Kestrel Class

Teachers: Mrs Evans (Monday and Tuesday) and Mrs Kendall (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Adults in class: Mrs Kite, Mrs Loveridge, Mr Nsio, Ms Davies, Mrs Smith, Miss Matthews, Mr Pellow, Mr Grant

Welcome to Kestrel Class. We are a Year 4  and 5 year class and we love learning! Please keep visiting our class website page as we will update it regularly. Our most recent learning will be at the top of the page.

Please see the documents below for our yearly overview and planning pathways.

We have PE on Mondays and Fridays – please make sure your child has the correct PE kit in school on those days.

Kestrel Pathway Planning – Term 1 and 2

Kestrel Pathway Planning – Terms 3 and 4

Term 3

We have had a brilliant start to term 3 in Kestrel Class. We have started our new topic about ‘Where does our Energy Come From?’.

In RE, we have been learning about commitment. We have reflected on what we are committed to. We have also started learning about the 5 Pillars of Islam and how Muslims use these Pillars to show commitment to their faith. We are looking forward to learning more about Islam and visiting a Mosque later in the term.

In PE, we have started learning more about fitness. We will be setting benchmark scores for ourselves for different aspects of fitness (speed, stamina, balance, co-ordination), then working to improve them throughout the term.

In art, we have started to learn more about drawing. We were amazed by a piece of art called Presentation, by Sarah Graham. It’s incredible, isn’t it!  We thought about how she created the image to seem like it is 3D. Then we experimented with light, shade and tone.

We are so excited to carry on learning about these topics throughout this term.

Learning update 24.11.25

Design Technology

In our DT lessons we have been learning about gears. We made sets of gears out of different materials and evaluated them to see which worked the best. The playdough teeth were not rigid enough to work effectively – they just got squished! The paperclip teeth were too thin to interlock. The best material to use for the teeth was corrugated card, although these were the hardest gears to make.

In English, we have just finished writing our own version of  story based on the myth of Theseus and the minotaur, and our next text is a set of instructions for heroes, explaining how to defeat a Minotaur.

Learning update 15.9.25

Ancient Greece WOW Day

Last Thursday we had a WOW Day as an introduction to our topic ‘What did the Ancient Greeks do for us?’

We had an amazing day working with Eagle class making and tasting Greek food, learning to write using the Greek alphabet, testing the Archimedes principle and making laurel wreaths to wear.

The Lost Words

We have had a very busy start to the year in Kestrel Class. In our first 3 days we learned a poem called ‘Adder’ from The Lost Words book, and created some amazing artwork to accompany it. We really enjoyed performing the poem to the rest of the school.