Year 4: Riley Class
Bridget Louise Riley is an English painter who is one of the foremost exponents of Op art. She currently lives and works in London, Cornwall and the Vaucluse in France.
She began painting figure subjects in a semi-impressionist manner, then changed to pointillism mainly producing landscapes. She evolved a style in which she explored the dynamic potentialities of optical phenomena.
Early in her career, Riley worked as an art teacher.
In Year 4 children have the opportunity to write in many different formats, have guided reading daily, visit the school library to get a book to take home as well as consolidating and progressing their learning in maths through number, shape, data handling and problem solving.
Reading books go home every afternoon and are brought to school every morning. We encourage the children to read every night. To support maths you could help them practice their mental maths and times tables (including for division facts).
Year 4 will perform an assembly about the things they have been learning. Parents are welcome to attend.
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Year 4’s got the rhythm, yes we do!
Today we took part in a music workshop! Look how much fun we're having!
Switched on in Year 4!
In science we are learning all about electricity and circuits. Today we created our own switches - out of cardboard, split pins and a paperclip - and experimented with turning our light bulbs on and off, by allowing the electricity to flow through our circuits.
Year 3’s new half-term
Our new topic this half term is the Romans. Students will be exploring who they were as they ask themselves how this empire changed Britain over the centuries. Parents and carers: This knowledge organiser is a summary of the key facts and essential knowledge that...
In the Hapa Zome Zone!
We had great fun in Forest school today creating leaf prints using the Japanese artistic technique of Hapa Zome (pronounced Hap-pa - zo-MAY). First, we learnt the names of the trees in the secret garden and played I-spy to test our knowledge. Then, we worked in pairs...
⛪ Year 3’s trip to St Anne’s Church
Today, both classes visited St Anne's church as part of our RE lesson. We met Kate who helped us learn about lots of different objects and their significance to Christianity. For our activity, we had to work in groups to find the different objects in the church that...
Music, Music, Music 🎼🎶🎶
A day of music and lots of fun in year 3 ended with both classes composing their own songs using claves and glockenspiels. Students were pleased to see how creative they could be, and their compositions helped them learn about timbre, graphic scores and playing as an...