Netherthong

back

Monday 22nd June 2020

Posted: Jun 21, 2020 by: Sarah Kendal (SKendal) on: Class 4

Good morning!

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend. We have planted lots of new flowers in our garden, been bug hunting and built some dens in the woods.

Orla sent me the instructions to make bird cakes. I've bought my ingredients and we are going to have a go this week.

Here's Orla's, I hope mine turns out as well!  

Onto this week...

As Miss Watkins and myself love a theme, we have decided to have a Great British Bread-Bake Off this week!

We will be trying to link all of our activities to this but, as always, be creative and do what works for you.

English:  

There are many different types of bread. What can you find out about them (names, countries, how bread has changed through the years)? 

Research different bread recipes - use the internet or cookery books. Think about the type of bread that you would like to bake (look at the ingredients and ask an adult if they will be able to get hold of the things needed). 

Later in the week you will be adapting and designing your own bread recipe. 

Maths: 

This week we will be doing some work on weight as it fits nicely with our baking theme. 

Can you dig out the weighing scales and find objects in your house that weigh the same as each other (this will build on the estimation activity we did at the start of lockdown). 

Read the scale and write down the weight of the objects. 

If you need an extension task, you could write down the weight in both grams and kilograms. 

Science: 

We are all washing our hands much more regularly in order to stop the spread of germs and bacteria and keep ourselves safe. Today we are going to find out just how clean our hands are! 

I would like you to set up your own little investigation using bread and your own hands! 

You will need:

5 slices of bread (untouched).

5 zip-seal transparent bags.

hand sanitizer

soap

tweezers or gloves 

In each of the zip-seal bags, you are going to place a slice of bread. Each slice of bread will be exposed to different conditions. 

The first bag should contain a slice of bread untouched by bare skin (use tweezers or glove covered hands). Seal the bag and label it as 'untouched'. 

Next, run your hands through your hair and press one hand down on the next slice of bread (flat hand, palm down). Place this piece of bread in a bag, seal and label 'hair'.

Now wash your hands with soap and water for 20 seconds before repeating the process with the third slice of bread. Seal this bag and label 'soap and water'. 

Wait before continuing the investigation until your hands are no longer clean (you may have opened doors, read a book, played in the garden). Then rub your hands with hand sanitizer before repeating the process on the fourth piece of bread. Label the bag 'sanitizer'. 

For the final piece of bread, cough into your hand and repeat the process. Label the bag 'cough'. 

Make sure you wash your hands after the final piece of bread. 

Now leave your 5 bags in a cool, dry place. The bags MUST stay sealed! 

Write down a prediction of what you expect to see happen to the pieces of bread over the next week. 

Reading: 

The next chapter of our guided reading book is ready and waiting on Purple Mash! 

Have a lovely day. I miss you all. 

Love from Mrs Kendal and the year 4 team xx

0 comments