Welcome to Beech & Birch
Year 4
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Book Week (World Book Day)
This week the children have really enjoyed exploring books of all types. We took part in a BBC Live Lesson about different book genres, listening to stories and learning how to draw characters. We also enjoyed an illustrator’s view of books with an online workshop with Axel Scheffler, learning to draw some of his characters – Puss in Boots and Zog.
Quizzes, Live Lessons and Online Drawing Workshops
World Book Day Costumes
Assembly
In assembly on Friday, the children told the rest of the school what we had been learning about during the week. they talked in particular about Mae Jemison, an African-American astronaut and scientist. Mae was the first woman of colour to go to space. She took part in a Space Shuttle mission on Endeavour in 1992 and spent 8 days in orbit.
The Last Supper – Q & A with Rev’d Chris
Golf
Ancient Egyptian Day
Today, the children were immersed in all things Ancient Egyptian, with a full day exploring what life was like 4,000 years ago. They looked at artefacts, learnt all about the Pharaohs, found out about the pyramids and listened carefully as Lauren told them all about Tutankhamun.
They learnt about how the Ancient Egyptians took measurements using cubits, hands and fingers. The children used these measurements to measure items around the classroom.
In the afternoon, they became avid viewers and participants in the mummification process, finding out all the gruesome details about how the Ancient Egyptians prepared the bodies of the Pharaohs and nobility for burial and their journey to the afterlife.
A fantastic day and some fantastic costumes too!
Introduction to the Ancient Egyptians
Quiz
Tutankhamun Artefacts
Measuring Ancient Egyptian Style and Hieroglyphics
Game
Mummification
Costumes
Off we go again… it’s term 4!
We hope everyone has had a wonderful half-term break and you’re ready for our term 4 learning together!
This term PE will be on Wednesday all afternoon rather than split across two different sessions. Please ensure full PE kit is in school ready for our lessons each week. For full details on PE uniform requirements, please click here to see our uniform page on the website.
We continue our history theme about the Ancient Egyptians this term and look forward to our Ancient Egyptians Day on Thursday 29th February – the children can dress up on that day too! We also have World Book Day to look forward to this term – get your costume ideas ready for then too – Thursday 7th March.
Take a look at our term overview below to see what else we will be learning about this term.
Term Overview (PDF Download)
Key Instant Recall Facts (KIRFs) (PDF Download)
The Year 4 Team
Mr Houghton and Miss Fellows
Miss Wayland, Miss Ellis and Miss Frampton