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Years 3 and 4 (KS2)

Weekly Challenges:

13/07/20 – 17/07/2020

The theme for this week is:

Rainforests and Jungles

Here are some websites that you might find useful to look at this week

https://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/education-

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https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/kids

https://www.wwf.org.uk/

Hello children and families – this is

our last week of home learning as

school breaks for the Summer

holidays. We would all like to say a

huge well done and thank you for

your dedication and commitment to

keep learning at home and to say

how proud we all are of you all.

Wishing you a safe and happy

Summer and looking forward to

seeing you all again in September!

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Activities you can complete everyday:

Reading

Read for at least 20 minutes.

Once you have finished reading, you could get an adult to ask

you some questions about what you have read.

Once you have finished your book you could write a short book

review about what you liked about the book, or your favourite

characters. If you complete a book review, remember to show us

via your class email! Don’t forget to complete your quiz on

accelerated reader:

https://ukhosted13.renlearn.co.uk/2091489/Public/RPM/Login

/Login.aspx?srcID=s

Times tables practice

15-30 minutes

Use your TT Rockstars account to practice your times tables.

There will be a new competition every week. Can you help your

class to be the winning class this week?

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school

Maths

Complete Corbett maths 5 a day -

https://corbettmathsprimary.com/5-a-day/

Go to the correct date and choose your challenge!

Bronze - Year 3/4, Silver - Year 4, Gold – mastery Y4

Answers for each day can also be found on the website.

Oak Academy

This website offers daily lessons for English, Maths and Topic if

you would like to add some more learning into your day.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/

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Challenge 1: Profile me!

This is the synopsis of Rudyard Kipling’s famous story ‘The Jungle Book’. It gives a

hint about some of the different animals in the story and their

character/personality.

Your task; Read the synopsis and then create a ‘character profile’ of one of the

characters – think about the way that they behave and what it tells us about them.

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Challenge 2; Describe the adventure!

Watch this video for a ride on the ‘dragonfly’ in the rainforest.

https://www.mashpilodge.com/explorations/the-dragonfly/

If you have time, there are other videos to watch too – how about the ‘skybike ride’?

This must be an adventure of a lifetime – a real cable car ride through the canopy of

the rainforest!

Your task is to describe your journey – include the start of the journey when you

climb up the stairs of the ‘launch tower’ to your awaiting ‘cage’ What do you see and

hear as you travel through? Is the air warm or humid? Is your heart pounding with

fear or beating furiously with excitement?

Tell me all about it!

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Challenge 3. How were the rainforests formed?

Watch this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=5j9GBRLdQGA&feature=emb_logo

to find out how the South American rainforests were formed.

Now write an explanation as to how the rainforest was formed and include at least 5 facts

that you have found out.

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Challenge 4

Here are some clues to help you guess some of the different animals and insects that

live in the rainforest or jungle.

Here’s a video of different rainforest animals that might help.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvxJWsr7uao

1 2

3 4

Did you guess them all? Your challenge is to write your own animal ‘riddles’ to

provide clues about some of the creatures that live in the jungle or rainforest.

To make it really tricky, can you make them into rhyming riddles?

Answers 1 = spider 2 = monkey 3 = lion 4 = tree frog

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Challenge 5; reading comprehension

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Challenge 6; Instruct me!

Add instructions to each of these pictures to create a step by step guide to drawing a

leopard.

Here’s some reminders from the BBC websites if you need to remember all the

different features you need to include

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkgcwmn/articles/zfrcmfr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-ks2-how-to-write-instructions/zrvtscw

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Challenge 7;

Solve the calculations.

Which are there more of – answers greater than 6000 or smaller than 6000?

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Challenge 8; Here’s an example of a grid to use for compass directions. Can you

create your own Rainforest or Jungle style grid and then position different wildlife in

the squares. Using compass directions, write ten different statements – either direct

someone to animals and/or questions – where will you end if you go……?

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Challenge 9; Time Zones

Look at the poster below showing the different time zones around the world. It’s

based on Greenwich Mean Time in London and shows the difference in times around

the world. Therefore, for instance, if it was 9am in London, then it would be 10am

in Oslo as Oslo is +1.00 hour, whereas it would be 6am in Buenos Aires as it’s -

3.00hours.

What time is it?

It’s 10 am in London…..what time is it in…..New York…..Riyadh……Helinki?

It’s 8.45pm in London…what time is it in….Kuwait…..Athens…..Montreal?

It’s 1.20am in London…what time is it in….Hong Kong….Sydney and Chicago?

Now make up your own ‘what time is it?’ statements and questions to ask a member

of your family.

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Challenge 10; Fair Trade.

Lots of farmers live and work in the rainforest areas of the world. Many of these

produce food with the ‘Fair Trade’ agreement which means that they produce food

in an environmentally sustainable way and, in return, are paid a fair price.

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Fair Trade chocolate.

Can you use this Fair Trade chocolate bar to create 5 statements about fractions.

Think about adding, subtracting and equivalent fractions.

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If you need a reminder about fractions – watch these videos from BBC bitesize

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z3rbg82 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zhdwxnb

Challenge 11

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Challenge 12 Rainforest Flextangle

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Challenge 13 Create a Rainforest or Jungle diorama.

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Challenge 14; A new species

Imagine you an intrepid explore and have just travelled through some of the most

remote rainforests of the world. During your journey, you have discovered a new

species. Your task is to name the new ‘animal’ and to create a field study guide based

on your new discover.

Don’t forget to add where you found it, what it was doing, what the weather was

like, it’s habitat, foot and any special features.

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Challenge 15; How big is your footprint?

Calculate your family carbon footprint using this link -

https://footprint.wwf.org.uk/?_ga=2.19092669.447353133.1593522258-

977898402.1593522258#/

Can you create a poster to show different ways to reduce our carbon footprints and

help save the environment?

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Challenge 16; Surprised!

This is a very famous painting by Henri Rousseau and is on display at The National

Gallery in London.

Watch the ‘Make and Create’ video https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/henri-rousseau-

surprised and be inspired to create your own masterpiece!