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Happy Friday and happy Half Term! What a half term it has been! You have all worked so hard and adapted to so many changes and I have been so impressed with how well you have all coped. Well done Year 4 I am so proud of you! During the half term holiday, make sure you have a good break from the screens and try to get outside every day to do something active. Today, we are going to continue having our live lessons for Topic and PSHE, you still have English and Maths work and should look below to see what you need to do. As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address, this is also the address to email me photos of the work you have been doing at home: vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk I hope you all have a lovely weekend and a great half term! ReadingToday's reading task is to read independently for 20 minutes there is a challenge aspect too...can you find the strangest possible place to read in your house and send in a photo of you reading there? You might need an adult to help you. SpellingThis week, we are focussing on spellings that don't follow a rule, each day a game has been set for you on Purple Mash, any of the spellings you get wrong you should make sure you practise. EnglishWrite a book review of Storm by Kevin Crossley-Holland, this should be done on paper and emailed to me. You should try to include the following information:
MathsGroup 1 your multiplication work for today is on Purple Mash. Group 2 your multiplication work for today is on Google Classroom. Topic Live Lesson: 10:00-10:30We will be looking at different art work of stormy weather and sharing our own pictures from yesterday. Be ready to talk through your picture you created. Circle Time Live Lesson: 12:00-12:30We will be reflecting on this half term and thinking about our different emotions.
We're almost at the end of the half term just today and tomorrow to go. It was great to see a few of you in person yesterday! Below are a few more photos from Artburst.
Tom will be taking your live lessons today. As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address : vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ReadingMost of you have finished your reading on Purple Mash and so you have a different task today: Create a front cover for your favourite book. Think about title, author and which characters you should include in the picture. There is no reading group with Tom today. SpellingThis week, we are focussing on spellings that don't follow a rule, each day a game has been set for you on Purple Mash, any of the spellings you get wrong you should make sure you practise. English Live LessonWe will be focussing on the final chapter of Storm. Maths Live LessonWe will be continuing with our work on multiplication. Topic - ArtYou have been set an art task on Google Classroom this is not an optional part of the day and the photos of your work should be uploaded or emailed in by the end of today.
Well done for all your hard work in Artburst yesterday. Below are the letters I received as well as some more photos of snowy fun!
DON'T FORGET: We have our bookswap today from 1pm-3pm, go to school pick 2 new reading books and you can return them for some new ones after half term. 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 ReadingYour reading has been set up on Purple Mash, some of you have finished your book, if that's the case you should complete the following task: Write a letter to your favourite author, you could ask them what inspires them, how they became an author, which books they like to read etc. 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 SpellingThis week, we are focussing on spellings that don't follow a rule, each day a game has been set for you on Purple Mash, any of the spellings you get wrong you should make sure you practise. English Live LessonWe are continuing with our writing and finishing the story of Storm. Maths Live LessonWe are continuing to look at multiplication. Topic - MusicWe'll be looking at another piece of music today, go to Google Classroom to complete the task.
Well done for another great start to the week! Thank you for the photos of you enjoying the snow. I have put a selection of them up below.
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
Year reading has been set for you on Purple Mash, some of you have finished your book on Serial Mash and so have a different task: Choose your favourite book character ever and explain why you like them.
If you have your reading group with Tom today, don't forget to log in at 12:50. Today's group is Cara, Firdaus, Faizaan, Ibby, Manhaa and Sara C. Spelling
This week, we are focussing on spellings that don't follow a rule, each day a game has been set for you on Purple Mash, any of the spellings you get wrong you should make sure you practise.
Artburst
Watch and join in the Artburst Winter Warm Up.
Just like last week, we will be splitting into two groups.
For today you will need: From home:
From your Week 1 pack:
From your Week 3 pack:
and Your week 5 pack Topic - Music
Yesterday, we looked at Vivaldi's Summer today we will be looking at Winter. A task has been set for you on Google Classroom.
I hope you have had a lovely weekend, it was great to see you all in your bright clothes on Friday.
Below are some of the lovely cloud drawings you sent in for me. As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address : vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ReadingYour reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. Shezan, Hannah, Maryam, Archie and Yaqub are reading with Tom today at 12:50. SpellingsThis week, we are focussing on spellings that don't follow a rule, each day a game has been set for you on Purple Mash, any of the spellings you get wrong you should make sure you practise. EnglishThis week, we are going to be retelling the story of Storm. MathsWe're looking at multiplication this week. Topic - MusicThis week we are going to be looking at music that has been inspired by the weather. A task will be set for you on Google Classroom each day.
Happy Friday!
