Learning Project – Famous and Significant People (Week 9: Commencing 22.06.20) Yr 3 and 4

Weekly Reading Tasks Weekly Spelling Tasks (Aim to achieve one per day) (Aim to achieve one per day) •Share a story together. This could be a • Practise the Year 3/4 Common exception chapter book where you read and discuss words daily. Ask an adult to test you on a chapter a day. them at the end of the week: ● Listen to your child read and let them discuss what they have read. Encourage early them to read with expression and earth intonation. eight ● Encourage your child to note down any eighth unfamiliar words from the chapter they enough have read. Explore the meanings of these exercise words by using a dictionary or reading experience around the sentence. experiment extreme ● Try researching and reading online together about a famous or significant Choose 5 of the Common Exception person you are interested in. words. Write synonyms, antonyms, the http://www.ducksters.com/biography/ is a meaning and an example of how to use the useful website. (You can use this research word in a sentence. towards a writing task.)

• Create a wordsearch with the words ● Explore the website below and have a above. Ask someone at home to solve it or read through an eBook. send a picture of it to a family member who https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for- would like a challenge! home/find-a-book/library-page

‘The Life of Leonardo’ will allow you to find Write a list of ten famous people in a field out lots about Leonardo da Vinci. you are interested in, spelling their names ‘Real Heroes’ is another non-fiction book carefully. For example, you could write a list telling the stories of three people who stood of ten footballers or ten kings and queens. up for what they believed in. Arrange the list in alphabetical order. To

make it more of a challenge, choose some If you would like more of a challenge, have names with the same first letter or increase a look at ‘Great Artists’, an interesting non- the number to fifteen. fiction book about five famous artists written in the style of a comic.

In light of recent events around the world around the Black Lives Matter movement and anti racism protests, we would like you to read this article about Racism and what can be done about it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52965984 There are also numerous articles on the newround website about fighting racism.

• Reading comprehensions this week are based on two famous individuals - Greta Thunberg and Martin Luther King. Differentiated versions of both are available on the school website on the year group class pages.

Please note that the reading comprehensions are differentiated for different ability. Where there are multiple copies, please only complete one. Weekly Maths Tasks Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to achieve one per day) (Aim to achieve one per day) • White Rose Maths lessons summer term Choose a person who is significant to you. week 9. Click on this link to watch the Draw or print a picture and then write down video lessons each day: a range of adjectives that describe the https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning person, e.g. inspirational, heroic, intelligent, courageous, friendly, kind. Use a thesaurus The worksheets and answer sheets will be to help make your vocabulary more available on the school website from the interesting. home learning section. Look under the tab- • The next day, go on to write an acrostic maths projects. poem about the famous or significant White Rose are no longer making the sheets person of your choice. (An acrostic poem is available on their website. where the first letter of each line spells out a word – in this case the person’s name – so Work on Times Table Rockstars - your child write the name down the side of your page will have an individual login to access this. first. There is a PowerPoint on the class Year 3 are working on x6, x7 and x8 this pages to remind you of the poem features.) week. Make sure you include some of the Year 4 are working on x8, x9 and x11 this interesting vocabulary from the day before. week. ------Make some notes from your research ● Practise your mental arithmetic. Click on: about someone interesting on https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths- https://www.ducksters.com/biography/. Add games/daily10 anything else you can find out about a You could choose to work on level 1, 2, 3 significant event in your chosen person’s or4! life. Choose a level that is appropriate for you. The next day, imagine you are that person. Write a diary entry about the significant Play on Hit the Button - focus on number event in their lives. Remember to write it in bonds, halves, doubles and times tables. the first person, use the past tense and include how you would have been feeling • Think about these questions: What at the time. calculations can you create using the ------numbers 127, 111, 200, 28 and 65 ? (e.g. 200 • Write a letter to a famous person who has + 65 = 265) Can you find the inverse to the inspired you, including questions that you calculations you write? (e.g. 265-200=65) have always wanted to ask. Can you Use bigger numbers for more of a remember how to set out a letter correctly? challenge. ------All famous people should earn £1,000,000 per year. Do you agree or disagree? Write brief bullet point notes on your point of view before having a discussion with someone at home. You could even chat with a family member you haven’t seen for a while on the phone. ------Use one day this week to edit a longer piece of writing you did the day before. Can you improve it at all? Check your spelling and punctuation. Does it make sense? Can you add any more interesting vocabulary or vary how you have started your sentences?

