The Sacred Heart of Jesus – Feast Day 19th June 2020

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The Feast of the Sacred Heart has been in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar since 1856, and is celebrated 19 days after Pentecost. As Pentecost is always celebrated on Sunday, the Feast of the Sacred Heart always falls on a Friday.

The devotion to the Sacred Heart is one of the most well-known Catholic devotions, wherein the heart of Jesus is viewed as a symbol of “God’s boundless and passionate love for mankind”

Say this prayer together

Lord Jesus Christ, your heart was moved with love for the men and women who came for help in their need. You healed the sick, you fed the hungry, you forgave sinners, you cried over Jerusalem. Above all, you showed to those who were prepared to listen the way to true life, for you are the Way the Truth and the Life.

Lord, your heart is still moved today by your people and their many needs. Open our hearts to hear your word, to accept your love, and to respond to your call.

Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, I place all my trust in you.

Amen.

Choose from some of the Activities below

Look at these paintings of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which do you prefer? Create your own painting

 

The Sacred Heart of Jesus by Stephen B Whatley

 

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — Christ the King Priory

Make a heart to show the sacred heart of Jesus

Make heart shaped biscuits and share them with your family

Cookies, Biscuits, Heart Shaped Free Stock Photo - Public Domain ...Heart shaped strawberry biscuits Recipe by dottybee - CookEatShare

Research about St Margaret Mary Alacoque, (22 July 1647 – 17 October 1690), who was a French Roman Catholic Visitation nun who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.

Watch this small clip which explains about her life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVVZLSGSxyc

St Joseph's Cathedral :: Abu Dhabi, UAE :::

 

Celebration blog, Friday 19th June 2020

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Dear Year 4,

Another busy week has flown by and you have been great at keeping in touch and posting lots of things that you have been doing.  Reading Awards go to: Lily and Mishka who have been updating their logs.  Many of you are reading lots and it is sooo lovely to hear about your favourite authors too.  The read theory winners for this week are Child L, Child P and Child Q. Well done!

Myself and Ms Varga are very proud of your hard work this week. Have a lovely day and a wonderful weekend with your family.

     

 

 
   

     

 

Lots of you have been busy developing your knowledge of Scratch.  Check out below Joseph’s program!

William has been learning sign language.

You can find today’s learning below.  Have a great day!

Mrs McNamara and Ms Varga

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet.

How many gold levels are you up to?If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.
Morning Prayer

The Sacred Heart of Jesus

Find a quiet place to sit and reflect…

 

O most holy heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you, and with lively sorrow for my sins I offer you this poor heart of mine. Make me humble, patient, pure and wholly obedient to your will.

Grant, Good Jesus, that I may live in you and for you. Protect me in the midst of danger. Comfort me in my afflictions. Give me health of body, assistance in my temporal needs, your blessing on all that I do, and the grace of a holy death.

Amen.

If you are able, join the live stream mass with Fr Shaun on this very special feast day, please log onto OLSV Live Stream Mass.

Log onto the Sacred Heart Blog and complete one of the activities.
Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

Reading Log

Did you enjoy the book link from yesterday?

 

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

 

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Dictation This week’s words are:

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe,different, difficult, disappear

Dictation activity:  Ask an adult or older sibling to read the following sentences to you.  You must make sure that you write the sentences out in full and underline the spelling.  The sentences are those in red.

The word is early.

I arrived early to my dentist appointment.  

The word is earth.

The earth is full of God’s creatures.

The word is circle.

A circle has no corners but one edge and is a round, two-dimensional shape. 

The word is complete.

The boy completed the assault course. 

The word is consider.

I like to consider the options I have first before making my choice. 

The word is continue.

The roads continue to be busy at rush hour.

The word is decide.

“I can’t decide whether to choose pizza or lasagne as they are both my favourite dinners”, said Paul to his friend.

The word is describe.

The witness wasn’t able to describe the robber.

The word is different.

There’s nothing wrong with having a different opinion.

The word is difficult.

He solved the difficult problem

The word is disappear.

He watched the wolf disappear into the tall grass.
Maths

Fluency: Maths Chase – practise your 6 and 8 timetables

Main Activity:  Family Maths Challenge! 

Have a go at these six challenges and if they are available, ask as many of your family members to help you.  Remember, discuss how you found the solutions to each challenge. Click here for the challenges!

The answers to the Challenges are at the end of the sheet – DON’T PEEK!!

I have checked your Mathletics Accounts.  Check to see what activities have been assigned/reassigned to you.
English

Year 4 – 12 bits of fun for reading and writing!

