Key information and dates: 

No Forest school this term 

Reading records need to come in on a Tuesday to be checked.

PE kit needs to be worn on a Thursday.

Wet playtime clothes and wellies need to be stored in school.

Christmas Panto trip: Tuesday 17th December 2024 

  

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Welcome back to Term 2! We hope all the children have had a wonderful break, and they are ready to continue their exciting learning journey in year 4. 

This term we are going to be exploring the question ‘Whose rights are important?' as part of our whole school concept question 'Why do rights exist?'. 

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Black History Month 

As it is Black History Month, we are going to be starting the term learning all about influential leaders or people. We will be focusing on learning about Martin Luther King Jr and Marcus Rashford and looking at the impact they both made as political influencers. We will also be looking at what challenges they may have had to overcome to support civil rights for the Black community. 

    

English 

In English, we will be looking at both poetry and diary writing. The poem will be ‘Still I Rise’, which is a very moving and thought-provoking poem, which links well to our overarching question relating to Rights. We will also be exploring the poetry of Robert Louis Stevenson. 

      

Maths 

For Maths this term, we are going to continue to focus on addition and subtraction, area, multiplication and division and then, towards the end of the term, length and perimeter. Please keep up the practice of timetables at home, at least 3 times a week if possible. 

  

Science 

Our science theme is electricity this term. The children will construct a simple circuit, identify/ name parts  of a circuit. They will also recognise common conductors and insulators, as well as look at how we can break a circuit. As we approach Christmas, children will be designing their own illuminated Christmas cards, giving them an opportunity to apply their knowledge and learning. 

​The big question 

Our big question in this term is linked to rights, where we look at the History of the Romans and the rights of both the Roman Soldiers and Slaves. We will be looking at chronology, the Roman Empire and how the Romans invaded Britain, and we will look at the Celts and how they tried to resist the invasion. Children will be encouraged to think like a historian and develop their historical skills.