

Watch today’s welcome video here!
Good morning Year 4! Hope you’ve had a fun and relaxed weekend! Thank you for coming on to virtual school today. Miss Furlong and Miss Aluriya would like you to log in into virtual school every day to access the learning. It is crucial that we maintain a routine that is as close as possible to a normal school day during the next two weeks. New learning will be available each weekday and we ask that you leave us a comment (questions or messages) you have for your teacher. These will be answered daily so don’t hesitate to comment should you need any support or just want to check-in. Any work that you do, remember to tweet it @hillstoneps. Most importantly, make sure to stay safe! Have a great day!
9:00-9:10

Let’s the start the day off with some early morning work! So, put your thinking hats on Year 4. Below is a picture of several things combined together – a couple of Maths, Geography, English questions, etc. These questions might be topics we may have not covered in lessons yet but that’s okay! Just give it a good go – you might learn something new! Again, if you need any support, please comment below. Make sure you have left a comment to let us know you’re here too!

9:10-10:00

Today we are starting a new piece of writing. It’s based on a true Indian story! Does anybody know any Indian stories? Can you name them?
Read this letter below that we have received from a young British Indian girl.
Dear Year 4,
My name is Aisha Sharma and I live in Birmingham just like you! My brother and I were born in England but our parents were born in India’s capital Delhi. Excitingly, our parents are taking us to Delhi in the summer so we can see where they were born, learn about Indian culture and experience all the wonder that this beautiful country has to offer. I am so excited; I will meet my grandparents for the first time! They have just moved to a small village next to the Ganges, North of Delhi near the magnificent Himalayas and Nepal. Miss Furlong and Miss Aluriya told me about your new topic and all the fantastic things you have asked to learn about.
I want to find out as music as I can before I go to my parent’s motherland and wondered if you could tell me all about it? From Indian culture and art, it’s geography, music and dance and the stunning festival of Diwali. Every Diwali my Nanni used to read the story of Rama and Sita to my mom. Could you enjoy the story and then write a review of it for me so I can learn about this wonderful festival of light?
Namaste,
Aisha.
This week, to write a review on the story of Rama and Sita, you will need to read it first! Here’s a link to the story!

- What is the story about?
- Who are the characters?
- What festival is the story connected to?
- How were Hanuman and Rama able to defeat Ravana?
- How does working as a team help us?
Your task – can we act out the story? Make some notes (bullet points) on the following:
- What happens in the story? Remember to write it in chronological order (1st, 2nd, etc).
- How did the story end?
Have you entered the writing competition yet?! Look out for the full details on the main year 4 virtual classroom.
10:10-11:00

This week we are reading a new story – ‘The Jungle Book’.
- What do you already know about the book?
- Who are the characters?
- Who wrote it?
- What happens?
Did you know that India was regarded as part of the British Empire at the time of writing and that many people would be interested in the stories because they provided a ‘view’ of life there. If you haven’t read it, how realistic do you anticipate the story will be?

What do you see? What do you think the story will be about? What characters have you identified? Notice the features – the front cover, font and colours.

What about the blurb? What impressions do you notice of the tiger from this image alone?
Your task – Read the story.
Write down any words you don’t know the meaning of. Use a dictionary to find out the meaning. You can find an online dictionary here.
Pick one word and complete a square vocabulary sheet.

11:00-11:10

Grab a piece of fruit for snack and watch Newsround with us!
11:10-12:00

We are starting our week off by continuing to practise our multiplication and division skills. Today we are going to be revising fact families. If we know 1 fact about a set of numbers, then we also know 3 more. For example, if I know:

We can put these numbers in to a number family triangle like this:

Task 1: Fill in the 4 number sentences you know from each of the triangles on the sheet below. You don’t have to print the sheet off, you can fill in the answers on any piece of paper you have at home.
Task 2: Watch the first 3 minutes of this video of a teacher showing fact families with an array.
Can you make an array like she does at home and write down what the 4 multiplication and division facts are that relate to it? Choose a different times table fact to 3 x 4 = 12. You don’t have to use blocks, you could use lego, grapes, small dolls or any other small objects that you’ve got in your house. Here is an example:

Task 3: Watch the video on this page: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-12-times-table-with-chirpy-cockerel/z7v7rj6. Join in with the dance moves and singing!

