Kingfishers
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Our learning this Half Term
A warm welcome back to school after the summer holidays. Although the weather was not what we had wished for, I hope that you all had a restful time and at least saw some sunshine. Our new Kingfishers have settled to the class routines well and have joined in with the older children in making a super start to the year. In English, they have already mastered prepositions and have written a beautiful setting description using them. All of the children have been very keen and diligent to complete TTRockstars challenges daily which is lovely to see. Well done for an impressive start Kingfishers.
Moving on to this half term, we are learning about the following topics:
English: Using film as a writing stimulus (Taking Flight), the children will be learning to use ambitious vocabulary when writing character and setting descriptions.
Maths: This half term as is usual at the beginning of the year the children will be learning about place value,. Then, once they are secure they will be moving on to learning addition and subtraction.
History: The topic for this half term is ‘How children’s lives have changed’, the children will look at a range of times across history to see how children’s life is different from that of today .
Art: the children will be creating 3D structures from various materials.
RE: Christianity: How does believing Jesus is their saviour inspire Christians to save and serve others?
Computing: Networks and the internet.
PSHE: Families and relationships.
French: Where is France and then moving on to colours.
Science: This half term, the children will learn about Forces and Magnets.
PE: Basketball skills.
If you would like to talk to me about your child, please feel free to contact me or see me in the playground.
Mrs Stopher
Home Learning Projects
English
Imagine that you are a child in the past who has been sent of to work as a chimney sweep or a factory worker. Write a recount of your day.
What time did you have to get up? What did you have to do at work? Was it dangerous?
Maths
Have a try at learning to tell the time. What time do you get up? How long does it take you to get dressed? What time is it when you leave for school?
Keep practising your times tables! Tell us what you have worked on & your speed to collect your stickers! Where will you be on our Times Table Rockstars board? Can you reach Rock Hero?
Please see the school website for other home-learning options
On-going Learning for the Term
Times Tables through TT Rock Stars
Focus on oracy – getting what you want to say out in the right way
Daily Maths Meeting Activities
Lots of discussion of the meaning of words and how they connect to other words
Developing and practicing hand-writing to include effective, neat joined handwriting by all pupils
Reinforcement of community and Christian values along with good citizenship in a school context.
Reminders—key dates and routines to remember
Monday – Weekly spellings
Tuesday –
Wednesday – PE with our PE coach or Mrs Stopher
Thursday – Music with Mr Garrido, please ensure your child has their instrument in school on this day.
Thursday—Times tables tests– each week children will bring home their times tables book with the tables that they need to learn each week. These may not change every week as the children need to be secure on their current learning before moving to the next set.
Friday – Children have Music with Mrs Clark, RE with Mrs Derrett, Computing with Mrs Cocksedge, French with Mrs Derrett and PE with our PE coach.
The children are welcome to bring items for show & tell on a Thursday – We will have a rota so that all children will get the chance to share their news or objects, but this may not be every week. Please do encourage your child to share any recent achievements such as a new swimming group, trying something new, a certificate.
Miss Daines continues on her maternity leave.
Useful ways to share learning at home
Enjoy books with your child – even 5 minutes a day is fine. Let them see you reading & highlight the purpose of reading i.e for pleasure, to read menus, to buy tickets, to find information out.
Encourage your child to look at clocks and learn how to tell the time on both digital and analogue clocks. Ask you child questions like how many minuets until bedtime? How long did you take to brush your teeth?
Practice your child’s spellings with them each day for their weekly test on Monday.
Go on a nature walk; focus on the texture of things, the noises they hear, the different habitats.
If your child is reluctant to do home learning then consider a different time/day.
Allow your child some ‘down time.’ This means evenings or weekend days where they do nothing structured. Academics believe that an element of boredom helps to develop a child’s creativity, resilience and independence.
Turn off all electronic devices at least one hour before bedtime. This includes TV. Encourage your child to read in bed or read/make up bedtime stories with them.
Welcome to Kingfishers!
In English, we are starting the summer term with the book Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx. This is in a series with a book that the children previously studied and very much enjoyed, Arthur and the Golden Rope. Alongside this book, we will be exploring the topic of Ancient Egypt. . Below you will find a homework sheet with ideas for challenges to complete. We ask for the children to complete 3 pieces of homework per half term but the choice of what subjects they decide to complete their homework on is up to them. If you are unable to print the worksheets needed then please ask your child to collect some from Miss Daines or Mrs Stopher as we have some printed.
The spelling grids are below & will be tested on Friday 12th May.
Below is also a KIRF sheet per year group. These are given out half-termly & they support something we have introduced across the school to help develop your child’s fluency and mental maths skills. KIRFS (Key Instant Recall Facts) are a way of helping your child to learn by heart, key facts and information which they need to have instant recall of.
Homework documents
Home Learning Tasks Spring 1 2022
Home Learning Tasks Autumn 2 2021
Kingfishers Home Learning Autumn Term 1 2021
KS2 Long Term Overview
Kingfishers Homework Summer Term 2 2021
Kingfishers Homework - Summer Term 1 2021
Kingfishers Home Learning w/c 11.1.21
Maths
English
Comprehensions
Topic
Kingfishers Home Learning (Also on Google Classroom)
Kingfishers Homework Spring Term 1 2021
Kingfishers Homework Autumn Term 2: November to December 2020
Kingfishers Homework Autumn Term 1 - September to October Half Term 2020
Some of the things Kingfishers have been up too!!!
Kingfishers Homework w/c 20th July and Summer Holiday Ideas 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 13th July 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 6th July 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 29th June 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 22nd June 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 15th June 2020
Kingfishers Homework w/c 8th June 2020
Some of our newest home learning highlights!!
Some learning highlights!!
Look at what Kingfishers have been up too!
My Dear New Friend from the Literacy Trust
English, Science and History Worksheets
D & J's Ultra Marathon Challenge
OW's hieroglyphic Challenge
O RN's Tudor Project
OW's Nutrition Matching Activity
LA created a reflective acrostic poem
Egyptian Worksheets
Nutrition Worksheets
Spring 2020
Week beginning 23rd March 2020
Homework Spring 1 2020
Homework Autumn 2 2019
Autumn 2018 - Summer 2019
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Autumn 2017 -Summer 2018
Kingfishers 2 Year Rolling Curriculum
Kingfishers topic overview 2017/18
Homework
Class Newsletters Autumn
Science Museum 14/3/18
Tattingstone Science Fair
Parents Take Part
Lego Build
Ancient Egypt Display
Ancient Egyptians
Music Lessons
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Roman re-enactment day
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