year 4 – Hazeldown Primary School

Star Readers 23rd October 2020

Congratulations to this week’s Star Readers

Year 6 Aston Clark

Aston is showing great determination with his reading. Well done Aston!

Year 5

Year 5 Jude Baxter

Jude is making a really determined effort to achieve his reading target. Keep going Jude!

Year 4 Zerren Oddie

Zerren is showing a really positive attitude towards reading and choosing books. Keep it up Zerren!

Year 3 Lauren Peat

Lauren shows great enthusiasm towards reading and visiting the library. Amazing Lauren!

Here of some photos of the things that we have been up to in school this week.

On Google Sides some of the children have created a presentation about their sound experiments.Here is one page.

We have been completing our online Google Forms.

Journaling

Creating Google Slides to show what we think life in 2100 will be like.

Learning about food chains.

Learning about the parts of flowering plants.

Creating scenes on Scratch of underwater predators hunting their prey.

Started our extended writing tasks.

Children in the ‘Ebony Class Bubble’ have settled in well to their new school day. They’ve been working really hard and even had time to explore the wildlife outside on the field, making bird’s nests.

TTRS are holding an event to set a Guinness World Record for the highest score on TTRS in one minute.

They would like you to film yourself completing a 1 min game in the studio and then sending it to them. The highest score will be the Guinness World Record holder!

This link takes you to the website to explain how you can enter. The closing date is 4th June so you don’t have long.

https://ttrockstars.com/page/gwr

This week has been amazing on TTRS! I have never seen such high scores. Fir class have smashed it out of the park with a whopping 7, 981 correct answers!!!!! They are most definitely the reigning Hazeldown Champions.

Here are this week’s results:

Next week the battles have been arranged based on where you came in the school overall this week. So Fir scored the most with Bonsai second so they are battling each other next week.

The battles look like this:

Battles begin at 8:50am on Monday and will end on Friday at 3:15pm. Let’s see if anyone can beat Fir!

Last week’s TTRS results are as follows:

Congratulations to the winning classes: Monkey Puzzle, Ebony, Apple, Palm and Fir.

To organise battles this week, I have ranked the classes based on the points scored last week. So Apple scored the highest amount closely followed by Fir so they are battling each other this week.

This is how the battles look:

Here are the Battles that have been randomly picked out of the hat by some of the older children in school. Battles end on Friday at 3:15pm!

Here are this week’s results. Well done to Oak for being the top scoring class this week. Congratulations to Cherry Y3 for their victory over Monkey Puzzle. It was a close race between Bonsai Y5 and Ebony Y6 with Ebony finally winning. Apple Y2 did an amazing amount this week! Well done to Redwood Y4 who were victorious over Holly Y6.

Next week’s battles will be drawn at random, so log on on Monday morning to find out who you will be battling.

This week’s Battles have finished with he following results:

Holly 1096 v 628 Ebony

Bonsai 762 v 499 Monkey Puzzle

Fir 2305 v 1811 Redwood

Oak 4487 v 512 Cherry

Apple 723 v 354 Palm

Congratulations to the winning classes. Just to change things up a little next week, the KS2 battles will be between a class and their nearest competitor.

Next week’s battles will be between:

Oak (Y3) v Fir (Y4)

Holly (Y6) v Redwood (Y4)

Bonsai (Y5) v Ebony (Y6)

Monkey Puzzle (Y5) v Cherry (Y3)

Apple V Palm

Battles start at 8:50am on Monday!!

Year 6

Ebony are the winners with 1691

Year 5

Bonsai won with 1182

Year 4

This was really close! With only 28 more correct answers, Fir were the winners

Year 3

Oak smashed it with 4554 correct answers!

Year 2

Apple Class won with 750

This week’s results:

Ebony 16,424 v Holly 13,173

Bonsai 7,267 v Monkey Puzzle 370

Redwood 2020 v Fir 218

Oak 11,504 v Cherry 4223

Apple 222 v Palm 87

Congratulations to the winning bands. A new battle will start on 14th April so get practising!

All week, classes in each year group have been battling each other on Times Tables Rockstars to win this week’s Battle of the Bands. Children score points for every correct answer they give during the week.

