Lessons for Year 4
Here you will find Home School resources especially for Year 4, age 8-9 years.
Remember that there is also a selection of activities set on Purple Mash each week. 
Summer is here!
Well done and thank you to everyone for all of your hard work this term, whether you were in school or home-schooled.
Details of summer learning has been emailed to all families, so please remember to read regularly and practise the times tables.
We wish you all a wonderful break and we look forward to welcoming you back to school in September.
Stay safe and keep smiling.
Welcome to a new term.
Whether you are in school or continuing with your learning at home, everyone will share the same exciting learning opportunities.
Below you will find this week's work.
Below is the Y4 Maths Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need for the
week beginning Monday 20th July.
Below are the Year 4 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 20th July.
Below is the Humanities learning plan and resources for the week beginning 20th July.
Below is the Y4 Maths Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need for the
week beginning Monday 13th July.
Below are the Year 4 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 13th July.
Below is the Year 4 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need.
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is..Are holidays important? 
Below is the Y4 Maths Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need for the
week beginning Monday 6th July.
Below are the Year 4 English learning plans and resources for the week beginning 6th July.
Below is the Year 4 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need.
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is...How important are first impressions?
Below is the Year 4 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 29th June.
Below is the Year 4 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 29th June.
On the learning plan, you will find questions and links.
Below is the Year 4 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need.
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is... Why do we have statues? 
Below is the Year 4 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 22nd June.
Below is the Year 4 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 22nd June.
Below is the Year 4 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need.
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is... Should zoos have been allowed to reopen earlier?
Below is the Year 4 maths learning plan with questions, resources and links for the week beginning 15th June.
Below is the Year 4 English learning plan and resources for the week beginning 15th June.
On the learning plan, you will find questions and links.
Apologies for the error in the dictation. The sentence should read 'Her heal needs to heel.'
Below is the Year 4 Science, Art and Humanities Learning Plan
with the resources and links you will need.
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is... How should we learn to manage our money?
Picture News Check out this week's Picture News and chat to your family members about it. Click on the picture to take you to the link.
The question is... How important is it to have a routine?
This week is 'half term' so here are some different types of activities for you to try; you can also make the most of the glorious weather by keeping active!!
Drawing my own shadow - all you need is a piece of chalk and a sunny day! See the document attached below...
Puppet show - use some socks or other material on sticks to make some of your own puppets. Create your own story and let your puppets act out the story. You could put on a show for the rest of your family or, better still, ask them to join in and help you!
A-Z scavenger hunt - this could be in your garden, on a walk with your family or even just in your bedroom/kitchen etc. Look around and find an object that starts with the letter A, then one that starts with B, then C...!
Savoury bake - I know lots of you have been baking cookies, cupcakes etc at home. Now look for a recipe for something that isn't sweet - it could still be something delicious like cheese scones or a pasta bake. Send us a photo, write a blog post about it!
Football skills - have a go at the skills activity I sent by e-mail on Thurs 21st May (via Mrs Short). Everyone could try some of these and you can show us your skills when we see you You could even ask your parents to put a video clip on our Twitter page @BPSSwans
The document with details is also attached here:
Resources and Activities for 11th to 15th May, which stand alone but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Peters and Mrs Possnett.
Reading This week we would like you to read about Stonehenge and then have a go at 
completing the questions. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star start with 1 and work up (be honest and don't peep at the answers ). This will link to the Bitesize history lesson from Monday about being a historian!
Maths This week there has been lessons about perimeter! To complement this, see if you can complete the perimeter activity below. We have also put a perimeter Powerpoint on for you to use to learn more.
During Wednesday's BBC Bitesize lesson, they talk about vertebrates and 
invertebrates. We have set you a sorting activity on Purple Mash. See if you know which animals are which?
Design and Technology The BBC Bitesize lesson on thursday is all about 'How we build'. Choose one of the following and see if you can use recycled items to build a replica.
> Model of the school. Model of your house. >Model of Stonehenge
Email photos of them to us on Purple Mash email or use swans@billingborough.lincs.sch.uk , we would love to see them.
