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Thursday 14th May 2020

Posted: May 13, 2020 by: Zoe Watkins (ZWatkins) on: Class 4

Good morning one and all,

Well it looks like a lot of you really enjoyed your VE Day celebrations.  We certainly did.  We could hear singing ringing out around our village.  It was as if Vera Lynn was singing on our village green.  There was even a man playing his big band (Glen Miller) music on a trumpet.  We managed to go for our walk, which was glorious.  We saw all sorts of birds, lots of sheep and lambs, cows and calves, a handful of people and even an old American car in a hidden field! 

I spoke to Mum about how Auntie Sadie had celebrated VE Day back in 1945 and apparently, she wasn’t allowed to go, as she had school the next day, but she does remember lots of parties going on around near her house.  My Dad also mentioned that his Grandfather had been on holiday once and he had loved Winston Churchill, so he decided to go and look at the house he lived in.  When he arrived, a policeman told him that Churchill was walking around.  He appeared behind him.  My Great-Grandfather then called out and Winston Churchill gave him his famous Victory sign.  I will put up some of your fabulous photos later today. 

Can I also remind you about the words photo?  We have had a few back, but would love some more.

Anyway, on to today, both Miss Watkins and Mrs Kendal are in school with Key Workers children today, so we might not be able to reply to your emails as speedily as usual!

English

I would like you to have a think about the stories that you have been writing for Mrs Kendal’s William.  You can also think about a book that you are reading too.  Can you pick out at least 10 words that you feel are powerful?  Write these words out in your neatest handwriting.  See this as a vocabulary and handwriting task please.  If you would like to extend this task, you could use a thesaurus (there are some good ones online to be used with parental guidance) to find new words.

Maths

You have all been looking at symmetry this week.  I thought that we move onto measurement of length.  Have a go at these three sheets all about measuring length.

You can draw your own lines for the first task (above) if you prefer

Geography

Have a think about settlements again.  You have looked at both close to home and a further away settlement.  I would like you to begin to think about a totally new settlement.  You are going to think about what a completely new town, village or city would need.  Can you remember our work on Salts Mill?  Can you draw a map of a new settlement, including all of the features that you would need and some that you would like?  You can include a key to help identify the features.  Make sure that you consider both physical and human features.

British Values

Have a think about the four key British Values - Democracy, Rule of Law, Respect and Tolerance and Individual Liberty.  Can you create a poster to explain what these different values mean.

Hope you all keep safe and well.  We still are not sure what will be happening over the next few weeks, just keep well and keep smiling.

Love Miss W and the Year 4 Team

xxx

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charlie mclean May 14, 2020

hi everyone

charlie mclean May 14, 2020

this home workings good because you can sleep until 9 am