Class 4
Keeping Safe Online - Information for Children
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If you have any worries whilst you are at home, you can email your teacher, or you can go to the following websites for help and support.
· Childline - for support
· UK Safer Internet Centre - to report anything you see online that makes you uncomfortable.
Remember, your teachers want to continue to help keep you safe online, even when you’re at home.
We hope you are finding doing your schoolwork at home enjoyable. Your teachers are still here for you during this unusual time to help keep you safe. If you need to contact your teacher, you can comment on the blog or email them directly at the following email addresses:
· reception@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class1@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class2@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class3@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class4@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class5@netherthongprimary.co.uk
· class6@netherthongprimary.co.uk
Please make sure that you seek adult permission to email your teacher directly.
As you are working online a lot more, we would like to remind you of the acceptable use policy that you signed at the beginning of the year. This can be found at the link below:
https://www.netherthongprimary.co.uk/safeguarding-1/online-safety
Tuesday 31st March 2020
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Good morning Class 4!
I wanted to start today by saying thank you for all of the amazing photos and videos that you have been sending. It's great to see so many of you having a go at the suggested activities. Later today, I will have a go at putting some of the pictures on the blog.
This would have been day 2 of our Bradley Wood trip and I'm quite sure that you would have been waking up a little more tired than you are now! We are sticking with the same theme this week and trying to suggest activities linked to the work that we would have been doing.
Buggy building -
OK, I'm not expecting anyone to design and build a fully working go-kart but I would like you to get creative! Buggy building could be anything from making a model of a vehicle to creating a vehicle that actually moves. Your buggy could be tiny or life size. It could be made from materials found in the recycling bin, bits of wood from the garage or made using chairs, cushions, blankets and boxes.
I look forward to seeing your creations!
Woodland study -
You don't actually need a woodland for this, any outside space or even looking out of a window will do.
At Bradley Woods we would have been bug hunting and finding out more about the insects that inhabit the woodland. As an alternative you could study any of the wildlife around your home.
If the weather allows, you could have a good look around your garden to see how many different insects and arachnids you can spot. Try holding a light coloured cloth under a tree and shaking the branches - do any insects land on the material? Do you know what they all are? Research your findings and create an insect and arachnid fact file.
If you have a pond, you could do a spot of pond dipping (with an adult please). You will be surprised how many tiny creatures live in the bottom of a pond! Again, you could research your findings and create a fact file.
My personal favourite would be to do some bird spotting. How many different species of bird visit your garden? Can you name them? If not, find out their names and some information about them. Do the birds visit alone or do they come in groups? Can you find out the collective nouns for the types of birds you spot? Present your findings in an imaginative way.
Remember, you still need to be a good camp mate so help out as much as you can with some jobs at home. Well done to Charlie S and Orla, I hear that you were a great help yesterday!
Have a wonderful day, stay safe and keep smiling!
Hello from Mr Curly Wurly
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Hello to all the children and staff at Netherthong Primary School,
It's Mr Curly Wurly here and I want to say hello to you all.
Lots of things are different for me at the moment and I've heard it's different for you too so I hope you're all ok and staying safe. I miss you all and hopefully very soon I'll get to see you again. I'm very happy that we've got sausages and my toys at home to play with because we have to stay at home for a while. Sometimes I'm reading books too especially when there's a dog in the story. I'm getting very good at drawing and shapes.
I'm thinking about you all and your families.
I hope to see you soon and take care of yourselves.
Love and paws
Mr Curly Wurly
Monday 30th March 2020
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Good morning Class 4!
I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend with your families, I know I have.
On Saturday night the Kendal family all sat out in the garden, under blankets, waiting for The International Space Station to fly overhead. It was the first time I've ever seen it so I was quite excited! It was a lovely clear night and we got to see Venus as well as lots of constellations. I recommend doing a bit of star-gazing if you get the chance.
Today is the day that we should have been heading to Bradley Woods for fun with our friends and two nights away from home. I'm so sad that this hasn't been able to happen but Miss Watkins and I have decided to think of activities this week which means you won't miss out fully!
Orienteering -
Can you draw a map of your house/garden and use it to create a treasure hunt? You could make clues for brothers, sisters, mums or dads to follow and mark the locations of each clue on your map. Maybe a family member could use your map and make a treasure hunt for you.
Instead of writing clues you could put numbers on your map and the treasure hunter has to visit each number in order - time who can do it the fastest.
Making a den -
Mums and dads will love this one!
Can you make a den (either inside or out) using things you can find around the house? I'd love to see some photos of these and if you'd like to see them shared on the blog please ask an adult to give permission.
Remember, any materials you use must be put away when you have finished!
Spending time with friends -
Not an easy thing to do at the moment but we all need to try and stay in touch with our friends as much as possible.
We have discovered the wonders of 'Zoom' in our house. You can set up a free account using only an email address and it enables a group of people to video call each other (I'm quite sure a number of you are already way ahead of me here!).
Be a good camp mate -
At Bradley Woods we would have been encouraging you to be as helpful as possible. How many jobs in the house can you help out with today?
You could: Make your bed, set the table at meal times, help wash up, load/unload the dishwasher/washing machine etc.
I'm hoping that you already do a lot of these!
Rules to remember -
Have fun, laugh lots and make some memories.
Looking forward to seeing some fabulous photos. Have a great day.
Friday - 27.3.2020
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Well another sunny day is expected today, I really hope that you are having some fun times outside. It has been lovely to receive emails from lots of you about what you have been up to. If possible we would love to share some of these on our blog so we can show the rest of school all of the fun and amazing things that we are all getting up to. If you do send us pictures (and please keep doing so - we love it) could you let us know if you give permission and we will post some of them at the end of each week on the blog. Thank you.
We had a lovely evening waiting to spot the International Space Station last night at about half past 8. If you can and it is not too late, why note see if you can spot it again tonight. We certainly will be.
Activity - I hope you are not all aching too much after completing Joe Wicks all week! Just think how fit you will be. Today have go at Joe, but you could also try another physical activity. This could be a sport you love or that you wish you could have a go at, you could even invent a new sport. Maybe send a video of you and your sporting endeavours.
English - We have loved reading your Little Paper Boat stories. The boat has had so many adventures, from boat races to trips down the River Thames and under London Bridge! Amazing Year 4! We love your imagination.
On to today - Have a go at creating a comic strip now for your Little Paper Boat. You can use the same story, but have a little fun and play around with the layout of it. Draw yourselves some cartoon images and write some captions and sentences to help move your story on. Make it fun, colourful and lively. This combines Art and English which will always make me smile.
Maths - Lets carry on with the theme of Data Handling. Have a go at answering these questions. There is no need to print out the activity, just write down your answers.
Once you have completed this, you could have a go a creating a tally chart of your own. You can decide what you investigate, then turn it into a bar graph.
Art - Oh my favourite! We have talked about rainbows in art before in class. Can you remember? They often represent hope, peace and serenity.
I have attached a couple of famous ones for you. If you can, research rainbows in paintings. Can you find me another painting that has a rainbow in it? If you have not already (Charlie S), create a rainbow image yourself. This could be just a rainbow or a rainbow incorporated in your picture somehow.
Two wonderful paintings, I am sure you agree. I wonder what else you will find.
Please don't forget to enjoy the sunshine. We all had half an hour on blankets in the garden reading our books today. It was wonderfully peaceful.
Keep in touch and take care.
Year 4
xxx