This week's question is: Who does outer space belong to? Click on the image to be taken straight to the Picture News page, where you will find questions to discuss 
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Previous learning
Reading and writing: This Friday, 8th May, marks the 75th anniversary of VE day - the end of the Second World War in Europe. Read the VE Day 'Daily News' then answer the questions (no peeking at the answers!). Then use what you have learned to write a poem, with a focus on 'celebration' - think about the sounds and sights of the celebrations. 
Maths: This week's bitesize lessons have been about multiplying and dividing. Did you use your knowledge of times tables to help? We have set you a times tables matching and memory game on Purple Mash.
Click the multiplication and division image to take you there... 
Science: Helping plants grow - now spring is here, have you noticed plants are beginning to bud and bloom? The veggies we planted last month are beginning to grow in our gardens and the fields are bursting with daisies and dandelions. Can you remember what plants need to grow well and how they survive? What do you remember about soils from year 3 science? Below are a set of instructions for making compost. With help from a grown up at home, you could make your own compost to help grow plants in your garden, or research plants that grow in different climates.
Resources and activities for the week beginning 27th April, which stand alone but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Peters and Mrs Possnett.
Reading: On Friday this week, your reading is 'The Worst Witch' by Jill Murphy. On Purple Mash, I've set you a task to create the most imaginative (and creepy!) menu for a witch's weekly meals.
Maths: this week's Bitesize lessons have been about using different methods for adding and subtracting 4-digit numbers. How have you been getting on? If you click on this 
White Rose badge, it will take you to Year 4 lessons for Summer Term week 2 where you will find lots of activities to use your Maths skills. 
Science: this week, BBC Bitesize was about States of Matter, which we studied way back in September. You were all very good at working out the correct state for different materials. There's a link to an activity for you (below) and on Purple Mash I've set an activity for you (click on this picture and it should take you 
there). After you've done it, explore your house to see how many different solids, liquids and gases you can find. Which room has the most gases? Where can you find the runniest liquids? Can some materials be more than one state? Can you remember how materials change between states?
Geography A favourite subject of Mrs Peters! We wonder how much you can remember about contours and map symbols from when we studied them last term? Bitesize on Tuesday included a lesson all about them but there are some more activities to help you practice your skills at the bottom of the page.
History after the Bitesize lesson on what prehistoric Britain was like, I've found a news story based on the discovery of a dinosaur. There is a reading comprehension for you and the answers too, but please don't peek at them before you've had a go at answering the questions! There are also some other activities to try. Do you know what this photograph shows?
Please go to the Special Picture News for Captain Tom Moore's 100th Birthday.
The question is... How can one person make a big difference?
Activities
Resources and Activities for week beginning April 23rd, which stand alone but also supplement BBC Bitesize, set by Mrs Possnett and Mrs Peters.
Reading: Please complete the Gun Powder plot reading comprehension attached to the the end of this weeks resources. There are three levels of challenge 1,2 and 3 star start with 1 and work up (be honest and don't peep at the answers ). This will link to the Bitesize history lesson from Monday about being a historian!Maths This week's Bitesize lessons have finding 1000 more or less.
To make sure you keep on top of other maths skills please log on to White Rose by clicking on their maths badge opposite to find, home learning summer term week 1, and complete the lessons about decimals and activity booklet.
Science : This weeks BBC Bitesize lesson was all about light and dark. 
On Purple Mash, there is an activity where you have to think about where a shadow would form. click on the shading cube icon to be taken to the site.
Music: The BBC lesson on Thursday was all about using your voice. 
Click on the music symbol 
to go to the Singup website, they have a new song every week for you to learn!
And don't forget to have your Picture News debate, this fortnight's question is Do we think people will travel less in future? There are lots of resources and discussion prompts on the Picture News page, click on the Apple to go straight there.Remember to visit the class blog on Purple Mash to let us know what you have been doing this week, also to send your pictures to the sharing page e mail them to
swans@billingborough.lincs.sch.uk