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Term 2, Week 1

Dear Parents, Welcome back to term 2! What a fantastic start to the term we have had. Our theme of the week this week has been bonfire night and fire safety. The children have loved learning all about how to stay safe around fire, and creating their own fire engine to put out ‘fires’ in […]

Term 1, Week 8

Dear Parents, Happy half term! I am sorry that this post did not make it to you sooner…for some reason it was left unpublished last Friday. What a fantastic end to a very busy first term. We end this term feeling very proud of how the children have settled into their new classroom, making new […]

Term 1, Week 7

Dear Parents, Thank you so much for all of your efforts and generous donations towards our fundraising event today! In Kites we raised over £300! What an incredible achievement. The children had a fantastic morning with Mr Burrows. Those who chose to play football went on an adventure to Australia. Some were confused as this […]

Term 1, Week 6

Dear Parents, We hope you have had a wonderful week! This week, we have loved learning all about Scarecrows! We enjoyed reading the story of Tatty Bogle, and describing scarecrows we found pictures of. In drawing club, the children drew some amazing scarecrows with incredible detail. Maybe this is something they could try at home […]

Term 1, Week 5

Dear parents, This week we have been celebrating Harvest Festival. We started off the week by exploring the story of the Little Red Hen through bucket time. We went on to learn about the meaning of harvest, and practice our song ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’. We enjoyed learning the signs together, and we even got […]

Term 1, Week 4

Dear Kites Parents, This week we have dived deeper into our feelings, beginning to understand how we feel at different times in the day and why we might feel that way. The children have created some of their own colour monsters which are on display, as well as a large cardboard junk modelling monster we […]

Term 1 Week 3

Dear Kites Parents, We have continued with Marvellous Me this week and focusing on feelings. We have looked more into the Colour Monster, exploring synonyms for the different feelings. We have all enjoyed hunting for the colour monsters around Kites Garden as well as collaging the colour monster to represent his different feelings. In phonics, […]

Kites timetable

Kites timetable 2025-26

Term 1 Week 2

  Dear Parents, It has been another exciting week in Kites! The children have been working really hard this week at getting into a routine of coming in to school, starting phonics and showing off what they know. Our main focus story has been In Every House on Every Street, by Jess Hitchman. We have […]

Term 1 Week 1

Dear Parents, What a wonderful week it has been! The children should all feel very proud of themselves for all of their achievements this week. Starting a new school can be full on…so they might all be feeling tired today. Thank you so much for all of your support in making this week run smoothly. […]