Kingfishers
On Friday 3rd October, we held our annual harvest assembly in the school. The children read prayers; retold a Greek Harvest story; explained to others about harvest around the world and sang songs. Thank you to all who joined us and for the generous food donations which will be sent to the Colchester Food Bank.
The children in Year One have had an opportunity to participate in the after school cycling club this half term. The children have been playing games to help them develop cycling handling and awareness skills off – ride.
The reception children have been finding out about dentists and how they help us look after our teeth. They found out how important it is to clean their teeth regularly for two minutes each time. They found out what food they should eat to keep their teeth healthy. They explored what happens at the dentist […]
The Year One children became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work – Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question – Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours. The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss Jones asked the children some questions- What are the primary […]
In forest fun this week the children had the opportunity to do den building, potion making, colouring, mud kitchen and gardening. The children also learned how to use a hammer correctly to hammer a nail in a piece of wood. Well done Kingfishers.
The children in Kingfishers Class took part in ‘The Great Fire of London’ workshop. The children met Christopher and and listened to the story of ‘The Great Fire of London’. They helped to retell the story by putting out the scenery and being different characters. The children took it in turns to explore and play […]
The children in Kingfishers class had a visit from PC Johnson (CPT officer). He came to talk to them about being a police officer. He told the children all about his uniform and the equipment he carries. He spoke to the children about what the police does and how they travel about. He also told […]
The Year One children found out about their new topic – The Great Fire of London. The children looked at pictures and used their senses to describe what they could see in the pictures. The children saw – a big fire, cloud of smoke, path, lots of smoke, thin doorways, big explosion, shop, fire over […]
The Kingfishers performed their end of year class assembly. The children were confident to stand up and perform to the audience. The children told the audience about seasides in the past, acted out the story ‘The Train Ride’ and sang songs. A great assembly Kingfishers.
In PE last half term, the children in Kingfishers Class have been learning the skills to play tennis. The children have learned how to hold the racket correctly, how to stand in the ready position and using their hand eye coordination when controlling the ball. The children have also been challenged to see how many […]
The children had their ‘Forest Fun’ session.. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and Miss Jones explained to the children they were going to play the bee pollen game. The aim of the game was for each nest to collect as much pollen as possible before the pollen runs out. Miss Jones explained […]
The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic – Water / Seas and Coasts. The children received a letter from Dillon – A deep sea diver and a bag of plastic bottles. Miss Jones read the letter to the class. Dillon asked the children if they could find his fish and treasure […]