Term 4 week 3
Creation Stations at the ready! This week we have been setting up a range of stations to focus on creative skills. We have looked at drawing skills (animals & people) with a focus on the artist, Paul Klee. We have also been sketching; making sculptures from paper; printing with textiles and other materials. It has […]
Term 4 week 2
Dear Parents, We have loved becoming story writers this week and getting to wear our slippers in school on Thursday! We have been busy reading a variety of stories, retelling them in different ways through sensory stories, puppets and pictures! We have focused on the books Brown Bear, Brown Bear as well as Baby Bear, […]
Term 4 Week 1
Dear Parents, Welcome back after half term! We loved hearing about all the exciting activities the children have been doing. Thank you for assisting them in writing their diary entries. This week, we have been focusing on rhyme and reading skills. We have been looking at different ways of segmenting words and looking at how […]
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 […]
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