Year 4AK: Blog items
Date: 1st Apr 2020 @ 10:52am
Happy Wednesday everyone!
I don't know about you but 2 of my favourite things in the world that always make me feel good are animals and travelling. While I can't travel now, I thankfully have my 2 rabbits, Rupert and Angel, to keep me company at home. Here is a picture of them underneath!
So since I can't travel right now, or see any other animals, I am doing these things in a different way: by looking at this website all about wild animals around the world https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/
It has information and activities about lots of different animals from lots of different regions (Year 2, it has a section on Polar animals which would link nicely to your topic right now!) so you can virtually travel round the world. It even has drawing and photography competitions that you can enter and have your work appear on the website!
I particularly like this activity to make Amazon animal hand shadows https://gowild.wwf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Amazon-hand-shadows.pdf (although I didn't have much luck trying to take a good photo of mine. Perhaps you can do better than me and send one to your home learning address?)
So your wellbeing challenge for today is to choose your favourite area or animal from the website or even complete one of the activities and send a picture or just a bit of writing about it to your home learning e-mail address if you would like to. Or pehaps enter one of the competitions on there and tell us all about it.
Mrs Glover
Past challenges
A big thanks to Zainab in reception for sending in a picture of her brownies. Well done Zainab, they looked delicious!
And thanks to Miss Iqbal who sent me her picture of what makes her and her family smile that she did wih her son Adam! You can see it below:
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 1:01pm
Hello Year 4 😊
I hope you are all keeping safe and doing well!
We are now in our second week of working from home… and I’m sure that like me some of you (like me) might be finding it a bit tricky to keep motivated and focussed each day!
It has really helped me to make a bit of a plan each day, a bit like we do in class! I’m trying to do jobs that need more concentration in the morning… and lots of creativity in the afternoon! I have attached some picture timetables so you can create your own if you would like to. It’s a good way to plan in some fun and exercise as well!
Diary Challenge
I would love to hear about all of the things you have done this week, so I am setting a diary challenge!
Write a diary of your week in your exercise book, and ask your grown up to email a picture of your writing to y4homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk for your teachers to read at the end of the week!
Don’t forget to:
- Write the date
- Write in chronological (time) order
- Use time connectives (next, then, after that, later that day)
- Use emotive language to show how you felt!
- Use careful handwriting
- Check punctuation, capital letters and spellings
I look forward to hearing all about the exciting activities and learning you have done this week!
Miss Bryce
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 11:04am
31.03.20 Good Morning Year 4!
Start your day with these morning activities! Work out the answers, and then explain to someone at home HOW you have solved them!
Fluent in 5:
A. 55 + 37 = B. 64 x 5 = C. 1/2 of 94 =
D. 4981 + 4735 = E. 2 x 9 =
Sentence of the Day
1. Add all the missing punctuation and capital letters in this sentence (total 6):
quickly tom and sam raced to the old abandoned house
2. Read the sentences carefully and decide if the apostrophes are showing singular (S) or plural (P) possession:
The dogs’ toys were all over the floor. (S or P?)
Across the street, the car’s alarm beeped noisily. (S or P?)
The families’ picnics were ruined by the rain. (S or P?)
Date: 31st Mar 2020 @ 10:45am
Hello everyone!
Today's challenge is something that I often enjoy doing when I'm feeling a little sad or worried about something.
Today I am challenging you to cook or bake something! If you can't do it today then why not plan something to make later in the week or even at the weekend?
Take a look at this website that has plenty of easy and healthy recipes to look or see if you can invent something that includes the contents of your fridge or cupboard! https://www.nhs.uk/change4life/recipes
Yesterday I made these cheese scones for me and my husband to have for lunch this week (they're not very healthy but they're very tasty and it's okay to have a little treat once in a while! 
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Make sure you ask an adult to help you with any cooking or cutting and don't do anything before you check it's okay!
Have fun,
Mrs Glover
A big thanks to Miss Kenwell for sending me a picture of her sunshine yesterday (pictured below), she put my drawing to shame! 
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 1:17pm
Hello Year 4!
I hope you have had a lovely weekend. Take a look at some of these ideas for Easter crafts which can be made using egg boxes!
Make sure to email photographs of any you make to
y4homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Missing all of you,
Mrs Ratcliffe
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 11:42am
Today's challenge is to draw your own sunshine then in the middle of it write or draw all the things that make you happy.
I've done one if you would like to look at it for ideas (although your drawings may be a little better than mine! ) and have focused on all the things I can still do or see, even while we're in this strange situation 
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Stay safe everyone,
Mrs Glover
Date: 30th Mar 2020 @ 10:42am
Good Morning Year 4! I hope you have all had a good weekend.
