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Orchard Primary Academy

Year 4

Welcome to our home learning page for 4 Ash and 4 Pine.
We hope you are all keeping safe.
Here you will find your work for the week, so remember to keep checking back. Don't forget to check out our twitter pages for extra challenges or if you need any help at @AOrchardpa and @Porchardpa

 

PE with Joe @ 9am

Each day, Joe Wicks will be starting the day with an active PE session at 9am. This will be on his youtube channel 'The Body Coach TV', Click on the link below to join in.

 PE with Joe

 

 

 

Monday 6th July 2020

Daily Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day! 

 

 

 

   

 

English

This week in English we are learning about Poetry. You will be working on a very special type of poem called a Haiku. Today's lesson is a Reading lesson focusing on word meaning.

Click the image below to make a start.

Maths

This week you are starting a new unit. This unit is called 'Position and Direction'. Today's lesson focuses on describing positions on a 2-D grid as coordinates. 

Click the grid below to start your lesson.

This afternoon you have a PSHE lesson to complete. We are continuing our topic of 'Being Prime Minister'. In today's lesson we celebrate our NHS heroes.

Do you know anybody who works for the NHS? Would any of you like to work for the NHS when you're older? In what ways can show our appreciation for the NHS?

Click the image below to make a start.

Tuesday 7th July 2020

Daily Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

  

 

 

   

 

English

This week in English we are learning about Poetry. You will be working on a very special type of poem called a Haiku. Today's lesson is a Reading lesson focusing on the use of language in poems.

Click the image below to make a start.

 

Maths

This week you are starting a new unit. This unit is called 'Position and Direction'. In today's lesson you will investigate a problem, describing positions on a grid.. 

Click the grid below to start your lesson.

This afternoon it's time to do some Science. Last week you explored 'Reflection'. This week you will be learning about 'Refraction'. Have you heard of refraction before? Can you guess what it is by looking at the picture below?

Click the image to begin.

Wednesday 8th July 2020

Daily Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

 

   

 

English

This week in English we are learning about Poetry. You will be working on a very special type of poem called a Haiku. In today's lesson you will explore a Haiku and identify the key features.

Click the image below to make a start.

 

Maths

This week you are starting a new unit. This unit is called 'Position and Direction'. Today's lesson is all about plotting specified points and drawing sides. 

Click the grid below to start your lesson.

 Let's time travel back to the Tudor times. Can you remember the King you have been learning about?

This week you will be learning about Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon.

Here is a picture of them together. Click on it to access the lesson.

Thursday 9th July 2020

Daily Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

  

 

 

   

 

 

English

This week in English we are learning about Poetry. You will be working on a very special type of poem called a Haiku. Today's lesson is a SPaG lesson where you will explore the use of effective punctuation.

Click the image below to make a start.

 

Maths

This week you are starting a new unit. This unit is called 'Position and Direction'. In this morning's lesson you will look at movements as translations. 

Click the grid below to start your lesson.

R.E.

This afternoon you will continue your work on the religion Islam. This week you will be looking at the Five Pillars of Islam. I know that you looked at these earlier in the year. Can you remember any of them?

Here are the Five Pillars of Islam:

Click on the image above to start the lesson.

Friday 10th July 2020

Daily Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

 

   

 

English

This week in English we are learning about Poetry. You will be working on a very special type of poem called a Haiku. In the final lesson of the week, you will be planning and writing your own Haiku. We would love to read your poems so make sure you tweet us a photo!

Click the image below to make a start.

 

Maths

This week you are starting a new unit. This unit is called 'Position and Direction'. In this morning's lesson you will look at movements as translations.

Click the grid below to start your lesson.

 It's Friday afternoon and that means one thing - CREATIVE TIME!

Get your vocal chords warmed up because this afternoon you will be singiiiiinnnnggggg! Today's lesson will teach you how to sing a major scale - including actions. It's going to be an amazing lesson and I know you're going to love it!

Click the image below to go!

You've done it Year 4...you've smashed another week. Well Done - you've done some amazing work. Have a wonderful weekend and we'll start again on Monday!

 

Monday 13th July 2020

Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

    

 

English

Your final English topic of the year is Diary Writing. Today you will complete a Reading lesson which focuses on fact retrieval. 

Click the image below to get started.

 

Maths

Your final Maths topic is 'Number Patterns'. In today's lesson you will explore different number systems.

Click the image below to access the lesson.

 

This afternoon it's time for some PSHE. Today's lesson is on a very recent topic which you have probably seen on the news. Your lesson this afternoon is all about 'Black Lives Matter'.

Click the image below to start the lesson.

 

Tuesday 14th July 2020 

Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

    

 

English

Your final English topic of the year is Diary Writing. Today you will complete a Reading lesson which focuses on inference. Remember inference means reading between the lines so you will have to think really carefully, the answers will not just be there in the text. 

Click the image below to get started.

 

Maths

Your final Maths topic is 'Number Patterns'. Today's lesson is all about Roman Numerals.

Click the image below to access the lesson.

 

It's time for an afternoon of Science. You will continue you work on 'Light'. Today you will think about how we see light.

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Wednesday 15th July 2020 

Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

    

 

English

Your final English topic of the year is Diary Writing. In today's lesson you will look at an example diary entry and you will work on identifying the key features. 

Click the image below to get started.

 

Maths

Your final Maths topic is 'Number Patterns'. In today's lesson you will identify and complete number sequences.

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Let's go back in time and spend an afternoon with Henry VIII. Today you will learn about two very important individuals - Thomas Cranmer and Thomas Cromwell.

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Thursday 16th July 2020 

Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day! 

 

 

   

 

English

Your final English topic of the year is Diary Writing. In today's lesson you will explore the use of expanded noun phrases and conjunctions to add more detail to a diary entry. 

Click the image below to get started.

Maths

Your final Maths topic is 'Number Patterns'. You will investigate number patterns in today's lesson.

Click the image below to access the lesson.

 

R.E.

This afternoon you will continue your work on the religion of Islam. Today you will learn all about the holy book of Islam. Do you already know what the holy book is called? Maybe you could ask a grown up in your house.

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Friday 17th July 2020

Spellings & Handwriting

Word of the Day!

 

 

   

 

English

Your final English topic of the year is Diary Writing. ln the final lesson today, you will plan and write your own diary entry. We'd love to see what you come up with so don't forget to tweet us. 

Click the image below to get started.

 

Maths

Your final Maths topic is 'Number Patterns'. In today's lesson you will investigate a number pattern.

Click the image below to access the lesson.

 

 Let's finish our home learning journey with a creative investigation. This afternoon you will take part in a texture treasure hunt.

Click the image to start and enjoy!

 

Well Year 4...you have done it! You've finished the crazy crazy year and your Year 4 journey. You have worked so hard and we couldn't be prouder of how you've kept working even in these difficult times.

Stay safe, enjoy summer and we'll see you in September as Year 5s!