Lark Class / Year 4

Spring Term 2022

Welcome to Lark Class.

Mrs Charlotte Adie - Class Teacher (Mondays and Tuesdays)

Mr Gavin Middleton - Class Teacher (Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays)

Environmental Day - looking at trees

On Friday 7 January, to celebrate the fact that we have planted 30 trees, to commemorate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. We spent the day looking at the importance of trees in the environment. We read the book the Lorax by Dr. Seuss, after that we wrote some poetry after looking carefully at the trees on the school field. We then played a game which involved recognising trees and reaching them before you were caught. We made some prints, there weren't many leaves so we used nettle leaves. We finished the day by watching the film Lorax

The Drawing Process

In our first unit of art work we have been looking at drawing.

As part of a unit of work on drawing Year 4 started with looking at natural objects through a view finder. They enlarged their images onto paper and filled their image with drawing techniques that had been practicing.

The next stage was to look at landscapes and examine lines on the ‘taken image’. The task was then to replicate the images by drawing with pencil, creating texture using pencil shading.

These images were they used to create a collaged image of landscapes, using torn paper and card. The lighter colours are in the background with darker colours in the foreground. Pencil was used to add shadow and darkness in places.

The final stage was to add to images of lace revisiting the pencil skills, Year 4 had developed through the unit.

Drawing Year 4 2021

Electricity

As part of a Science unit studying electricity, the class learnt how to make circuits, tested various items to see if they could conduct electricity. The class also used conductors to make simple switches.