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.