Autumn Class Home learning

Monday 29th June – 3rd July

Good morning Autumn Class. Well done for your continued hard work. This week in Maths, you

will be learning about time intervals and calculating area and perimeter. In English, you will be

reading and responding to the text ‘Africa is not a country’, considering the lives of

different children across the world. In Science we will be learning about renewable and non-

renewable energy sources. You will be learning about the Roman Baths, coding a ‘Flappy Bird’

game and considering how Jesus called himself the ‘resurrection and life.’

This week, on Friday afternoon, you will be cooking a traditional Roman dish. I have

added a copy of ingredients on the following page so you have time to buy what you

need.

Additional resources

The BBC has provided a wide range of resources for online learning at this time. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

The national academy is also providing 3 lessons per day specific to each year group. https://www.thenational.academy/information-for-teachers/

Expectations: Each day will include a Maths and English activity to do in the morning. You

also have weekly spelling to learn and a times table. Your afternoon activity will include

subjects such as Science, RE, Topic, Art, Computing and Spanish. Please spend time reading

a book together and of course, where you can, get a bit of exercise to give yourself a bit of

a boost.

You don’t need to print this whole booklet. You can just write your answers onto blank paper.

Remember to take photos of any work you are proud of and email it to the school so we

can place it on the newsletter!

Have a fantastic week.

Mr Dixon

Roman Recipes

Libum (Cato’s Cheesecake)

280g ricotta cheese

1 egg

70g plain flour

Runny honey

Beat the cheese with the egg and add the sieved

flour very slowly and gently. Flour your hands and

pat mixture into a ball and place it on a bay leaf on a

baking tray. Place in moderate oven (400ºF) until

set and slightly risen. Place cake on serving plate

and score the top with a cross. our plenty of runny

honey over the cross and serve immediately.

Globuli

500g ricotta cheese

167g semolina

honey

olive oil

Press curd cheese through sieve or let it hang in

cheese cloth until it's drained well. Mix with the

semolina into a loose dough. Let it sit for a few

hours.

With wet hands form the mixture into dumplings.

Quickly fry them in olive oil for a few minutes.

Drain and roll in honey.

Ancient Roman Eggs

200g pine nuts

2 teaspoons ground pepper

1 teaspoon honey

4 tablespoons garum or anchovy paste

Soak the pine nuts overnight in water. Then drain

and grind them finely in the blender or pound them

in a large mortar. Add the pepper, honey and garum. Heat the sauce in a bain-marie. Meanwhile put the

eggs into a pan of cold water and bring to the boil.

Let them cook for 3½ minutes, then take them off

the heat, plunge them into cold water and peel them

carefully. The outer edge of the egg white must be

firm, but it must be soft inside. Put the eggs, left

whole, into a deep serving bowl and pour over the

sauce. Serve.

This recipe can be adapted easily to other eggs, such as quail's eggs. In that case keep an

eye on the cooking-time: a quail's egg will be firm in 1 minute.

Nut Tart

400g crushed nuts—almonds, walnuts or pistachios

200g pine nuts

100g honey

100ml dessert wine

4 eggs

100ml full-fat milk

1 teaspoon salt or garum

pepper

Preheat the oven to 240°C/475°F/Gas 9.

Place the chopped nuts and the whole pine nuts in an oven dish and roast until they have

turned golden. Reduce the oven temperature to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Mix the honey and

the wine in a pan and bring to the boil, then cook until the wine has evaporated. Add the

nuts and pine nuts to the honey and leave it to cool. Beat the eggs with the milk, salt or

garum and pepper. Then stir the honey and nut mixture into the eggs. Oil an oven dish and

pour in the nut mixture. Seal the tin with silver foil and place it in roasting tin filled about

a third deep with water. Bake for about 25 minutes until the pudding is firm. Take it out

and when it is cold put it into the fridge to chill. To serve, tip the tart on to a plate and

pour over some boiled honey.

Spelling – Rehearse daily with ‘Look, Cover, Write, Check’ and test

yourself on Friday.

Year 3

Interactive

Mouse

Monitor

Network

Download

Technology

Remote control

Games console

Year 4

Be careful – These are homophones – Words that sound the same

but are spelt differently and have different meaning.

Affect – The weather is starting to affect my feelings - verb

Effect – The sparkling paint creates a glimmering effect - noun

Mail – Place your mail in the post box

Male – A male lion has a mane

Main – I travelled along the main road

Mane – The lion has a mane

Weather – The weather is thunder and showers

Whether – I don’t know whether we should go outside or play indoors

Monday 29th June 2020

AM –

Session 1

Times tables

Maths – Converting between units of time

Session 2

Spellings

English – Reading and responding to ‘Africa is not a

country’

PM

Session 3

Science – Renewable and non-renewable energy

Multiplication 1

Maths 1

Today we are going to be converting between units of time.

Steps to success

1 minute = 60 seconds

1 hour = 60 minutes

1 day = 24 hours

1 week = 7 days

Months with 30 days: April, June, September, November

Months with 31 days: January, March, May, July, August, October, December

February has 28 days, except in a leap year when it has 29 days.

There are 365 days in a year or 54 weeks in a year.

We have a leap year every 4 years. A leap year has 366 days. This year (2020) was a leap year.

