Hi Year 4’s, apologies about the delayed handing out of your homework sheets. I’m going to blame it all on you guys for keeping me extra busy throughout the day!

You are all aware of your spellings, you will be tested on these on Friday. Just a reminder, you are spelling homophones and near-homophones. These are words that sound the same but have different meanings and are spelt differently. Please see the list below for your spelling list.

• through & threw
• weather / whether
• here / hear
• there / their / they’re
• rain / rein / reign

SHELDON homework!!! 

Now, as you are all aware, we have a new school mascot in the name of Sheldon and what a brilliant addition he is! However, I have a funny feeling that Mrs Swift is not 100% sure for what she has get herself in to…

So, what I would like you to do is put together a fact file, all about the horsefield tortoise. Mrs Swift should be able to read your fact file and become very informed, as that is the purpose of the fact file.

Can you include different subheadings? Making it easier for Mrs Swift to find key information about Sheldon.

You could include subheadings such as: dietary requirements, expected life, friendliness of the animal, fun facts, history and anything else you can think of!

I’m really looking forward to reading these.

Hi Year 4.

This week’s homework is based on the water cycle that you have been doing this week in school.

• Draw your own version of the water cycle.
• In your own words, tell me what you can remember about the water cycle.
• Make sure you include the 4 keywords – evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection.

I have included an imagine you may want to magpie some ideas from!

Spellings

Well done on the fantastic scores of spellings, Year 4 – they have drastically improved over the past couple of weeks so please continue the hard work you are doing at home!

Here is your list (this week, I will be reading them out in a random order)

They are adverbials of frequency and possibility

• regularly
• occasionally
• frequently
• usually
• rarely
• perhaps
• maybe
• possibly

Have a fabulous weekend and see you all on Monday!

Mr Mathieson x

Hi Year 4,

Please find this week’s homework below with the spellings.

Using your letter writing skills I would like you to write a letter to me (Mr Mathieson!) explaining why you think you deserve extra playtime on a Friday afternoon. You can write the letter as formal or informal, it’s your choice!

I’m going to be strict and only read your letter if you have used the correct layout. The address you are writing to is Year 4, 16 Hay Green Lane, Birdwell, Barnsley S70 5XB.

Remember to include:

• date
• address
• greeting
• introduction
• main body
• ending farewell

Spellings – adding the suffix -ous (Words ending in ‘y’ become ‘i’).

various
furious
glorious
victorious
mysterious

Mr Mathieson x

Here are the answers for last week’s homework.

1. 6853km long.
2. The mountains of Tanzania.
3. Red.
4. Sailors.
5. Rivers are important for fishing, washing, cleaning, trading, watering the ground, relaxing and drinking.
6. Copper and gold.
7. It was equipment that scooped up water from the river.

Hi Year 4,

Please find this week’s homework and spellings below.

Reading questions

1. How long was the River Nile?
2. Where does the river start?
3. Which colour was the desert land?
4. Who moved stones on the water?
5. Why do you think rivers are so important?
6. Name two precious metals found in Egypt/
7. What is a shaduf?

Spellings

tremendous
enormous
jealous
serious
hideous
fabulous
curious
anxious
obvious
gorgeous

Here are the answers for homework 2. 

1. Osiris
2. Horus
3. Ra
4. Anubis

Here is your homework, can you crack the hieroglyphics?

If you like, you can even write your own secret message that we can crack when you bring in your homework book!

Spellings

This week’s spellings links in with our literacy, we are going to be writing a recount regarding a visit to the pyramids!

We are going to look at the spelling rule Adding the suffix -ous (no change to the root word). The spelling list that the children will be tested on is:

dangerous
poisonous
mountainous
joyous
synonymous
hazardous
riotous
perilous
momentous
scandalous

Mr Mathieson x

This week’s homework is literacy focused.

In literacy, we have been writing about who Indiana Jones is. We have used expanded noun phrases to create a clear image for our readers. We have used 2 adjectives and a noun, the 2 adjectives are separated by a comma.

We have also up levelled our vocabulary this week through the use of a thesaurus. For example, instead of using a ‘boring’ word such as big, we have used colossal, monstrous, humongous etc…

For your homework, I would like you to pick a family member and write about them in a similar way you have done with Indiana Jones.

Spellings

I will also be testing you on all of the key spellings for our topic on Friday.

tomb
Egypt
mummy
pyramid
ancient
mummies
pharaoh
sphinx
buried
treasure
sarcophagus

Please remember – Homework is uploaded to the blog every Friday. The following Friday will see a new homework task along with the answers to the previous week’s homework.

Mr Mathieson