12:00-12:10

Spend some time on TT Rock Stars. At 12:00 Miss Furlong will post the name for the arena mode room to join if you want to play a game at the same time as her and other year 4 children. Check back here and the comments section at 12:00 for more details!
12:10-12:30
Read your AR book. When you are finished, you can take your quiz on Accelerated Reader. You can login here. Any problems, (for example, if you can’t remember your login details) just leave us a comment at the bottom of the page.
Click HERE to visit an online reading website. Select any story you would like to hear and click on ‘Youtube’ (so that you can view and listen to the story through Youtube). Don’t forget to let us know what stories you are reading/have read in the comments below!
13:30-13:40

13:40 – 15:00

This afternoon’s activity is topic. Here is your task:
- Take a look at India’s tourist website here. Look at the ‘places you need to visit in India’ section. Choose 2 or 3 and try to find out some more information about each of them. Write down a few notes, e.g. where they are, what you can do there, why people would want to visit.
- Use what you have found out and other knowledge you have of India to make a tourist leaflet. (If you remember, we made something very similar at the end of our ancient Egypt topic!). You could draw and write on paper or use an IT programme like word to make your leaflet. Below are some ideas for what you might make.



Visit the year 4 topic page for more ideas of topic, music, art, PE and wellbeing activities.
Good afternoon, I have just finished my lunch so i will start
Had anything nice for lunch?
hi miss Aluriya
Good afternoon Sagal
My favourite poem today was detention tension because it was funny and rhymed, I would like to choose page 39 please.
Good choice, Rachael! Be glad you never find yourself in detention! 39 it is tomorrow 🙂
poem 1 was best to me
Why’s that, Henry?
From the 2 poems I liked the detention.
A great choice Mudasir
hi miss furlong im writing to say that i have finished my maths and going deeper :)im excited for story time i think its gonna be a good book 🙂 🙂
That’s great Mia, well done! Sounds like you’re working very hard 🙂
Maths questions on fact families an word question. TTR for 10 minutes and i am about to read my book. Miss you 🥺:)
Miss you too Olivia! 🙂 Can’t wait for us all to be together soon
Hi miss Aluriya, it’s Auraya, I have completed all of my maths work and have been on times table rock stars. I really enjoyed doing the number families sheets.
That’s great to hear Auraya
Miss furlong I had a problem with the internet so I couldn’t go on if I did I would turn the power off
Never mind Logan, maybe you can try again tomorrow!
Hi miss furlong it’s mia and when i did that song for the 12 times table and after i told my mom the 12 times table and i got it right first time and now i know my 12 times table 🙂
Hi Mia. What a great job, well done!!
Year 4 we’re really impressed with how hard you’re working so far this morning! From my class, I’m especially impressed with Keanu because it sounds like you’ve been working hard in maths today! Also, Rachael for getting on here nice and early and joining us on lots of Rock Star games! Well done, keep working hard. I wonder who will impress us this afternoon?
Miss Aluriya, is there anyone working especially hard in your class so far?
Lots of children in 4A have made it to virtual school – so well done for that! Particularly, I’m impressed with Nancy for her enthusiasm in her work this morning. Also, Olivia for completing all of the work that was set. Let’s see who can impress us in the afternoon.
How about me miss aluriya?
You too Mudasir! Love your Maths spirit 🙂
Miss aluriya I am back
Me too! 🙂
i like number 2 bc it is really funny could you pick 270 tommorow 🙂 🙂 🙂
270 it is!
I am back everybody
Welcome back Mudasir, did you have something nice for lunch?
We’re all done with Rock Stars for the day! Time to get your books out to do a bit of independent reading before your lunch break 🙂
Miss I have already done my quiz should I go to storyline online?
Yes please Mudasir!
Okay
Ima have lunch now
Hi Miss
Good afternoon Eoghan!
I liked the first poem because it kinda sounded like a song.
Interesting! That’s a good reason to like a poem.
I missed it 🙁
You can try again, I’m still playing!
To play on TT Rock Stars, if you click on play and then ‘arena mode’, you can join us on Madison Square Garden.
It won’t let me join
Hmm try again now!
I missed it 😭
Keep trying Keanu! I’m going to play for a few more minutes, just look out for Madison square garden!
I had orange juice and raisons for snack
You’ve got all the energy you need then for the timestables game on TTRS!!!
Can some body send me a challenge in ttrockstar please?
If you go to ‘arena’ at the top of the page Mudasir and click on Madison square garden when it comes up, you can find us there!
