Classes
KS2 had a lovely afternoon making Easter Bunnies – it’s amazing what you can do with a few egg boxes, old cereal packets and scrap pieces of card!
To kick Science Week off, the Year 6 children took part in an interactive lesson about space travel. They learnt lots of interesting things about space and what plans there are for the future with regards to landing on Mars and living on the moon.
On Tuesday 17th March, the Owls class went to Mountfitchet Castle, which is a recreated Norman castle and village. The trip followed on from last half term’s History topic on the Norman Invasion. The children enjoyed looking inside all the different buildings and interacting with the artefacts there. They enjoyed trying to find or remember […]
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Miss Jones. The children began with a materials scavenger hunt. They had to look for different objects made from different materials. Miss Jones reminded the children of the forest fun rules and spoke to the children about British Science Week and gave the children […]
Year 3 have had a great time exploring and comparing mass, looking at the equivalent of kilograms and grams!
The children celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite book character. The children joined everyone in the hall to see everyone’s costumes and they found out the winners of the story jar competition. The winners were awarded a £5 gift to spend at Dial Lane Bookshop. The children also took part in […]
The children in Kingfishers performed their class assembly. The children were confident to stand up and speak to the audience. The children told the audience about Mothers Day and sang a song. A great assembly Kingfishers!
Today we have been learning about mountains in India and their mountain ranges; we learnt that there are 5 types of mountains and created a catchy rhyme to help memorise these. We focused on fold mountains and plateau mountains. To make our learning even more interesting and creative we built our own mountain ranges in […]
Year 6 have been learning about the Amazon rainforest and thinking about why the Amazon matters. We started off the topic by looking at the difference between a temperate rainforest and a tropical rainforest. In Science, we looked at the different layers of the rainforest and the different types of plants and animals that live […]
On Wednesday 25th February, the Year 5s took part in a Photo Day. They went outside to create their own natural images and photographed them with professional cameras. They then developed their own cyanotype prints. The children really enjoyed the day and spoke excitedly about their learning.
The children began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children went for a walk to the village sign to see what vehicles came through the village. The children were given a clipboard and pencil and they listened and looked waiting for the vehicles to pass. Once they had seen a vehicle they […]
To finish this terms topic the children welcomed their family members to Kingfishers Toy Museum. The children took on the role of tour guide. The children showed their family member around the toy museum. Thank you for coming, the children really enjoyed showing their visitors around the toy museum.