🌟 Welcome Back Beaver Class! 🌟  

I hope you had a restful break and are ready for an exciting new half-term of learning and discovery.

In English, we will be working towards creating mystery narratives based on the wonderful book The Iron Man, by Ted Hughes. After that, we’ll begin a new book: Weslandia by Paul Fleischman. This powerful text sparks creativity and encourages problem-solving through an engaging, imaginative story. We’ll be working towards writing imagined land narratives as the unit outcome.

In Maths, we’ll be continuing with multiplication and division, especially formal written methods of multiplying and dividing by 1-digit numbers. Later on, we will be covering measurement strands dealing with length and perimeter. The end of the half-term will lead to fractions which will be continued after the half-term break.

In History, we’ll be travelling back in time to learn about the Anglo-Saxons—how they lived, what they built, and how they changed Britain.
In Science, we’ll explore states of matter— the three states of matter and how materials change states.
In PE, we’ll be learning the skills of Tag Rugby, improving our coordination and teamwork.
In Spanish, we’ll be learning how to present ourselves, practising speaking and listening in a fun way.
In Art, we’ll be designing and making our own Batik patterns.
In Music, we’ll be learning how to play the recorder in rhythm. 

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. Please remember to bring a light jacket / coat in case the weather turns chilly / wet.

Our library session is on a Tuesday as well. 

There will be a weekly spelling test; please assist your children in studying for this.  Don't forget spelling and Mymaths homework, which will be set every Friday.

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 2 KIRFs

Here’s to a wonderful term 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/