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YEAR 4 AUTUMN 2 WEEK 1 HOMEWORK

Mrs Khaliq

Hi year 4,

Here is this week’s homework. Don’t forget it must be finished by Wednesday morning. Complete a minimum of two pieces and if you have any problems, let your teacher know on Monday morning.

Maths

To solve addition and subtraction challenges and explain.

Answer the following questions. Show your workings out in your homework book and explain the mistakes.

English

To recognise different forms of poetry.

Education city- complete the activity ‘For Better or Verse,’ on Education City.

Homework is set at Autumn 2 week 1.

WOW

History: To research 10 facts about the Anglo-Saxons

Research 10 facts about the Anglo-Saxons.

Write your facts in your homework book OR make a poster.

Don’t forget to read daily, practise your spellings and to play TTRS!

33 responses to “YEAR 4 AUTUMN 2 WEEK 1 HOMEWORK”

  1. Abdelrahman A.

    The Anglo-Saxons were a group of people who settled in Britain between the 5th and 11th centuries.
    The Anglo-Saxons came over to Britain from Northern Europe by crossing the North Sea in wooden boats.
    The Anglo-Saxons that crossed the North Sea to come to Britain were often farmers. Historians think that floodwaters where they came from was making farming very difficult so they came
    over to Britain to search for better farm land.
    They ate many of the vegetables we eat and grow today including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage.
    The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts with straw roofs.

    Inside the hut was one big room. Families would all sleep in this one room as well as eating and spending time together.

    The biggest house in the village is where the chief lived and was big enough for him and his warriors. Sometimes the hut was so big that ox would sleep in there too.
    When they first came to Britain the Anglo-Saxons were pagans. Pagan Anglo-Saxons worshipped many gods who they believed controlled the weather, crop growing and war.

    Over time the Anglo-Saxons became Christians after the Pope sent over a monk called Augustine form Rome to convince them to become christians.
    Many of our festive traditions come from Anglo-Saxon times, even before they became christians.

    Christmas coincides with Yuletide which they celebrated around 25th of December. At that time, under the old Julian calendar, 25th December was the winter solstice (today it is 20th or 21st December ).

    Eating a Yule log, hanging up stockings and decorating houses with holly are all things we do because of Anglo-Saxon Pagan traditions.

    1. Mrs Khaliq

      Some super facts Abdelrahman! However, when getting information from the internet, please write it in your own words to show understanding.

  2. Ebeid M.

    Wow

    The Anglo Saxons invaded Britain in 449 Ad.
    The Anglo Saxons went to Britain in 400 Ad.
    The battle of Hastings started in 1066 Ad.
    In 871 Ad Alfred becomes king in Wessex.
    In 625Ad king redwald is buried at Sutton hoo.
    In 597 Ad Augustine arrives in England to be a missionary.
    In 757 Ad to 796 Ad affa is king of Mercia.
    In 800 Ad the vikings raid lindisfarne.
    In 954 Ad the vikings are defeated at York.
    The Anglo Saxons lived in huts with straw roofs.

    1. Mrs Khaliq

      Well done Ebeid. When and how did the Anglo-Saxon reign end?

  3. Eliza N.

    The Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain around 450AD
    The Anglo-Saxons first tried to invade Britain in the 4th Century but the Romans stopped them.
    Around 450AD The Ancient Romans had left Britain so the Anglo-Saxons came over in wooden boats and took their chance to settle in Britain.

    The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
    The Anglo-Saxons came over to Britain from Northern Europe by crossing the North Sea in wooden boats.

    The Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain around 450AD
    .
    The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.

    Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers.

    The Anglo-Saxons had a very varied diet.

    The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts.

    The first Anglo-Saxons were Pagans.

    Men wore trousers and long tunics and women usually wore long dresses known as ‘peplos’.

    They thought the Britons were weak and easy to beat without the Romans around.

