Daily activities link

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z63tt39/year-4-and-p5-lessons/1You can choose one or two of the activities to complete. You don’t need to do them all. Use the written methods that you are familiar with using in class. Sometimes they will be different in the activities.

Weekly Maths Challenge

Times tablesRemember to keep practising your

times tables. You could use TT Rockstars or Hit the Button to practise.

Fluent in 5 Monday1. 260 + 1002. 4 x 83. 3 x 2 x 5 4. Find ⅖ of £255. 5672 - 1481

Fluent in 5 Tuesday1. 540 - 1002. 5 x 73. 4 x 3 x 44. Find ⅓ of 335. 4/8 + 3/8

Fluent in 5 Wednesday1. 12 x 122. 1 - ⅖ 3. 4832 + 23454. 8734 - 25425. Find ⅘ of £50

Fluent in 5 Thursday1. 11 x 122.84 ÷ 33.5672 - 14814.⅕ + ⅗ 5. 1 - ⅔

Fluent in 5 Friday1. 3489 + 102.3489 - 1003.9 x 44.Find ¾ of 4005.744 ÷ 3

Maths Challenge

Discuss your answers at home. How many ways did you find?

Answers

Fluent in 5 Monday1. 3602. 323. 304. £105. 4191

Fluent in 5 Tuesday1. 4402. 353. 484. 115. ⅞

Fluent in 5 Wednesday1. 1442. ⅗ 3. 71774. 61925. £40

Fluent in 5 Thursday1. 1322. 283. 41914. ⅘ 5. ⅓

Fluent in 5 Friday1. 34992. 33893. 364. 3005. 248

Reading: Find out about the Lost City of Atlantis on the next page. Maybe you could have a look online or have a look in some books to learn more about Atlantis?

English: Write a story about Atlantis. You could write about the city disappearing into the sea (a bit like our Pompeii eruption stories) or maybe about divers discovering the Lost City and something mysterious happening whilst they are there.,,

Art: Design your own sea creature or sea monster. You could draw, paint or make your creature.

English: Write your own fact file about your sea creature. You could include information about its size, diet, habitat etc.

Science: Find out about different oceans, underwater habitats and creatures.

● https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/home-is-good/save-the-ocean/

● https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/marine-habitats

● https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/geography/general-geography/ocean-facts/

DT: Can you make a waterproof submarine that will keep the crew dry? You could make cardboard crew or use Lego figures! You could test it by submerging your submarine in a bowl of water.

Spelling: Keep working on your weekly spellings. You could write them in your best handwriting, rainbow write, use them in sentences or make a word search.

History: Find out 10 facts or theories about Atlantis. You could use the information on the next page to help or do your own research.

Computing: If you have Minecraft or Bloxels at home, you could make a virtual Atlantis or mini Atlantis computer game. Alternatively, you could film a documentary about the mystery of Atlantis.

PSHE: Close your eyes and listen to the following piece of music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvxwaacXTUAHow does it make you feel? Do you feel different after listening to the music than how you felt at the start?

Music: Compose your own piece of under the sea music. You could use homemade shakers, bottles of water, anything that makes a twinkly sound. You could use a voice recorder to record your piece of music.

Art: Make a diorama of the Lost City of Atlantis. You could use kitchen rolls or rolled up paper to make columns and paper mache to make the seafloor. You could add seaweed, fish and a diver! Alternatively, you could paint or draw a picture of Atlantis.

The Lost City of Atlantis

More than 2,500 years ago, Greek scientist and philosopher Plato wrote of a beautiful city that disappeared in one night. According to Plato, the city of Atlantis was consumed by earthquakes and floods. Since then, the story has become a legend. Plato first described Atlantis as “larger than Libya and Asia together”.According to Plato, Atlantis was protected by Poseidon, the god of the sea, and Poseidon made his son Atlas king of Atlantis. In Plato’s story the Atlantic Ocean was named after Atlas.

Searching for AtlantisAdventurers, treasure hunters and scientists alike have searched for the lost city of Atlantis. Theories abound as to where it might be. Researchers discovered a lost city off the coast of Cuba and thought it might be Atlantis. Others believe it lies under mud lands in southern Spain. Still others believe it lies somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea. Wilder theories suggest Atlantis was a continent that sunk in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean or that it moved to the South Pole and is buried under the ice of Antarctica.

The Lost City of Atlantis Did Atlantis exist?There’s good reason to believe it actually existed. After all, many other “lost” cities have been rediscovered, including Pompeii and Ubar. We know that earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis have great destructive power. In 373 B.C., the Mediterranean city of Helike was completely destroyed by an earthquake. Tsunami waves crashed over the island, killing any remaining survivors. Discovered in 1961, the ancient Greek port city, Pavlopetri, slipped beneath the ocean 3,000 years ago.On the other hand, some researchers believe that Plato invented the legend of Atlantis to warn people about being prideful and greedy. He knew about the lost cities of Helike and Pavlopetri and may have based the story of Atlantis on those cities.

Left: A map from 1664 showing Atlantis in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

What was Atlantis like?Plato said that the founders of Atlantis were half god and half human. They created an advanced civilization and became a great naval power. Their home was made up of concentric islands separated by wide moats and linked by a canal that penetrated to the centre. The lush islands contained gold, silver, and other precious metals and supported an abundance of rare, exotic wildlife. There was a great capital city on the central island.

Fun facts1. Ignatius Donnelly was a writer and in 1882 published Atlantis: the

Antediluvian World. Donnelly believed that the Garden of Eden from the Bible was located on Atlantis and that it was wiped out in the Great Flood from the Bible.

2. Some wild theories suggest that Atlantis had incredibly advanced technology and the people were in fact aliens!

Did you know?An old Hebrew writing speculates that Atlantis was at the point where longitude is zero.