*Remember – you don’t have to complete all of these tasks.* Learning Project – to be tackled throughout the week • The project this week aims to provide opportunities for you to learn more about famous or significant people.

● Let’s Wonder:

Quiz-tastic! - Create a quiz for your family on famous people. You could even organise a virtual quiz night! Can they match the name to the correct invention or role in history? You could include a picture round to see how many they recognise.

Famous Fact Find - Find out about one or more famous British people here. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zd8fv9q. Decide how to present the information. This could be an oral presentation, a slide show, a poster or an information leaflet.

Curious About Composers? – Find out about Beethoven from the presentation on the class pages of the website. Listen to this arrangement of his 9th Symphony performed by the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra during lockdown. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eXT60rbBVk How does the music make you feel? How many instruments can you spot or hear? Can you name them all? The Dallas Symphony Orchestra website has a great section to help you identify the ones you don’t know. https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/learn-and- listen/instruments If you have time, listen to some more music composed by Beethoven.

● Let us create:

Show Racism the Red Card – Watch the video called ‘Show racism the red card’ and create a poster to promote anti racism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUOOzO5e2qc

Gaudí Genius – Have a look at the PowerPoint on the class pages about Antoni Gaudí, a famous architect. Find out about his ‘trencadís’ mosaic technique then have a go yourself using cut or torn up paper. There are some outlines of animals on the class pages or choose a shape of your own. Happy sticking!

Healthcare Heroes – As the NHS plays such a significant role in our lives, can you represent our amazing NHS staff with your own piece of artwork? Can you design a souvenir postage stamp? It could feature a person who influenced healthcare in the past, such as Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole or Aneurin Bevan, or could feature modern NHS staff. See the Royal Mail website for ideas on the layout. http://shop.royalmail.com/special-stamp-issues

Cartoon Creativity - Enjoy a drawing lesson with a well-known children’s author and illustrator, Rob Biddulph. There are now more than twenty different characters to choose from at http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob. You can also find out more about Rob Biddulph and his books on the website.

Innovative Invention – Sir James Dyson is a British inventor. You may have seen or even used a Dyson vacuum cleaner! James set up the James Dyson Foundation to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists. Can you have a go at designing and building your own marble run after watching this short film from the Foundation for inspiration? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IN0Wn0XgPXQ Don’t worry about the timing, just enjoy the build!

● Be Active

Sport Superstar - Watch an interview with Rod Ellingworth, a former professional British cyclist. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z48b4wx Afterwards, go for your own family bike ride as part of your daily exercise. Don’t forget to wear your helmet. No bike? Then take a walk and look out for any cyclists you see.

Athletic Antics – Find out about a few of the current athletes on the British team by having a look on the official website. https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/athletes/ What different events do they compete in? Organise a mini Olympics in your garden for your family or even just compete against yourself. How many events can you include? You can be as inventive as you like!

Tudor Turns – Have a go at learning some dances enjoyed by the infamous King Henry VIII by listening to and joining in with any of these three BBC dance workshops. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p048nnpg

Wicked Workout- Joe Wicks has certainly become famous over the last few months! Have you tried his workouts live on YouTube at 9am on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday? Maybe you joined in weeks ago. Why don’t you have another go this week?

Additional learning resources available

BBC Bitesize has some interesting short videos on a range of significant people from history to explore. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf49q6f

The Discover History pages of the National Geographic Kids website include some interesting facts about a range of significant people, such as Queen Victoria, William Shakespeare and Rosa Parks. https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/category/discover/history/