Again, I have been so impressed with your work this week, well done and let's keep it up! Today, we are going to continue having our live lessons for Topic and PSHE, you still have English and Maths work and should look below to see what you need to do. It's "Dress to Express" day so I'm looking forward to seeing you all in your brightest coloured clothing! As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address, this is also the address to email me photos of the work you have been doing at home: vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk I hope you all have a lovely weekend! 
ReadingYour reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. Amelie, Samirah, Ikramul, Tanisha and Ayesha are reading with Tom today at 12:50. SpellingYou should either practise the spellings that Tom has been doing with you if you're in one of his groups, if not there is a spelling activity set on Purple Mash. EnglishYour independent English work has been set for you on Google Classroom, head to your group's page to see what you need to do. MathsYour independent Maths work has been set for you on Google Classroom, head to your group's page to see what you need to do. Topic Live Lesson: 10:00-10:30Go to the Year 4 - Fridays group to join today's lesson, we are going to be looking at different types of clouds and sharing our cloud diaries from the week. PSHE Live Lesson: 12:00-12:30Go to the Year 4 - Fridays group to join today's lesson, we are going to be thinking about kindness and talking about Children's Mental Health Week.
Before you join the lesson, have a think about one of the ways you have expressed yourself this week. We're almost at the end of another week, thank you to all of you who have completed the Gruffalo task. It has been great to see your cloud diaries starting off too, keep it up! "Dress to Express" Day To celebrate the end of Children's Mental Health Week tomorrow, we are going to dress to express ourselves. This means that for tomorrow's live lessons we would like you to come to them in your brightest and most colourful clothes. I'm looking forward to seeing what you come in! As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address : vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk ReadingYour reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. There is no reading group with Tom today. SpellingPick a strategy from below and use it to practise the words we have been learning this week. www.spellzone.com/word_lists/list-13410.htm  English Live LessonWe will be looking at Chapter 6 today. Maths Live LessonWe will be continuing with our work on subtraction. Topic - GeographyWe are continuing to learn about weather and why we have seasons, your work has been set for you on Google Classroom. Children's Mental Health Week - Express YourselfFind time this afternoon to do something you enjoy where you can express yourself, I will be asking you to tell me what you've done tomorrow in our Circle Time session.
It was great to see you all in Artburst yesterday, Amy and Lucy were so impressed with all of your work.
I have also received a few more Gruffalo pictures. Have a look at them below. DON'T FORGET: We have our bookswap today from 1pm-3pm, go to school pick 2 new reading books and you can return them for some new ones next week. 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 ReadingYour 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 SpellingChoose one of these games to continue practising the words from Monday and Tuesday. www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-13410.htm English Live LessonWe will be finishing Chapter 5 and continuing our work on apostrophes. Maths Live LessonWe will continue to look at subtraction. Topic - GeographyYou are going to be learning about different types of clouds and creating a cloud diary for the next few days. All the work is set on Google Classroom. Your cloud diaries should be completed by Friday morning in time for our Topic Live Lesson at 10am. Express Yourself - Gruffalo ArtDon't forget your work should be submitted by today - thank you to all of you who have already sent in your amazing pictures.
Well done for another great start to the week! Thank you to all of you who have already sent in your Gruffalo pictures, you can have a look at them in the gallery below.
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, Faizaan, Ibby, Manhaa and Sara C. Spelling
We're going to take a break from suffixes this week and look at some different spelling patterns. Today, we're continuing with the pattern we started looking at yesterday.
classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-practise-and-apply-knowledge-of-french-derived-sounds-cmwp2d Artburst
Watch and join in the Artburst Winter Warm Up.
We will be splitting into two groups again like last week.
Topic - Geography
We are continuing to learn about weather, your work has been set for you on Google Classroom.
Express Yourself
Watch this virtual assembly all about Children's Mental Health Week
classroom.thenational.academy/assemblies/childrens-mental-health-week-2021 I hope you have had a lovely weekend, this week is Children's Mental Health Week and we will be thinking about how we can express ourselves and regulate our emotions.
As always, if you have any questions please email me using this email address : vpsyear4class@virginia.towerhamlets.sch.uk 
Here are some different ways you can try to express yourself this week.
ReadingYour reading has been set up on Purple Mash, you should complete it every day. Shezan, Hannah, Maryam, Archie and Yaqub are reading with Tom today at 12:50. SpellingWe're going to take a break from suffixes this week and look at some different spelling patterns. classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-french-derived-sounds-ccu3ed English Live LessonWe are going to start Chapter 5 today. Maths Live LessonWe are going to be working on subtraction this week. Topic - Art Express Yourself Whole School ProjectAs I explained on Friday, we are going to be doing an art project as part of Children's Mental Health Week. There is lots more information on Google Classroom.  |
