Year 4 Weekly Homework Tasks – week beginning: 23/03/20Columbia Primary School

PE Join Joe, The Body Coach, for a fun 30-minute workout from 9:00-9:30am this week! Go onto his

channel (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ) and follow the live PE sessions.

Go for a walk/cycle/scoot in your local area with your parent and/or carer – be sure to stay in your own space and wash your hands when you get back home!

Join Sophia for a morning yoga class - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X655B4ISakg

Reading Monday – Read the text on Fairtrade and answer the questions. Remind yourself of the reading

strategies. Tuesday – Read the text on The Chocolate Room and answer the questions. Friday – Re-read the paragraph on The Chocolate Room and draw and label the setting.

Writing Wednesday – Pick a scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Write a paragraph that describes

the setting using the senses. You can look at the photo of the working wall to help you with some ideas.

Thursday – Pick another scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Write a paragraph that shows the reader what the characters are like through what they say and/or do. You can look at the photo of the working wall to help you with some ideas.

Maths

Monday - Make a paper plate clock or draw a large circle on paper. Label the clock face with the digits 1 - 12 and attach the hands (Tip: Remember the minute hand should be longer than the hour hand!). Use the clock to draw the times below.

Tuesday – Write the time shown on the clock faces in words. Wednesday – Look at the clock face and the sentence underneath. Can you draw the new time? Thursday – Remind yourself of reading digital clock time. Complete the time shown. Friday – Think about your day yesterday. Create a digital time diary with pictures to show your day

from waking up to going to sleep. Label the events using 24-hour digital time. An example of Halima’s day is underneath to give you an idea.

Story time Check out Columbia’s Vimeo channel (https://vimeo.com/columbiaschool) – you will find a story time

run by Lesley for Year 4. Make sure you listen closely as there may be a quiz at the end…

Independent reading Read either your accelerated reading book, library book or a book from home. At the end of the week, write down either:

o Your favourite part from a story – “I enjoyed the part in the book… where …. “o You favourite character – “I liked the character… from the book… because…”o A book you would recommend to a friend – “I would recommend the book … by … because…”

Art/DT Monday – Design your own chocolate bar! Think about a snappy name for your design, a slogan and

your target audience. Tuesday – Create a poster to encourage more people to buy Fair Trade chocolate. It should be bold

and bright to catch people’s eye and the information should be easy for them to read. Look at the examples below for inspiration!

Friday – Create a catchy poster with your three top tips on looking after your teeth.

Humanities (Science/Geography/History) Wednesday – you are going to set up an egg shell experiment to see the effect of sugar on your

teeth. Follow the instructions below and check back at the end of the week. Thursday – research and write down 3 top tips for looking after your teeth. Use the following

websites and videos to help: o https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zh2kjxs o https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/teeth-care.html

Weekly timetable – Week beginning Monday 23 rd March

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday Friday

9.00 – 9.30 Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise Exercise

9.30 – 10.30

Reading task

Reading task Writing task Writing task Reading

task10.30 – 11.00 Break

11.00 – 12.00 Maths Maths Maths Maths Maths

12.00 – 1.00 Lunch

1.00 – 2.00

Story time Story time Story time Story time Story timeIndependent

readingIndependent

readingIndependent

readingIndependent

readingIndependent

reading

2.00 – 2.30 Break

2.30 – 3.30 DT Art Humanities Humanities Art

Monday - Reading

Monday - MathsUsing your analogue clock face to show the following times:

1. 5 o’clock

2. Half past 6

3. Eight o’clock

4. Quarter past four

5. Quarter to 9

6. Twenty minutes to 7

7. 10 minutes past twelve

8. Quarter to 11

9. 5 minutes past nine

10. Twenty five minutes to 12

Monday – Art/DT

Tuesday – ReadingThe Chocolate Room

Tuesday – Maths

Tuesday – Art

Wednesday/Thursday – Writing

Wednesday – Maths

Wednesday – Humanities

Tap your tooth. What do you notice about the surface? Is it quite hard or soft? Our teeth are hard because of enamel which is a hard layer that surrounds your teeth.Egg shells are surprisingly similar to teeth – they also have enamel! The white inside of an egg shell is made of enamel. We are going to use this to help us study the effects of sugar on our teeth through an experiment.

Egg shell experimentStep 1: Find two empty containers, bowls or cups.Step 2: Crack an egg in half and place the inside (egg white and yolk) to the side.Step 3: In one container, fill it with some water.Step 4: In the other container, fill it with the same amount of water and add two tablespoons of sugar.Step 5: Label each container so you don’t forget which is which!Step 6: Place each egg shells gently into one container. Make sure there is enough water to cover the egg shells.You can also choose to have other containers with orange juice or fizzy drink in your experiment.

Check back at the end of the week. What has happened to the egg shell in the water? What has happened to the egg shell in the water and sugar mixture?Be sure to tweet your results if you would like to share what has happened!

Thursday – MathsWhat is the rule for reading 24-hour time?

Draw the 24-hour digital clock and finish the sentences.