Kingsley Class
Kingsley Class
Welcome
Welcome to Kingsley Class (Year 4),
My name is Miss Priestman and I am the class teacher. Working alongside me is my higher-level teaching assistant, Mrs Popham, and my student teacher, Miss O’Loughlin. Together, we make up the Kingsley class team.
I will be using this page on our school website to document the children’s learning journey in Year 4. Enjoy looking through our class page!
Class Information
Welcome to Year 4! I hope you had a lovely half-term break with your families and enjoyed some quality time together. I am looking forward to the next seven weeks, working with your child and supporting them to make amazing progress this year! We have a busy half-term ahead with our first batch of Swimming lessons, our Greek Mythology Dress-Up Day, our Sponsored Ancient Greek Olympic Games & Banquet and the Christmas festivities!
All information regarding life in Kingsley class can be found on the class newsletter below.
Our Autumn newsletter is here.
We also have Curriculum Overviews, which map out the learning objectives for each half-term and the topics that the children will be exploring. The overview for this half-term can be found below.
Autumn B – Ancient Greece
The accompanying Knowledge Organiser for this topic is here.
At the beginning of the academic year, I held a Curriculum Meeting for parents/carers, to provide information regarding the teaching and learning that will take place in Year 4. Please find the PowerPoint presentation from this meeting below.
Learning in Kingsley Class
Autumn Term
Our topic for Autumn A is Modern-Day Greece.
Curriculum Overview – Modern-Day Greece
Knowledge Organiser – Modern-Day Greece
Multicultural Week
In Year 4, we learnt about Kenya as part of the whole-school Multicultural Week. The children enjoyed creating fact files about Kenya and learning about the Maasai tribe before making their own Kenyan Maasai necklaces. We also invited parents/carers to an Art Workshop where the children worked with their grown-ups to create Kenyan Safari Landscape pictures.
Oral Hygiene Workshop
The children enjoyed a visit from a local dentist that linked to some of our learning in Science. They learnt about tooth decay, cavities and how to look after their teeth. Then, they practised brushing teeth and organised snacks into two categories: good for our teeth and not so good for our teeth. The workshop helped to develop the children’s knowledge and understanding and raised the profile of why looking after our teeth is so important.
Pinkery Residential
The children thoroughly enjoyed our two-night residential to Pinkery. They participated in a variety of adventurous activities including a Moorland walk, archery, low ropes, fire lighting, stream dipping and grass sledding. They all demonstrated fantastic resilience, teamwork and bravery by supporting each other, not giving up and trying new things.
Cricket Session
On Wednesday 9th September, the children enjoyed participating in a street cricket session. They practised their bowling and batting skills and worked well in pairs and as part of a team.
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