Mr Smith has put recordings of him reading Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets , Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – all by JK Rowling, Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer, A Streetdog Name Pup by Gill Lewis, Voyage Of The Sparrowhawk by Natasha Farrant, Mrs Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C O’Brien, I Swapped My Brother On The Internet by Jo Simmons, Matilda by Roald Dahl, Running Wild by Michael Morpurgo, The Twits by Roald Dahl, Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine, The Sheep-Pig by Dick King-Smith and The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton – online as YouTube playlists.

You can find details for spellings and spelling patterns taught in Year 4 here.

Links to support continuous learning at home:

• Oxford Owl – ebook library for 3-11 year olds, including coloured book band ebooks (video guide here). Check with your class teacher for login details

• Storytime Online

• Story Time From Space

• International Children’s Digital Library

• World Book Day Storytime Online

• Literacy Shed for creative writing ideas and inspiration

• White Rose Maths Home Learning – this site supports TBS’s and Maths No Problem’s approach to learning concepts

• Chatterpack – a list of online, free, boredom-busting resources

• Kids Activities Blog – a list of education companies offering free subscriptions due to school closures

PE with Joe – daily PE sessions on Youtube

• BBC bitesize – spelling and punctuation games

• Reading eggs (all logins have been sent home)

• sub prefix spelling games (see below)

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