Year 4
WCET Instrumental Sessions
This term, year 4 are having music lessons with Kip, our peripatetic music teacher. They are learning to play the ukuleles and had their first lesson on Wednesday. On Friday 1st March the children will be showcasing their musical talents at the Torbay Music Festival. More information to come.
Year 4 Science – Good Vibrations
Year 4 are enjoying learning about how sounds are made. This week they investigated vibrations and found that a sound is made by something vibrating.
JJ’s Art Academy
On Tuesday, the children engaged in an interactive music assembly with Tom and John from JJ’s Art Academy. The children enjoyed listening and learning about the drums, electric guitar and keyboard.
The children have been invited to a free taster session at the academy. Please speak to your child’s Learning Leader for more information.
Year 3 and 4 computing sessions
Years 3 and 4 shared a computer session for an afternoon where the year 4 children showed year 3 skills they would need in KS2. The year 3 children soon picked up the skills and surprised the year 4 children with their confidence.
Paper challenges
Year 4 were set two paper challenges in their first weeks.
Their first challenge involved folding a piece of A4 paper into a circle. Many children used different methods to create their circles, their perseverance was amazing.
The following day the children were split into groups, given 3 sheets of A4 paper, two pairs of scissors and a glue stick and asked to make the longest paper chain they could. The classroom was filled with laughter and then fierce competition kicked in. The longest chain measured 6m 23cms!
Olympic Event at Newton Abbot College
National Writing Day
The children in Years 1 and 4 came together to celebrate characters. The children began to think about characters from their favourite books and what traits they have. The two classes began to outline their character’s features and to draw them. They then added details of their character’s place in a story, some speech and most importantly colour!
The children then began to share their work with both classes.
For more information about National Writing Day visit:
Colour Mixing Workshop
Year 4 enjoyed a morning with Cara who visited and treated the children to a Helen Foundation supported workshop facilitated by Daisi. The children learned how to mix colours and the effects these colours can have. The class then used their work on Fairy Tales to explore an image from ‘The Little Mermaid’. This allowed the children to understand how to express the sea using different colours and effects.
For more information about the Helen Foundation and their work visit:
Torbay Music Festival
KS2 Handball Festival
