Classes

Land Art

by | 6 Jun 2018 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children have enjoyed creating natural sculptures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. The children worked in pairs to gather natural objects for their artwork. The children discussed what they were going to do and worked together to complete their artwork. Great work Kingfishers.

Transport Challenge Afternoon

by | 5 May 2018 | Design Technology, Kingfishers, News, Parents

On Thursday afternoon the children worked with a family member and created a transport model. They planned what they were going to do and what they were going to use. They constructed their model using recycled materials, cutting and sticking. The children wrote a label for their model. The children really enjoyed working with their family […]

Ocean Art

by | 5 May 2018 | Art & Design, News, Swans

This half term, the Swans have been working on an underwater theme in their Art lessons with Miss Kluge. They have drawn fish in pen and ink,pastel and pencil as well as shell studies and other sea life. The children created sea backgrounds using water colour and added epsom salts to their pictures to create […]

Royal Wedding Week

by | 5 May 2018 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, News

This week the children in Kingfishers Class have linked their learning to the ‘Royal Wedding’. The children have been very busy as they received three letters from the ‘Royal Family’. The Queen asked for the children to write invitations and letters to the guests. Prince Harry needed the children’s help to design and write the recipe […]

Wedding Dresses

by | 5 May 2018 | History, Kingfishers, Religious Education, Visitors

The children in Kingfishers Class were very lucky as they had three visitors to the classroom this week, Mrs Kite, Mrs Allum and Mrs Clark. They had brought in their wedding dresses and photo albums. The children really enjoyed listening to Mrs Kite and Mrs Allum explain who was in the photographs. The children thought the […]

Royal Wedding @ Stratford St Mary

by | 5 May 2018 | History, Kingfishers, Religious Education, Visitors

On Wednesday afternoon the children in Kingfisher Class participated in their own ‘Royal Wedding’ of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. Reverend Rosalind came to school and carried out the wedding ceremony. The children took on a role and all enjoyed the special occasion. After the wedding the children enjoyed a piece of wedding cake. Thank you to all the parents for […]

Woodpecker Sharing Afternoon.

by | 5 May 2018 | News, Owls

Today the Woodpecker children had the chance to share their learning with parents. They showed their parents the piece of work they were most proud of and read it to them. They also took part in a SATS revision quiz on the Ipads. Children worked with their parents to answer Maths and Spag multiple choice questions and show […]

Owls’ Drowning Prevention Training

by | 5 May 2018 | Community, Owls, Visitors

On Wednesday 9th May, two lifeguards from Hadleigh pool came to deliver a Drowning Prevention training session to the Owls class. The children were taught what the different flags that you see on the beach meant, and practised spotting dangers in various locations. They looked at some of the equipment that can be used to […]

Treating Water

by | 5 May 2018 | Geography, Owls

As part of their Geography topic on Water, on Tuesday 8th May, the Owls did a lesson on treating water. We watched a video about how water from the seas and rivers is treated to be made drinkable. The children were then given cups of dirty water and were asked to take the dirt out, […]

Measuring Capacity

by | 5 May 2018 | Achievements, Maths, News, Science, Woodpeckers

  The children in Woodpecker Class have been trying hard to read the measurements on different types of scale. They have looked at weight, length, height, temperature and liquid capacity using a range of different measures. Today they worked outside to measure how much water had been poured into various jugs. Some jugs showed the […]

Hall Farm Visit

by | 5 May 2018 | Community, Kingfishers, Trips

The children walked sensibly in pairs up to Hall Farm. They followed instructions and stayed in their pairs, walking slowly across the road when told to do so. They arrived at the farm and were met by the farmer who led them around the farm trail. They looked at the animals and asked questions, listening to […]

Church Visit

by | 5 May 2018 | Kingfishers, News, Religious Education

As part of their topic,  Kingfishers Class went for a walk to the church to find out about different things in the village. The children were  able to follow instructions carefully and were very well behaved as they walked to the church. Reverend Rosalind met them at the church and welcomed them in. Reverend Rosalind asked the […]