Mrs Hewitt’s class Home Learning Year 4 15th June – 28th June – work to be completed over 2 weeks Email - mrshewitt@furzehamprimary.org Hi everyone!

I hope you are all well and that you were able to have a nice break over half term especially since the weather was

very kind to us. Thank you to all of you who have emailed me and kept in touch and sent me photos of what you

have been doing. As always it is lovely to hear from you. I have particularly enjoyed seeing your artwork linked to the

last home learning pack – some of the work has totally blown me away, there really are some creative geniuses out

there! We have tried to share as many as possible on our facebook page as well as our class blog.

This is your next home learning pack to complete over the following two weeks whether at home or in the school

provision. As I stated previously, please complete as much as you can within your current circumstance without

feeling any added pressure. Remember to just take parts in small achievable chunks and if I can help in any way, I am

at the end of an email. Please see your email for your specific home learning pack and if you could email me to let

me know you have received it, I would really appreciate it. I had an excellent number of responses when the last

pack was sent out so thank you very much.

I really hope everyone is remaining positive, hopefully, the ease in restrictions has helped this. We need to stay

strong and continue to keep safe. Missing everyone very much.

All the best and take care

Mrs Hewitt

This will be our new summer term topic.

English - To write own Wishing story including setting and character description.

English - To write a recount based on Paignton zoo visit.

English - To write a non-chronological report on an Amazon Rainforest animal

Science - To identify and understand how habitats are different.

Science - To understand that different animals are found in different habitats.

Science - To understand how different animals are suited to different environments.

Science -To understand and construct food chains.

Geography - To be able to locate countries in South America including Brazil and locate the

Amazon Rainforest and Amazon river.

Geography -To understand and identify the position of the equator, Northern and Southern

Hemispheres, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circle.

Computing - To research effectively using the internet to discover facts about South America and

the Amazon Rainforest.

Art - To observe and draw first-hand leaves representing line and pattern accurately

Key Learning Outcomes: (what knowledge or skills do you want the children to know)

Animal Kingdom

Subject Learning tasks to be completed in your home learning book:

Continue to read every day. Complete extra comprehensions on readtheory if you need any extra work.

• Please complete the reading comprehension sheet below

about ‘Pet Care of a Dog’. I have chosen this as it links

to our animals topic and one of our main reading

objectives is ‘to be able to retrieve and record

information from non-fiction’. You can choose whether

to complete the first version or challenge yourself and

complete the second version which is harder.

• I have also included an extra fiction reading

comprehension based on an extract from James and the

Giant Peach for those who would like it.

• Please continue to read our class story ‘Ice Palace’ by

Robert Swindells. Please read the pages attached and

answer the questions as you read. You may want to

discuss the questions and answers with an adult or write

them down if you are working independently.

• Please list any unfamiliar words that you do not

understand. Can you find the meaning of these words?

Please remember to always write with your best handwriting,

keeping all x-height letters the same height (half the line) and

show clearly your ascenders and descenders. Think about

whether your join will be made with a diagonal or horizontal

join and show this clearly. Remember practise makes perfect!

This week we are carrying on with our handwriting programme

and we will be practising the following joins:

Please complete at least one line of each join. Remember each

one of these joins is horizontal. Be careful that you show the

clear descender on each join. All other letters should be

exactly the same height.

Now practise these joins within the following words:

flower, lemon, enjoyed, opened, ordering, forest, television,

wonderful.

Now write the following sentence with beautifully, joined

writing: ‘Don’t spoil the lovely lemon tree’.

Reading

Handwriting

• You should continue to learn your keyword spellings from

your spelling list and put them into sentences to show

you understand the meaning.

• Complete the spelling work which is linked to

homophones and the use of the correct ‘there, their or

they’re’. (Remember ‘they’re’ is a contraction and stands

for ‘they are’, ‘their’ is when something belongs to

someone.)

• Remind yourself of the Wishing story ‘The King of the

Fishes’.

Please note that I have colour coded all the different

grammar elements which we have learnt this year. These

are:

- Fronted adverbial phrases

- Direct speech

- Use of an

- Expanded nouns phrases

- Similes

- Use of different conjunctions.

Please look through these carefully and remind yourself

about each one using the examples in the story. You will

need to make sure you include these elements in your

own writing.

• You have now planned your own story based around ‘The

King of the Fishes’ story. You have also written some

descriptive sentences (which should have included some

expanded noun phrases) based on the setting in your

story and you king or queen character. DO NOT

FORGET TO USE THESE IDEAS IN YOUR STORY!

• You are now going to write your story up in full using the

plan you have already written. Try to use the grammar

elements as listed above. Follow the model below so you

think about one paragraph at a time.

Conjunctions - It is very important through our writing to use

different conjunctions to extend and join our sentences. You

will need to use a variety of these all the way through key

stage 2. Complete the work on using different conjunctions and

don’t forget to use a variety in your story writing.

