YEAR 4 PAGE



A good selection of sites


Click on this logo,
the Essex Grid for Learning
Key Stage 2 pages
have all sorts of links for all the subjects:



History-The Ancient Egyptians

Neferchichi's tomb
Ancient Egyptians 2
Ancient Egyptians 3
Ancient Egyptians 4
Ancient Egyptians 5
Ancient Egyptians 6
Photographs
Ancient Egyptians 7
Mysteries of Egypt
Life in Ancient Egypt
Mummy -the inside story
Ancient Egyptians 8
Myth of Osiris and Isis
Ancient Egyptians 9
Ancient Egyptians 10


The Tudors
 The history units for class 4 in the summer term are based on the Tudor period up to and including Henry VIII. We will be looking at the way of life of rich and poor Tudors and the six wives of Henry. Below are some web-sites that might be useful.


Henry VIII


Tudor clothes [1] Tudor clothes [2]
What the world was like in Tudor times Childhood
Life in Tudor times Houses, palaces and castles
Tudor times Tudor life
Fascinating Tudor facts Tudor names
Interactive Tudor site [excellent site] Houses, castles and palaces
Tudors Tudor clothes
BBC Interactive game Electronic documents
Tudors Tudor times
Tudors Royal Family site
Tudor kings and queens Life in the 16th century
Tudors Tudors
Tudors Tudor pictures
National Portrait Gallery Biographies


Tudor homes

Look carefully at the building in the picture. Typical Tudor buildings were white, with black beams on the outside. Have you seen any buildings like this? There are many that still exist.
When you make your Tudor house work -box -you should try to re-create this appearance - how could you do this?


Maths

Maths and Numeracy Websites for Parents and Kids

 

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RM Living Library

http://www.eduweb.co.uk/

This subscribed site contains many Maths activities and information for children. A simple search in the Primary Resource section gives links to the pages with a guide for age suitability.

A+ Maths

http://www.aplusmath.com

An excellent interactive website for children in both KS1 and KS2. Maths Bingo, Hidden Pictures and Concentration are good examples of interactive on-line learning.

Dynamo

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/dynamo/

This excellent BBC resource for children has interactive maths activities together with lots of other fun challenges!

Mega Maths

http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/megamaths/

Another excellent BBC resource for 7 - 9 year olds. Interactive maths games, fun challenges!

School Bell

http://yahooligans.com/school_bell/math/

A rich variety of links to maths sites for children, mainly American, but worthwhile.

All Maths

http://www.allmath.com

Interactive flashcards, multiplication tables, biographies of mathematicians and a glossary of maths terms.

Ask Jeeves

http://www.ajkids.com/

Ask Jeeves to search for 'maths' as a keyword. Children will then be directed to various maths websites for children

NRICH

http://www.nrich.maths.org.uk/

NRICH promotes UK Maths through interactive activities, Maths Club and on line problems to solve. An excellent site for KS2 children!

 

 

 


Literacy

Spellits

Digger

Dynamo