23rd Jan 25

Another week has flown by "living life in all its fullness". This week the children have been working very hard writing their own versions of "The Hungry Caterpillar". We will hopefully finish our stories on Monday. They have tried very hard to spell the days of the week and number words correctly. Ask your children how to spell the days of the week. They enjoy this when we write the date each day at school.

In maths, we have continued thinking about addition and subtraction. Year 1 have been working hard developing their skills and understanding how important it is to jump of the first number when using a number line to help work out addition and subtraction problems. We have continued using our number bonds to support us. The children have also enjoyed playing snakes and ladders answering addition and subtraction sentences to move along the board. Please keep working on number bonds with your children - addition and subtraction to 10 and then to 20. Helping your child to see the link between pairs of numbers that make 10 and then pairs of numbers that make 20 is really important.

In computing the children have spent the past three weeks understanding how to create a pictogram to represent data that they have collected. We have made a class pictogram together, we have collected data as a class about favourite fruits and this week the children made their own pictograms linked with rolling a dice. For each number on the dice they rolled, they inserted a picture of a dice face showing that number. The children could then see how many times that they had rolled a certain number.

In art, the children have continued developing their skills using soft pastels. So far this term we have investigated mark making with pastels, mixing pastels to make a shade lighter or darker and this week we have mixed primary colours to make secondary colours. Can your child remember the primary colours?

Friday had come around again and with it had brought the wild winds of storm Eowyn! As we came into school the winds had thankfully blown away most of the rain clouds and as the day went on the sun soon started to shine, which was reflected in the mood within Kingfishers!

The day seem to speed along as fast as the wind blew across our field today and before we knew it, we had reached the afternoon and it was time for Geography! This week Kingfishers loved learning the MINDBLOWING fact that compasses have been around for over 2000 years!

We enjoyed learning ways to remember the 4 main points on a compass, from Mrs Browns and Miss Carters way....

Never Eat Shredded Wheat

To one of our new favorites....

Never Eat Silly Worms!

We even had a go at recognising the additional 4 points on a compass: North-East (NE), South-East (SE), South-West (SW) and North-West (NW)!

Once we had labelled our compasses we even had a go at following directions using a compass and a map! Why not see if you can spot any compasses this weekend?

The wind had most definitely blown any rain clouds away and as we all went out onto the field ready for our MNR PE lesson the sun was well and truly shining! 

There was mud.....there were cones......there was Mr Richardson and yes oh yes there were Tags!!!! It was time for us to put our throwing skills, catching skills and Tag Rugby skills all into practice! We first had to put our tag belts on and then we were ready to go, finding a space and then making sure that we were an arms length away from each other. We then ran around our pitch, first of all just chasing each other and then when Mr Richardson blew his whistle it was time to get those tags!

It was then time for the Rugby balls to come out and Kingfishers were off! With one person running towards the coloured cones as their partner tried to Tag them before they got there, considering how muddy it was we were very impressed by the speed Kingfishers showed as they raced towards the cones!

It was nearing the end of the lesson but Mr Richardson had 1 more challenge for us, it was time to practice our defence skills! With one person as the defender, it was time for the person to try and make it to the other end without being tagged. Could they do it? It was tricky but all of Kingfishers had a turn at both positions and showed great courage and determination throughout the session, great work Kingfishers!

During the Winter months PE outside on the field comes with its muddy challenges and whilst we are really enjoying our Tag Rugby on a Friday, our carpets our suffering afterwards from the mud that we are bringing in! We are therefore asking that from next week Kingfishers bring in either their school shoes or another pair of trainers to wear during the day when they are not outside, they can then change in the PE trainers for Rugby on the field and for breaktimes etc. This will help our carpets and rugs survive the Winter months! Thank you for your support!

I cannot think of a more perfect way to end our Friday than with our Show & Tell and despite only having one this weeks, it certainly didn't disappoint! 

As Mrs Brown carefully unwrapped the bubble wrap, we could tell there was something special behind the layers, but first we were told that inside was something special! Something that was very precious and had come from under the sea! Mrs Brown lifted it up and the room initially fell silent but this was soon overtaken by oooooo's!

We were told it was a Queen Horned Helmet Conch Shell that likes urchins! Was there something inside we wondered???? As we turned the shell over, we were reassured that there was no longer anything inside but that it had once lived at the bottom of the ocean and the part that looks like the 'tail' on the shell is actually where its 'head' would have been!

Can you spot where the 'head' would have been?

We apologise for the page being published slightly later this week due to technical issue but hope that you have all been having a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing all of Kingfishers back next week for another great week!