Moss Park Primary School: Year 4: Blog items

Maths Kahoot Quiz- year 4, by Miss McEvoy

Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 8:08am

Mr Tarry has posted a Maths Kahoot quiz on both google classrooms.

Go on and see what high score you can get. When you go on use your name so that we know who has achieved what score.

We will post the final results at the end of the day.

https://kahoot.it/challenge/657f6bf7-4a1e-467c-b537-a895ccbe9286_1585222759945

Friday 27th March- Year 4, by Miss McEvoy

Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 8:06am

Happy Friday Year 4 :)

We are both very proud of all the work you have been doing at home this week.

Finish the week off with a fantastic Joe Wicks work out. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ Then why not spend some time creating your own mini work out, we could try these out when we all get back to school.

Today’s learning pack activities:

Maths - The mystery of the missing horse challenge

English - Ancient Egyptian Dentists

Handwriting Practice - Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum words (1 page)

Don’t forget to record your work in your red exercise book.

This afternoon we would like you to think about this big question, this links to our last Science topic (states of matter)

Write your ideas in your red book and in the comments below. Ask somebody in your house as well and see what their ideas are.

Background science

Freezing is the term used to describe a liquid changing state into a solid when you cool it. It’s a reversible change, so if you apply heat to something frozen it will melt back into a liquid. Water usually freezes at 0°C, but its freezing point can drop below zero if it contains substances such as salt or alcohol. Seawater freezes at around -2°C, while antifreeze can stop the water in a car’s radiator from freezing even at -30°C!

Glacial ice (that is glaciers, ice caps, ice bergs and the sheets of ice that cover arctic regions) holds a vast amount of the world’s fresh water, while salt water is found in the seas and oceans.

Think about:

How would polar bears and penguins live?
How could you make a cool drink without ice?
What would happen to all the snow in winter?
What would happen to the sea levels?

We are looking forward to this discussion.

Mr Tarry & Miss McEvoy

Thursday 26th March - Year 4, by Mr Tarry

Date: 26th Mar 2020 @ 8:49am

Good Morning Year 4, we hope your week is going well and you are all staying safe.

Join in with Joe Wicks again today, this is a fantastic way to start off your day and it will give you lots of energy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

After a break complete the learning pack activities for today.

Maths - The mystery of the missing horse challenge

English - Non- fiction revision Mat

Handwriting Practice - Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum words (1 page)

After lunch let’s all go onto Times table Rockstars and go onto studio. Then try the game on Maths frame https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/477/Multiplication-Tables-Check

We want to try and get our speed as fast as we can while we are off.

Challenge for today: find the most interesting fact you can about one of our past topics. Write it below in the comment box.

We have also posted on the classroom – please comment back with your name so we can see who is managing to sign in. It is exactly the same as your school log in, just add ‘@mpjs-trafford.co.uk’ at the end of your name!

We look forward to reading your ideas. Remember to write back to us on the blog! We want to hear from you all!

Mr Tarry and Miss McEvoy

Wednesday 25th March Year 4, by Miss McEvoy

Date: 25th Mar 2020 @ 8:35am

Happy Wednesday Year 4.

Start you day off by joining in with Joe Wicks at 9am (or later if you miss the start) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Across today we want you to choose 2 or 3 things from this list to do outside, the weather is looking bright and dry…fingers crossed it stays this way. Don’t forget to comment below and tell us what you managed to do.

Don’t forget to do today’s activities in the learning packs. Today we want you to play the times table game. After this we want you to complete the Jimmy and the Pharaoh Comprehension, this is Mr Tarry’s favourite activity for this week. Then finish off with your handwriting/spelling practise again in your red books.

Please keep us updated with what you have been doing, we want to hear about your day below.

Mr Tarry & Miss McEvoy

Tuesday 24th March Year 4, by Mrs McEvoy

Date: 24th Mar 2020 @ 9:23am

Morning Year 4,

We both hope you had a good day yesterday at home and managed to join in with the Joe Wicks work out. There is another one today: go on and try todays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Also, why not do your favourite just dance routines today, you could even teach your parents/sibling/family in your house your favourite moves.

