Kingfisher Class

Hello everyone! I hope you’ve had a lovely Easter break and are enjoying the lovely sunshine (at least I’m hoping it will be sunny). We’ve got a short term ahead so there’s a lot to fit into these 5 weeks.

In English we will be reading The Secret of Black Rock and we will look at planning and developing a coherent narrative. Afterwards we use The Big Book of Blue to create our own information text about some of the undersea creatures we meet in The Secret of Black Rock.

In Maths the Y1s will be completing our unit on place value to 50 before moving onto multiplication and division. The Y2s will be starting to look at fractions before moving onto the concept of time. Both year groups will be looking at Mass, capacity, and temperature.

In Science we will be looking at the different ways that seeds are dispersed around the world and the process of how plants grow from seeds. We will be looking at hydroponic and soil growth using beans and garden cress!

In Geography we will be studying maps of our school and learning to safely navigate our way around the school grounds. The students will look at the different features we can find around our school and if there is anything we can do to improve our school.

In RWE we will be looking at the tradition of Teshuva within Judaism at New Years. The students will look at the holiday of Rosh Hoshanah, the balancing of good and bad deeds, and the traditions surrounding it.

In Art the students will be using their creativity to draw and transform ordinary sticks in their Art books. We will then use our sticks to create dolls (based on Worry Dolls of Guatemala) using yarn and other decorations.

In Music we will be using rhythm, pitch, and dynamics to create musical pieces using the sea creatures from The Secret of Black Rock.

In Computing we will be learning to recognise, sort, use, and present data in different ways, using both technology and physical means.

In PE we will be using our creativity to create our own games and practicing different types of jumping.

This term our PE days will be on Tuesday and Thursday. 

On these days children should come into school wearing their PE kits. As a reminder, this should be a white t-shirt, black or navy shorts/joggers (weather dependent), and their school sweatshirt or fleece. Long hair should be tied back, and earrings should be covered or removed. Please do not send your child to school in non-school uniform items on PE days, such as hoodies or other sportswear from clubs.

On the first Wednesday of each month, with the odd exception, we would like to invite parents, carers or any family member dropping off a Kingfisher Class child to come into class before registration and sit alongside them for a few minutes.  'Welcome Wednesday' is an opportunity to share in the children's work, read with them, or simply discuss the current learning summarised on our classroom working walls.  We hope this will become a precious and rewarding 10 minutes for the whole school community to get together regularly in class. We hope to see you there!

Please do look at the General Information page where you will find a summary of this half term's learning, an example timetable and lots of other useful information. 

Staff in Kingfisher class:

Mr Burn- Monday to Friday