Stanway Fiveways Primary School

Welcome to Year 4!
It has been wonderful to see the children after the summer break. We’ve had a busy and exciting first week focusing on the continent of Oceania.

The children learned about Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and explored aspects of the culture. They created vibrant Haka masks and even performed the Haka during their PE session. They also enjoyed making Australian animal prints using foam.

What an incredible start to the year — keep it up, Year 4!

This week the children have settled in really well as we began our core and topic units.
They have been busy partitioning numbers using a range of representations, including the part-whole model, bar models, counters, and Base 10.

In Computing, we started our Programming unit, where the children explored a sprite character and learned how to give it specific instructions.

They also enjoyed their Music session, finding the beat and pulse in different rhythms.

It’s been a fantastic start to their learning journey this term!

This week has been another exciting and productive one in Year 4! In English, the children began the Talk for Writing unit, focusing on the imitation phase. They worked hard to learn a warning tale, practising the story’s actions and language with great enthusiasm. In PE, the class thoroughly enjoyed their gymnastics sessions, developing skills such as balances, rolls, jumps, and simple sequences. Meanwhile, in Maths, we continued to strengthen our understanding of place value, using concrete resources to represent numbers and deepen our learning. Well done, Keep it up year 4!