Curriculum Update
Autumn Term 2026
Head Teacher Message
Happy sun shine days everyone and welcome to summer term 2026. Let’s hope the wet weather is behind us and that we can start to enjoy the Great British Summer. (He says with his fingers crossed!)
On behalf of the staff, I would like to wish everyone a happy return after the Easter break and hope that summer term 2026 is a good one for our whole school community.
As Head teacher of your school, I continue to be so proud of all of the children and the way they have started back since returning in September 2025. Their resilience, adaptability and hardworking attitudes to learning remain outstanding. It is such a pleasure to see the children care so much and take pride in all of their work and the school environment.
They are certainly living up to the schools “NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOUR QUALITIES” that we have of:
- Respect
- Tolerance
- Kindness
Along with our 5 Golden Rules. The “Next Door Neighbour Qualities” is something that is really important to our school and encourages everyone to be a good citizen within our school and wider community. To see the children demonstrating all of those essential ‘Next Door Neighbour Qualities’ on a daily basis is brilliant to see and brightens up my day.
The children’s corridor manners and the way they conduct themselves around school is wonderful.
I also love it that so many children are eager and keen to show me their work in their books. This sense of family and belonging warms my heart. I couldn’t be any prouder of our Beech Grove Family.
This term we hope to pick up where we left off before Easter with our children achieving good progress within their core subject areas of Reading, Writing and Maths, due to the tremendous hard-working attitude of themselves and the dedicated staff team here at school.
This term we will also be hoping for some lovely summer sunshine so that children can make full use of our Secret Garden in lesson time and maybe plant some wonderful summer flowers for us all to enjoy. Especially when it comes to our summer attendance reward ice-cream and ice lolly parties!!
Our teachers have lots of interesting activities and trips planned for this term and hope that you will enjoy hearing what children have been working on at consultation meetings/phone conversations, and will support them with their homework and reading outside of school.
AS ALWAYS Please, please, please x10000 keep encouraging your child to read at home. Reading is the key to unlocking the world!
We also hope that every effort is made by you for every child to attend school regularly. It is so important for your child’s development. We can’t stress this enough. A massive WELL DONE to all the children who achieved 95% and above attendance for the Spring Term. The children absolutely love it when they know they are coming to “Mr Dixon’s attendance party” for goodies, prizes and dancing etc because of their good attendance levels. Please do all that you can to ensure your child is part of the Summer Term attendance party’s celebrations. 95% and above attendance for the full term will get you that golden ticket to the party.
This term its ice cream treats and ice lollies in the secret garden. Please help your child achieve this reward. Not forgetting also, the BIG attendance prize where we have scooters (all with helmets to go with them), seasonal family hampers, amazon vouchers and lots more to give away in our attendance prize draw.
Here’s to a really positive Summer term!
John Dixon
Our work for this term
English
Our writing this term is going to build on Year Three, allowing us to explore stories and how to develop our skills as a writer. We will be spending time developing our skills in writing paragraphs.
Reading
In year 4, the children are encouraged to make their own reading choices. They will be choosing their own books from the book corner and will bring them home. In Y4, the children are expected to bring their book back to school three times with their reading record.
Spelling
Every child has access to our online spelling scheme of work. Your child has been set spelling tasks, individualised to their own needs.
Please allow your child to access Spelling Shed at least once a week.
Mathematics
This term, our focus will be place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. We need to focus on our multiplication tables as we will have a national test in June.
Times tables
In Year 4, every child takes a times table test. We aim to support them to know all of the multiplication and related division facts to 12 x 12 by the end of Y4. To support this, it would fantastic of your child could use this at home.
Please allow your child to access TT Rockstars at least once a week.
www.ttrockstars.com
Please contact your child’s teacher if you need any of the codes for your child reissuing.
Your child will come home with their log ins this week.
Science
This term we will be looking at sound, and how we hear. We will also be looking at the digestive system, and how it works!
Topic
I Am Warrior!
We are looking at how the Romans came to invade in Britain, and how they have had an impact on our lives today. We will be looking at significant people of that era, and how change happened.
Homework
Much of our homework is now set on our online platforms. We encourage your child to visit Seesaw regularly. This is our home learning platform where you and your child should be able to access all of our homework and talk with their teachers regularly.
Homework will also be sent home weekly if you cannot access it online.
Seesaw can be downloaded from Apple and Android App Stores, and can be accessed at:
PSHE
In PSHE, we will be looking at what it is like being part of a class team, and being a citizen. In the second half of term, we will be looking at how we can celebrate people’s differences, and what makes us all so special.
PE
Please could your child bring a change of clothes – shorts, tops and trainers / plimsolls for PE on the day. Please ensure they leave jewellery at home for their safety.
4D: Monday
4H: Tuesday
Dates for your Diary
Autumn Term: Tuesday 1st September 2026 – Friday 18th December 2026
Half Term: Monday 26th October 2026 – Friday 30th October 2026