Welcome to Year 4 Beech
Miss Simpkin
Mrs Speak (Thursdays)
Teaching Assistants:
Mrs Irvine and Miss Molloy
Welcome
Welcome back to Summer 1! We hope you and your families enjoyed a lovely Easter break. Although this is a short half term, we will be packing a lot in, including our class assembly. Our school value this half term is kindness, so we will be encouraging the children to demonstrate this value throughout the next five weeks .
We have moved over to using Instagram for sharing news and updates about daily life in school, so please do check out our account. Miss Simpkin and Mrs Speak can be contacted on info@stjohnsrc.net.
Key Information
PE Days
Tuesday and Friday
Reading Books
We encourage children to read for at least 30 minutes every day. We would appreciate your support in helping them to find some time every day to enjoy a book.
Homework
Please login into Atom Prime each week: https://atomlearning.com/prime
We will continue to set English and maths tasks using this platform. We would encourage children to have a go at these tasks independently where possible, as the questions will be adapted to suit each child's level. If you are unable to access Atom Prime please do let us know.
Please also remember that your child has a login for TT Rockstars to help them practise their times tables. Again, please do let us know if you need a reminder of login details.
In addition, we will be setting spellings this half term. There will be 8 per fortnight, 4 taken from spelling patterns the children have been learning in class, and 4 from the Year 3 and 4 statutory spelling list.
KEY DATES THIS HALF TERM:
Wednesday 7th May 2025 - Class Assembly (9:30 am)
Friday 23rd May 2025 - School finishes for half term (3:30 pm)
Curriculum - Spring 1
English:
Koji's Island
Amazing Islands (non-fiction)
Maths
Fractions
Decimals
Money
Time
Religion
New Life
Building Bridges
Science:
Electricity |
Geography:
A study of Europe
Computing:
Photo editing
PE:
Outdoor games (Tag Rugby
Dance
PHSE:
Living in the wider world
The rights of the child
Managing money
Sustainability
Spanish:
Adjectives and nouns
Art:
Artist - Eduardo Paolozzi
Music:
Singing