Every Friday, we would like you to choose an activity from the choices on this attachment. Click here!! 

These activities could be completed with a book you have read in school/know, a book you are reading now or a book online. Some of them you might have to do a bit more research. You can do them in any order. On the way you can collect points for prizes!

We can’t wait to see what you choose!  Have fun!
Wider curriculum

 

 For this week, your afternoon learning will focus on the news.  The tasks in the table below are linked to last week’s edition of children’s newspaper, First News.

Click here for the activities

Click here for the First News Newspaper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 18th June, 2020

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Dear Year 4,

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet.

How many gold levels are you up to?If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.
Morning Prayer

Find a quiet place to sit and reflect…

 

Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

Reading Log

Did you enjoy the book link from yesterday?

 

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

 

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Spelling s://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4—ci–to-ea-

This week’s words are:

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe,different, difficult, disappear

Log onto the Spelling Frame website and do the Practice/Test section for these spellings to prepare for your dictation tomorrow.
Maths
Today you are continuing your work on Fractions.
Click here for the worksheet.  Click here for the answers.
Remember, try video 2 if you find video 1 tricky.
Click here for the worksheet.  Click here for the answers.
English Click here for today’s learning.

Today, you are going to look at poems. You will be encouraged to practice reading them out loud. You will also look at poetical techniques.

 
Wider curriculum

 

Computing

 For this week, your afternoon learning will focus on the news.  The tasks in the table below are linked to last week’s edition of children’s newspaper, First News.

Click here f the activities

Click here for the First News Newspaper.

 

 

Log onto Scratch

Complete one of the tutorials…you choose!

 

Wednesday, 17th June 2020

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Dear Year 4,

I have really enjoyed receiving your emails.  Keep posting!  Do you know that today, June 20th,  is the 90th day of Spring. There are 4 days left till Summer Solstice arrives!

Have a lovely day of learning.

Ms Varga and Mrs McNamara

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet.

How many gold levels are you up to? If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.
Morning Prayer

Find a quiet place to sit and reflect…

 

Faith, Hope, Love

To faith, let me add goodness;

to goodness, let me add knowledge;

to knowledge, let me add self-control;

to self control, let me add endurance;

to endurance, let me add godliness;

to godliness, let me add affection for my brothers and sisters;

to affection, let me add love

2 Peter 1: 5-7

The Wednesday Word

Louise, one of our Y6 Liturgy Leaders, has prepared a powerpoint to help us reflect on Sunday’s Gospel for the Feast of Corpus Christi.

Click here to open it.
Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

Reading Log

 Did you enjoy the book link from yesterday? Do you have a ‘Big Oak’ in your garden or in your local park that you love resting under or play around?

Today have a look at these origami animals. Please send us a picture of any that you have made!

 

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

 

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Spelling s://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4—ci–to-ea-

This week’s words are:

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe,different, difficult, disappear

Create word cards: on one side of a piece of paper write out the words- use highlighter pens to highlight tricky parts- then draw or write clues on the other side to remind you of the spellings.

Use the cards to practice in the coming weeks (you can keep them in an envelope)
Maths
Remember:  0.5  =  5 tenths = 5/10.
                        0.25 = 25 hundredths = 25/100  etc…
Factual Fluency: Order the numbers game
Ordering – 0-999
Today you are continuing your work on Fractions.
Click here for the worksheet.  Click here for the answers.
remember, try video 2 if you find video 1 tricky.
Click here for the worksheet.  Click here for the answers.
English Click here for today’s learning.

Using the story board resource, make up your own story about Ananse, the Spider. We are looking forward to hearing about your stories!

 
Wider curriculum

 For this week, your afternoon learning will focus on the news.  The tasks in the table below are linked to last week’s edition of children’s newspaper, First News.

Click here for the activities

Click here for the First News Newspaper.

 

Tuesday, 16th June 2020

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Dear Year 4,

Good Morning.  Thank you for your messages and photos on what you have been up to at the weekend and your learning from yesterday and Friday too!

Today, please make sure that you complete your RE task on ‘Imago Dei’ – we look forward to seeing your decorative signs.

Have a good day.

Ms Varga and Mrs McNamara.

 

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet. How many gold levels are you up to?

If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.

Morning Prayer

Find a quiet place to sit and reflect…

A Bright New Day

Father, we thank you for the night,

And the pleasant morning light;

For the rest and food and loving care,

And all that makes the day so fair.

Help us to do the things we should,

To be to others kind and good;

In all we do at work or play

To grow more loving every day.

Amen
Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

Reading Log

 Did you enjoy the book link from yesterday? What was the most interesting fact you have learnt about spiders?