In Yr 2 Apple Class are the champions scoring 222 to Palm Class’s 87

In Yr Oak Class were victorious with 11,504 against Cherry Class with 4,223

In Yr 4 Redwood won with 2,020 to Fir’s 318

In Yr 5 Bonsai are the champions with 7,267 to Monkey Puzzle’s 370

And finally, Yr 6 champions are Ebony with 16,424 to Holly’s 13,173

The competition starts again on Monday morning at 8:50am and will continue until 3:15pm on Friday. Don’t forget to log in to your account and do your bit. Next week’s Battle of the Bands results will be posted on Friday.

One of our homework activities this time was to listen to a piece of music and then express it as a piece of art. One of the Year 4 pupils created this wonderful painting. He also created a booklet to go with it, the booklet explained some things about the painting as well as the artist that inspired it.

The Foundation children were amazing today, playing their instruments and singing in front of Year 4. This performance was the culmination of our Friday music sessions with Kip Pratt and we were all very proud of the children and their wonderful music, performance skills and behaviour.

Wow, what a day we’ve had celebrating books and reading. The children made a wonderful effort with their costumes and absolutely loved being read to and sharing books with Year 4. What a treat!

Year 3 and 4 had the most amazing time sampling a wide range of foods connected to China. The teachers were especially impressed by all of the lovely sharing that took place (as well as children being very daring with trying new things!).

Please have a look at this short video we made to remember the event:

It was lovely today to stand back and see the range of activities happening in our S.O.L.E. sessions. One one classroom we had children: using Google Maps to explore local and national locations, creating a perfect plate of Chinese food (in their opinion) and using pop up cards to reflect on Chinese new year.

In the other classroom the children were busy learning a range of french vocabulary as well as researching what different Hindu symbols meant.

Another fabulous day at Hazeldown Primary School!

Year 4 spellings

W/b: 4.02.2019

Tested: 11.02.2019

Focus: Word ending -ly

happily
sadly
beautifully
hopefully
angrily
slowly
calmly

women
increase
naughty

In Year 4 (Fir and Redwood), we have been starting to work on our Dragon Dance inspired by our China topic.

Last week we had developed our movements by imitating the different animals in the Chinese Zodiac.

This week we focused mainly on the Dragon. In fours we thought of different ways to move around our space, whilst looking as dragon-like as possible.

As a part of our ‘China’ Learning Journey, Year 4 have been learning how to use Garage Band. This app is a great way to make music. Using a variety of instruments you can create a great sounding track. In our first session we experimented with the different instruments and had a go at making our own track.

Later on we will be using our skills to try and make a piece of music with a Chinese theme.

In S.O.L.E we have been learning how to use the app Garage Band. This is a music making app that enables you to record tracks from a variety of electronic musical instruments.

These tracks can then be combined into a music track.

We are just starting to use this app so please check back soon and see if we have made sweet music!

In team 2 we have been making Viking jewellery! Year 3 even had some help from some year 4 SOLE superstars who gave us tutorials on what to do.

We have applied our previous learning of instruction writing to write instructions of what YOU need to do to make some beautiful Viking jewellery at home!

“It happened one night.”

Scene 4 YEAR 4 “Animal Farm.”

Now we’ve heard of the people who came to the town –

Of Mary and Joseph, whose details went down

On the Emperor’s list, so his tax they could pay,

And the shepherds who heard all the angels did say;

We’ve heard of those wise men who saw a bright star

And arrived there much later, they’d come from so far.

But they weren’t the only ones who knew of that night –

At least, if our carols and cards got it right.

It seems that an ox and a donkey came too,

Though the Bible quite simply doesn’t mention those two.

But I think they were there, around Jesus’s bed,

For the manger was where they would go to get fed.

So even the animals gave to the Lord

Something to honour him, what they could afford.

For while he was lying in their feeding box,

They had to go hungry, the donkey and the ox.

What will we give him, who accepted the loss

Of his life freely given when he died on the cross?

Will we let him be King of lives, every day?

‘Cause that’s why he came here to lie in the hay!

Year 3 and 4 had lots of fun at Stover Woods today. We looked for clues on the ground to find out what sort of trees we would find in the forest; hunted for bugs in the woodland and built a shelter for our class bears!

Year 4 Home Learning- Friday 12^th October

(To be handed in Wednesday 17^th October.)

Reading

Please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes.

Spelling

Spellings will be handed out each Monday, to be tested the following Monday.

