by Kites teacher on April 22, 2012
On Wednesday we had two lovely ladies, Lynda and Rosie visiting the Kites classes. They demonstrated spinning on a spinning wheel and told us lots of facts about wool. We had lots of different activities set up across the unit for all children to try. They chose from: spinning, braiding, making felt, drawing the spinning wheel, farm activities and toys and a few of our normal activities. The children learnt lots of interesting facts and have made some wonderful felt. Here are some photos of the day.
by Kites teacher on April 22, 2012
Both Kites classes put on an assembly for the rest of the infants about the work we have done on Africa. All the children had art work or models to show, and some children were brave enough to talk about what we have been learning. We all sang our call and response song and the rest of the infants joined in.
by Kites teacher on March 27, 2012
The Kites have been busy making egg carriers. Their task was to be able to transport a real egg, the length of the playground whilst being carried in a carrier made of cardboard and paper, with a handle. For constructing the carriers the children drew on knowledge of other construction activities including making cylinders and the cones that were made in maths week. The whole exercise was a success with only minimal eggy casualties. You could say that the whole thing was EGG-cellent! (Post by work experience student).
by Kites teacher on March 25, 2012
On Thursday afternoon’s Mrs Humm and Mrs Rice’s class have been making masks inspired by the book Walking in the Jungle by Julie Lacome. Here are some photographs of their efforts!
by Kites teacher on March 25, 2012
The Kites enjoyed a trip to the Kenton Theatre in Henley to see a production of the Whale and the Snail.
They really enjoyed the story and particularly the part where they got sprayed with water pistols.
Here is a photograph of the main actors – the girl – who pretends to be the snail and her dad who is a sailor.
There are some photographs in the gallery of pictures Mrs Humm and Mrs Rice’s class did inspired by the show, they chose water colours, pastels or crayons to create their artwork.
by Kites teacher on March 18, 2012
This week as a part of the whole school science week with have been exploring wind power. We have launched rockets, made parachutes, straw fliers and auto giros. We have had a lot of fun and made our own adaptations to the designs, some more successful than others.
Here are some photographs of the action! More photo graphs will be added to the gallery during the week.
by Kites teacher on March 16, 2012
by Kites teacher on March 11, 2012
As a part of our exploration of Ghana and life in Africa we got out the school set of African drums. They are made from hollowed out trees and are quite heavy. Mrs Humm took groups of children mixed from both classes to have a go at drumming together and some simple drumming rhythms. We also talked about how in some parts of Africa drums are used to communicate messages. Every one who had a go had a great time making lots of noise and lots of people showed a great sense of rhythm.
Here are some photographs of some of the groups.
by Kites teacher on March 4, 2012
by Kites teacher on March 4, 2012
We have been reading stories about Anansi the spider as part of our topic on Ghana and Africa. We love the stories as Anansi is sometimes quite naughty. We made some spiders out of plasticine and pipe cleaners with googly eyes. Here are some of our spiders.
