Year 4 Homework

28 February 2020

Posted on Friday 28 February 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, our homework is Creative and is helping us to celebrate World Book Day next week.

I can show what I love about reading.  

 

Children could come up with their own ideas for how to show this, or ideas might include:

  • create a labelled diagram of the perfect place to read in
  • write a book review
  • draw and label/describe a character from your favourite book
  • write a letter to an author telling them how much you loved reading their book
  • write a one minute speech on your favourite book, persuading others to read it – consider what the most exciting parts are, which characters you love or you love to hate, who might enjoy reading it next and why

Be as creative as you like.

This homework will be celebrated in our weekly homework review on World Book Day itself, 5 March 2020.

07 February 2020

Posted on Friday 07 February 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same creative homework, which is due in on Thursday 13 February 2020.

I can show different ways to stay safe, including online.

This week, linked to our Living & Learning, we have been thinking about how to make safe choices, including online. There are many ways, and many different situations, in which we need to keep safe: at home, at school, in our environment and online.

Children should think about the situations where they need to keep safe and who might help them to stay safe. This could be done in any creative way:

  • A story
  • A poem
  • Instructions
  • A comic strip
  • An advert
  • An interview
  • A game
  • Scenarios

…or any other creative ideas!

The homework will be reviewed as part of our weekly homework review.

31 January 2020

Posted on Thursday 30 January 2020 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and will be marked as a class on Friday 7 February.

I can divide.

In Year 4, children are expected to be able to:

  • divide a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number
  • divide a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number when there are remainders
  • divide a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number
  • divide a 3 digit number by a 1 digit number when there are remainders

Your child has homework which practises a skill they have become confident with in class first and then moves on to newer learning that they’re less secure on. We’ve used the ‘bus stop’ method of division which you can check on our website using our calculations video for division.

24 January 2020

Posted on Friday 24 January 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: What is a drug?

This homework, which links to our Living and Learning statement, is a first step in children becoming aware of drugs. There are a few key points you may wish to talk about at home. Children need to be aware that some drugs are helpful, some are harmful, some are legal, some are illegal. Don’t forget to consider that even the legal or helpful ones can be harmful.

Below are some question prompts that could help shape your discussion…

  • What is a good definition for a drug?
  • What is a drug? What is not a drug?
  • Are all drugs bad?
  • Why might some people need to take medicines?
  • Who can prescribe medicine?
  • Who should administer medicine?
  • What should you do if you find some medicine?
  • Should you take medicine that isn’t yours?

Children should be prepared to discuss what they’ve talked about at home during our homework review next week. This homework should be completed by Thursday 30 January.

17 January 2020

Posted on Friday 17 January 2020 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework:

I can show different ways to make things better.

This homework, which is due on Thursday 24 January, is an opportunity for children to reflect on our living & learning statement for this week: I can make things better.

Children should think about ways to make things better in a variety of different situations and contexts:

  • in class
  • in a friendship group
  • at playtimes
  • at home
  • with siblings
  • out and about (countryside, park)
  • the wider environment (recycling)

You could consider…

  • Why should we try and make things better?
  • How do we do this?
  • When should we apologise?
  • What is the effect it has on others around us when we make things better?
  • Older children might want to consider the benefits of restorative justice.

Don’t forget to be creative! Produce a report or diary; capture photos of making things better; create rules for better games at play times; make a poster about how to say sorry; or, think of your own creative response.

This homework will be celebrated in our weekly homework review.

10 January 2020

Posted on Thursday 09 January 2020 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect and is due on Thursday 16 January.

I can multiply 3 digits by 1 digit.

The children have a set of questions to complete which allows them to practise the skills we’ve learned this week on multiplying 3 digits by 1 digit. We’ll mark this work together in our homework review.

13 December 2019

Posted on Thursday 12 December 2019 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 19 December 2019.

I can talk about what I was learning in these photos. 

Here are some photographs of some learning we’ve done this half term. Ask your children what the children in the photograph were doing, what they learned from this lesson and what more they might like to learn or get better at in this area of their learning.

This is a great opportunity to find out more about your child’s experience at school and, if you enjoyed this discussion, don’t forget photos are posted regularly on Year 4’s Class News so you can have these conversations every week!

PE at Allerton Grange

Geography: OS maps and grid references

Geography: counties and compass directions

Maths: times tables

Reading: First News

Writing: pirate drama

 

06 December 2019

Posted on Friday 06 December 2019 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same Creative homework, which should be returned by Thursday 12 December.

The children are invited to respond to something from either a cultural or a spiritual perspective.

I can show what I know and think about something cultural.

We’d like children to present their responses about a recent book they’ve read, film they’ve watched, piece of art they’ve looked at, piece of music they’ve listened to – anything cultural in fact.

We’re interested to read some sort of description (a summary, for example) and then your child’s opinions. This review might include pictures, an interview (your child could write a fictional script between himself/herself and the artist, for example), a letter (eg to or from a character, or perhaps even the author) – anything which might include your child’s responses!

However, your child might prefer to do the following:

I can show what I know about a festival.

Over the course of this term, some children in school may have celebrated a religious festival of some sort.  This might have been

  • the Muslim festival of Eid ul Adha
  • the Sikh and Hindu festival Diwali
  • the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, coming up in December
  • the Christian festival (of course, celebrated by many non-Christians) of Christmas
  • and the Chinese New Year festival, coming up

There are lots of other festivals and celebrations, which you and your child together might want to reflect on.

We invite children to respond to the sentence above – they might include a recount (like a diary entry), pictures, an interview (perhaps in a script).  Your child might also choose to research a completely unknown festival, or they might even think about creating a brand new festival, one that everyone will celebrate.

Friday 22 November 2019

Posted on Friday 22 November 2019 by Mr Catherall

This week, the whole school has the same Talk Time homework: Which charity should our school support?

Next week, a charity will be decided for us to support for the year ahead – for example, when we have a performance, we’ll collect money for this particular charity. What charity does your child think we should support?

You could talk about:

  • what a charity is
  • why charities are important
  • what sort of work they do
  • charities that have meaning to your family, to school or the community
  • national and international charities and their work

Next week, each class will vote (because in our school we make democratic decisions) for the charity they would like to support to form a shortlist. Then, our recently elected School Council will decide which charity we will support for the next year.

08 November 2019

Posted on Thursday 07 November 2019 by Mr Roundtree

This week’s homework is Talk Time and will be discussed on Thursday 14 November.

I know how to STOP bullying.

At home discuss what bullying is.

  • Can your child tell you what STOP means?
  • Does your child know the difference between being mean and bullying?
  • Do they know what to do if they think they, or someone else, is being bullied?

Next week is Anti-Bullying Week so see whether bullying is being discussed elsewhere too. Maybe it’s on Newsround or in First News – see what they’re saying about it too.