Maths

Next week, we are going to be learning all about angles. In preparation for this, find out the difference between acute, obtuse and reflex angles. Then, login to interactive resources (details below) and explore the ‘acute, obtuse and reflex angles’ game.

www.interactive-resources.co.uk

username: hazeldownps1 password: hazeldownps1

Challenge: Have a go at drawing the different types of angles.

where
when
wheel
white
whisper
whistle
whale
country
usually
disagree Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on our spelling rules for this week and words 8-10 are on the Year 3/4 word list.

Cherry Class were very excited this afternoon when Mrs Hard delivered a parcel for them! When they opened it they found a Bear and a letter! They are really excited about getting to know their new arrival!!

‘ir’ words

shirt

thirsty

first

thirteen

circle

birthday

squirt

busy

serious

busy

whether

This afternoon, Fir class have been thinking about all the reasons why we like each other. It was funny (and a bit embarrassing!) being paid compliments but it was nice to hear what people like about us!

Year 4 Home Learning – Friday 6^th July 2018

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week.This reading should be a mixture of independent reading and reading alongside an adult.

‘Super North Star’ follow up (1)

On Wednesday this week, we were fortunate to have the opportunity to spend the morning with Floyd Woodrow – a former SAS soldier and Head of the UK Counter Terrorist Unit, who is now internationally-recognised as a businessman and a keynote speaker. Floyd introduced us to his ‘Compass for Life’ and discussed the four cardinals with us.

Please use the diagram below to help you to explain to a family member what your ‘North Star’ is; also discuss with them what you put in each of the boxes on your map and brief them on what each cardinal stands for.

‘Super North Star’ follow up (2)

Write a paragraph to discuss your ‘Super North Star’. Within your paragraph, reference the other three cardinals – Ethos (Values), Strategist and Warrior Spirit. Also discuss your strengths, values and begin to plot your actions – what are you going to do in the near future to help you to begin to move towards achieving your goal?

Year 4 Home Learning – Friday 22^ndJune 2018

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week. This reading should be a mixture of independent reading / reading alongside an adult.

Maths

We are going to be learning about 2D shapes and symmetry. Research the names and properties of a range of 2D shapes and make a poster of your findings.

SOLE- Pre-Learning

In preparation for art work that will illustrate the front cover of their Just So story, the children need to practise drawing a high quality sketch of their chosen animal that they have been studying.

The videos will be very useful to support your learning.

How to draw a peacock step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EphQqnqsJfw

How to draw a panther step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93E4cuDs7-w

How to draw a tiger step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CxXdO5Q4N8

How to draw a monkey step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMkG2sc2OTE

How to draw an elephant step by step https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyJLBK0Zh4c

Spellings

Continue to practise the spellings from the year 3 and 4 statutory spelling list. To be tested next Friday.

Year 4 Home Learning – Friday 15^thJune 2018

A note from the team…

A number of parents have contacted us regarding the time taken to complete recent homework. Please note that the homework that we set is designed to take one hour to complete (30 minutes per task); should your child struggle with a task, please stop them after 30 minutes and indicate that they found it difficult in their homework book.

* Please note that this one hour limit does not include spellings and reading as it is a school-wide expectation that these skills are practised multiple times each week. *

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week. This reading should be a mixture of independent reading and reading alongside an adult.

Maths

Please complete as much of the attached times table colouring activity as you can within 30 minutes. Before colouring each square, please write your answer in the box, making sure that you double check to ensure that you don’t make any careless errors. There are 380 questions – how many can you answer in the time that you have?

Literacy

Thinking ahead to your transition to Year 5 later this term, write a paragraph about yourself to share with your new teacher. What do you really want them to know? Is there any important information about yourself that you’re keen to share with them? For example, do you have a particular hobby / interest that you wish to tell them about? Can you think of an interesting fact about yourself / your family? Is there anything in school that you’re really confident with or a little bit worried about?

When writing your paragraph, think about all that you’ve learnt this year and show off your writing skills! This is your first chance to impress your new teacher. J

Spellings

This week, all pupils will be learning from the same list, which focuses on the Y3/4 National Curriculum spelling words (see attached sheet).