After a bit of exercise take a break and then it's time to look at your learning pack. Today we want you to complete pages 6, 7, 8 and 9 in your maths booklet. After this, choose on of the SPAG mats and complete that and finally, practise your handwriting and spellings by using the Year 3&4 National Curriculum spelling mat.

If you log on to our google classroom you will see a link to the scratch website with our year 4 log in details. If you wanted to keep up with computing you could go on there and watch some of the help videos and then create your own game. Don't forget to comment and tell us if you have created something for us to go and have a look at.

Enjoy today, speak to you all tomorrow :)

Mr Tarry and Miss McEvoy

Monday 23rd March , by Mr Tarry

Date: 23rd Mar 2020 @ 9:23am

Good morning Year 4,

It is very strange not seeing you all this morning, but we know you will all be staying safe and working hard at home.

We are challenging ourselves to complete PE with Joe Wicks every day this week. He starts at 9am, but if you miss it, you can find it on his YouTube channel later on. You can also have a go at the fun activities on the PE passport that we posted last week. It is so important that you keep healthy and active!

Here is the link;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6r99N3kXME

Your first task today is to create a home learning timetable . Work with your adult at home tocreate a daily timetable from Monday-Friday. Think about chunking the day up with set times for the following:

1. Wake up time

2. Breakfast/get ready

3. School work

4. Exercise

5. Reading and adding to your reading record (2 separate 30 minute slots)

6. Creative activties such as drawing

7. Diary writing to reflect on the day

8. Helping with chores at home

9. Don't forget break times too!

Record your timetable in your red exercise book. Today's date Monday 23rd March and title Home Learning Timetable. Try to organise a work space too (a table is best if you can).

Enjoy your day! We will be thinking about you.

Mr Tarry and Miss McEvoy :)

PE Home Learning - The PE Passport, by Mr Tarry

Date: 20th Mar 2020 @ 12:00pm

During the time school is closed, PE Passport have put together a selection of videos, ideas and activities that, if you are looking for something to do, will hopefully give you some different ways to stay active.

The content is designed to provide fun and engaging challenges to be attempted at home and as families. They have added Dance, Yoga, Hand/Eye Coordination skills and Personal Challenges. PE Passport will be updating the content daily over the next week and we hope the resources available will help your school community stay active during the closure. They have also provided external links to other websites that might prove useful to parents and carers whilst at home.

https://homelearning.primarypepassport.co.uk/#/

Hope you enjoy!

Mr Tarry :)

RE- Wedding rituals, by Mrs McEvoy

Date: 29th Nov 2019 @ 2:11pm

After learning about Christian, Jewish and Hindu weddings today we compared all 3, discussing the similarities and differences. Then each group acted out 1 wedding ritual, silently! The rest of the class had to watch and decide which wedding it was from.

October Half Term Homework, by Mrs McEvoy

Date: 15th Nov 2019 @ 4:33pm

Mr Tarry and Miss McEvoy are both so impressed with the amount of effort put into the half term homeworks by all the children (and parents!) We created our own american skyline using our models. Well done everyone!

Science Phones, by Mrs McEvoy

Date: 15th Nov 2019 @ 4:31pm

To finish our science topic on sound we made our own phones to test how sound travels. We then went outside and made a GIANT phone, to test we added our smaller phones onto the line to see how it affected the sound travelling.

Outdoor learning, by Mrs McEvoy

Date: 15th Nov 2019 @ 4:28pm

For outdoor learning day year 4 braved the weather adn went on an invertebrate hunt. We used microscopes to look at the different creatures we found. We then returned them to where we found them.

Roman Mosaics, by Mr Tarry

Date: 8th Nov 2019 @ 2:44pm

Year 4 have designed and made their own Roman mosaics out of clay and tiles. We looked at different Roman patterns and these inspired us to create our own.