Term 5 week 4
Dear parents, We have had a purposeful week in Kites, looking at how we ‘play’ writing. We started off the week discussing why we write and brainstorming some super suggestions- from shopping lists, to secret messages, story-writing and just being able to label our work. We looked at the feelings we have before we have […]
Korky Paul visit
On Thursday, the school was treated to a visit by the illustrator of the Winnie the Witch series of books, Korky Paul. Kites listened to him read a story and then demonstrated how he draws Winnie and Wilbur (we were allowed to keep his drawing!). He was extremely entertaining and we all enjoyed his visit. […]
Term 5, Week 3
Dear Parents, What a great week we have had! Despite only being at school for four days, we have crammed a lot of learning in! To round off our castle topic, we enjoyed a medieval banquet, enjoying the jam tarts and pottage stew that we made. We have listened carefully to the reason that VE […]
Term 5 week 2
Dear Parents, We hope that you have been enjoying the glorious weather that we have been having. We certainly have! The sand pit has been open, we have enjoyed water play and have loved spending more time on the field at lunchtime. With this in mind, please do remember to apply sun cream to your […]
1st week of the Summer Term
Dear Parents, We hope you had an event-filled Easter holiday and enjoyed some quality family time. This week we have had a chance to reminisce about our Easter holiday and talk to our friends about what we enjoyed doing, how we celebrated Easter and any events that we had in common. We learnt about taking […]
Last week of Spring term
Dear Parents, We have had a lovely week of challenges- showing our ability to be resilient and following instructions. As a STEM focus, the children’s task at the start of the week was to create a bird or an animal that would be suited to the habitat of their house team. ‘Air’ planned and created […]
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, […]
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