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Wednesday 24th June 2020

Posted: Jun 23, 2020 by: Sarah Kendal (SKendal) on: Class 4

Good morning! 

I am so very pleased that the sun is back - I hope you all manage to spend some time outside today doing some fun activities. If the weather gets a little too much, you can always head back inside and have a go at some of these tasks (I have also added an outside engineering task). 

Back to our Great British Bread Bake Off! 

Hopefully, you have now chosen the type of bread that you would like to have a go at baking and found a suitable recipe. Your next job is to adapt that recipe to make it more you! 

You could add extra ingredients into your bread (raisins, dried fruit, nuts, seeds) or you could change the shape of the dough before putting it in the oven. 

When you have decided what you are going to make, write out your new set of ingredients and instructions. Notice that each instruction starts with a bossy verb (put, knead, mix,), these are called imperative verbs and they are used to get straight to the point!  Give your new bread a name and make a big, bold title. Remember to use sub-headings and step by step diagrams. Bullet points and numbered steps are also a good way of organising your writing. 

Maths: 

Have a look at the picture below: 

                               

On one side of the scales, there are two IDENTICAL apples. On the other side, there are three IDENTICAL oranges.  

1) Write a fact about the weight of the apples.

2) Write a fact about the weight of the oranges. 

3) If the total weight of the apples was 350g, how much would each apple weigh? 

4) If the total weight of the oranges was 186g, how much would each orange weigh? 

5) If each apple weighs 75g, What is the smallest amount (to the nearest whole gram) each of the oranges could weigh? 

History/ DT: 

If you could take a trip to ancient Rome you may be surprised to find that they had lots of fresh water, a bit like we do in our pipes at home! 

The Romans came up with an idea to bring fresh water into their cities - they built aqueducts.

                                            

Aqueducts were long, elaborate, stone waterways. The water would flow on top of the aqueduct and when it arrived at the city it would flow into a castellum (a holding tank).

                                           

When the Romans built cities, they would look for nearby sources of clean water and build aqueducts to follow the slope of the land, this meant that the water did not run too quickly over the aqueduct and spill out. They learned to build their aqueducts tall and strong and this kept the water higher up with less chance of becoming dirty. 

Now, as the weather is going to be nice today, you could construct your very own version of an aqueduct in the garden and then use water to see if it works. Your aqueduct may even transport water into your paddling pool! 

Have a look at the following link to give you an idea of how to do this but also use your own imagination and the things that you have already in the house/ garage (with permission of course!) 

https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-to-make-a-roman-aqueduct-diy-engineering-video

Enjoy your day and have fun! 

Love from Mrs Kendal and the year 4 team xx

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