Monday 27th April
25 Apr 2020
Good morning class 4 
I hope you all had a great weekend! I just want to begin by saying how I proud I am of you all for coping so well and keeping on top of your work set and with plenty of effort. I've really enjoyed receiving your emails of what you've done. It's not easy to stay motivated with so many distractions around you - I know, I'm always popping outside to fuss next door's dog who's constantly at the fence - but you're showing a really mature attitude.
So we've another week lined up of activities so let's go
Time table
P.e
Maths
English
Spellings
Reading
Science
Have a look at the below link. There are lots of ideas for different PE type activities that you could do at home; give one a go! There's a link to Joe Wicks or our Real PE units
Real p.e username: parent@grewelthor-3.com
password: grewelthor
https://www.harrogatessp.com/keeping-all-young-people-active/
Maths
Today we're going to be doing some work on addition. Tomorrow we'll be doing some reasoning with addition but today will be some practice.
Remember with addition it's important to set your work out neatly. If you're writing on squared paper, then write one number in each box and write numbers in the same column.
So if I'm doing 456 + 327 then the 6 and the 7 should be neatly above/below each other.
Don't forget that when you need to carry, that you should neatly write it above or below the column and cross it after adding it.
Please complete page 16 column B - you can start on number 4 so you only have ten questions to do.
Group 2 -
Can you do the puzzle on page 15 which says 'missing the point'
Here you have three numbers. Each number has a decimal point missing within it. When you have added thee decimals in it is possible to make it make a squared number
E.G) 1.59 + 20.9 + 25.1 = 42 (that isn't the answer by the way)
See if you can do all 4.
Then I'd like you to do just 'A and B' of the top puzzle. Each digit needs moving 1 up or 1 down. to make the answer correct.
English.
Firstly thank you for sending some fantastic dragon sketches in! I think St George might have met his match with some of these. Here's a slideshow with some that you sent in.
Do you know what a riddle is?
It's where you've given a series of clues to try and identify something hidden.
Usually these clues require a bit of thought and are not obvious. Here are some riddles you can try
It’s Alive without taking a breath
If it gets cold, then it’s certain death,
Never thirsty, ever drinking,
All in armour never clinking.
What is it? (answer at the very bottom)
What about this one?
It cannot be seen, cannot be felt
Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt It lies behind stars and under hills And empty holes it fills
It comes first and follows after
Ends life, kills laughter.
Do you know it?
I've got some, hopefully easier riddles for you to solve today. Download the link below ( you don't need to print)
-riddles-V294054200.doc-
Did they make any sense to you?
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Try to solve all the riddles. You'll need a pen and paper to write the letters which remain from each clue. In the next riddle called Tired, the first letter is in the word 'nest' and so on.
The riddles get harder as more letters remain in each line. The final line might help give you an extra clue. I'd write out, like I did in my video, all the letters it could be in a list and then see what word you can make of it.
Answers are the bottom of the page.
Spellings
We haven't done any spellings since we broke up but in the back of your English packs there should be two blank spelling templates.
We'll be doing 5 a week. In year 5/6 there is a list of words which is expected to have been taught over the two years. I usually weave them into some spelling rule we're doing but what I'd like you to do is download the below document (scroll to the 2nd page) and find the list of words. Choose 5 words which you can't already spell; it might be a good idea to agree these with a parent first and ask them to test you beforehand. Then write those 5 words down in the first 5 lines of your spelling sheet and just as we do in normally, copy them out once a day until someone can test you on Friday.
Here's the link
-spelling list - statutory words.pdf-
Reading
Please read one reading plus, or 2 if below 80%
Science
We were going to be visiting York university next month to do all sorts of experiments which will sadly have to be postponed, however they have sent some ideas to us. This week I thougt we could try making glue and testing its properties. Can you see the below picture? These are the things you'll need. If you don't have them then don't worry, you can do this some other time. Be creative, when it says a glue spreader, a garden stick will do just fine and lolly pop sticks paper strips.
Here is a recipe to make 3 different glues.
The idea is that we test these properties: which is most sticky, which is most waterproof and which is stains the least. Before you read the suggestions could you have a think or discussion about what you could possibly do to test those ideas, how could you work out which was most sticky? etc.
Here's a suggestion for each but you could use your own method.
Try the same experiment out using each glue recipe and see which is the best for each property.
E.G test which the strongest on all 3 glues.
Then test which is the most waterproof on all 3 glues
and finally test which stains the least.
How you choose to measure is up to you, just using an estimate and feelings is fine. E.G glue one was easiest to pull apart, glue 2 was harder etc.
Record your results in a table
Finally, why not use your glue to continue making your junk super sky scraper. So far I've seen two and they are over 1M tall! You'll have to get thinking how you can make it tall whilst keeping it stable. Also steeples etc can count as part of the height.
Closing date is Thursday night!
Enjoy the rest of your day.
Mr Breckon
Answers to riddles:
The first two were 'egg' and Darkness'
The ones from the word document were
Ant
Sleep
Stomach
Computer
Mouse
fire
ice
Halloween
Lucky