Writing

Spelling

Grammar

Maths work for Mrs Hewitt’s and Miss Christley’s maths

groups:

We are continuing with our work on fractions. On White Rose

Hub https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-3

please select Summer term week 2 and for each session

follow the tutorial and complete the sheet. You don’t have to

print the worksheets out, you can just put the answers in to

your book.

Lesson 1 – ‘Add Fractions’ – watch the video and complete the

‘Get the Activity Sheet’ for lesson 1.

Lesson 2 – ‘Subtract Fractions’ – watch the video and complete

the ‘Get the Activity Sheet’ for lesson 2.

Lesson 3 – ‘Problem Solving’ – watch the video and complete

the ‘Get the Activity Sheet’ for lesson 3.

Lesson 4 - ‘Problem Solving’– watch the video and complete the

‘Get the Activity Sheet’ for lesson 4.

Lesson 5 – ‘Maths Challenges’ – watch the video and complete

the ‘Family challenges’. Challenges 1, 2, 3, 4 are suitable for

year 3.

I have also attached some additional (optional) fractions,

money and times tables worksheets below.

It is also really important to practise your fluency so you

remember all the methods you have learnt for addition,

subtraction, multiplication and division. Complete the following

calculations working out each one using the column layout or

bus stop.

567 + 495 =

783 + 389 =

971 – 502 =

893 – 572 =

67 x 3 =

59 x 5 =

93 ÷ 5 =

72 ÷ 3 =

Please also keep practising your times tables every day and

using time tables rock stars to help you. You should be feeling

confident with your 2, 5, 10, 3 and 4s. Please continue to learn

your 8 times table.

Maths work for Mr Ward’s maths group

Complete the ordering numbers

Complete the calculation fluency questions

Complete the decimals tasks

See link for videos

Maths

If you are on Accelerated Reader you can still find books to quiz on by using the books at

home or a book from www.audible.com. Just look on www.arbookfind.co.uk , type the

name of the book in and it will tell you the book level and quiz number if it is on

Accelerated Reader. I hope this helps.

Remember to email me( mrshewitt@furzehamprimary.org) if you need anything!

I would love to see some of the things you have been doing and share them on our blog so please photograph your

amazing work and email them to me.

Our new topic for science is based on Living things and their

environment.

We are now learning about habitats and how animals adapt to

different environments. Please complete the work below.

Observe and discuss ‘Tropical Storm with Tiger’ by Henri

Rousseau (below) – look at the different shapes of leaves,

colours of nature and brushwork. Can you gather lots of

different shapes from nature especially leaves (either first-

hand or using the internet) and draw and/or paint as many

different shapes and colours as you can find. We are gathering

information to use in our final drawing/painting.

Daily workout with Joe Wicks (9am).

Design an exercise circuit you can do indoors and complete it

daily.

Make up a dance to your favourite song

Do a little bit of physical exercise every day! Our bodies need

to be looked after as well as our brains!

One of the main features found in South America is the

Amazon rainforest. The rainforest is so dense and huge that it

has different layers where different animals live.

Can you complete the sheet below using the internet to help

you if you need to.

Can you help with two chores around the house EVERY day? Keep a ‘positivity book’ and write down three positive things that happen every day. These might be tiny things, but if they are positive then they are important.

Science

Art

Geography

PE

PSHE

Version 1:

Version 2:

Class story: Ice Palace by Robert Swindells

Remind yourself what has happened so far. If you need to, go back and read the

last couple pages from our last home learning pack.

Ivan was ‘becoming very weary’. What does the word ‘weary’ mean?

Can you name three different reasons why you may feel weary?

Why did Ivan believe he ‘was no use to anyone’?

Who was the unlikely friend who helped Ivan back to his snowdrift shelter?

Name three things from page 35 that made Ivan’s journey difficult and

worrying.

The author uses the simile ‘lumps of snow as big as houses’ – write three other

similes he could have used here to describe the lumps of snow.

Find out the meaning of the words ‘chasm’ and ‘avalanche’. Can you use these

words in your own sentences?

What ‘horrible fate’ did Ivan escape from and how did he escape?

The author tells us that ‘his heart was heavy’ – give three reasons for this.

On pgae 39 the author mentions three sounds that Ivan can hear, what are

these?

What made Ivan feel ‘overcome with loneliness’?

For what reason do you think all the villagers were out dancing, music was

playing and a great fire burned?

Why did the author describe the chain of children ‘like a many-coloured

serpent’?

Why do you think Ivan watched through ‘tears of joy’ – give three reasons.

Can you predict what might happen next?

Spelling work linked to homophones: there, their or they’re.

Can you now write two sentences for each there, their and they’re?

Wishing story - The King of the Fishes

Once upon time there lived an ordinary, poor fisherman called Li. Every day he

went down to the shore. There he stood on the rocks and threw the nets into

the icy waters and waited. When he pulled the nets in, he would take any fish

back to the market and sell them. One day, he caught an enormous fish, it had

silver scales with flashes of red and gold that glittered in the sunlight. It was

so beautiful that Li stood amazed, staring at the fish as it thrashed about in

the net. Li suddenly felt guilty because it was so beautiful, and surely it must

have a family… so he scooped the fish up and set it free. Li stood watching as

the fish swam out to sea. Then, to his amazement, it turned and spoke to him.