Get your brains going this morning with these wake up activities! Work out the answers, and then explain to someone at home HOW you have solved them!
Fluent in 5:
A. 362 + 30 = B. 1/3 of 45 = C. 83 x 3 =
D. 2354 - ? = 1766 E. 54 divided by 9 =
Sentence of the Day
1. Add all the missing punctuation and capital letters in this sentence (total 5):
is anybody there the boy whispered anxiously
2. Add the plural possessive apostrophes to these sentences:
The lions cubs played in the sun.
Unfortunately, the childrens lunch boxes were left on the train.
The wolves howls echoed eerily through the dark night.
Health and wellbeing challenges from Mrs Glover
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 2:57pm
Hello, Mrs Glover here!
I hope everyone is staying safe, having fun and working hard on your learning. I'm going to post a Health and Wellbeing Challenge every day for people to do if they choose to. I'll be doing them all too and posting pictures where I can. Please feel free to e-mail any pictures or comments to your home learning e-mail addresses!
Challenge number 1: Go on a mindfulness walk. Write or draw 5 things that you can see, hear, feel, smell or touch (make sure you have an adult with you if necessary and stay far way from people you may see when you're out, although you can still say a friendly hello!) You could even do this in your garden if you have one!
Here's a picture of my mindfulness walk that I went on at lunch time today!
I saw trees and water, I heard birds and rustling, I could smell different plants and I could feel the sun on my face :-)
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 10:03am
Hello again everyone!
I hope you are all keeping well and enjoying all the home learning your teachers have been giving you to do. I have seen some of your emails and it looks like you are doing brilliantly so well done! I have been working away at home, I start every morning with the Joe Wicks work out, I wonder how many of you have been doing it too. Remember it’s so important to keep active even when you are at home.
I had another thought, yesterday Penny helped me with the washing, we paired the socks together! I thought this is a good time for you all to be helping out your grown-ups at home. I am sure they would really appreciate it.
I miss you all so much and can't wait to get back to school.
Take care,
Mrs Turner
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 9:54am
Good Morning Year 4!
Today you can take a very exciting trip to Chester Zoo... without leaving your house! Ask your grown ups to access the Chester Zoo virtual tour through Facebook... and see the live stream of the animals for yourself!
Get inspired and share your experience with us. Could you...
- Write a diary entry of your day at the virtual zoo?
- Create a fact file about your favourite animal?
- Write a non-chronological report about Chester Zoo?
- Write an exciting 'Mystery at the Zoo' story?
Date: 26th Mar 2020 @ 10:18am
Good morning Year 4,
I hope you are already up and have completed your morning exercise!
As we had a reading challenge for our last holiday homework, why not complete a project showing what you learned about the Tudors last half term?
You can choose 1 area to focus on or select several different areas of Tudor life e.g. Henry VIII or his 6 wives, the difference between the rich and poor in terms of food, clothes, homes and entertainment or religion and how it changed during this time.
You can choose to present what you have found out in any way you like. You might want to create:
- an art project-drawing, poster, model
- a piece of writing-newspaper report, non-chronological report, story, leaflet
- ICT project-powerpoint, film, video, interview
- a song or poem
- a Tudor dance
It’s up to you!
Email any projects you complete to:
y4homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
We look forward to seeing what you chose!
Mrs Ratcliffe
Date: 25th Mar 2020 @ 11:17am
A great example of Home Learning success in Year 4!
Well done to Naomi in 4JB, who has begun finding out lots of facts on our next topic - The Vikings and Anglo Saxons! It's fantastic to see your lovely writing, I can tell you have really taken care with your handwriting and have organised your work with headings!
Remember, you can share your updates, photos and questions with your teachers at:
y4homelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk
Keep up the good work everyone!
Miss Bryce :)
Date: 25th Mar 2020 @ 11:05am
Good Morning Year 4!
I hope you are all ok and getting on well at home! I'm sure that, just like me, you are finding it a bit strange this week! But not to worry ... There are plenty of activities happening at the moment to keep you busy!
9am - P.E with Joe Wicks (live stream on youtube). This is a great way to start yor day, keep fit and get energised!
11am - ' Elevenses with the World of David Walliams' https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/ - every day at 11am you can listen to one of David Walliams' Worlds Worst Children stories, so sit down and enjoy!
Take a look at 'Maths on Toast' which have lots of fun family maths activies to try! This includes videos, games and printable resources! https://www.mathsontoast.org.uk/fun-maths-at-home/maths-resources/
And if you have a garden or outdoor space, don't forget to get outside and enjoy the lovely weather! Why not do an activity in the sunshine? I know I will be!
