A very busy day!

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.

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Celebrating our activities

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.

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Egg carriers

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).

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Walking in the Jungle

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!

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The Whale and the Snail

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.

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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.

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Wind power

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.

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Celebrating on Friday afternoon

by Kites teacher on March 16, 2012

The Kites finished their investigation of cones in maths week by eating the ice cream version. We have also been looking at how Holi is celebrated and decided to have our faces painted and make paintings with bright colours. On Friday afternoon we went out to watch the maths challenge balloon launch after we had our ice creams. Here are some photos of our Friday activities.
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Drumming!

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.

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Outside role play

by Kites teacher on March 4, 2012

Our outside area has been changed so that the blue den has become as Superhero’s and Spies headquarters – based on some ideas from the children. There are peep holes so they can keep an eye on what is going on and cloaks and masks for active play. The play house has become a Safari lodge – there are animals hidden around the garden to spot and pictures to help name them. Can you spot the animals?
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Spiders

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.

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