Fir Class and Redwood Class Spellings (15.6.18)

Week 8 Focus: National Curriculum Year 3/4 spelling words

Handed out on Friday 15^thJune; Tested on Friday 22^ndJune.

continue
experience
extreme
height
knowledge
material
library
surprise
occasionally
therefore

This afternoon, Year 4 and their parents and Grandparents have been busy painting and making props, costumes and scenery for our iCan2 performances. Everything is looking very colourful – we can’t wait to see it on stage!

Year 4 Home Learning – Friday 8^th June 2018

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week. This reading should be a mixture of independent reading and reading alongside an adult.

Maths

This week and next we have been looking at telling the time. For your homework, we would like you to complete one section of the worksheet we are sending home today. Chose your level of challenge and glue the section that you are tackling into your home-learning book. It’s important to complete both the digital and analogue sections.

iCan2

Please practise the lyrics to Trash Busters which are on the school blog. If you have lines to learn, please work on those too! Next week we are sharing our performances with Mr Quint and Mr Tribble!

Please note: due to Sports Week, there will be no new spelling list today.

We are busy rehearsing for iCan2 and this morning Year 4 have been singing along to Trash Busters!

Here are the lyrics so you can practise at home!

Trash Busters

There’s plastic waste in the neighbourhood

Who you gunna call- TRASH BUSTERS

There’s something foul and it don’t look good

Who you gunna call- TRASH BUSTERS

I ain’t afraid of no trash!

If you’re seeing things washed on the beach.

Who can you call? TRASH BUSTERS

Plastic bags just out of reach!

Who you gunna call? TRASH BUSTERS

I ain’t afraid of no trash!

Who you gunna call? TRASH BUSTERS

If you’re making waste, then take it home…….

And call TRASH BUSTERS!

I aint afraid of no trash!

We’ll put it in the bin!

I aint afraid of no trash!

Yeah Yeah Yeah yeah!

Who you gunna call? TRASH BUSTERS

There’s enough

Of that freaky stuff….

So better call Trash Busters

Cleaning makes me feel good!

Mrs Tierney’s Summer Spelling Group Week 1

Handed out on Friday 4th May 2018;

Focus: -tion ending(root words ending in t or te to make tion words- most common “shun” ending)

Action
Location
Addition
Protection
Relation
Station
Nation
complete
consider

10.experiment

Note: Spellings 1-7 focus on this week’s phoneme focus; spellings 8-10 are from the Year 3 & 4 word list.

We have finished our final activity, which was VERY wet, and have just received our NOLA badges and certificates. Lunch is ready, then it’s onto the coach and back to school. See you soon!

After another amazing night’s sleep, we are all having breakfast before our final activity of the day. Our bags are (nearly!) packed and, despite the rain, we are looking forward to our final activity. See you all later!

After a good night’s sleep we have had an amazing second day at Heatree House. Lots of team work, resilience and MUD!

We have really enjoyed our first day at Heatree! Half of us have been learning bush craft skills while the other half have been experiencing life as Bronze Age settlers.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and shared our ‘Greece – Now and Then’ Learning Journey with us. Year 4 had great fun showing you everything they have been learning.

Year 4 are getting prepared for their Living Museum this afternoon. We can’t wait to show you all what we have been up to!

Year 3 and 4 Home Learning – Friday 23rd March 2018

To be handed in after the Easter holidays

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week. This reading should be a mixture of independent reading / reading alongside an adult.

SOLE- Pre-Learning- Bronze Age in Britain

In preparation for our new learning about The Bronze Age- in Britain- research aspects of the era and make a fact file of your new learning. A very useful website is BBC bite size- http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z874kqt#zwmkd2p

another useful websites are https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-bronze-age

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/british_prehistory/bronzeageman_01.shtml

Spellings

See spelling review sheet

Year 4 Home Learning – Friday 9th March 2018

Reading

Ideally, please encourage your child to read every day for at least 20 minutes. The minimum expectation is that your child should be reading for 15 minutes five times a week. This reading should be a mixture of independent reading / reading alongside an adult.

SOLE- Pre-Learning- Science Week

In preparation for new learning about magnets, our focus in Science week, the children need to research aspects of magnets: what they are/ How they work? Uses in real life e.t.c.

They can choose to represent this new learning in their own way; such as making a fact file, a poster, power point etc. Below are several websites that your child may wish to access to support their learning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I1WqXHkVgs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR9w4koW2EA

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/magnets/read/1/

Maths and Spellings

Reinforce new learning about finding fractions of amounts using the link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4DL4UleRuI