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  • Home learning Term 1 Week 2

    Published 14/09/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is your home learning for term 1 week 2.  The Purple Mash activity will go live on Thursday 16th September

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  • Term 1 Week 2

    Published 12/09/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is an outline of your learning for this week.

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  • 2021/22 Term 1 Week 1

    Published 05/09/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is an outline of your learning for term 1, week 1

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  • Year 4 Summer Challenge: Summer Fun!

    Published 19/07/21, by Charlie Mackinnon

    To keep you busy over the Summer Holidays, we have set you these challenges.

     

    • Challenge 1: Fly a kite.
    • Challenge 2: Make a bird feeder.  
    • Challenge 3: Paint a giant masterpiece.
    • Challenge 4: Grow and then eat your own vegetables.
    • Challenge 5: Organise a dance competition.
    • Challenge 6: Watch a film you haven’t seen before, pause it before the end, make up your own ending and act it out.
    • Challenge 7: Read a book under a tree.
    • Challenge 8: Press some flowers between two heavy books.
    • Challenge 9: Play noughts and crosses.
    • Challenge 10: Find different objects to practise balancing on.
    • Challenge 11: Play charades.
    • Challenge 12: Watch a yoga for kids video and join in.
    • Challenge 13: Make a marble run.
    • Challenge 14: Put watered down paints on your paper and then blow through a drinking straw to make cool designs.
    • Challenge 15: Go camping in your lounge- make a tent using a bed sheet.
    • Challenge 16: Use recycled materials to make a sculpture.
    • Challenge 17: Use baking soda and vinegar to make an eruption.
    • Challenge 18: Try and build a playing card tower.
    • Challenge 19: Paint rocks that you can hide later for others to find.
    • Challenge 20: Go to the seaside and build a castle with a moat.  

     

    If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

    summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

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  • Year 4 Summer Challenge- Maths

    Published 19/07/21, by Charlie Mackinnon

    Over the summer holidays, we have collected together some resources and challenges to help keep you busy and get you ready for Year 5.

     

    Place Value

    • Work Book 1
    • Challenge 2 in the Challenge Pack

     

    Addition and Subtraction

    • Work Book 2
    • Challenge 20 in the Challenge Pack

     

    Multiplication and Division

    • Work Book 4
    • Work Book 5
    • Work Book 6
    • Challenge 1, 3, 5, 9, 10 and 11 in the Challenge Pack

     

    Measurement

    • Work Book 3
    • Work Book 7
    • Challenge 8 and 18 in the Challenge Pack

     

    Fractions

    • Work Book 8
    • Challenge 15 and 10 in the Challenge Pack
    • The NCETM has made some learning videos to help teach Year 4 children about fractions:

    https://www.ncetm.org.uk/resources/54454#LowerKS2Fractions

     

    Decimals

    • Work Book 9
    • Challenge 16 in the Challenge Pack

     

    Extra Challenges

    • Challenge 4, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 19 in the Challenge Pack

     

    If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

    summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

     

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  • Year 4 Summer Challenge- Reading

    Published 19/07/21, by Charlie Mackinnon

    Sign up for this year’s Tunbridge Wells Library Summer Reading Challenge.  

     

     

    Children can join at any currently open library in the district (Cranbrook, Showfields and Southborough) or online at:

    www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk

    Also, your teachers have set you 10 St Barnabas Reading Challenges to complete over the Summer Holidays.

     

    • Challenge 1: Re-write it

    Pick a story that you know really well. Pick a part of the story and rewrite it in your own style.  

    • Challenge 2: Change a Character

    Pick a story that you know really well. Change one of the characters to turn it in to a new story. Tell your new story to a member of your family.

    • Challenge 3: Change the Ending

    Pick a story that you know really well. Change the ending to turn it in to a new story. Tell your new story to a member of your family.

    • Challenge 4: Get Creative

    Get inspired by a book you have read. Create a drawing, sculpture or piece of artwork inspired by your book. 

    • Challenge 5: Compare It

    Find a well-loved story that has recently been turned into a film. Read the book and watch the film. How were they similar? How were they different? Which did you prefer? Why?  

    • Challenge 6: Write to a Character  

    Pick a favourite character form a familiar story. Write to them. You could write a formal letter, a note to pass under their door, an email or even a text/WhatsApp message. It is up to you. Imagine that they received you message. What do you think they would write back?

    • Challenge 7: Turn it into a Comic

    Pick a story that you know really well. Draw pictures and use speech bubbled and captions to turn it into a comic strip.

    • Challenge 8: Review It

    Write a book review of one of your favourite books. Who are the characters? What were the main events? What genre was it? What were the best parts? Who would enjoy this book and why? What rating would you give it?

    • Challenge 9: Take it Outside

    Pick a book that you love. Pick a setting from the book and take it to a real life location to read. For example, take Why the Whales Came and read it on the beach.

    • Challenge 10: Make a Book Nook

    Make a special place in your house to read. Make it a cosy and snug space place to read on your own or with an adult.

     

    If you manage to complete any of these challenges and would like to share them with us, send your pictures or work in to the Summer Challenge email address:

    summerchallenge@st-barnabas.kent.sch.uk

     

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  • PTFA Picnics in the Park

    Published 15/07/21, by Charlie Mackinnon

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  • Term 6 Week 5

    Published 04/07/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is an outline of your learning for term 6, week 5

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  • Term 6, Week 4

    Published 26/06/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is an outline of your learning for term 6, week 4

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  • Home learning Thursday 17th June

    Published 17/06/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is your home learning for Thursday 17th June 2021

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  • Term 6 Week 2

    Published 12/06/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is an outline of your learning for term 6, week 2

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  • Home learning Term 6 Week 1

    Published 10/06/21, by Sarah Barter

    Here is your home learning for term 6 week1

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