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Year 4 Class Blog 2020-2021

Thursday 21st January 2021

21/1/2021

 
We're almost at the end of another week!

I'm looking forward to seeing  you all today. 


As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

There is no reading group with Tom today. ​

Spellings

We are continuing our work about suffixes today, you should be practising these and the other ones you have been learning this week. 

​classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-suffixes-tion-ity-ness-6mwk6t

English Live Lesson

We are going to start looking at Chapter 3 today. 

Maths

We are continuing with looking at place value. 

Topic - Science

Today is our final lesson on States of Matter from National Oak Academy, go to Google Classroom to look for the link. 

Wednesday 20th January 2021

20/1/2021

 
It was great to see you all in Artburst yesterday! Have a look at some of your drawings below - thank you to those who sent pictures in.
​

We're back to normal lessons and timings today.

Don't forget, if you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ​

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. 

Today's group is Nusaybah, Isra, Farhan, Aaliyah, Salman and Khadijah

Spelling

We are learning some new suffixes today. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-suffixes-tion-ity-ness-6ngk6d

English Live Lesson

We will be continuing our work looking at Chapter 2 and developing our grammar skils.

Maths Live Lesson

We are going to be continuing our work on place value.

Topic - Science

We are coming towards the end of our topic on States of Matter, your work is set for you on Google Classroom.

Tuesday 19th January 2021

19/1/2021

 
Well done for another great start to the week! It was great to hear what you all got up to over the weekend yesterday. 

Don't forget that we have Artburst today so the timings are a bit different for some of you: 10-10:30 and 12-12:30 like last week, we will be meeting on Zoom, the link will be on Google Classroom for you to follow. 

As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ​

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. ​

Today's group is Cara, Firdaus, Faizann, Ibby, Manhaa and Sara C.

Spelling

We  are continuing to learn about suffixes this week.

Here is the link to today's lesson:

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-suffixes-ate-en-chjp6c

Artburst

Before our live session at 10, watch and take part in this warm up.
eekJoin the Artburst classroom by clicking the link on the Google Classroom pages. (This will be the same link for all of the sessions!)

Session 1 will involve some drama games and a group brainstorming session about what we'd like to include in our play. Come with lots of ideas and imagination!

Before the break Lucy and Daisy will set you some tasks to complete in Independent Learning.

Independent Learning 
Complete the activities set in Session 1. 
When you join Session 2 you must make sure you have the following materials from your craft packs:


Week 2 Envelope
A4 chocolate bar wrapper template (on yellow or pink paper)
Beige cardboard strip 
Small envelope with gold scraps
PLUS a Glue Stick (From Week 1 envelope)
(There is a photo of Week 2 envelop below.

Live Session 2 (12:00 - 12:30)
In Session 2 you will be making some pop-up golden tickets with Lucy.
Picture

PE

Complete this Supermovers dance, why not try it with other people in your family too?

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-for-fun-alex-scott-l1/zj4pwty

Topic - Science

Create your own experiment at home. Make some icecubes and put them in cups in different parts of the house. What happens to the ice? Which melts quickest? Why do you think this is?

Email me photos of your experiment. vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ​​

Monday 18th January 2021

18/1/2021

 
I hope you have had a lovely weekend, if you got up to anything exciting let me know at the beginning of our English live lessons!

I'm looking forward to another week of live lessons and am so impressed with how resilient you have been since the start of term. 

As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50.

Spellings

We are learning about a different type of suffix this week, remember you should be practising and learning them each day. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-suffixes-ate-en-6dj34d

English Live Lesson

We are going to start Chapter 2 of Storm today. 

Maths Live Lesson

We are continuing to look at place value this week and building on our learning from last week. 

Topic - Science

We are continuing with our learning about states of matter. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-changes-of-state-and-why-do-they-take-place-cgt64r

Complete the assignment on Google Classroom and don't forget to submit your quiz work!

Friday 15th January 2021

15/1/2021

 

Feelings Friday

Picture
It has been a tough week, but you've all worked so hard and should be really proud of yourselves, this is a picture from one of my favourite books. At the moment you can listen to the audio book on BBC Sounds, why not give it a listen?
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r630

There is a question on Google Classroom for you to share how you have found this first full week of lessons. 

As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 

Have a lovely weekend!

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50.

Spellings

You should practise and revisit the words you have been learning this week. There is an activity on Google Classroom where you can pick 6 words and write a sentence using them. 

English Live Lesson

We are going to be looking back over Chapter 1 of Storm today. 

Maths Live Lesson

We will be solving problems involving place value. 

PSHE

This term, in PSHE we are learning about the world around us and how we can look after it. The work is set on Google Classroom. 

Thursday 14th January 2021

14/1/2021

 
Yesterday, we had such fantastic attendance in the live lessons, well done!! 

I'm looking forward to seeing you all again today. It's great to see you all become more confident with using Google Classroom. 

Don't forget, if you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ​

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

There is no reading group with Tom today. 

Spelling

We are continuing our work about suffixes today, you should be practising these and the other ones you have been learning this week. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-more-suffixes-past-and-present-tense-including-a-test-74t30c

English Live Lesson

Don't forget to join your live lesson on time, we will be continuing our work on Chapter 1 of Storm and starting to think what it must be like to live on the marsh. 