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

 

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Spelling https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4—ci–to-ea-

This week’s words are:

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe, different, difficult, disappear.

In your neatest handwriting, write a sentence or paragraph with each word.  Make sure you look up the meaning of any word above in a dictionary if you are unsure about its definition.
Maths
REMEMBER: the perimeter is the distance all the way around a 2D shape.
Main Activity:
Click here for the worksheet     Click here for the answers.
Click here for the worksheet.    Click here for the answers.
English Click here for today’s learning. You are going to read another Ananse story today and compare it to the first one. After looking at sentence structure you are going to retell the second story using a story board.

Click here for your second PowerPoint on sentence structure

 
Wider Curriculum

 

 

 

 

RE:

WALT: understand the importance of Imago Dei.

 

Song for Tuesday

 

 

 

 

 For this week, your afternoon learning will focus on the news.  The tasks in the table below are linked to last week’s edition of children’s newspaper, First News.

Click here for the activities.

Click here for the First News Newspaper.

 

Click onto the RE Blog about Catholic Social Teaching

When the Church writes its official teaching, it writes in Latin.

In Latin the phrase ‘Image of God’ is ‘Imago Dei’. We know that God has no physical body. God is pure spirit, so we can’t actually look like God. But we can be like God in our nature – in the way we act and speak and behave. We can be like God, being creative, not destructive.

This afternoon, we would like you to make some decorative signs that say Imago Dei and place them on the mirrors in your home so that when you look in the mirror and see yourself, you are reminded that you are made in God’s image.

 

 

Together On Tuesday
Sing Of A Rainbow

A fabulous song for introducing the colours of the rainbow and their order!

 

 

If you are keen, here is the First News edition for this week….Click First News

Wednesday Word – Corpus Christi (A)

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Louise, one of our Y6 Liturgy Leaders, has prepared a powerpoint to help us reflect on yesterday’s Gospel for the Feast of Corpus Christi. Click here to open it.

Monday, 15th June 2020

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Dear Year 4,

We hope you have had a nice weekend. The weather is certainly improving! Thank you for sharing all your lovely learning last week; we hope to hear from you this week as well.

Our seed started to grow, so we will keep you updated about our vegetable growing competition!

See today’s learning:

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet. How many gold levels are you up to?

If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.
Morning Prayer

Find a quiet place to sit and reflect…

 

My Everyday World

Thank you, God in heaven,

For a day begun.

Thank you for the breezes,

Thank you for the sun.

For this time of gladness,

For our work and play,

Thank you, God in Heaven,

For another day.

Amen
Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

Reading Log

 Did you enjoy the book link from last week?

Today, you are going to read a non-fiction book about spiders that will support your English learning for the week. They are fascinating creatures!

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

 

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Spelling https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/45/27-Word-list-years-3-and-4—ci–to-ea-

This week’s words are:

early, earth, circle, complete, consider, continue, decide, describe,different, difficult, disappear

In your neatest handwriting, write out each word four times.
Maths
Fluency:
Main Activity:
Click here for the worksheet          Click here for the answers.
Click here for the worksheet.   Click here for the answers.
English This week your are going to read about a spider, Ananse. You are going to practice using multi-clause sentences to retell some of his story and then write your own using picture clues. You will also look at animal poetry and do some descriptive writing later in the week.

Click here for today’s learning.

Click here for your PowerPoint on multi-clause sentences.

 
Wider Curriculum

 For this week, your afternoon learning will focus on the news.  The tasks in the table below are linked to last week’s edition of children’s newspaper, First News.

Click here for the activities.

Click here for the relevant newspaper articles.

Pope Francis: A person living the spirit of Pentecost

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Luke, one of the Gospel writers told us that when the Holy Spirit at Pentecost  came it gave the disciples the ability to speak to others about God – in ways that they heard and understood.

This week we will focus on our current Pope Francis who lives his life using his gifts to speak to the world about God.

Pope Frances’ real name is Jorge (pronounced Horhey) Mario Bergoglio (pronounced Bergoglio). He was born on 17th December, 1936 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Jorge became a Jesuit priest when he was 32. Jesuits (society of Jesus) are known for their special interest in education and social justice – in teaching people how to make society more ‘just’ (fair) for all people, especially the poor.

In 1992, Jorge became an auxiliary (assistant) Bishop in Buenos Aires, eventually becoming the Archbishop (head Bishop) there in 1998. In 2001 he was elected to the College of Cardinals, the group of church leaders from which the new pope is elected. Only a Cardinal can be a pope and only a Cardinal can vote for a new pope.