  4. Aiza B.

    1 Ron is correct because tens and hundred column change when you add or subtract example : 220+140= 360. , 250–140=1100
    2 tiny is wrong because the correct answer is 1, 579 1234 + 345 = 1579
    3 Tiny is incorrect because the correct answer is 2213 He has not removed the counters to find the correct value 3426 – 1213 = 2213

  5. Emil D.

    Maths
    Ron is right because if you go 10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100 the tens change because it goes from 1 ten to 2 tens and he started with 0 hundreds to going up to 1 hundred.

    1234 Tiny has put 3 hundreds in the
    +0345 thousands column then the 4
    ———- tens in the hundreds column
    1 5 7 9 and he put the 5 ones in the
    tens column.

    Tiny has added 1213 and then taking away 1213.But the real answer is 2213

  6. Sanaa M.

    I finished My math and wow homework

  7. Mustafa Z.

    Maths.
    1.I do not agree with Ron because 12×10 is the maximum and it equals 120 so hundreds do not change
    2.1579
    3.Tiny has to cross the biggest number because if you cross the smallest number you will get the same answer all the time

    1. Miss Begum

      Check your answers again, we will discuss in class. Good try!

  8. Charis O.

    I agree with Ron because if there is ten in the tens collum and you add ten it will go to the thousands.
    Tiny is wrong because he has left the ones Cullum open and the ones can never be left open. The mistake was that Tiny keeps forgetting to take away the digits

    1. Mrs Khaliq

      Check the first answer again Charis. Adding a ten will go into the thousands?

  9. Haroon E.

    The Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain around 450AD The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers. The Anglo-Saxons had a very varied diet. The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts. He first Anglo-Saxons were Pagans.
    Ihave fished education city

    1. Miss Begum

      Great start Haroon, can you research 5 more interesting facts about Anglo-Saxons?

  10. Ebunoluwa I.

    No because it can be any number in the column .
    The mistake that he made was that he add the hundreds place to the thousands place

  11. Jari V.

    A,
    I agree with Ron because all the multiples of 10: 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 fall into the tens and hundreds value column.
    B,
    – Tiny’s mistake was adding 3,000 instead of 300.
    – 1,234 + 345 = 1,579.

    – Tiny’s mistake was not removing the counters to find the correct value.
    – 3,426 – 1,213 = 2,213.

    I have completed my Educational City homework.

  12. Havin A.

    The Anglo saxons settled in Britain 450 AD
    .the first Anglo saxons were pagans
    .the Anglo saxons are 410166 AD old
    .they came from Germany
    they lived in wooden huts king Alfred is most famous .
    Woman wore peplos
    They had no jail

    1. Mrs Khaliq

      When and how did the Anglo-Saxon reign end?

  13. Ranj M.

    Maths
    He is correct because all of them 10 all the way to 1000 ends with that means if you minus anything in the 10 multiple it is gonna end in zero even 10 – 0 it ends in 0.

    He is incorrect because you did 1234 + 3450 not 1234 add 345 so the actual answer is 1579 that is why it is very important to put the numbers in the right place value.

    This is because he is just adding both together then subtracting 1231 which equals the original number 3426

    1. Miss Begum

      Well done Ranj👍👍

  14. Havin A.

    I got 80 on education city

  15. Esa A.

    I have done my homework.

  16. Ranj M.

    Wow
    They settled in 400 ad they even got there name from the jutes angles and Saxons which were from Denmark: Netherlands Germany eventually they got stoped by the romans they came back in 450 ad then they got England in control

    They came over the North Sea with wooden boats and took there chance to invade because at the times the Roman were in Scotland .

    Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers
    The Anglo-Saxons that crossed the North Sea to come to Britain were often farmers. Historians think that floodwaters where they came from was making farming very difficult so they came over to Britain to search for better farm land.

    They are very skilled such as sowing amor and they made an amazing water wheel from scratch . The key to the amazing Anglo Saxons were the population the strict diet .

    There were over 50thousands people Which half of it was farmers they loved meats like deer and wild boar . Because of wheat they were able to make different types of. bread and beer

    Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts
    The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts with straw roofs.
    Inside the hut was one big room. Families would all sleep in this one room as well as eating and spending time together

    Normally men would eat first because they thought boy are better than girls so what ever is left over the children and women eat that mean that if the men eat it all there would be nothing for the girls.

