Announcement:

Friday: Can all parents ensure their child brings in a strong carrier bag on Friday to take their books home.

Monday: For Monday all of badgers class will be in PE kit as usual as they will be taking part in a rounders match with Yr2

Thank you

Mr McBurnie

Key information: 

PE days - these will be on a Monday and a Friday.  Please make sure you are in full PE kit for these days.  

Library day - this will be on a Wednesday when we have chosen our first library books, please make sure they are in every Wednesday to make sure we can swap them. This will help in achieving those reading challenges! 

Reading raffle - Reading diaries will be checked and signed on a Thursday. If you have read 3 times you will be entered into the reading raffle during our Friday, 'Value Star' worship.  

Below are some useful links.

Home learning: 17/07/24

Homework this week related to maths.

I have set up a TTRS Tournament Boys vs Girls. The tournament gathers points on which group can gain the most correct answers on any times tables. You have until next Tuesday to get as many points as possible to help you team!

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning 2.7.24

Please read through this paragraph and correct any punctuation, spelling and grammar needed 

Once upon time, There was a brave night called Sir Lancelot. who lived in a graet, big castle in the centre of Englend. One gloomy day the villagers came to Lancelot, frighten because a gigantic dragon began terorising their homes: They asked for hes help to slay the dragon. Sir Lancelot, wearing hes shiny armour, picked up hes trusty sword and sheild. He mounted he's horse and rided quickly to the cave were the dragon was hiding. the battle between them was fierce: Lancelot swung hes sword with lot's of force. But miss the dragon initially. However, after severl try's, he finely struck the dragon and saved the day. The villagers was so pleased, they threw a big party in syr Lancelot's honour!

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Answers to Home learning

• "Once upon time," should be "Once upon a time,"
• "night" should be "knight"
• "who" should start with a capital 'W' as it follows a period.
• "graet" should be "great"
• "Englend" should be "England"
• "gloomy day the" requires a comma after "day"
• "frighten" should be "frightened"
• "terorising" should be "terrorising"
• "homes:" should be "homes."
• "hes" should be "his" (repeated error)
• "picked up hes trusty sword and sheild." should be "picked up his trusty sword and shield."
• "he's horse" should be "his horse"
• "rided" should be "rode"
• "were" should be "where"
• "the battle" should have 'The' capitalized as it begins a new sentence.
• "them" should be "it" referring to the battle
• "lot's" should be "lots"
• "miss" should be "missed"
• "severl" should be "several"
• "try's" should be "tries"
• "finely" should be "finally."
• "was" should be "were"
• "syr" should be "Sir"
• "Lancelot's" need an apostrophe for possessive form: "Lancelot's."

Home Learning: 14.06.24

read the extract and answer the retrieval questions below

The Brave Knight and the Terrible Monster

Once upon a time, in a land not far away, there lived a brave knight named Sir Frederick. Sir Frederick was known throughout the kingdom for his courage and strength. One day, a terrible monster emerged from the dark forest, causing fear and chaos among the villagers.

The king called upon Sir Frederick to slay the monster and save the kingdom. Without hesitation, Sir Frederick mounted his trusty steed and set off towards the forest. As he entered the forest, the air grew thick with tension, but Sir Frederick remained determined.

After a long and treacherous journey, Sir Frederick finally came face to face with the fearsome monster. With his sword drawn and his heart filled with bravery, he charged towards the monster. The battle was fierce, but Sir Frederick fought with all his might.

With a final strike, Sir Frederick plunged his sword into the heart of the monster, vanquishing it once and for all. The kingdom rejoiced as the monster's reign of terror came to an end. Sir Frederick was hailed as a hero, celebrated for his bravery and valour.

From that day on, Sir Frederick was known as the knight who had slain the terrible monster, a legend that would be told for generations to come. And the kingdom was forever grateful for the bravery of their noble knight.

Questions

Retrieval

1. What was the name of the brave knight in the story?
2. Where did the terrible monster emerge from?
3. Who called upon Sir Frederick to slay the monster and save the kingdom?
4. What did Sir Frederick use to defeat the monster?
5. How was Sir Frederick celebrated after he defeated the monster?

Home Learning: 21/05/24

This weeks focus for home learning is Maths. Please Practice your 3s and 4s times tables on TTRS.

