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Year 4 – Thailand
Yesterday afternoon, we made our Christmas crafts ready for the fayre. Both crafts were admittedly a little tricky but with some resilience and perseverance, the children managed to create some fantastic Christmas trees and Rudolph reindeers. The Christmas trees will be sold at £1.50, Rudolph for £1 and biscuits for 20p each, which we are making this afternoon.
For those families in Thailand that wish to send Christmas cards this year, here is a list of the names of children in our class.
| Samuel | Evelyn | Ertugrul | Tori | Robin |
| Finlay | Zach | Ciaran | Joshua | Seerit |
| Sia | Dylan | Benjamin | Isla-Grace | Luca |
| Imogen | Alexis | Tyre-Jay-James | Olivia | Ashton |
| Maxwell | Freddie | Willow Rose | Harry | Hallie |
Today, our students had a blast building frame structures using pasta, marshmallows and Blu Tack! They created a variety of frame structures for a pavilion. Focusing on triangular prisms and cubes, they explored the principles of building strong structures while infusing their designs with creativity inspired by iconic landmarks such as The Crystal and The Beehive Pavilion at Kew Gardens. It was a fantastic opportunity for our children to apply their learning in a real-world context, fostering both teamwork and innovation.
Last week in English, the children have been learning how to write persuasively. They wrote letters as Charlie Bucket, trying to convince Mr Wonka to give them a golden ticket. They impressed me with their use of persuasive techniques like rhetorical questions, repetition for effect, the rule of three, and emotional language. We also focused on using high-level vocabulary to make their arguments stronger. To finish the week, we held a class competition to choose the most persuasive letters. Five children received golden tickets and a small chocolate treat. It was a tough decision because everyone produced excellent work.
Thank you to everyone who supported Children in Need today. The children looked great in their comfy clothes and enjoyed a range of activities this afternoon.
In art, we have been inspired by Henri Matisse and other artists to explore the technique of painting with scissors. The children created striking pieces by cutting up images and arranging them carefully on the page. We then moved on to wax resist art, where we focused on contrast. The children used hatching and cross-hatching to make bold patterns before scratching off their designs to reveal vibrant colour underneath. Today, we used viewfinders to select a section of our artwork and turned it into a block painting. The children created new patterns in their books and worked together to produce a fantastic class piece.
A big shoutout to Thailand class for winning Best Attendance in KS2 last week! Thank you to all the children and parents for helping us achieve this. Brilliant effort all around! 😊
Rainforest Rhythms!
Over the past few weeks in music, we’ve been exploring how to use our bodies as percussion instruments.
Today, the children used stomping, clapping, booming and snapping to represent different animals in the rainforest, linking to our geography topic.
As you can see, we had some fantastic tiger pounces and elephant stomps! The children had a brilliant time expressing sound through movement and rhythm.
In today’s history lesson, we used hot seating to ask and answer questions about what it was like to be a child in the past!
Welcome to Thailand Class!
I am pleased to welcome you to Thailand Class.
We will work hard across all subjects, from maths and reading to science and art, and celebrate achievements as we go.
Important reminders for Thailand Class:
PE is on Thursday; children should come to school in their PE kit.
Homework is due on Friday and will include: spelling books, Times Tables Rock Stars, and reading (recorded on Boom Reader and quizzed on Accelerated Reader).
Times Tables Rock Stars will be used weekly; we encourage children to use Garage Mode as it targets the questions they need to practise and gives the best improvement.
I look forward to the year ahead and to seeing what we can achieve together.