Category: Year 4 Blog

Year 4 have been studying David Walliams as part of an Author Study. During this time we found out about his illustrator ‘Tony Ross’. We looked at drawing in the style of Tony Ross and explored a range of media to recreate some of his characters. Here are a few examples of work from 4GW.

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/geography-facts.html

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/geography/countries

https://www.doogal.co.uk/MeasureDistances.php

Click to access SICILY-FULL-BROCHURE-no-dates-compressed-1.8.compressed.pdf

https://www.tui.co.uk/destinations/europe/italy/sicily/holidays-sicily/things-to-do

https://www.jet2holidays.com/destinations/italy/sicily/taormina

https://www.easyjet.com/en/holidays/italy/sicily

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https://www.doodlelearning.com/curriculum/article/yr3-meas-3-2-money-converting-from-pounds-to-pence#:~:text=in%20practical%20contexts’-,There%20are%20100%20pence%20(p,in%201%20pound(%C2%A3)

http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/decimals/interactive/penceandpounds/penceandpounds.htm

Please find below some links to support your research about plastic pollution and the artists we are looking at this week.

What happens when plastics get into the ocean? – KS2 Sustainability (Humanities – Geography) – BBC Bitesize

Sustainability and plastics – BBC Bitesize

Science KS2: Trashing the deep – BBC Teach

https://www.sarahturner.co.uk/

https://www.michelle-reader.co.uk/

Please find below a copy of the links needed for research for Tuesday’s English lesson and a copy of the PPT for the texts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/amp/47979998

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/42810179

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44586282

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/kids-club/cool-kids/general-kids-club/plastic-pollution/  (you only need to look at this part of the website)

Turtles

https://givingcompass.org/article/newly-hatched-florida-sea-turtles-are-consuming-dangerous-quantities-of-floating-plastic/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxfHwr-7N7gIVTevtCh02XQMCEAAYBCAAEgKjrfD_BwE

https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/what-do-sea-turtles-eat-unfortunately-plastic-bags

Birds

https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/how-many-birds-die-from-plastic-pollution#gs.rzdh6g

Hedgehogs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/20169243