Year 4
In full stride
Year 4 is another exciting year at Kew College. The children begin the year eager and
ready to learn after their first experience of
the Junior House in Year 3. They are given
every opportunity to work together across
the year group, which is achieved through
the yearly residential trip, other shared trips
and workshops, swimming and games lessons, clubs and the Summer Play.
Our trips this year have included a visit to
Butser Ancient Farm, The Verulamium,
Bowles Outdoor Activity Centre and a day
spent making a Viking Longboat. While
these trips were History based in nature,
every opportunity was taken to embrace
the cross curricular culture of Kew College
and create ways to show learning through
poetry, report writing, practical activities
and parent assemblies.
Each child in Year 4 has something unique
and interesting to offer. We continue to be
impressed by the achievements and interests of our pupils. We have several very
talented musicians, dancers and gymnasts,
alongside some extremely able athletes to
add to our talented p upils who continue to
demonstrate high achievement across the
curriculum. Every child has achieved many
of their individual targets over the course of
the year due to the hard work and effort
that they have put into their studies.
The Verulamium Museum
Year 4 travelled to St Albans to explore the famous Roman Ruins.
We were all given Roman names during the lesson.
However, I didn't need a new name because my name is
Sabina and it’s already a Roman name. We can tell because it ends in an ‘a’ and all females names ended in an
‘a’. Males names ended in a ‘us’. Sabina
I liked going to the Hypercaust at the top of the hill
because you got to see the central heating techniques of the Romans. It was very different to how
we heat our homes today. We played on the hill
afterwards. It was so much fun. Stanzi
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There was a camera which you could
look through to see the Roman coins up
close. On the coins there were pictures
of old Emperors. They looked quite similar to the coins we still use today. Amelia C
We were presented with lots of Roman
artefacts and we had to try and guess
what they were used for. There was a
room set up to show us what lifestyles
were like in the Roman times. I found
this trip fascinating and I was surprised
that we were allowed to touch so many
of the artefacts. Josef