Term 4 week 5
Dear Parents, We have had a lovely week of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). The topic area was ‘Change and Adapt’ and the children got to pick their subject matter . They came up with some great topics including the lifecycle of a pigeon (we also made some nests); finding out why a firefly’s […]
Term 4 week 4
Dear Parents, We have had a lovely week celebrating Spring! The children have enjoyed making the most of the glorious Spring sunshine and have been outside planting, digging, making potions, building obstacle courses, spotting signs of spring, bug-hunting and painting pictures. We have been using Spring flowers such as daffodils, hyacinths and tulips to add […]
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 […]
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