Harvest Collection

Thank you once again for your generous donations to our Harvest Festival this year.  As you can see from the image below, we have collected an enormous amount for the Food Bank.  In addition to the table full of groceries, each of the 7 green crates is full of cans and jars!

A fruity Solar System

 This afternoon, Owls have been learning to name the planets in our solar system. We looked at where they are located in relation to The Sun and the other planets and also compared their sizes. We also used fruit to help us understand the difference in size between them. Here are some of our pictures: 

This is Me!

Kingfishers have enjoyed their 'This is Me!' topic  

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at our senses.  We discussed what foods we like and dislike.  Some of us like sweet foods, while others like spicy.  The class realised we like different things, and that our tastes may change over time.  We read 'Oliver's Vegetables' and learnt about how different vegetables grow.  This lead to discussions about healthy food choices.  Our Kingfishers used their cutting skills to cut out their favourite foods and foods that would make a rounded meal.  We talked about how some foods are not so good for us, but they are alright to have as a treat.

Our Kingfishers were fantastic at telling us what we should do to look after our teeth.  We discussed how sugar can be bad for them (and what food contain high levels of sugar), that calcium is good for them, that we need to brush our teeth twice a day, and that we should go to the dentist at least once a year.  They enjoyed learning a 'Brush your teeth song' and taking part in various teeth cleaning activties!

We enjoyed using our sense of smell to sniff lots of different things.  Lavendar was a favourite.  Some of our children liked the smell of vinegar.  It just made me want fish and chips for lunch! We used our ears when playing listening games.

We used our sense of touch when making playdough, deciding if it was too sticky so needed more flour, or too dry so needed more water.  We used our sense of sight when discussing how water changes when it becomes ice.  We thought about how it moved in both states.

Kingfishers read 'The Colour Monster' and discussed all the different emotions we may feel.  We thought about how we may act or show how we are feeling through our facial expressions, body language and tone of voice.  We could all think of times we have felt all the emotions in the book.  Next week we will continue to think about what we can do if we are feeling worried, anxious, upset or angry to make ourselves feel more positive.  Our pupils made sensory bottles for each of the emotions and these are now in our 'Calm' area in our classroom.

Keep up the fantastic work you Clever Kingfishers!

Roman Numeral Fun in Owls!

 Good Morning, 

Owls have been super busy this morning learning to read and write Roman Numerals up to 1,000. We recapped each of the symbols from our learning last week and then looked at adding numerals together to make bigger numbers (for example, 23 and 51). After we'd secured this, we learnt that you could not have 4 of the same symbol together, so sometimes we need to put a smaller value before a larger value to subtract them (for example, 90 and 4). 

We used lollysticks to show what numbers would be as Roman Numerals. 

A HUGE welcome to our Kingfishers

Our Kingfishers are now in school full time and are doing a marvellous job at settling into school and learning the routines and expectations.  We are very proud of how well they are doing.  They are such super stars!

This is what they have been up to!

We have been learning how to make playdough.  We then used the playdough to make cakes while we acted out 'Pat a cake'.  Playdough is definately a firm favourite in Kingfishers.

We have been thinking about where we live, looking at maps and photographs of the local area.  Our Kingfishers were very good at telling us about where they go in the local area.  They had fun using symbols from maps in our small world and making their own maps. It was lovely to hear from some of the class about other countries their families used to or still do live in.  We discussed and looked at different kinds of homes (e.g. flats, bungelows) and families, realising families can come in all shapes and sizes.

The class have loved sharing their baby photos and talking about how they have changed and what they can do now that they couldn't when they were smaller.  We read 'Once there were giants' and 'Peepo'.  We had some fantatsic discussions about the illustrations in 'Peepo'.  The children noticed coal being used on the fire, the outside toilet, the old fashioned cars, the clothes mangler, and many more items from 'the olden days'.  They have been enjoying looking at some of the items we have in class, such as the old telephone, typewriter and oil lamp.  I think we may have some historians in Reception!

Kingfishers have been discussing different people in our community and how they help us.  They were very good at coming up with a list of those who have an impact on their daily lives such as the lollypop lady, shop assistants, doctors, bus drivers, our school cleaners and many more.  We took some of their ideas to make 'mini' roleplays.  They enjoyed learning 'Miss Polly had a dolly' while pretending to be doctors, and 'The Wheels on the Bus' as they helped to set up our own bus.

You have been very busy Kingfishers.  Thank you for sharing all your wonderful knowledge and ideas with us.

Skydive Complete!

We are very pleased to share the pictures below as Miss Head has now successfully completed her Skydive! What a fantastic experience and well done to her! A super bit of fundraising as which is going towards helping Kingfishers and the Early Years with lost of great resources which are already starting to appear in school. Thanks!

Parent Guide to County Line Exploitation

Unseen have produced a useful guide for parents on how to spot exploitation and where to go for help.  This is available on our school website under: Key Information / Safeguarding & Early Help.  Alternatively, click on the link below and this will take you directly to the document.

Parent Guide to County Line Exploitation