Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, we hope you all had a lovely summer break. We have really enjoyed our first few weeks back at school and thoroughly enjoyed getting stuck into our amazing curriculum as well as learning more about our class names and how they inspire us. In Year 4, we haves the theme of scientists and our classes are: Mary Anning (Miss Hughes), Grace Hopper (Mr Massey) and Hypatia (Mrs Record).
We are ready and excited to get going with our autumn units of learning. Before half term, we will be studying the Shang Dynasty in history and electricity in science. In art, we will be learning about three contrasting artists: Monet, Turner and Matisse. After half term, our geography unit is food distribution in Europe. We will also be looking at states of matter in science. The children will also have the opportunity to use their DT skills to design and make a Christmas decoration as their end of term project. If you would like to know more about what we will be learning in school this term our curriculum maps are available on the school website.
Year 4 will have their PE lessons on a Monday and Tuesday. Please remember, on our PE days, children need to come in wearing PE kit that consists of a plain colour t-shirt and dark coloured bottoms. If you child has long hair, please ensure it is tied back and, if possible, earrings are removed.
This year the children will be completing an official multiplication test. Practising at home is incredibly important to best support them to master their times tables. There are many ways in which you can work on these with your child. Please see a list below:
www.hitthebutton.co.uk
www.timestables.co.uk
www.mathsframe.co.uk
TTRS
The children should still have the same TTRS login. If they have forgotten what it is, please contact their class teacher via info@beechwoodjuniorschool.co.uk.
With regards to what you can do at home to support your child’s learning, we encourage as much reading as possible. If you can hear your child read and record it on Boom that would be great.
Below is the topic homework for this term. We cannot wait to see what exciting projects the children produce. We do not mind how this work is presented- it can be a presentation, a letter, a recorded video, sculpture, model or a piece of artwork. If you need to send in your homework via email, please make sure your teacher is expecting to receive it so they can check all files.
If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher and thank you for your ongoing support.
Best wishes,
The Year 4 Team
Year 4 Autumn 1 Curriculum Homework – Due in Monday 20th Oct
Art Study: Create a piece of work that represents your favourite artist we have studied this term: Monet, Matiesse, Turner.
You could create:
- A piece of artwork of your choice in their style
- Recreating a piece of their artwork
- A presentation about the artist
Year 4 Autumn 2 Curriculum Homework – Due in Monday 15th Dec
History: Create a project to inform the rest of the school about what life was like in the Shang Dynasty.
You could create:
- An oral presentation of life in the Shang dynasty
- A model of what Shang settlements were like
- A PowerPoint presentation on different aspects of the Shang dynasty
- An annotated drawing of your favourite part of this History topic.
