables

Attachment 9 - Writing - Space Description

Make a list of adjectives that describe each of the pictures that you will be able to use in your Haiku.

Attachment 10 - Science - Sound

Think of something for each letter that makes a sound. Can you think of anymore than one for any of

the letters? One has been done for you.

A H O V

B I P W

Car J Q X

D K R Y

E L S Z

F M T

G N U

What do you think would happen if there were no sounds in the world?

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Attachment 11 - RE - Parts of a Church

Use the PowerPoint on Seesaw to help you explain what things you would find in a Church and what they are

used for.

Items in a

Church

What are the items used for?

Alter

Candle

Font

Lectern

Pulpit

Pews

Organ

Attachment 12 - Geography - Time Zone

Use the ‘Times Around the World’ picture to help you work out the times in different countries.