Mild

Hot

Spicy

Answers:

Mild

Hot

Spicy

English 1

Today we are going to read and respond to the book ‘Africa is not a country’.

Colour this pie chart in to show the different landscapes

in Africa explained in the text you have just read

Now read the following pages on the lives of children in

Egypt, Mali and Cape Verde.

Cairo, Egypt

Timbuktu, Mali Fogo, Cape Verde

Question Cairo, Egypt Timbuktu, Mali Fogo, Cape Verde

What is the landscape like?

What are the children doing?

What do you think is special

about the place where they

live?

What questions would you ask

these children about their

lives?

What is different about their

lives?

What might be the same?

Which country would you like to

visit and why?

Read about some more countries in Africa. What questions would you ask the children about their lives?

Possible Answers

Question Cairo, Egypt Timbuktu, Mali Fogo, Cape Verde

What is the landscape like?

The landscape is a bustling city,

with tall buildings, cars and

jammed sidewalks. There are

ancient Mosques and river

harbours.

The city is located in the

desert; camels have just

travelled from salt mines.

Timbuktu is a 900-year-old city.

You can see watermelon and

squash patches; you can see the

coast. The landscape is lush and

green with palm trees and

banana plants.

What did the children have to

do?

The girls have got up early to

walk to school; they often stop

off so they can buy hot spicy

beans and bread for breakfast.

The children are watching the

camels arrive with giant slabs of

salt which will be piled into

taxis and carried to boats.

The children work in the fields,

they milk the goats and weed

the plants. Their parents sell

goods to customers in town.

What do you think is special

about the place where they

live?

I love the hustle and bustle of a

busy city; it’s located on the river

Nile which is the largest river in

Africa. Cairo is also the biggest

city in Africa.

I think it’s incredible that the

camels travel 500 miles carrying

32 kilograms of salt. I’m amazed

that Timbuktu is 900 years old.

This place has a lot of natural

beauty with a climate that

allows lots of different fruit

and vegetables to grow.

What questions would you ask

these children about their

lives?

Do you like living in a busy city?

What subjects do you like at

school? What do you want to be

when you’re older?

Do you go to school? What do

you enjoy doing? What games do

you play with your friends?

Do you enjoy working in the

fields? What is the weather

like? What is your favourite

food you can buy at your

parent’s shop?

What is different about their

lives?

Some of the children go to school and others work for their parents. They live in very different

environments. They enjoy different types of food.

What might be the same?

They are all children and they all have friends or brothers and sisters around. They all seem to be

enjoying themselves and finding something interesting to do. It sounds like they all work hard

regardless of whether they go to school or not.

Which country would you like to

visit and why?

I think I would like to visit Cape Verde as the landscape is lush and green and I would like to be by the sea

and try some of the delicious locally grown food.

Science

Today we are going to be learning about different types of ways to generate electricity

If an energy source is renewable it means it won’t run out, however fossil fuels will run out

eventually.

Activity

You have been asked to provide a commentary for a video clip about where electricity comes

from. Use the grid to write your commentary in full sentences.

Steps to success:

Write a small paragraph in each section.

Use the sentence starter given at the bottom of each box to get you started.

Look back at the information you have just read to give ideas about what to write.

Use the vocabulary at bottom of the page to help you.

Optional extension

Imagine life without electricity. Write a paragraph to explain what life would be like.

What would you school look like?

How would you learn?

What would your home be like?

How would you keep in touch with people?

Answers:

Hello and welcome to our show Awesome

Electricity. Have you ever wondered how

the lights in your house and your digital

devices are powered? Where does this

electricity come from? In this episode, we

will be learning about how we generate

electricity.

Some methods of generating electricity

are non-renewable. We burn fossil fuels to

generate electricity, this includes coal, oil

and gas dug up from deep underground on

land or at sea. This is currently the less

expensive option, but burning fossils fuels

is causing damage to our environment and

climate change

There are some methods of generating

electricity that are renewable. These will

never run out and cause less damage to the

environment but they are currently more

expensive. This includes solar power from

the sun, wind power generated by turbines,

and hydro power generated by water.

Energy can also be created by biomass

(from living things such as plants).

Remember there are things you can do to

save energy. Turn off the lights when you

leave a room. Cycle or walk instead of

travelling by car. Thank you for watching

Awesome Electricity. We look forward to

seeing you next week.

Optional extension

Imagine life without electricity. Write a paragraph to explain what life would be like.

What would you school look like?

If we went to a school without electricity, there would be no electronic devices: no

computers, no i Pads and no digital whiteboards.

How would you learn?

I think things would still be quite similar but we wouldn’t be able to have any computing

lessons or enjoy coding club! We’d learn from a normal whiteboard and we’d have to read

books to find facts and not use the i Pad.

What would your home be like?

I think home life would be very different as we wouldn’t have any digital devices so we’d have

to be a bit more creative with the games we played. There would be no TV, although I enjoy

reading and playing my family anyway and I enjoy going to the park. I think it would be very

dark at night though: we’d have to use candles and oil lamps! We wouldn’t have a microwave

or a washing machine so we’d have to wash our clothes by hand which would be difficult.

How would you keep in touch with people?

We’d have to go back to writing letters again to stay in contact. There would be no email,

mobile phones or Zoom! We wouldn’t even be able to use a telephone.