Thinking of you all, speak soon!
Miss Bryce :)
Date: 25th Mar 2020 @ 9:34am
Morning Year 4!
Here are some fluent in 5 questions for you to have a go at. If you can, try and explain to someone else HOW you worked out the answer.
Fluent in 5
1. 34 x 8= 4. 84 ÷ 3=
2. 1/5 +11/5= 5. 12 x 9=
3. 2 x 2 x 3=
Now try these:
- Which sentence uses a possessive apostrophe accurately?
Taylors dog’s are very noisy.
Taylor’s dogs are very noisy.
- Identify the fronted adverbial in the sentence below.
Cautiously, she slowly pushed open the door.
- Identify all the direct speech in the sentence below.
“Shhh,’’ whispered Dad. “We are trying to listen.”
Date: 24th Mar 2020 @ 11:35am
Now is a great time to be reading! The best books can transport you to any time or any place. Why not share a story with an astronaut from space?!
Follow the link for a story time in space
Date: 23rd Mar 2020 @ 9:45am
Monday 23rd March 2020
Good morning everyone I hope you are all up and looking forward to a day of learning at home. It is a beautiful day perhaps you can have some time in the garden. I am sorry that I wasn't in school last week, both the government and Mrs Hughes advised that I stay at home but please don't worry I am not sick! I really do miss you all, I was so enjoying going around all the school and teaching so many of you, what amazing children you are.
Year 6 I am especially sorry that we have not had the chance to say goodbye. I remember you all so fondly from year 4 and wish you well with all that the future holds. I believe that each and every one of you has a special future and encourage to grab every opportunity that life gives you. Work hard at high school it will be so worth it.
For everybody else I look forward to seeing you soon - imagine how great that first day will be when we are allowed back into school. I can't wait! I have seen that Joe Wicks is doing a PE lesson every morning on line, I would encourage you to join in its so important that you stay active even when you are stuck inside.
Stay safe and I will see you soon.
Love Mrs Turner (Hibbs)
Date: 6th Mar 2020 @ 12:01pm
We have really enjoyed taking part in reading week. We have looked at lots of different traditional tales and compared them to Roald Dahl's 'Revolting Rhymes' and twisted versions of the tales where the heroes of the stories suddenly became the villains. We particularly enjoyed reading 'Inside the Villains' by Clotilde Perrin. On World Book Day, we dressed up as our favourite story characters and shared books with our reading buddies in Reception and we also invited our grown ups into school to share a book in the library. 
Date: 28th Feb 2020 @ 3:11pm
This week, we have been studying the artist Claude Monet. He was an impressionist artist and the name 'impressionism' comes from a painting Monet exhibited called 'Impression, Sunrise'. Impressionists painted everyday scenes, however they did not want to paint a realistic picture but an 'impression' of what they could see. We created our own Monet inspired artwork based on his 1906 painting 'Water Lilies'.
Date: 14th Feb 2020 @ 10:09am
Janelle received the learning award this week for being a supportive member of the class. She is always the first person to congratulate someone for their achievements. Alex won the behaviour star for showing a huge improvement in the choices he is making. He is starting to really focus during lessons and his understanding has also improved massively as a result. Well done Janelle and Alex.
Meeting our new Reading Buddies
Date: 14th Feb 2020 @ 10:02am
This week, 4AR got a chance to meet their new reading buddies from RAI. It was lovely to get to know them and find out which books they enjoy reading. We are really looking forward to sharing lots of different books with them next half term.
Date: 10th Feb 2020 @ 12:36pm
Shada received the learning award last week for always putting 100% effort into her learning and being enthusiastic in her lessons. Isaak won the behaviour star for being a super role model in class. Well done Shada and Isaak.
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 4:02pm
Alisha received the learning award this week for her fantastic ‘can do’ attidude in all of her lessons. Oscar won the behaviour star for making good choices about his behaviour and encouraging other children in the class to do the same.
Well done Alisha and Oscar!
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 4:00pm
In year 4, we have been learning about the Tudors. This week we started a new text in our reading and writing lessons. We have been reading , ‘Tudor Boy Spy -The Secret Diary of Thomas Snoop’ and we have really been enjoying it. We found out that the word ‘bobolyn’ is a Tudor word for idiot!!
Date: 27th Jan 2020 @ 12:58pm
Well done to 4AR's learning and behaviour stars last week.
Tia won our learning award on Monday for producing some fantastic holiday homework. She displayed lots of great learning skills such as creativity and perseverance to make her 3D model of the Earth.
Jake won our behaviour star for working incredibly hard in all of his lessons. He has pushed himself to share his ideas with the class and he has worked on his presentation.
We are very proud of them both!