The Beatles Please select up to three different activities each day. THE BEATLES Select one activity from each of the ‘Three Musicians’ section. Remember to show us what you’ve been YEAR 4 TOPIC L4 up to by adding your work to Seesaw The Beatles were an English rock band that originated and formed in Liverpool in 1960. They are known as the most influential band of all time. To fit in with our Liverpool topic, this week‟s menu is based on the band. John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison English Maths Topic / Science Creativity / Life Skills Health / Wellbeing Reading Daily Maths Lessons Geography – Here, There and The Beatles Guess Who Letter Writing Everywhere Read for at least 10 minutes each day Complete the White Rose Play The Beatles Guess Who game. The Beatles were war babies and and explain what you have read about Maths daily lessons. This week The Beatles travelled the globe their childhood was affected by the to another family member. the focus is money. spreading Beatlemania. Can you Follow the clues to guess which consequences of war. name the places on the map where Beatle is being described. We are living through history with Reading Comprehension Lesson 1 – Pounds and pence they visited? the global COVID-19 pandemic that The Swinging Sixties Lesson 2 – Ordering money Try to guess The Beatle by using the is having a direct impact on families Lesson 3 – Estimating money Using the map and the internet, yes / no clues. across the world. Read the text and answer the Lesson 4 – Four operations fill in the demographics of each Try writing your own yes / no comprehension questions. country. Demographic is the word questions to help identify one of Write a letter to your future self, There are three different levels and used to describe the population of The Beatles. Do not forget to check and answer the following: questions. Choose the one most suitable Fluent in Five a country based on certain facts. your clues to make sure that they What do you think about what is for you. Make sure you match the text don‟t match more than one Beatle. happening in the world today? you have picked to the correct question Complete Fluent in Five – week Find and draw the flag for each Why has school closed? sheet. 2 questions. Answer one country. What activities do you do each day? section each day. What are you thankful for? The Beatles Is there anything you miss in Read the text about The Beatles and particular? decide whether the statements are Rapid Reasoning true or false. Complete Week 2 of Rapid Imagine Reasoning. There are 5 days Watch of activities. Complete one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16f activity sheet each day. 223jpp7M Complete the RIC activity and the questions about the book. Writing: Description Times Tables History – The Beatles Timeline All You Need Is Love Dance John Lennon was a very talented writer. Practise your times tables. Cut and sort the events into Listen to The Beatles song‟ „All You Listen to different songs by The He was asked to write a biography for chronological order to create a Need is Love‟ - Beatles. Think about how the music Merseybeat, a fortnightly magazine You can do this by playing on timeline of The Beatles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= makes you feel. about rock „n‟ roll owned by editor, Bill TT Rockstars at _7xMfIp-irg Choose one that you particularly Harry. https://play.ttrockstars.com/ enjoy. Choreograph your own dance auth/school/student Create a poster of ideas to explain routine to the music. Read John‟s biography. how people can show love, especially You could encourage other family Can you create a story about something Or playing on the following during these challenging times whilst members to join in with you. We‟d you‟ve been involved with recently? Or website: families and friends are isolated at love you to film your dance and post you could write a story about your life https://www.topmarks.co.uk/m home. it on See-Saw for the Year 4 so far? aths-games/hit-the-button teachers to see. Writing – Song Lyrics Reasoning - Money When I’m 64 Design an Outfit for The Beatles Meditation John Lennon and Paul McCartney were Go through the PowerPoint and Listen to and read lyrics of the Choose your favourite Beatles Song. The Beatles, and George Harrison famous for their brilliant lyrics and answer the questions. song „When I‟m 64‟ - Design an outfit that represents the especially, were fans of meditation. word play. Take a song like „Lucy in the https://scratch.mit.edu/search/p song. George Harrison and the rest of the Sky with Diamonds‟ it‟s nonsense lyrics rojects?q=when%20I%27m%2064 Use the template to help you. Beatles learnt to meditate during a were partly inspired by Lewis Caroll trip to India in 1968. (Alice in Wonderland), who John loved. Paul McCartney wrote the music Song ideas: Meditation originated in India many for this song when he was about - Yesterday hundreds of years ago. However, it's Task 1: Listen to and read the lyrics of 15 years old and used to play it - Help! very easy to meditate and is very “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”. Can when The Beatles were still known - All You Need is Love helpful if you simply want to relax or you make up your own fun, nonsensical as The Quarrymen. He put lyrics - Eight Days a Week chill out. You can practice it alone or lyrics? to it later in honor of his father's -Twist and Shout with family and friends. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1680 64th birthday. - Strawberry Fields Forever 0117/ - A Day in the Life Complete the following exercises. Paul wrote and sang the lead - Yellow Submarine You may want to put on some Task 2: Create some lyrics based on vocals on this song which asks if a - Here Comes the Sun relaxing music in the background. your favourite author? E.g. Roald Dahl, woman will still be with him when Maybe some Beatles music? E.g. JK Rowling. he got older, when he was 64 „Here Comes the Sun‟, „In my Life‟ Reasoning and Problem years old. Design a Guitar / Plec The Beatles were inspired by the things Solving - Pounds and Pence 1. Find somewhere comfortable to around them in daily life when writing Think about the future- what will Create your own guitar or plec sit: a big cushion, a bean bag or a their songs. Work your way through the the world be like when you‟re 64? design. yoga mat are the best things to sit questions. They get more Can you write lyrics to a song like (A plec is short for plectrum. It is a on. You may have seen people who Task 3: Can you write your own songs/ challenging along the way. Paul McCartney did? small flat tool used to pluck or meditate sitting in the "lotus" stories about your own life? You can Could you draw a picture of what strum a guitar.) position or sitting with their legs think about the places around you or you think the world will look like? crossed. You can sit like this if you your favourite people and use them for want but you don't have to - just inspiration (similar to „Penny Lane‟ and find a position that is comfortable „Strawberry Fields Forever.) and relaxing for you. 2. Think of a "mantra." This can be a simple word that makes you feel Writing: Poetry Varied Fluency – Pounds and Bands Past and Present Peace relaxed, like "calm," "peace," or even Pence the name of your favourite pet or How do you imagine freedom? Visithttps://www.bbc.co.uk/newsr John Lennon believed the world animal! It doesn't matter - just pick Do you think of love, peace, friendship Complete the questions in the ound/47044057 would be more peaceful if there a word that makes you feel peaceful and understanding? Or flags and pack. The level of difficulty to find out how the Beatles were no countries, no religion and no and happy. banners, a sea-breeze, a bird soaring or increases with each sheet. compare to a modern-day group. possessions. 3. Close your eyes and think of your a ball flying into the air? Maybe chosen word. You can even say your freedom is an absence: freedom from Make a collage, draw a picture or chosen word to yourself under your hate, war, hunger or poverty. Or paint a scene with the title „Peace‟. breath if you like. If your thoughts drift off to something else (and they freedom is a positive: freedom to It could be of a peaceful place, or speak, have a home, be equal and to the things that would make the will!), don't worry! Just gently bring choose. world peaceful. your thoughts back to your chosen The Universal Declaration of Human word. Try and do this for ten Rights says we all have 30 freedoms, no minutes. Then, open your eyes. matter who we are or where we live. That's it! One of these is the freedom to express ourselves. Try and meditate once a day for 10- Imagine by John Lennon, was published 20 mins. It will really help you stay on 21 September, the International Day calm and relaxed. Remember, it Pounds and Pence Discussion Bunting Imagine of Peace. worked for The Beatles! Paul Problems Write a poem - Use the word Imagine McCartney says that he still Use the activity sheet to make Imagine yourself as a bird.