Kingfishers

Christingle in the Church

by | 12 Dec 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Religious Education, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday, all the children went into their ‘Houses’ to create Christingle oranges, with the older ones helping the younger ones put sweets and raisins on cocktail sticks and sticking red tape around the middle. After lunch, the children carried their oranges, which included a glowstick, down to the church.  Rev. Rosalind conducted a service, which the parents joined us […]

Letters to Father Christmas

by | 12 Dec 2015 | Achievements, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents

This week Kingfisher Class have been writing letters to Father Christmas. The Children were able to use their phonic knowledge,  word mats and dictionaries to help them spell words. They wrote fantastic letters, telling Father Christmas what they would like and that they had been very good! Miss Jones was so proud of their writing she […]

Brightness Day

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Achievements, Classes, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday 27th November the JRSOs held a Brightness Day.  The children and staff came to school in their brightest clothes and raised money for ‘Children in Need’. There were winners from each class including Miss Kluge. There were also winners of the competitions that the JRSO’s arranged.  

Road Safety Training

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Kingfishers, Parents, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s trained the children in Woodpecker and Kingfisher Class on how to cross the road correctly. The children really enjoyed using the road and pretending to be cars and pedestrians.

Kingfisher Class Assembly

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Achievements, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents, School Events, Visitors

The children in the Kingfisher Class performed their assembly on Friday. The work they showed was on the theme of ‘Ourselves’.  They named body parts, they spoke about the visit from Sue Hunter the Dental Nurse, they showed collages of their favourite foods, said the letters sounds of the alphabet and sang the ABC song. […]

Traffic Survey

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Community, Curriculum, Kingfishers, School Events, Trips

Kingfisher Class walked to the village green to conduct a survey of the traffic. The children were very excited and waited patiently for vehicles to go pass, listening carefully. When they saw a vehicle they made a mark on their chart. They saw cars, lorries, vans and buses. When they got back to school the […]

Christmas Craft Club

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Extracurricular, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Christmas Craft Club started on Monday 16th November. As you can see from the photos, the children had great fun making a whole range of Christmas-themed items, including beautiful cards and letters to Santa.

Transport Challenge Afternoon

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, School Events, Visitors

Today the children in the Kingfisher class and their family member took part in the transport challenge afternoon. They designed their vehicle and used lots of recycled materials to create it. When they had finished they had to evaluate their vehicle.  The children really enjoyed the afternoon and I think the adults did too! The […]

Anti Bullying Week

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

This week was Anti Bullying week which meant it  was a very important week for our Anti Bullying Buddies. On Monday the Buddies led the Whole School Assembly introducing our first ever ‘House’ competition! Each House had the afternoon to design a poster promoting ‘Good Friendships’. It was great to see all Key Stages working […]

Brightness Day

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Community, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s have planned  a ‘Brightness Day’ on Friday 27th November 2015 to inform children how important it is to be safe and to be seen, in the winter months. Please encourage your child to come to school in the brightest clothes they have, we are asking for a donation of £1 per child for […]

Christmas Gifts

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

This year, we are collecting gifts for the Salvation Army. Donations can include new items for men, women or children; suggestions are chocolates, ‘smellies’, socks, gloves, new toys and books, colouring books and pencils; your donations can be brought into school either unwrapped or wrapped (if wrapped, please add a little note to say what is inside!). We […]

Kingfisher class visit Hall Farm

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Trips

Today Kingfisher class walked to Hall Farm to do the farm trail. We were able to follow a map which Ann had drawn for us. Edward kindly took us around and we saw lots of different animals. We were even followed by a goat, Miss Jones thought she had a new child in her class! We […]