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Home Learning 10.01.25

Maths

I have set an LBQ for you to have a go at!

code: hvns

                                         https://www.lbq.org/task?pin=hvns 

 

 SPaG 

Please watch the video below about adverbs and have a go at the worksheet!

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 Reading

Please watch the video below about the book, 'Mister Fairy' by Morgane de Cadier.

Answer the questions below after you have watched!  

 

  • Who is the main character in the story?
  • What makes Mister Fairy different from the other fairies?
  • Where does Mister Fairy live?
  • Can you name one of the magical tasks the other fairies do in the story?
  • What does Mister Fairy do instead of performing magical tasks?
  • Why does Mister Fairy leave the fairy forest?
  • What job does Mister Fairy find in the city?
  • How do the people in the city react to Mister Fairy’s efforts?
  • How does Mister Fairy feel when he is in the city?
  • What makes Mister Fairy decide to go back to the forest?

 

Writing

 I would love to know what you have done in your half term! Today can you please write about your favourite memory or favourite thing you have done over the half term so I can read it when we are back to school. Don't forget your capital letters and full stops!

Once you have finished, draw a picture in a snow globe of it.

Welcome to 4 Pine!

 Welcome to the class page for 4 Pine. 

This page will give you an insight into the fun and exciting things we are currently learning about. 

In 4 Pine we are ready, respectful and safe.

We also make sure that we stick to our school Motto of 'Dream Big and Dare to Fail'. We do this by showing how resilient we are and proving to everyone in school that we won't give up no matter how hard work gets.

 

Staff

In 4 Pine you are taught by Miss Cooling and Miss Best. 

On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons you are taught by Mrs Hogarth.

Important Information

Our P.E days are Mondays and Fridays.

It is important to keep hydrated throughout the school day so we have a bottle of fresh water in the classroom with our names on.  We have water fountains in school to refill these when needed.

 

In 4 Pine we take home library books that can be changed bi-weekly and any reading at home can be logged on Boom reader (see link below).

 https://go-read.co.uk/ 

Key dates

07.02.25 - NSPCC Number Day

This half term we will be learning ...

 English 

As part of our English, we take part in daily guided reading lessons. This half term, we are reading the story 'The Secret Explorers and the Rainforest Rangers' by SJ King, and 'My Name is River' by Emma Rea. We will be practicing different reading skills and learning about the different vocabulary in the story.

 

In Writing, we will be working on a POV and Letter based on the story 'The Vanishing Rainforest' by Richard Platt. These stories link to our Ancient Mayan topic as we will be doing lots of research on the Amazon rainforest, which is where many Mayans lived. 

 

 

Maths 

In Maths this half term we will be starting with length, perimeter and then area. After, we will be moving onto fractions. 

To help our Maths we will be using Times Tables Rockstars and the Rekenrek!

It is important that we practice our time tables every day, as we take the time table check this year.

 

Topic
Our topic this half term is Ancient Maya. We will be learning all about them, including where they lived, what daily life was like for them, and about their beliefs. This topic links to our geography and science work, as we will be looking at the geographical features of where ancient Mayans lived, such as the Amazon rainforest.

Author Focus

Our Author Focus is: Emma Rea


 

Emma grew up partly in Pembrokeshire and when she had my own children she wanted to give them a rural childhood too, so they lived in mid-Wales for a while. These experiences inspired her stories about Dylan, the hero of her first two books.

Her favourite stories growing up were Five Children and It by E Nesbit and Willard Price's adventure books and recently she loved The Murderer's Ape by Jakob Wegelius, Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean (everything by her), Aubrey and the Terrible Yoot by Horatio Clare, Hilary McKay's books and all of Eva Ibbotson's work, among many, many others. 

Emma had all sorts of jobs: book reviewer, journalist, salesperson of cardboard boxes, temporary secretary, but the most fun was being a tractor driver for two summers and spending all day in the fields.

 

Links to try at home

 Top Marks - Maths Games

Free Online Reading Books

Google Earth - Topic Focus

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