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Monday 6th July 2020

Posted: Jul 5, 2020 by: Sarah Kendal (SKendal) on: Class 4

Good morning, I hope you have had a lovely weekend. 

Sophie and William have been making their own self-help videos. They worked together to show people how to repair a punctured tyre (with a little help from their Grandad) and I have been very busy sewing Sophie's Brownie badges onto a blanket (all 54 of them). My fingers are now paying the price after pricking myself with the needle countless times! 

Today's suggested activities are as follows: 

Reading: 

The next chapter of our book is on Purple Mash; you'll find it in your 2do list. Please complete the comprehension activities too.

English: 

What does the saying 'to walk a mile in someone else's shoes' mean? See if you can find out by either asking an adult or doing your own research. 

Choose one of the following pairs of shoes (or maybe you could design your own): 

Can you imagine what the person wearing these shoes would be like? 

Write about a day in the life of the person wearing your chosen shoes. You could write in the first person and imagine you are wearing the shoes or in the third person and describe somebody else wearing them.

Maths: 

The 6174 trick.

Choose a 4-digit number (at least one digit should be different from the rest). 

Arrange the digits in order from largest to smallest.

Now reverse the digits of this number and subtract it from the first number written down. 

After your subtraction, you take the answer and arrange the digits from largest to smallest again. Reverse the digits in your new number and repeat the above process.

Repeat this procedure until you reach the magic number 6174.

Does it work with all 4-digit numbers? Try out a few different combinations and test for yourself. 

Science: 

If you had a go at the bread investigation, I imagine your bread will be looking a bit different by now! I may regret saying this but please send some pictures of your findings (I'll try to remember not to open the pictures before lunchtime!) 

This week, why not have a go at the egg drop challenge? The aim is to drop an egg from a height (with adult supervision) without the egg breaking. The egg can be hard-boiled or raw (for the brave only) and you can use any bits of materials you can find at home (newspaper, straws, kitchen roll etc) to protect the egg. The only thing you are not allowed to use is a ready-made box. 

This challenge is about being creative and imaginative in order to engineer a safety device for your egg. 

Your adult at home can set the height limit and must be with you when the egg is being dropped. 

Have fun and don't forget to take some pictures! 

Miss Watkins and I are so excited to be able to see you all in the last week before the summer holidays - don't forget to sign up for one of the 3 time slots. See the newsletter for more details. 

Due to technical issues this weekend, we will be adding last week's photos onto our blog later today. 

See you all very soon. 

Love from Mrs Kendal and the year 4 team xx

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