Or equally please practice these by using the URBrainy website.

https://news.urbrainy.com/2021/01/25/free-multiplication-tables-check-mtc/

Kind Regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home learning: 14.5.24

  We will be focusing on French for our home learning. Use the knowledge you have learned in French so far this learning block and the knowledge organiser to help you.

The three tasks for this week are:

1. Draw an outline of the body and label the different parts of the body in French that you can remember.

2.  Revisit the names of parts of the body in French. 

3. Use the link to listen and follow another traditional tale in French. Listen out for any words which you have heard from our traditional tale 'Petit Chaperon Rouge'.  https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/stories/threepigs

You can choose to complete one, two or all three tasks! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 30/04/24

This weeks home learning is focused on Maths, or more specifically fractions.

Below is a link to a PDF full of Maths fraction questions. they only need to answer 1 or 2 of these questions but feel free to do them all!

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 23/04/24

This weeks home learning is focused on Maths, or more specifically fractions.

Please log into purple mash, when on the home screen please go into games.

one there please find the game called Fraction wall.

This game replicates Tetris but using fractions. there are 3 difficulties; 

Low- Glass world

Medium- Metal world

High- Neon world

Please get your child to select their own difficulty with your guidance.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 26/03/24

This weeks home learning will focus on reading and handwriting. Attached below is a document that cloze sentences.

A cloze exercise is a type of reading comprehension activity. It has a passage of text with missing words - children need to fill in the blank spaces using words from a list or word bank.

These close sentences cover the Year 3-4 statutory spelling words.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie 

Home Learning 12/03/24

  We will be focusing on History for our home learning. Use the knowledge you have learned in History so far this learning block and the knowledge organiser to help you.

The three tasks for this week are:

1. Find the definition of these words from the knowledge organiser.

archeologist -

mummification -

artefact -

pyramid - 

2. What can you find out about Howard Carter? Why was his discovery so significant? 

3. What can you find out about Tutankhamun? How do scientists think he died? Why do they think this?

You can choose to complete one, two or all three tasks! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete.

Home Learning: 5.03.24

This weeks home learning is focused on science. in class we have lessons learning about how boats work.

My challenge for you is to attempt to make the most amazing sailboat you can out of your recycling at home.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home learning: 16.5.23

  We will be focusing on French for our home learning. Use the knowledge you have learned in French so far this learning block and the knowledge organiser to help you.

I would like you to make a poster of all the instruments you have learnt about in French.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 13.02.24

In year 4 the class shall have to take a timetables test. The link below leads to a similar game that can be used as practise to prepare them for this.

At the end of the test it will tell the students what timetables they need to work on.

There are 25 questions and each day the questions change 

https://urbrainy.com/mtc/test

Kind Regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 13.02.24

This weeks home learning is focused on Maths, or more specifically fractions.

Please log into purple mash, when on the home screen please go into games.

one there please find the game called Fraction wall.

This game replicates Tetris but using fractions. there are 3 difficulties; 

Low- Glass world

Medium- Metal world

High- Neon world

Please get your child to select their own difficulty with your guidance.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie 

Home Learning: 6.02.24

The home learning for this week is focused on Handwriting.

Later this week there will be a handwriting sheet being handed out to complete.

Below I have also attached another sheet, this doesn't need to be printed and can be written on lined paper.

Make sure you take your time!

Mr McBurnie 

Home Learning 30/01/24

This week we will be focusing on RE for our home learning.  Open the attached link

and use the knowledge you have learned in RE during Learning Block C. 

The three tasks for this week are:

1. Write a definition for these important Hindu beliefs...

• Karma
• Samsara
• Moksha
• Reincarnation

2. Suggest ways in which Hindus demonstrate good Karma. 

3. In some of our lessons we played snakes and ladders. Play the game at home, explaining how it teaches Hindu children about good and bad karma. You could also design your own game to teach children about karma. 

You can choose to complete one, two or all three tasks! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete. 

Have fun, 

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 23/1/24

this weeks home learning will focus on Art.

Today in our lesson Badgers began to practice shading, following our 4 rules;

• Shading in one direction​

• Creating smooth, neat, even tones​

• Leaving no gaps​

• Ensuring neat edges when filling a shape

It would be beneficial if they could continue to practice this more in an area with plenty of light to cast shadows. 

A number of different items can be used 

• Cans
• Tins
• Fruit bowls
• Flower vases

Happy drawing!

