Beechwood Primary School

Year 4

2018-2019

September

The children in Year 4 have got off to a fantastic start and are now settled into their new classes. We started the year with the difficult task of learning about Roman Numerals. The children did very well with this and successfully worked together to complete some quite tricky challenges!

2017-2018

Alice in Wonderland

This half term in English, we are learning a new portal story, Alice in Wonderland, focusing on developing our characterisation. To begin the unit with a hook, the children had the opportunity to make their own hats for a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party. Since then, the children have been working hard to learn the story off my heart and have thoroughly enjoyed it. We are looking forward to seeing the children progress in their writing as a result!

January

In Year 4 we have been studying the Romans and their impact on Britain.  The Romans have influenced our lives in many ways  One of these ways is through Art and Entertainment.  To deepen our understanding of this subject, we have been creating Mosaics during our Topic lessons.

November

Year 4 had an exciting first half term full of learning, new experiences and fun! To celebrate Black History Month, we decided to focus on culture, and had the opportunity to learn African Drumming. The children were taught the history of why African Drumming was used and learnt some of their own ‘call and responses’. In addition, we explored some of the fruits grown in the Caribbean. Finally, we looked at influential people and the differences they have made to history.

October 

Children in Year 4 had a great experience, taking part in an African drumming workshop. Watch the video below to see how well they did and the skills they picked up. 

The new cohort of Year 4 children have settled in well and adapted to the systems and routines in place. With a focus on Place Value, our maths lessons have been extremely successful with children using and applying their learning in a range of problem solving contexts. We have just recently started our new English topic based on the story ‘The Cobbler and the Dragon’ by engaging the children with an exciting hook of creating their own dragons. The children did some fantastic work and we are looking forward to seeing the writing they will produce alongside this.