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Class 4

Welcome to Class 4

Creative Workshop - Year 4

Year 4 had a very exciting Tuesday morning, as they got the opportunity to visit Block 67 to take part in a fun workshop. The children looked at various artists whose artwork is based on chain reactions. Some brilliant questions were being asked, as well as ideas for their own creations. To start, the children got the opportunity to draw their own ideas down, which showed lots of fascinating designs. Then, in groups, the children got the opportunity to create their own marble

Art Club

Last week was the first week of art club and as it was so cold we thought we would start with some lovely winter scenes. This week we decided to design the covers to our sketch books using an assortment of ways in which to make them colourful.

Christmas Tree Trail

Before Christmas, the children took part in a wonderfully creative Artist Day, which blossomed into a truly special festive event for our whole school community. During the day, each class learned about a famous artist, explored their unique style, and used this inspiration to design and create their own beautiful Christmas tree decorations. These unique pieces of artwork were then displayed on Christmas trees throughout the church for our after-school Christmas Tree Trail. S

Tuned Differently!

Have you ever thought about the differences between sounds that musical instruments can make? Some are loud, some are quiet, some are tricky to play, others appear more simple! In our assembly today that's exactly what we did! We had a range of instruments and thought about the sounds these made, were they the same or were they different? After this we played together as a band - our instruments made very different sounds but they worked together. So what was the underlying m

Christmas Carol and Christingle Service 2025

We ended the term in the most special way with our annual Carol and Christingle Service, held on Friday afternoon at St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church. As we arrived, families were welcomed into the church by our school Christmas choir, who have spent much of December spreading festive cheer throughout the local community. The choir have been visiting care homes and supermarkets, sharing popular Christmas songs and traditional hymns, and it was a joy to see them open our serv

Zootopia 2

Today the whole school went to our local cinema, Silver Screen, to watch Zootopia 2. We were very lucky to still be able to visit this side of Christmas as the cinema has been closed for ages to accommodate some building works, they just re-opened in time for us this morning. Everyone had a great time and were extremely well behaved.

Glendale Reading Buddies

During this term more children have had the opportunity to go reading with our Glendale buddies. We really appreciate the time that they give up to hear our children read and the children I take always say they have enjoyed themselves.

Pompeii Exhibition

Year 3 and 4 were lucky enough to go to London to visit the 'Last Days of Pompeii' exhibition. The children got to experience a 360-degree digital show, including a seated VR adventure where they entered the coliseum and witnessed a gladiator fight, as well as explored the legendary Villa of Mysteries. All the children had a great time!

Christmas Fair

This year's Christmas fair has been a huge success. A massive thank you to all those behind the scenes and on the day making sure all went to plan. How fabulous it was to see so many young entrepreneurs selling their wares and earning some well-earned pennies. Congratulations to all involved.

Road Safety Years 3 and 4

On Wednesday we had a visit from Ian at Kent Road Safety, who came in to remind us about how important it is to keep ourselves safe when crossing the roads. We talked about how we really need to be extra vigilant nowadays as many of the cars are electric and silent! We also found out that pelican crossings are all going to be changed to puffin crossings here in our region. Always find a safe place to cross, stop, look, listen and hold an adults hand when crossing. Even better

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Class 4 latest blogs

Dear Parent/ Carer

Happy New Year! I hope you’ve all had a lovely Christmas break and are ready for term 3. During this term, year 4 will be covering the following topics:

Literacy:

This term in Literacy the children are going to be learning about portal stories, with a focus of setting descriptions. This will include showing how the character is feeling and reacts, prepositions as well as fronted adverbials

Numeracy:

We will be carrying on with the set unit of multiplication and division, and then we will go on to learn about length and perimeter. Year 4 is also going to focus even more on learning their timetables fluently.

Geography:

This term is geography and the children will be learning about ‘what it is like to live in Northern Italy’. They will be finding out about the location and transport, geographical features, towns as well as popular tourist destinations within Northern Italy.

Computing:

Computing will be continued being taught on a Friday by Mr O. They will be learning about Logo4 and Sound Stories.

RE:

This term Year 4 will be learning about the Gospel and the big question is ‘what kind of world did Jesus want?’.’

DT:

Carrying over our DT topic from last term. This term in DT, year 4 are going to be looking at cooking and nutrition: adding a recipe.

Science:

This term in Science we are going to be looking at ‘States of Matter’. We will be learning about solids, liquid and gases as well as the water cycle.

Art:

In art the children are going to be working in 3 dimensions and the art of display.

Music:

We will be learning about Motifs.

French:

This term year 4 are going to be learning about things you can purchase from the shops.

PE:
During PE this term the children will be doing yoga with me on a Thursday afternoon and then on a Friday they will be doing dodgeball.

Homework:

This term the homework grid will be printed out sent to parents, so your child is able to still complete their homework even if they do not have their homework book. Once your child has completed a piece of homework, then they can either bring it in to show me or send over a picture via email.

Reading and simply enjoying books at home with your child will also further their development. Please would you be able to write in their yellow reading record if they have read, even if it’s a home book.

Learning their times tables is important too, as year 4 children have a Government test in the summer term.

I hope this will give you further insight into your child’s education. If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Miss Giles