Year 4
Home learning
Activities
Spring 2
S.O.S Survive Our
Activity 1 – Reading.
Read a story with
animals as the main
characters. Write a
review for your class.
Activity 2 – Science
Activity 3 —
Science
Create a food chain for
animals that can be
found in the British Isles.
Be creative with your
design!
Create a
conservation
poster on an
animal found in the
British Isles that
needs our help. You
may wish to look at
the bumblebee, the
hen-harrier, the red
squirrel or the
hedgehog.
Activity 4 – Writing
Write a story with an
animal as the main
character. What threat might
they face?
Activity 5 — Free Choice
You can use your imagination and produce a piece of home learning to
demonstrate your learning about animals in the British Isles. It can be any
thing you would like to do. Previously, some children have made puppets,
models or soft toys. You decide!
Due to the short term and Stubbington or Abbington week, children can have an extended
time to do their home learning.
The deadline for home learning will therefore be Wednesday 26th April.
Spring 2 2017
Year 4 Learning Unit
(6 weeks)
Hook
Learning experiences
Rich Read
Our topic begins with a visit from local
Author Martin Bradley who will be sharing
the book ‘Skydancer’ with the children. The
Year Group will also be visited by
falconers from Liberty’s Owl, Raptor and
Reptile Centre who will be bringing in some
of their birds of prey for the children to see.
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Literacy: Being immersed in a rich and inspiring text. Exploring
character’s personalities and feelings, hot seating, writing in role,
describing settings, describing characters, role play. Writing in a
fictional style.
Science: Sorting animals using keys. Investigating habitats.
DT: Exploring healthy foods, designing a product, creating a
product in the kitchen, evaluating a product.
PSHE: Debating skills.
Computing: Using coding skills.
RE (not linked to topic): Exploring the Easter Story.
Enrichment
Tuesday 4th April— Friday 7th April
Topic Words
Environment, habitat, mammal, amphibian, reptile, classify, shelter, adapt,
invertebrate, vertebrate, living, non-living, nutrition, predator, prey, consumer,
producer, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore.
Stubbington
Residential
Fieldtrip
Abbington
Activity
Week
Main Focus
The topic this term will focusMain
upon: Focus
Outcome
This learning unit involves
different
Literacy:
where
the
children
will
write
in the style
of Roald
Dahl.
The
childrenof
will
produce
non-fiction
report
about
foxes
elements
the
environment.
Science:
where
the
children
will
learn
about
classification,
food
chains
that
will
be this
taken
to Stubbington
and used in the hide.
The
topic
term
will
focus
upon
and habitats.
Science
(life processes,
habitatsforand
feeding
relaDT: where
the children
will make flapjacks
Fantastic
Mr Fox’s
banquet.
tionships), Literacy (non-fiction reports) and muPSHE: where the children will learn the importance of respecting and
sic (representing animals).
protecting the natural environment.
RE: (not linked to topic) where the children will learn about the Easter
Story.
Outcome
Examples of children’s work from each class will be sent to Liberty’s Owl, Raptor and
Reptile Centre and will be displayed in their learning zone. Martin Bradley will also be
running a competition with the children with the potential for 30 children to win
signed copies of his book.
If your child
enjoys Fantastic
Mr Fox, they may
also like: