Year 4 2019 - 2020

Miss Blakeley

Miss Kavanagh

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Dear Parents / Guardians,

I hope you are all well and keeping safe during this uncertain time. I have found some educational websites which the children can use to support their home learning packs.

Twitter page - Blakeleymiss

The children can tag the class page, on twitter, to show what they have been doing.

Squiggle Park Dreamscape https://www.squigglepark.com/dreamscape/

This is an online game which involves the children being asked different types of reading and comprehension questions. We haven't used this in class yet as I have had only a few children to test it. I have created a log in for every child. I will be in school Friday 3rd April and available to answer the phone for children who need their log in. It is an American programme however some of the concepts are relevent to our curriculum.

BBC Learning
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/
This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Blockly
https://blockly.games
Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Scratch
https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/
Creative computer programming

Ted Ed
https://ed.ted.com
All sorts of engaging educational videos

National Geographic Kids
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/
Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo
https://www.duolingo.com
Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science
https://mysteryscience.com
Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This
https://thekidshouldseethis.com
Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course
https://thecrashcourse.com
You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids
https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids
As above for a younger audience

Crest Awards
https://www.crestawards.org
Science awards you can complete from home.

Tinkercad
https://www.tinkercad.com
All kinds of making.

Nature Detectives
https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/
A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council
https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find
Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Lots of free resources for Primary age

Geography Games
https://world-geography-games.com/world.html
Geography gaming!

Blue Peter Badges
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/joinin/about-blue-peter-badges
If you have a stamp and a nearby post box.

The Artful Parent
https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/
Good, free art activities

The Imagination Tree
https://theimaginationtree.com
Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Twinkl
https://www.twinkl.co.uk
A month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

Kind regards,

Miss K Blakeley and Miss Kavanagh

Class Teacher Teaching Assistant

Things to Remember

P.E. kits – remember PE is every Thursday. Please ensure all children have a full PE kit in school.
Children must have their reading book in school every day. We recommend that you listen to your child read on a daily basis; this can be recorded in their reading diary.
We also encourage children to read a variety of different texts and therefore it will benefit your child if they read story books of their own choice, non-fiction books, newspapers and magazines etc (these can also be logged in their homework diary if you wish). We aim for every child to read to an adult at least once a week at school and books will be changed once the children can confidently read their book and fully understand it.
READING COMPETITION – Don’t forget the more signatures in a reading diary means the more chance of winning the school reading competition. The children can get a signature in their diary from an adult at home, when they have read ANY text. Once they have 60 signatures their name goes into a pot and they can do this multiple times; ensuring they have more chance of winning. Last year’s prize was a KINDLE!
Homework and research will be given out on a Monday. Please return these on a Friday; to be marked over the weekend.