    Many towns and villages still carry their Anglo-Saxon names today, including “England” which comes from the Saxon word “Angle-Land”.

    Of course they didn’t have any kind of electricity or devices that if you had a friend a thousand miles away you would go there do the conversation then come back a thousand miles away.

    Because of the three tripes Germany one the Denmark one and the Netherlands one they did a fight for however ruled England

    English
    I got 90 %

    1. Miss Begum

      Very interesting! Well done 👏

  17. Rayan M.

    Maths
    Ron is correct because 10+190=200 the hundred column changed and tens.
    Tiny is wrong because he moved the 3 hundred into the thousands column so its 3 thousand.
    The correct answer is 1579.
    Tiny’s mistake is that he put 1213 on to 3426 and took 1213 but he put 1213.

    1. Mrs Khaliq

      Great job Rayan.

  18. Sami J.

    The Anglo-Saxons were a group of people who settled in Britain between the 5th and 11th centuries. They had a major influence on British culture and society, and their legacy can still be seen in many aspects of modern British life. We’re taking a look at 10 facts about the Anglo-Saxons that give us an insight into this fascinating period in British history. From their migration to Britain to their social structure and religious beliefs, these facts provide a glimpse into a rich and complex culture.

    1. The Anglo-Saxons settled in Britain around 450AD
    The Anglo-Saxons first tried to invade Britain in the 4th Century but the Romans stopped them.

    Around 450AD The Ancient Romans had left Britain so the Anglo-Saxons came over in wooden boats and took their chance to settle in Britain.

    2. The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands
    The Anglo-Saxons came over to Britain from Northern Europe by crossing the North Sea in wooden boats.

    3. Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers
    The Anglo-Saxons that crossed the North Sea to come to Britain were often farmers. Historians think that floodwaters where they came from was making farming very difficult so they came over to Britain to search for better farm land.

    4. The Anglo-Saxons had a very varied diet
    They ate many of the vegetables we eat and grow today including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage.

    Their favourite meats included deer and wild boar which is similar to pork.

    They would roast meat over a fire in the middle of their houses.

    They also grew wheat which meant they were able to make bread and beer.

    5. The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts
    The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts with straw roofs.

    Inside the hut was one big room. Families would all sleep in this one room as well as eating and spending time together.

    The biggest house in the village is where the chief lived and was big enough for him and his warriors. Sometimes the hut was so big that ox would sleep in there too.

    6. The first Anglo-Saxons were Pagans
    When they first came to Britain the Anglo-Saxons were pagans. Pagan Anglo-Saxons worshipped many gods who they believed controlled the weather, crop growing and war.

    Over time the Anglo-Saxons became Christians after the Pope sent over a monk called Augustine form Rome to convince them to become christians.

    7. Many of our Christmas traditions come from the Anglo-Saxons
    Many of our festive traditions come from Anglo-Saxon times, even before they became christians.

    Christmas coincides with Yuletide which they celebrated around 25th of December. At that time, under the old Julian calendar, 25th December was the winter solstice (today it is 20th or 21st December ).

    Eating a Yule log, hanging up stockings and decorating houses with holly are all things we do because of Anglo-Saxon Pagan traditions.

    8. The days of the week we use come from Anglo-Saxon times
    Here are the Anglo-Saxon days of the week. You can see how similar they are to our days of the week – try reading them aloud and be an Anglo-Saxon!

    Monandæg

    Tiwesdæg

    Wodnesdæg

    Ðunresdæg

    Frigedæg

    Sæternesdæg

    Sunnandæg

    9. Norwich and Birmingham are named after Anglo-Saxon settlements
    In the Anglo-Saxon language -ingham means village and -wich means farm.

    Birmingham was originally an Anglo-Saxon village and Norwich was originally a farm.

    10. Anglo-Saxons believed in magic
    The Anglo-Saxons were very superstitious. They believed in magic spells and even dragons.

    They thought that potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits and sickness

    MORE FACTS…..

    Anglo-Saxon facts: Who were they?
    The Anglo-Saxons were a group of farmer-warriors who lived in Britain over a thousand years ago.

    Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe, they were called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes. The two largest were the Angle and Saxon, which is how we’ve come to know them as the Anglo-Saxons today.

    They were fierce people, who fought many battles during their rule of Britain – often fighting each other! Each tribe was ruled by its own strong warrior who settled their people in different parts of the country.

    When did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?
    The Anglo-Saxons first tried invading in the 4th century, but the Roman army were quick to send them home again! Years later – around 450AD – the Ancient Romans left Britain, the Anglo-Saxons seized their chance and this time they were successful!

    They left their homes in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark and sailed over to Britain on wooden boats. Many of them were farmers before they came to Britain and it’s thought they were on the look-out for new land as floodwaters back home had made it almost impossible to farm.

    Anglo-Saxon houses

    The Anglo-Saxons didn’t like the stone houses and streets left by the Romans, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too!

    We know what Anglo-Saxon houses were like from excavations of Anglo-Saxon villages. They were small wooden huts with a straw roof, and inside was just one room in which the whole family lived, ate, slept and socialised together – much like an ancient version of open-plan living!

    The biggest house in the village belonged to the chief, which was large enough to house him and all his warriors – and sometimes even the oxen, too! It was a long hall with a stone fire in the middle, and hunting trophies and battle armour hung from its walls. There were tiny windows and a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape.

    Anglo-Saxon place names

    Many towns and villages still carry their Anglo-Saxon names today, including “England” which comes from the Saxon word “Angle-Land”.

    Early Anglo-Saxon villages were named after the leader of the tribe so everyone knew who was in charge. If you’d visited Reading in Anglo-Saxon times, you’d have been in Redda’s village – Redda being the local chieftain.

    The Anglo-Saxons settled in many different parts of the country – the Jutes ended up in Kent, the Angles in East Anglia, and the Saxons in parts of Essex, Wessex, Sussex and Middlesex (according to whether they lived East, West, South or in the middle!)

    Not all Roman towns were abandoned, though. Some chiefs realised that a walled city made for a great fortress, so they built their wooden houses inside the walls of Roman towns like London.

    Anglo-Saxon food
    Perhaps one of our favourite Anglo-Saxon facts is how much they liked to party! They loved a good meal and would often host huge feasts in the chief’s hall. Meat was cooked on the fire and they ate bread, drank beer and sang songs long into the night!

    They grew wheat, barley and oats for making bread and porridge, grew fruit and vegetables like carrots, parsnips and apples, and kept pigs, sheep and cattle for meat, wool and milk.

    They were a very resourceful people – everything had its use and nothing went to waste. Animal fat could be used as oil for lamps, knife handles could be made out of deer antlers and even glue could be made from cows.

    Anglo-Saxon clothes
    Anglo-Saxons made their own clothes out of natural materials. The men wore long-sleeved tunics made of wool or linen, often decorated with a pattern. Their trousers were woollen and held up by a leather belt from which they could hang their tools such as knives and pouches. Shoes were usually made out of leather and fastened with laces or toggles.

    The women would wear an under-dress of linen or wool and an outer-dress like a pinafore called a “peplos” which was held onto the underlayer by two brooches on the shoulders. Anglo-Saxon women loved a bit of bling and often wore beaded necklaces, bracelets and rings, too!

    Anglo-Saxon gods

    Grand stone buildings, such as Westminster Abbey, replaced the wooden Anglo-Saxon structures after the Normans invaded in 1066.

    Many of today’s Christian traditions came from the Anglo-Saxons, but they weren’t always Christians. When they first came over from Europe they were Pagans, worshipping lots of different gods who they believed looked different parts of their life, such as family, crop growing, weather and even war.

    The Anglo-Saxons would pray to the Pagan gods to give them good health, a plentiful harvest or success in battle.

    It wasn’t until the Pope in Rome sent over a missionary – a monk called Augustine – to England in 597AD, that the Anglo-Saxons became Christians. Augustine convinced the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert of Kent to convert to Christianity and slowly the rest of the country followed suit. Pagan temples were turned into churches and more churches (built of wood) started popping up all over Britain.

