• Curriculum

Welcome to Eager Beavers

Hello, my name is Miss Tither and I’m the teacher of Year 3 and Year 4 children in Eager Beavers' class.  Our Teaching Assistant is Mrs. Jones and we have two special support Teaching Assistants, Miss Duffy and Miss Canavan, with our volunteer Teaching Assistants, Mrs Whalley-Smith and Mrs McManus. On a Tuesday afternoon, during teachers' PPA time, Mrs Showering leads the class, assisted by Mrs Walmsley.

In Eager Beavers, we aim to build upon the knowledge and skills learned in Busy Bees. Each half term we choose a new theme that interests the children. We make sure that learning is as active as possible and that children always know their next steps of learning.

ktither@wlsj.lancs.sch.uk

We manage this through the following:

• Focus group teaching
• Valuing each child
• Class size - 27
• Learning outside the classroom
• Activities are differentiated to meet the needs of each learner

Class News

This half-term, the topic in Eager Beavers is ‘The Iron Man'. In Literacy, we will be reading 'The Iron Man', to ultimately write our own narratives. We will also be learning how to write diary entries. In Science, we will be learning all about forces and magnets. In DT, we will be studying levers and linkages, so that we can design and make our own moving movie posters. We will also link our topic to Music, creating our own piece of music for a film advert.

Please have a look through the news, blog and gallery sections to see what the children have been doing.

Reading – recommended 4 times each week for 10 minutes and written in their reading record.

Times tables - regular times table practise is recommended for Y4 pupils, in preparation for the Multiplication Tables Check.

Mathematics/Literacy Homework – Homework is given out every Friday which alternates between Mathematics and Literacy and is due back the following Wednesday.

SeeSaw - regular updates about our learning will be posted on SeeSaw. This is also the main point of communication between Miss Tither and parents.

PE kit is required for Tuesday and Thursday. This half term we will be OAA, so appropriate outdoor kit is needed.