Author: year4

Welcome back everyone.

We are really looking forward to our next term together and welcoming the children back after the half-term break.

This term is packed with lots of new learning, which we are excited to share with the children. You can see below an overview of the term and the wide variety of different areas we will be covering. One of our highlights will be Light Up New Romney and, as ever, year 4 will be involved in a secret project… All will be revealed at the LUNR parade and service on Friday 11th December!

Term 2 Overview (PDF Download)

Below you’ll find a copy of this term’s KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts).  More information will be shared about these throughout the term.

Term 2 KIRFs – 6x table (PDF Download)

We have enjoyed identifying whether or not a piece of music is 2, 3 or 4 time.  For our final lesson, we listened to ‘We Can Work it Out’ by the Beatles and explored how it uses 4 time but changes to 3 time in places.  We were able to identify the strong beat when this happened.

As part of our history topic about the Normans, Year 4 went on a trip to Battle Abbey.  We enjoyed following a trail on the battlefield and standing where the famous Battle of Hastings took place in 1066.  We also enjoyed exploring the ruins and looking at artefacts in the museum.  Some of us climbed the tower to enjoy the view of Battle.

We learned about God as a creator.  The children explored things that made them go ‘wow’ and created their own pieces of art.

This week in art, the children have been experimenting with charcoal as a drawing media. They drew 8 settings – stormy sea, calm sea, wind and driving rain, thunder, lightning, bleak forest, snowstorm and fire.

They really enjoyed using the charcoal, creating harsh lines, bold shading, light shading, softened shapes by smudging the charoal with finger tips or paper towel. Here are some examples of their work.

PE

Some of the children were finding the hopscotch movement difficult to understand during PE in the hall today, even with supporting videos and demonstrations from their peers.

Fortunately, before we finished the lesson, the weather cleared up and we headed off outside to the newly finished playground to try it out on the new hopscotch area 😊

During the course of term 1, all children in year 4 will have the opportunity to visit Rye Watersports and take part in paddleboarding (if the weather is calm) or kayaking (if the weather is windy). The first group of children headed off on 9th September and had a great time learning how to use the kayak, stay onboard(!), get back in (!), and work together to make it move forward and turn.

Group 2 – 16th September

The children enjoyed being outside for PE today, practising racket holds, balance and forehand ground pushes to return a ball to their partner.

Hello and welcome to Year 4.

We are really looking forward to the start of the new academic year and welcoming the children into the classrooms.

This term is packed with lots of new learning, which we are excited to share with the children. You can see below an overview of the term and the wide variety of different areas we will be covering.

Term 1 Overview (PDF Download)

Here is a copy of our first set of KIRFs (Key Instant Recall Facts).  More information will be shared about these throughout the term.

Term 1 KIRFS (PDF Download)

We are really looking forward to the year ahead.  If you have any questions, please contact your child’s class teacher.

Many thanks,

Year 4 team