Maths Live Lesson

We are continuing our work on place value and today we're going to be looking at comparing numbers. 

Topic - Science

We're continuing with our work on solids, liquids and gases. The work is set on Google Classroom and you should head there to complete it, but if you are having difficulties you can follow the link below. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-happens-when-you-heat-or-cool-each-state-of-matter-68w3at

Wednesday 13th January 2021

13/1/2021

 
It was great to see you all in Artburst yesterday! 

We're back to normal lessons and timings today.

Don't forget, if you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. 

Spellings

We are continuing our work about suffixes today, you should be practising these and the other ones you have been learning this week. 

​classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-more-suffixes-past-and-present-tense-64wp2c

Live Lesson - English

Don't forget to join your live lesson on time, we will be continuing our work on Storm. 

Live Lesson - Maths

We are continuing our work on place value, don't forget to join the lesson on time.

Topic - Science

Your topic is set on Google Classroom, you should complete the tasks that have been set and then try to upload it at the end when you have completed the task. 

Tuesday 12th January 2020

12/1/2021

 
It was great to see you all yesterday. 

Today is an exciting day as we are starting Artburst, the timetable is a bit different but I hope you are looking forward to it! You will find the link to the zoom session on your group's page on Google Classroom. 


Don't forget, if you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. 

Spelling

We are continuing our work about suffixes today.

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-suffixes-past-and-present-tense-including-a-test-60wk8e

You will need to do your spelling in the afternoon today as we will have Artburst activities in the morning.

Artburst Warm Up

Just before our first session at 10am, watch and do this warm up video.

Live Lesson 1

Session 1 will be an introductory session where we get to know each other a little bit, do some drama games with Daisy and a little bit of art with Lucy! 
You should make sure you have some water to drink, comfy clothes and some space to move around as we’ll doing some drama exercises on our feet. 
At the end of the session Lucy will set the art activities to complete before we start again at 12:00.

Live Lesson 2

Session 2 will start by sharing the work from independent learning, then we will focus on making our play and becoming familiar with the story. We will be reading the plot of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory together and then having a brainstorm of ideas of what we might like to include in our play. 

Afternoon  Learning - PE

It is really important we stay fit and healthy, even if we can't go out of the house. We are going to do some PE with Joe today. 
If you fancy some addition exercise, have a go a this www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-for-fun-danger-mouse-l1/z6mcpg8
I'm looking forward to seeing you all in our live Artburst sessions, it's going to be great!

Monday 11th January 2021

11/1/2021

 
I hope you have had a good weekend and are feeling ready for a new week of learning. 

I'm looking forward to seeing you in today's live lessons and hearing what you've been getting up to. 

Don't forget, if you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Please make sure your parents pick up your Artburst packs today ready for tomorrow's sessions. 

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. 

​If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. 

Spelling

This week, we are learning more about suffixes. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-suffixes-past-and-present-tense-60up6e

Don't forget to keep practising and revisiting the spellings you are learning. We will be taking a look at all of them when we are back at school. 

​Live Lesson 1 - English

Today, we are going to be starting reading our class novel, Storm. After your live lesson, you will be told what tasks you should do. 

Live Lesson 2 - Maths

Understanding of place value and partitioning are really important to maths. This week, we are going to be revisiting these topics to make sure we are feeling even more confident in them than we did in Autumn term. 

Topic - Science

We have already done some learning about solids, liquids and gases this year. This lesson is a reminder of what we have already looked at so far.

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-properties-of-solids-liquids-and-gases-6gv30d  
  1. Watch the video.
  2. Look at the questions on the worksheets and go to the assignment on Google Classroom to answer the questions. 
  3. Complete the quiz at the end of the National Oak Academy lesson.  

Friday 8th January 2021

8/1/2021

 
It was great to see so many of you yesterday!

I know some of you have been have difficulties joining the live lessons hopefully we can sort out these difficulties over the next few days.
Meanwhile, please try to complete the tasks that are set on Google Classroom, I have uploaded the slides from the live lessons so you can see what was shown in the lesson. 
​
If you have any questions or are finding it difficult to join Google Classroom, please email me using this email address :   vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk

Reading

Your reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day.  Thank you to those who finished it yesterday. 

​
We will be starting the reading groups with Tom on Monday.

Spelling

Here is your spelling work for today, you don't need to submit anything for this but you do need to make sure you are practising and learning the spelling rules. 

classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-compound-words-including-test-cdgk4d

Live Lesson 1 - English

Today we will be talking all about our Artburst project.  The slides from the lesson will be on Google Classroom but your task for this lesson is to create an animation on Purple Mash, you will have a 2Do set for this. 

Live Lesson 2 - Maths

We will be doing some problem solving today. The task has been set on Google Classroom. 

Topic - PSHE

Today we are thinking about New Year's resolutions and our hopes for the year. Find someone at home to have a chat with and tell them what your hopes are for the year. 

There is a writing task for you to complete on Purple Mash, fill in the postcard. What are your wishes for the world this year? What are the things you would like to happen to you this year?
I hope you have a lovely weekend and I look forward to seeing you for a full week of live lessons next week!

Stay safe, 

​Ruth 
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