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 16/1/24

For this weeks homework, we focus on Maths. Please log into TTRS and practice your 2s,3s,4s timetables 

Kind regards 

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 9/01/24

Happy New Year everyone!

I hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas.

This weeks homework is focused on Maths, I spoke to many of you at parents evening about the importance of problem solving questions, and how Badgers as a class have a habit of rushing these. Attached are 6 questions related to fractions and place value. Please support your child so they can answer as many of these as possible. But mostly so they take their time!

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 5/12/23

The home learning for this week is focused on Handwriting.

Later this week there will be a handwriting sheet being handed out to complete.

Below I have also attached another sheet, this doesn't need to be printed and can be written on lined paper.

Make sure you take your time!

Mr McBurnie 

Home Learning: 21/11/23

For this week our focus is on Maths 

Please practice your 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 timestables. 

As well as the document below which involves problem solving questions 

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 14/11/23

This week our home learning is focusing on Science.

In science we have been focusing on how rocks are formed.

Attached is a link to a video demonstrating how starburst sweets can be used to recreate how the rocks are formed. all you need for this is a bag of starburst, a microwave, a bowl and a sandwich bag.

Please have a go create these different types of rocks and write down what you have observed!

No need to bring the created rocks in, they are far more fun to eat!

Starburst Candy Rock Cycle - YouTube

Have fun!

Mr McBurnie

Home learning:7/11/23

This week we will be focusing on History for our home learning.  Open our History Knowledge Organiser (Stone Age to Iron Age) and use the knowledge you have learned in History so far during Learning Block A.

The three questions for this week are:

What can you tell me about Skara Brae?

Can you tell me about their homes? What are they made of?

What further information can you find out about the Neolithic Stone Age?

You can choose to answer one, two or all three questions! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school next Monday.

Here is a link where you can find some useful information:

 https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/skara-brae/

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 31.10.23

This week we will be focusing on Design Technology for our home learning. Use the knowledge you have learned in DT about pneumatics from this week and the knowledge organiser.

The two tasks for this week are:

1. Find the definition of these words from the knowledge organiser.

function - 

linkage-

mechanism-

output-

pivot-

pneumatic system-

2. Find an example of a pneumatic system and write a small description on how it works.

Many thanks 

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning 17/10/23

This week we will be focusing on English, please write a Character Flaw story

That follows the same structure as our last story and uses one of the flaws on our list

Flaws:

Addiction

Fear

Jealousy

Greed

Opening: Introduced to the main character

Build up: Character flaw is revealed

Problem: The flaw gets the main character in trouble

Resolution: Main character learns a lesson and changes their ways

Ending: All is well for the future because of change

Please focus on punctuation and spellings

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 10/10.23

This week we will be focusing on French for our home learning.  Open our French Knowledge Organiser and use the knowledge you have learned in French so far during Learning Block A. 

The three tasks for this week are:

Practice the days of the week in French 

Practice the months of the year in French 

Design and make a poster to help us remember the different colours in French. 

Kind Regards,

Mr McBurnie

This weeks home learning: 02/10/2023

This week we will be focusing on Science for our home learning.  Open our Science Knowledge Organiser (Human Body) and use the knowledge you have learned in Science so far during Learning Block A.

The three tasks for this week are:

What organs make up the digestive system? (Look at the diagram). 

Draw your own diagram of the human digestive system.

Choose one of the organs from the digestive system to find out how it helps the digestion of food. 

You can choose to complete one, two or all three tasks! I look forward to seeing whatever you choose to complete in school next Monday. Thank you and well done for all the fantastic coding work completed on Purple Mash!

Kind Regards,

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 26/09/23

For home learning this week please go on TTRS, Jamming and practice your 

2s, 5s and 10s.

Kind regards, 

Mr McBurnie

Home Learning: 19/9/23

This week we will be focusing on Computing for our home learning.  Open our computing Knowledge Organiser and use the knowledge you have learned in computing so far during Learning Block A.

The tasks for this week are:

Log onto Purple Mash and complete the 2Dos. (Click on the bell)

You will have two or three challenges to complete depending on how you got on with the first challenge in the lesson. The first challenge to complete is 'Magician'. 

Please also complete any outstanding work not completed during the lesson. Completing these challenges will help you to code using 'timers'

I look forward to seeing your completed computer codes.

Kind regards,

Mr McBurnie