He became Pope on 13th March 2013

Pope Francis has said a lot since becoming Pope. He has been particularly outspoken about care of the poor and care of the planet.

Choose from the activities below

Activity 1

Read the sayings of Pope Francis (below) and choose the saying you like best. Copy it into your book. Draw pictures around it showing how people in your family live by this ‘rule’. He said…

‘love your neighbour and be kind to people who are lonely or have problems.’

He said…’do not bury your talents.’

He said…’talk to God the way you talk to your parents.’

He said…’show God’s love to the world in your happiness and courage.’

He said…’be generous.’

He said… ‘help one another.’

He said … ’we are one single human family.’

He said … ’listen to the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor

 

Activity 2  Choose from one of Pope Francis’ quotes below and create a poster which explains the meaning of the quote.TOP 25 QUOTES BY POPE FRANCIS (of 1386) | A-Z Quotes

Pope Francis Quote | Pope francis quotes, Pope francis, Pope quotes

Activity 3

Make a fact file about the life of Pope Francis

 

 

Friday, 12th June 2020

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Year 4,

Well another week of learning has passed and you have been busy!  We are really impressed by your responses to the work on the blog.  Your choices for the afternoon activities has been lovely to see.  Enjoy the Celebration Blog.  We hope that you and your family have a lovely weekend.

God Bless.

Mrs McNamara and Ms Varga

PE Click here for your Active June worksheet. How many gold levels are you up to?If you enjoy the Joe Wicks workout, please continue to have fun with his daily activities.
Morning PrayerFind a quiet place to sit and reflect…

 

Lord,

Help us to listen with open hearts and minds as we begin today. Help us to learn something new. Guide us, Lord, to learn the skills necessary to build healthy relationships with our families and friends as we follow your son, Jesus.

Amen
Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read Theory

 

 

 

Reading Log

 Did you enjoy the book link from yesterday? This book is about a lovely little hedgehog and his adventures.

Log onto Read theory and complete at least 5 exercises

This week’s winners are:

1st: Child F and Child M   2nd: Child P   3rd: Child L

Congratulations!!

What are you reading?  Have you been updating your reading log?

Post us a picture of your reading logs!!  We would love to hear about the current book you are reading.
Spelling https://spellingframe.co.uk/spelling-rule/44/26-Word-list-years-3-and-4—br–to-ce-Word list: calendar, breathe, build, busy, business, caught, centre, century, certain

Dictation activity:  Ask an adult or older sibling to read the following to you.  You must make sure that you write the sentences out in full and underline the spelling.  The sentences are those in

The word is certain.

I am certain that I gave you the card to post.  

The word is century.

The word century means 100.

The word is centre.

“I like to be the centre of attention,”said Sarah to her best friend”.

The word is caught.

The boy caught the ball in his hands and held it tightly.

The word is business.

My father has his own business and is based in Dorset.

The word is busy.

The roads are busy at rush hour.

The word is build. 

I like to build lego models with my sister.

The word is breathe.

“I can breathe under water!” said the little girl to her mum excitedly.

The word is calendar.

I hang a calendar in my kitchen and add all my diary dates onto it.
Maths

 

remember, keep doing your daily timestable practise!!

  Fluency:  Try this Maths Game     

OR   try this

This week you have been looking at fractions.  Log onto your Mathletics account and complete the activities on multiplication and fractions.

Some of you have also been set an extra challenge as you have been fabulous keeping up to date on your work set.
English

Year 4 – 12 bits of fun for reading and writing!

Every Friday, we would like you to choose an activity from the choices on this attachment. Click here!! 

These activities could be completed with a book you have read in school/know, a book you are reading now or a book online. Some of them you might have to do a bit more research. You can do them in any order. On the way you can collect points for prizes!

We can’t wait to see what you choose!  Have fun!
Mental HealthActivities

Commemorating Mental Illness Awareness Week - Psychiatry Advisor

 Choose one activity to complete this afternoon from the Mental Health Activity sheet.Click here for ideas.

Do tell us how you get on!

 

Weekly Song to sing at the end of your day:

Fun Friday
Nursery Rhyme Nonsense

This delightful nonsense song puts a rather different perspective on lots of well-loved nursery rhymes that kids of all ages will love!

Celebration blog Friday, 12th June 2020

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Dear Year 4,

Well, you have been busy this week!!  Thank you for sharing your learning with us for the blog.

You have been baking, investigating, drawing, exercising, gardening, sewing, creating…the list  goes on!

Wishing you a wonderful weekend.

From Mrs McNamara and Ms Varga.

 

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