Dear Parents and Carers,
Firstly, we are very happy to welcome the children back for new year and to begin our exciting Spring units of learning. In the first half term, we will be undertaking our second history unit of the year which will involve studying Vikings and Saxons. Within science, we will be completing a topic based on animals – considering characteristics of different species such as their nutrition and skeletons. The children will also be returning to their art topic where they will be able to develop their skills within their sketchbooks. They will have the opportunity to undertake tasks such as creating facial expressions within drawings, turning digital images into artwork and sketching for a wide range of purposes. Within our PSHE lessons, we will be exploring ‘confidentiality, democracy, rail safety and medicines’.
After half term, we will be building on the children’s knowledge of natural disasters through our topic of Volcanoes and Earthquakes. In DT, the children will have the opportunity to develop their knowledge of cooking by linking it to their science knowledge of nutrition. They will design and create a pizza that is as healthy as possible. If you would like to know more about what we will be learning in school this term, our curriculum maps and full curriculum overview are available on the school website.
https://beechwoodjuniorschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Beechwood-Wider-Curriculum-Overview.pdf
With regards to what you can do at home to support your child’s learning, we would suggest completing regular reading (this should be logged on Boom Reader) to improve fluency when reading. We have also attached some stem questions at the bottom of the letter which can be used to support conversations/ questioning when reading together.
Thank you for the wonderful homework projects you have supported the children to produce this year so far; it has been so lovely sharing the work they have made and seeing how proud they are of the work on display. Below is the topic homework for this term. 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
Spring Homework
Year 4 Spring 1 Curriculum Homework – Due in Monday 9th February
Science
Using your knowledge of animals from this term, pick your favourite animal and create a fact file on them containing knowledge you have focused on this term e.g. skeleton, nutrition etc. Focus on wild animals rather than pets.
You could create:
An annotated poster
An information leaflet
A PowerPoint
Your own choice.