“Li, you have saved the King of Fishes. I grant you one wish. Come back here

when the moon is high in the sky and tell me what you would like.” With that,

the Kings of Fishes was gone.

Immediately, Li hurried home, wondering what on earth he should wish for.

There were so many things that his family needed since they were very poor.

First, he asked his old father.

“Father, if you had one wish, what would it be?” There was a silence and then

his father said, “Why son, I would wish for new eyes, for I am blind and will

never see again.” Next, he asked his old mother. “Mother, if you had one wish,

what would it be?” There was a silence and then his mother said, “Why son, I

would wish for money, for the roof needs mending and the winter winds whip

through the house and makes my bones shiver.”

Finally, he asked his wife. “Wife, if you had one wish, what would it be?” There

was a silence and then his wife said, “Why Li, I would wish for a baby, for who

will care for us when we are old? Yes, nothing would be more precious than a

child.” Poor Li could not make up his mind - they needed money certainly, but

then his father was blind and that was a terrible thing. Although, he also knew

that a child would bring such joy to them all. All evening, Li paced up and down

until his feet grew tired, trying to decide what the wish should be, while the

rest of the family were sound asleep.

Suddenly, he stopped pacing and grinned. Yes, he had it! He rushed out of the

house, through the forest with swinging vines and down to the sea. The moon

was high in the sky and

so it was the time to talk to the King of Fishes. Li ran down onto the rocks and

stood there with the foam crashing about him. He could see the moon’s

reflection on the waves, and then there was the King of Fishes. “What do you

wish for, Li?” called the king in his high, silvery voice.

“I wish for my father to see our son in a cradle made of gold,” shouted Li.

There was eerie silence and the great fish disappeared. The waves stilled and Li

could see the stars like silvery freckles in the dark night sky. Then, out of the

darkness he heard a noise, drifting down through the forest. It was a baby

crying…

Fronted adverbials phrases (Tells us when, where or how – phrase at the start of a sentence)

Direct speech (Inverted commas used to show someone is talking)

Conjunctions (words used to join and extend sentences)

Use of an (use ‘an’ instead of a when the next word starts with a vowel)

Expanded noun phrases (‘noun + with’ for extra description eg. forest with swinging vines)

Similes (when something is compared to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’ eg. stars like silvery

freckles, running as fast as a cheetah.)

Write the conjunction/s from each sentence in the box and then compose your

own sentence using the same conjunction/s.

Mrs Hewitt’s/Miss Christley’s Maths – Additional Fractions work and fluency

work:

Mr Ward’s Maths sheets.

Maths – Place Value Fluency

Part 1 – Ordering numbers : Chose A,B or C

Maths – Calculation Fluency

Complete the following calculations:

Column Addition

a) 54,563 + 19,638 = b) 38,928 + 33,457 = c) 45,657 + 19,645 = d) 53,479 + 35,635 = e) 759,486 + 472,594 = f) 293,895 + 206,835 = g) 374,948 + 126,954 =

Column Subtraction

a) 44,256 – 35,873 = b) 82,512 – 40,574 = c) 56,434 – 27,693 = d) 93,185 – 13,986 = e) 715,423 – 597,464 = f) 604,635 – 326,690 = g) 860,317 – 283,718 =

Compact Multiplication

a) 296 x 8 = b) 680 x 5 = c) 194 x 7 = d) 5916 x 6 = e) 3926 x 4 = f) 1763 x 8 = g) 3496 x 5 =

Bus Stop Division

a) 5295 ÷ 2 = b) 1358 ÷ 7 = c) 3142 ÷ 5 = d) 4585 ÷ 3 = e) 4416 ÷ 9 = f) 2874 ÷ 8 = g) 3915 ÷ 5 =

Solve the following word problems:

There are 8 ink cartridges in each pack. How many

A company has annual sales of £851,602 and

A delivery firm buys seven new vans each costing £1649.

packs can be filled from 7538 cartridges?

expenses of £164,918. How much profit is made by the company?

What is the total cost of the new vans?

Maths - Decimals

For this next part of your Maths learning, use the following link to

access some videos to help you with each of the lessons.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-4/

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Science – Animal adaptations

• Animals adapt to their habitats and often have features which

make it possible for them to live in different environments.

• To introduce this idea, go on youtube and search for ‘Camel

adaptation song’ – this is a fun song which shows you all the

different ways camels have adapted to living in the desert. (Bet

you will be singing the chorus in your head all day!)

• The following living things live in the hot desert environments or

the polar regions. Can you match statements on the next page to

show how each of these things have adapted. There are three or

four statements for each one.

‘Tropical Storm with Tiger’ by Henri Rousseau

Tiger in a Tropical Storm or Surprised! is an 1891 oil-on-canvas

painting by Henri Rousseau. It was the first of the jungle paintings

for which the artist is chiefly known. It shows a tiger, illuminated by

a flash of lightning, preparing to pounce on its prey in the midst of a

raging gale.