Year 4 – The Tempest

Year 4 – Studying Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’

In writing this half term we have been focusing on Shakespeare’s play ‘The Tempest.’ The Tempest is an exciting play all about a wizard called Prospero who has been banished to an island with his daughter Miranda. There are many twists and turns in this play which year four really enjoyed, and the most exciting of all came when Miranda fell in love with another of the characters, Ferdinand!

We have all really enjoyed learning all about Shakespeare and The Tempest. We have been looking at the Tudors in history, so we have enjoyed some great discussions about this period and Shakespeare himself. We were fascinated to learn that in Shakespeare’s plays, the women were played by men. This was replicated very well by Harry in 4RM, who played the role of Miranda in his group’s retelling of the story!

In our books we have produced some great pieces of writing, focusing on speech, description and narrative. We have included some amazing vocabulary and are really getting to grips with how to use speech effectively.

What The Student Says

"Prospero was my favourite character, I'm glad he forgave everyone in the end!"

"I loved it when Miranda fell in love with Ferdinand."

"It was really good to play Top Trumps with the different characters, especially when we had to walk silly around the classroom!"

"It was really fun when we got to perform our own retelling of the Tempest in front of the green screen."

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

  • Developed their comprehension skills

  • Practiced writing speech and how to do this correctly and effectively

  • Gathered vocab and chosen which was the most relevant and impressive to use in their independent writing

  • Retold a story through drama and art

  • Developed their communication skills

  • Enhanced their teamworking skills to produce their retellings of the story

  • Practiced using fronted adverbials, subordinating conjunctions and adverbs to make their writing more effective

What the Teacher says

It's been fantastic to see the children have such a strong start to year 4 with our work on The Tempest. They have all really enjoyed this topic and it has helped them get to know all of their new classmates through the various drama and teamworking exercises! They have produced some amazing work and developed some key skills that will help them throughout year 4, and I am so proud of all of our class.

After having a start to the year so strong, we truly can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings!

-Miss Morrison, Mrs Jones, Miss Lena and Miss Friend

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