10 Y3-Y4 Joining Booklet BEDFORD PREP SCHOOL
Beyond the Classroom Clubs and Activities The school offers an extensive and diverse range of clubs and activities. We actively encourage boys (though most need little encouragement!) to participate in a new activity each term when they join, as well as trying out things that they would not normally consider. It is an ideal way to discover new interests or hidden talents. Clubs and societies typically run at lunchtimes, after school and occasionally before school. And, with the odd exception, no charge is made. A selection of the clubs and societies typically available for boys in Year 3 and Year 4 are shown below. Academic and General Interest Academic Skills Animal Care Club Beginner's Chinese Board Games Club Calm Kids Club (Intro to mindfulness) Careful Colouring Club
Hobbies Club Intermediate Chinese Knitting Club Lego Club Movies Club
Chess Club
Scrabble Club
Coding Club Design Technology Club Drama Club Gardening Club
Times Tables Club Vocab Builder
Pokémon Club
VR Headset Club
Musical Choir Guitar Ensemble Monster Strings Recorder Karate Recorder Ninjas Recorder Taekwondo
Samba Band Steel Band
Rock Group
Y3-Y4 Band
String Ensemble Theory Class Wind Power
Sporting In addition to the main sports on offer. Badminton (Y4) Cricket Football Golf Squad Hockey (Y4) Ice Breakers Multi Sports
Non-swimmers Rugby Games & Skills Running Skiing Squash Swimming Tennis
Homework Homework is an important part of your son’s education, and plays a significant role in developing independent working skills and time management. Your son will be issued with a student planner on the first day of term and will be expected to record his homework on a daily basis together with the date when it is due. We also ask that parents check and sign their son’s student planner each day. In Years 3 and 4, boys are likely to receive 1.5 to 2 hours of homework each week. The majority of this will be reading and mental maths practice. Boys will receive one spelling worksheet and one maths worksheet per week (due in the day after it is set) and two ‘Mini Topic’ projects per half of term. Your son will be given a homework timetable which outlines what homework should be done each night. All homework should be entered into the student planner. If for any reason no homework has been set, then a boy should write ‘no homework’ in his book, and the time allocated should be used for revision or general reading.
