🌟 Welcome to Year 4 – Beaver Class! 🌟  

We are so excited to begin this learning journey together. In Beaver Class, we believe in working hard, being kind, and always trying to be the best that we can be. Just like busy beavers, we’ll build great things this year – from new skills and knowledge to friendships and confidence.

Our classroom will be a place where everyone feels safe, valued, and ready to shine. We’ll explore, ask questions, share ideas, and celebrate each other’s successes.

I will be teaching the class and Mrs Hood and Mrs. C will be our class TAs (depending on the day).

In English, we are starting with a whole school book called 'Flooded' by Mariajo Illustrajo. We will also do artwork related to this as well! After that, we will be creating our own legends inspired by the book called 'The Mermaid of Zennor' by Charles Causley before finishing the half term by making a tourist leaflet based on the book 'The baker by the sea' by Paula White.

In Maths, we will be focusing on place value up to 10,000. Then moving onto addition and subtraction, before ending with Area. Keep practising counting in ones, tens, hundreds and thousands to help yourself. As well as focusing on timestables.

In RE, we will be delving into Christianity and in Science we will be looking at electricity. What makes circuits and how to complete them and draw them correctly, as well as identifying conductors and insulators. Maybe you could have a look at home at the different appliances in your home that use electricity? In Geography, we will be looking at our European neighbours. Identifying different countries in Europe and understanding what makes up the United Kingdom.

Our PE days will be on Tuesdays, so please ensure you come dressed in the correct PE uniform: black trousers/shorts, white top, black hoody and black trainers. No jewellery and long hair tied up. Our library session is on a Tuesday as well. 

There will be a weekly spelling quiz, please assist your children in studying for this.  Don't forget spellings and Mymaths homework will set every Friday, starting week 2.

Other important information:

Please ensure that your child is:

Reading at home at least three times a week
Completing their Mymaths homework – found at - Home - MyMaths
Visiting Rockstars at least twice a week – found at - Times Tables Rock Stars: Play
Practising Year 3/4 spelling words ready for weekly tests on Fridays
Learning and practising the Autumn 1 KIRFs

Here’s to a wonderful year ahead!

Many thanks,

Miss Sharma

Homework

Optional homework:

Bug club

Topic homework that will be sent home in purple books

E-Safety Games

https://sos.fbi.gov/en/biomes/city

https://www.ceopeducation.co.uk/8_10/

https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us/interland/tower-of-treasure

Year 4 - Multiplication test

In June, your child will need to take a short online test to make sure their times tables knowledge is at the expected level, answering questions up to 12x12. As well as practicing times tables and Rockstars at school, please ensure your child is recalling multiplication facts at home too. You can find further information about the test at: Information for parents about multiplication check

Below I have attached a link to what the Year 4 times tables test will look like, this will be very useful for children to use at home: https://www.timestables.co.uk/multiplication-tables-check/