Kingfishers

Signs Of Spring At Hall Farm

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Trips

The Kingfisher Class visited Hall Farm today looking for signs of Spring. The children followed the farm trail and they saw daffodils, buds on trees, lambs and calves. The children were allowed to feed the baby lambs using a bottle of milk; they really enjoyed doing this and the lambs were very hungry. The children also visited the café […]

World Book Day

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today the children and staff celebrated World Book Day by coming to school dressed as their favourite book character. The day started with a parade in the playground, looking at the different costumes and characters. The children then took part in different activities in their house groups. Miss Jones provided an activity based on Maths […]

Maths Day

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Kingfishers, Maths, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday the children and staff celebrated World Maths Day. The children had lots of fun using their mathematical knowledge to problem solve and investigate. Kingfisher Class had lots of Maths challenges which involved counting, patterns and shapes. Woodpeckers and Owls Class took part in a Murder Mystery afternoon solving problems and finding clues. Swans class […]

Road Safety Check

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Classes, Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s carried out a road safety check. They wanted to see if children and parents were travelling to school safely. They looked for parents parking correctly, children walking and crossing the road correctly, children riding their scooters or bicycles safely and wearing a cycle helmet. The JRSO’s were pleased with what they saw but have […]

Spencer Bear’s Birthday

by | 3 Mar 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents

This week Kingfisher Class have been very busy. On Monday they received a letter from Spencer Bear’s Mum asking them to organise a birthday party for Spencer Bear. The children created invitations, sorted items for party bags, wrote their own recipes for a birthday cake, made birthday cards, wrote a list of items needed for the […]

Tractor at Stratford

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Classes, Community, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Visitors, Woodpeckers

We were very lucky to have James Harris visit our school.  He brought along his tractor which seemed very big on our playground.  James explained the type of work his does with his tractor and what crops are planted and harvested; the children also had the opportunity to ask lots of questions and some of them got […]

ABC Pre School Visit

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Community, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Visitors

Mrs Simmons brought the children from Abc Pre School  to visit Kingfisher Class. These children will be starting school in September 2016. These sessions give the children the opportunity to become familiar with the school environment and get to meet their teacher. The children will visit every Monday afternoon for the rest of the school year. The children had lots […]

Perfect Pancakes

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers

The children in Kingfisher class enjoyed making pancakes. They all helped to weigh and measure the ingredients, sieved the flour, cracked the eggs and mixed the ingredients together with the whisk. The children then watched Mrs Jones cook the pancakes. Mrs Jones was able to toss the pancake without dropping it! The children had lemon and […]

Happy New Year!

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Today we said Gung Hay Fat Choy (Happy New Year in Chinese). After an assembly which told the story of the 12 different animals in the Chinese Calendar, we learnt that 2016 is the Year of the Monkey. All classes spent the day taking part in different activities. These included, Kingfishers Class learnt how to write […]

Story-Telling Week

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Last week was National Story-Telling Week. Throughout the week, the children heard lots of favourite stories and on Wednesday afternoon, joined their fellow house members to share books. Lots of the older children read to the younger ones and some even got the chance to watch Michael Rosen telling his own rendition of Chocolate Cake!

Windy Forest Schools

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, Trips

Children in Kingfisher Class got to go on their second session of Forest Schools but this time it was very windy but not cold. The children remembered the Forest Schools rules and followed them. The children worked in groups to make dens and even had their snack in their dens. The children explored the forest, finding […]

Sunny Smiles from Kingfishers

by | 2 Feb 2016 | Kingfishers

Today, Kingfishers class shared their work with the school and parents. This included some beautiful weather related paintings, some weather diaries, non-fiction writing and some amazing maths. As a finale, they performed a lovely rendition of ‘There’s a Tiny Caterpillar’! It was lovely to see so many parents, grandparents and friends there too!