Term 3 Week 6
Dear Parents, Can you believe that we are half way through the year? This week we have continued with story-telling, acting out known fairy tales, reading books about love and friendship (for Valentine’s), and listing to alternative tales of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. The children especially enjoyed being involved in how the story evolved […]
Term 3 week 5
Dear parents, This week we have had a lovely week of storytelling (in aid of National Story-telling Week). We started with Jack and the Flum Flum tree which was told using a big patchwork bag full of exciting items. We have explored the skills of story-telling (eye contact, character voices, make it fun!) by reading […]
Term 3 Week 4
Kung hei fat choi 2025 Kites’ Parents! This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year and Buddhism. We have been dressing up, making Chinese lanterns, masks, snakes, bookmarks with Chinese symbols, writing our numbers in Chinese as well as the practising the art of using chopsticks. The children had a go at origami […]
Term 3 week 3
Dear Parents, This week we have been continuing our focus on Polar animals and adapted it slightly to include big brown bears too. We have enjoyed creating bear faces, acting out the story of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and we even had a visit from a Big Brown Bear who invited the children […]
Term 3 week 2
Dear parents, This week in Kites we have been looking at polar animals, after the children took a keen interest in them last week. We have read books ‘Sneezy the Snowman’ by Maureen Wright and ‘Jonty Gentoo’ by Julia Donaldson as well as ‘When Grandad was a Penguin’ by Morag Hood . Coincidentally, we were […]
Term 3 Week 1 2025!!
Dear Parents, Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely break. This week we have been looking at gratitude and reminiscing. We started off by reading ‘Thank you Santa’ about a little girl in Australia who sends a thank you letter to Father Christmas and then, throughout the year, they continue to send letters […]
Evidence Me
Evidence Me is now up and running. We are still getting to grips with the new system, but there should be a few photos for you to see. This would be a perfect time for you to explore the app and post a few photos of your child’s Christmas fun. It will provide a great […]
Term 2 Week 7 Thank you
Dear Parents, Thank you so much for all your lovely gifts and cards, we really did not expect anything but very much appreciate your kindness and generosity. We hope you all have a lovely Christmas break and have time to relax and enjoy spending time with friends and family. If your child does want to […]
Protected: Kites Christmas performance
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Term 2 Week 6
Dear Parents, We are well into our countdown to Christmas! We have been reading some lovely Christmas books including the Christmasaurus and How does Santa Go down the Chimney? which have provoked some great conversations. Not only that, but the man HIMSELF came to see us on Tuesday… Father Christmas surprised us in our KS1 […]
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