    Who invaded after the Anglo-Saxons?
    From 793AD, the Vikings invaded Anglo-Saxon Britain several times, plundering and raiding towns and villages along the British coastline. The Anglo-Saxons tried to hold them back but groups of Vikings eventually settled in different parts of the country, especially York (or Jorvik, as they named it) – making it the second biggest city after London. The next invasion came in 1066AD, in one of the most famous battles of our history – the Battle of Hastings. When the Anglo-Saxon King Edward died without an heir, a new king was chosen to rule England – King Harold II. William the Conqueror of Normandy and Harald Hardrada, the King of Norway, weren’t keen on the new English king and thought that they both had the right to rule Britain.

    A descendant of Viking raiders, William brought his army of Normans to Britain to take on the new king, and on 14 October 1066, the two armies fought at the Battle of Hastings. The Normans were victorious and Harold was killed. This signalled the end of Anglo-Saxon rule in Britain. England now had a Norman king, King William I, or William the Conqueror.

    A short history of the Anglo-Saxons in Britain
    Anglo-Saxon mercenaries had for many years fought in the Roman army in Britain, so they were not total strangers to the island. Their invasions were slow and piecemeal, and began even before the Roman legions departed. There is even some evidence to suggest that, initially, some Saxons were invited to help protect the country from invasion.

    When the Roman legions left Britain, the Germanic-speaking Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians began to arrive – at first in small invading parties, but soon in increasing numbers. Initially they met little firm resistance from the relatively defenceless inhabitants of Britannia. Around 500 AD, however, the invaders were resisted fiercely by the Romano-British, who might have been led by King Arthur, if he existed – and there is no hard evidence that he did. However, the monk Gildas, writing in the mid-6th century, talks about a British Christian leader called Ambrosius who rallied the Romano-British against the invaders and won twelve battles. Later accounts call this leader Arthur. See ‘Saxon Settler’ lesson plan.

    The Celtic areas of Britain regarded the Saxons as enemies and foreigners on their borders: their name became Sassenachs to the Scottish and Saesneg to the Welsh.

    The various Anglo-Saxon groups settled in different areas of the country. They formed several kingdoms, often changing, and constantly at war with one another. These kingdoms sometimes acknowledged one of their rulers as a ‘High King’, the Bretwalda. By 650 AD there were seven separate kingdoms, as follows:

    Key concepts
    Invasion
    Settlement
    Heathens
    Christianity
    Monastic life
    Kingdom
    Chronicle
    English

    The Anglo-Saxons were immigrants
    Around 410, Roman rule in Britain faltered, leaving a power vacuum that was filled by incomers arriving from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia.

    As soon as Roman power began to wane, the Roman defences to the north (such as Hadrian’s wall) started to degrade, and in AD 367 the Picts smashed through them.

  19. Alya M.

    Wow
    The were a group of people who lived in Britain 🇬🇧
    2. They farmed
    3. They used waterwheels to crush the wheet so they could make bread
    3.they beacame famous
    4. You can call them saxaons
    5. They did not have phones or tablets
    6. They did not have school which means that they had no homework 😏
    7. They were so good a sowing 😁
    8.they did have stuff to intertan themselves
    9.they made art that you can now see in art gallery’s
    10. They made them to represent what happened in war

    Oh and I got 65 in edcashon city

    1. Miss Begum

      Nice work Alya! Remember to check for any spelling errors.

  20. Tasneem S.

    I did It

  21. Ahyan K.

    I got 80% on (English) Education City

  22. Ahyan K.

    Maths
    I disagree with Ron because if u were subtracting the 10 only the 10s will change not the hundreds
    I disagree with Tiny because 1.234 + 345 = 1.579 and thats the answer
    English
    Miss i done english

  23. Isaiah W.

    1 no i do not agree with ron becuaues if you +a 10 it will be 120
    2 i do not agre with tiny becaues 3579 so he adds 1 to th then 1 to the h 1 t but 5 to the ones
    3 tinys mistake is he 3thousand not 2 thousands 4hurernder not 2 hurernd only 1 ten not 2 tens and 4 ones not two ones

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