Welcome to your child’s last term in Year 4 - we cannot believe this year has gone so quickly!!  We hope you had a lovely Easter holidays and are ready for a very busy but enjoyable last term. 

Below are some reminders and information for our class. We try to keep to these routines every week but will occasionally change items to suit the needs of the children and any other additional events happening in school. 

Have a read through our welcome letter and curriculum overview to see all the exciting things we have planned for the Summer term.  Attached below are also our curriclum knowledge organisers for the Summer term.  

On this page, you will find some useful information about the term ahead and any key messages that you need to be aware of.  If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see our class X feed and link to Google Classroom. We love to use X to share some of the excellent things going on in class and will use Google Classroom to support learning at home - spellings, homework and useful documents will be uploaded and made available on there.  If you are on X, please follow @beechtreeGSP to see regular updates.

We are set to have a great term and have some really exciting things planned and lots of new things to learn about.  If there are ever any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to get in touch, either by popping in or telephoning.  The support you give is essential for your child's progress and the closer we can work together the better it will be for them.

Kind regards

Mrs Rowlands and Miss Heywood

Our Curriculum:

In English, the children will use a variety of different stimulus throughout the term to engage and inspire the children’s writing.  During summer term, the children will be looking at the stories Blue John and Where the Forest Meets the Sea and cover a range of writing such as setting descriptions, explanations, non-chronological report and poetry.  Children will also focus on spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

In Maths, children will be studying lots of topics this term including Decimals, Money, Time, Shape and Position & Direction.   In Year 4, children are expected to know their times tables up to 12x12 ready for their mutiplication check which will take place in June.  To help the children practise their times tables, they need to be using TTRS at least 3 times a week at home.  Useful MTC links can also be found below.

This term we will be learning all about Forces and Magenets.  Children will learn what a contact and non-contact force is and identify some around them.  They will learn about friction and recognise that objects move differently on different surfaces. They will investigate magnetic and non-magnetic materials and also learn that magnetism is a non-contact force as no objects need to touch. 

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What’s on the other side of the world?  Children will take a closer look at where the countries of the world are located, and some of the ways geographers describe locations. Children will learn to locate and describe places using longitude and latitude and find out about some of the important lines that delineate specific areas of the Earth - the Equator, the Hemispheres, the Poles, the Tropics and time zones.

Why did the Anglo-Saxons Invade Britain? Children will learn all about the invasion of the Scots and Anglo-Saxons in the 5^th Century.  They will find out where the invading troops came from and where they manged to settle.  The children will look at what life was life in an Anglo-Saxon village and how they influenced English language.  They will also examine artefacts and draw conclusions about what we can learn from them.

Reading:

Please make sure that you read at least 3 times a week for 10 minutes.  This can be your school book, own book, newspapers, comics, shopping list etc and record in your planner.

Spellings:

Spellings will focus on a particular spelling rule/pattern or will be taken from the statutory word list and will be taught and practised throughout the week. Tests will take place each Friday and new lists posted on Google Classroom and Spelling Frame.

PE:

Children will have Indoor PE on a Tuesday and Outdoor PE on a Friday and should come to school in their PE kits on these days. PE kits should be their house colour t-shirt, black shorts/leggings/joggers and a black jacket/hoodie.  Please remember to tie back long hair and wear no jewellery for safety reasons.

This term our outdoor PE will be swimming. Parent helpers are needed so that we can walk to Penketh Swimming Pool. If any family members would be willing to help, either on a regular basis, or as a one-off then please let us know. Everybody is always welcome!  We aim to leave school at 9:00am and will return back to school for approximately11:15am.  

Homework:

Homework will be set on a Friday and this should be returned by the following Wednesday. Homework will consist of a Maths activity and an English activity linked to the unit of work they are covering in class, so they should be able to complete the activity independently. 

Year 4 Residential:

Our Tyn-Y-Felin trip is fast approaching and we can't wait!  We will be leaving school at approximately 9:30am on Wednesday 7th May and returning on Friday 9th May. It promises to be an amazing trip packed full of exciting activities including Nature walks, Crabbing, Rock Pooling and Canoeing!  We will post regularly from both Beech and Hazel Tree X accounts so it might be a good idea to check you are following Hazel Tree Class on Twitter too so you don't miss out on any posts. 

Some useful websites, resources and links: