Classes
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.
Year 5 and 6 had a wonderful afternoon listening to the life story of Derrick Thomas, a Windrush Elder. Not only did they learn about the Windrush Generation, they also learnt about the core values of resilience, self-belief and determination. The children had an opportunity to hold the Olympic torch and learnt about how he […]
Here is some of our published work from our instruction writing this half term. We used imperative verbs, adverbs ending in -ly, the simple present tense and some of us also used adverbials of time.
The children were very excited to see the tractor arriving at school. They went outside to see the tractor and met Farmer James. Farmer James spoke to the children about his tractor and about what he does on his farm. The children were able to answer questions that Farmer James asked. The children were very […]
As part of our Evolution topic, we have been looking at how different artists portray monkeys and have begun to explore ideas in preparation for our final piece.
Today the children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session and Miss Jones and the children talked about birds. The children played What Am I? The children tried to work out the What Am I clues to guess the bird. Miss Jones reminded the children of the forest fun rules and the children got busy. The children […]
In English the children in Kingfishers Class have been focusing on the story ‘Traction Man is Here’ written by Mini Grey. The children have been writing their own adventure for Traction Man, deciding on what would happen when he visited school. Great work Kingfishers.
In Forest School this week, we used toilet roll holders to create our own mini bird feeders. We smothered out toilet roll in lard, then rolled them in the oats and seeds to cover all the lard up. Some of us added cocktail sticks so the birds can land on our feeders. Once finished, we […]
Year 6 have been learning about Charles Darwin and his Theory of Evolution. We looked at how different finches on the Galapagos Islands have different shaped beaks and thought about what this told us about their diet. We carried out an investigation to see which type of beak is suited to which food type. We […]
Miss Jones and the children talked about Penguin Awareness Day in their forest fun session. The children played penguin pairs. The children had to find the match half to make a complete penguin. Miss Jones reminded the children of the forest fun rules and the children got busy. The children had the opportunity to explore […]
The children enjoyed another book club session. They listened to the story called ‘Supertato’ and then created their own ‘Supertato’.
On Friday 23rd January, several of our children from Years 3-6 took part in the Young Voices choir concert at the O2 in London. Our children joined over 8500 other children to sing a range of songs to a packed audience. Thanks to Mrs Marshall for preparing the children so well for the concert and […]