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Kingfishers History
Kingfishers have learnt about Viking shields and enjoyed designing and creating their own in preparation for our Viking day.
Kingfishers English
Kingfishers are enjoying this book as part of the school topic of ‘Dragons’.
Each week the chapters they read are used as a starting point to build on reading skills including; inference and retrieval. They are also developing their vocabulary and writing skills using what they read from the book as a focus.
Kingfishers Talent Show
Kingfishers talent show gave a fantastic variety of acts including dance, gymnastics, rhyming and singing. A great time was had by all including the judges.
Bitterns Maths
The Year 1 children have been learning about place value in Maths this week. They have been looking at tens and ones within numbers and have really focused on the teen numbers 11-19. The children have found that the tens framed pictured made it is easy to identify how many tens were in a number. They have also practiced counting, writing the numbers and identifying different representation of numbers up to twenty. The children have also developed their problem solving and reasoning skills by answering questions which are slightly more challenging and require them to explain their answers in more detail.Â
Bitterns Gymnastics
This half term the children will be learning gymnastics in PE with Mr Ward. They have already had two sessions and have really enjoyed learning the different types of rolls such as a sausage roll and a blunt pencil roll. When talking to the children it was lovely to hear them using a brilliant vocabulary to describe their learning.
‘A point is a small part of your body’- Freddy Yr1
‘A patch is easier to balance on because it is bigger than a point. A patch is a bigger part of your body like your tummy or back.’ -Jack Yr2
Bitterns Vikings Work
The Bitterns have been learning all about the Vikings ahead of their exciting Viking day next week. We first looked at where the Vikings sailed from and the boats they would have arrived in. We also discussed the differences between life now and when the Vikings landed in Britian over 1000 years ago. We learnt about the shields the Vikings carried and the materials they would have been made from. The children then used their design technology skills to create a plan for our own shields. We made our shield out of cardboard and other recycled materials and then used patterns and bold paint to make them eye-catching.
‘Me and Jess made our shield together we worked as a team.’ Jake Yr2
‘I’m going to use tape and the blue straws to make my handle. I’m going stick the blue straw onto the tape so I can put my hand through to hold it.’ Jacob Yr2
‘I learnt that Vikings didn’t have horns coming out of their helmets.’ Freddy Yr1
‘The shields would have been lots of different colours.’ Charlie Yr2
‘ I learnt that the Vikings lived here 1000 years ago.’ Jake yr2
‘The middle of the shield is called the boss.’ Harry Yr2
‘The boss makes it stronger.’ Ava Yr1
Kingfishers PE
Kingfishers demonstrate all they have learnt from PE lessons this term. Demonstrating coordination, spatial awareness, tactical thinking and perseverance! And having a great time cheering on their teams!!
Kingfishers Colour Wheel
Kingfishers have been learning about the colour wheel and exploring the impact of combining different colours.
They have learnt about the artist Sonia Delaunay and experimented with creating pieces using circles. Some even had a go at using a compass!
We used paints, pens and pencils and were very pleased with the outcome.
We also read the book ‘A life of colour’
Year 3 Tricky Maths
Year 3 have been challenging themselves this week with some tricky maths; understanding column subtraction and addition. Making it into a game proved that maths is definitely fun!!