I was in the mason square garden but I didn’t see anybody there
Ah you must have just missed us! It’s quite hard to get everyone in the same room at the same time, we’ll have another try tomorrow!
I will
Miss aluriya challenge me in ttrockstar please
Okay, just popping onto it again
2 minute warning! Get logged on to TT Rock Stars NOW to play a live game against other year 4 children and your teachers.
I’m ready Miss Furlong! Year 4, are you all ready?
im ready
Hi miss Aluriya just wanted to tell you that the maths lesson was really fun, especially watching the vidio and dancing.
I’m glad you enjoyed it Nancy! 🙂
I wanna battle u in arena ms furlong
I’ll tell you the arena to get on to in about 5 minutes!
For writing i have answered all the questions I have been given about Diwali and I have wrote the story in bullet points from start to finish.For reading I have answered all the questions and i have wrote the words that I don’t quite understand by looking them up in a dictionary and wrote the meanings down.Just had snack and watched news round now onto some maths. 🙂
Fantastic work Olivia 🙂
Done the going deeper
That’s great Keanu
I used crisps for the array
That’s a good idea Keanu!
Ready to start Maths Year 4? 🙂
Sita is my favourite character because she is kind and caring.
Lovely answer, Nancy
I have and my favorite character was Rama
Why is he your favourite character, Tyler?
Rama is my favorite character because he’s kind, caring and adventurerous
Fantastic Tyler 🙂
I liked the first poem because I found it funnier than the second one.
What part did you find funny?
All of it because it was like a tongue twister a little.
Is anybody watching Newsround? It looks like Boris Johnson has to self-isolate for 2 weeks just like we do!
Good morning miss
Good morning Shay! Well done for getting onto virtual school
I’m having apple and strawberry for snack
Very healthy, Keanu – well done! I wonder what everyone else is having for a snack today?
Morning, is mia 🙂
Morning Mia 🙂
Hey guys I am online I will start doing my work
Good morning Mudasir
Good morning miss Furlong and miss Aluriya. hope you had a great morning?
Good afternoon Mudasir! Yes, thank you I have. Hope you did too!:)
Fantastic Mudasir! Currently, we are doing some reading work and then it’s snack and newsround time at 11am. Let me know if you need any help at all.
Okay thank you for asking me
Hello
It’s keanu
Good morning Keanu, it’s great to see you on here!
Morning Keanu:)
What do we think about The Jungle Book? It’s quite a tricky read at first! What new words did you find?
I found a new word pitful, I researched the word to get a better understanding, and now I understand its 2 words in one. And I think the book so far is amazing.
Ooh pitiful is a great word to find Tyler!
my favourite character is Sita.
Why is Sita your favourite character Nancy? 🙂
I’ve done my writing lesson how can we email it to you?
For now Nancy, you can tweet it @hillstoneps
We are working on a way for you to send us work privately so we can provide feedback for you too!
Has anybody watched the Rama and Sita story yet? What do you think about it? Who is your favourite character in the story?
i have read the story, i like the story, my favourite character is hanaman
Well done Rachael. Yes I like Hanuman too because he helps save Sita and he’s a monkey king!
Glad to hear you’re enjoying it! Rachael, why is Hanuman your favourite character?
he is my favourite character because he travelled across the oceans and over the mountains, to find Sita, without him she wouldn’t of been found
I love that explanation Rachael! 🙂 Hanuman is my favourite character too because he shows kindness and bravery in the story.
Good morning Miss Aluriya hope you are having a nice day.
Good morning Nancy! 🙂 It’s started off really well thank you! Hope you are too!
Good morning
Morning Olivia, thanks for checking in!
good morning
Good morning Tyler! 🙂
Good morning Tyler! 🙂 Hope you enjoy today’s lessons!
hi everyone
Morning Bella 🙂
Good morning Bella!
Good Morning Miss Aluriya
Good morning Henry 🙂
Hi miss
Good morning Adam, great to see you here!
Good morning Adam, hope you’ve had a good weekend!
Well done 4F for making it onto virtual school on time. 4A please let us know when you’re on here!
Well done to everyone who has turned up on time and ready to start! It’s 09:10 now which means it’s time to start your writing lesson. Let us know how you’re getting on with it!
Good morning miss!😀😀
Good morning Riley! 🙂
Good morning Riley
hi miss furlong, im looking forward to doing my work today
Good morning Rachael, great to see you here 🙂
I’m here👍🏼
Good Morning Ella
Good morning Ella 🙂
Good morning Year 4! Hope you’ve had a rested weekend! Make sure you leave us a comment below to let us know you’re here!
Good morning year 4! Time to get started with a new week of virtual school. Hands up if you’re here ✋
Good morning
Good morning Neve ⭐️
Gabe is here.
Good morning Gabe 😊