Tuesday 26th January 2020

Well done for another great start to the week! It was great to hear what you all got up to over the weekend yesterday, including lots of snowball fights and snowman building. 

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  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-tion-cian-sion-ssion-including-test-64vk2e

Artburst

Watch and join in the Artburst Winter Warm Up with Saskia.

For today you will need:

Your week 3 pack

From home:

• A pair of scissors
  

From your Week 1 pack:

• Glue
• Pens
• Chocolate bar name badge

Remember to also bring an empty toilet roll for your art lesson today! 

Live Session 1 (10:00 - 10:30)
Join the Artburst classroom by clicking on the link in Google Classroom and that was sent to your parents last week. 

Session 1 will involve a quick warmup then you'll be split into two breakout sessions. Group A will be doing art with Lucy and Group B will be doing drama with Daisy. 

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

Independent Learning 
Complete the activities set by Lucy in Session 1. 

Live Session 2 (12:00 - 12:30)
In Session 2 you will be swapping over, so Group A will be doing drama with Daisy and Group B will be doing art with Lucy. 

PE

This week, we are going to join in the Lava Zone game, warm up with the characters and then try playing it in your living room at home. Maybe someone else at home might be able to play with you too.  You can make your own assault course at home. 

We'd love to see some photos of you doing PE at home, send them to the Year 4 email address. 

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/physical-education-ks1-ks2-lets-get-active-lava-zone-balance-agility-coordination-skills/zdgqvk7

Topic - Geography

​In yesterday's  topic lesson, we started to look at the water cycle, today we are going to do an experiment to see how it works in practise. 

For this experiment you will need the following equipment:

• A window, preferably one that receives some rays from the sun
• A resealable plastic bag (like a sandwich bag)
• 1/4 cup of water
• Tape, really sticky stuff that can secure your bag to a window 
• Marker/biro pen (this is optional but helps a lot) 

Follow the instructions below or watch the video. 

www.sciencemuseumok.org/smoathome/try-see-water-cycle-bag

You should take photos of your experiment (your work should be handed in by sending me a photo) and be ready to talk about it in our topic lessons on Friday.