Thursday 15th January 2026

Review

Define it

park well bark book

You need to do this with your vehicle when you arrive somewhere.

This is the outer covering of a tree's trunk, branches and roots.

You might be asked if you are feeling this.

You might enjoy a walk through this place or a turn on the swing.

You will find lots of these in a library.

This is a deep hole in the ground that holds water.

Learning

Focus: Spell correctly and distinguish between homographs with different pronunciations, e.g. row, read, tear.

Do you remember what a homograph is?

Read these sentences with me:

Be careful not to tear the paper when you open the envelope.

Nicola had a tear in her eye when she reached the ending of the story.

What is the homograph?

How are these homographs different from those we explored yesterday?

These words have the same spellings but have different pronunciations and different meanings.

Look up the homograph bass in a dictionary. What are the different pronunciations and meanings.

Let's put the words into sentences.

Practise and Apply

Look up the following homographs in the dictionary, then write a sentence for each that shows you understand the meaning of the word.

Word to Sentence Spellers

lead lead

row row

wind wind

Grammar

Determiners exam style questions.

Thursday 15th January 2026

LC: To undertake research from a variety of texts.

Today, we are going to complete our notes on The Romans.

Make sure you have completed your notes on education and toys.

Our final section will be fun facts.

Here are some you might want to include.

Facts about the Romans for kids:

Romans used cobwebs to stop bleeding.
The streets of ancient Rome were covered in graffiti.
The Colosseum could be flooded to re-enact naval battles.
Mouse brains were used as toothpaste by some Romans.
The planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are named after Roman gods.
Romans spoke Latin, which influenced modern French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian.
Ancient Romans used animal and human urine to clean their clothes.
Rome was the first city in the world to record a population of 1 million people.
The Roman Empire lasted for about 1,000 years.
Rome adopted Christianity, a religion from the Middle East.

On the site, you will find lots more information. Let's scan a few pages.

Ancient Romans - Fascinating Facts

Now, using the video about everyday life in Roman times, the link from today and the links from Tuesday and Wednesday, complete the last section of notes.

Now, we will look at turning some of your notes into year 4 sentences.

For example:

Notes:

boys- wooden swords

Year 4 Sentence

Roman boys would often play with wooden weapons like swords or daggers. This was because lots of their play was linked to wars and battles and they wanted to be warriors.

Let's share some facts and you can help me turn them into a sentence.