Kingfisher - Year 2
Welcome to Kingfisher Class!
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Class Teacher: Miss Weyer
PPA/Management Cover: Mrs Humphreys
Teaching Partner: Mrs Sabatini
Intervention: Mrs Bridgman
Madame Lawson teaches French
Welcome!
Some of the books that will be shared this year in Kingfisher Class!
Shelly exercising!
Wider Curriculum Overview Kingfisher Class Year B 2019-20
Spring Timetable 2020
Home Learning Grid Spring 2020
Year 2 KS1 Assessment Meeting
Home Learning 13th-17th July
Hello my Kingfisher's as we come to the end of a very strange year I want to thank you all for your effort and hard work during this term. I have been so impressed with your parent's creativity and the experiences you have had, I am in awe of your resilience! This week would traditionally be transition week at school. Attached are a selection of transition activities to hopefully bring some sort of closure and help in some small way prepare for year 3. If you would like extra ideas, please see below:
Maths Year 3 - ordering numbers beyond 1000; column addition and subtraction; times tables; telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes http://www.snappymaths.com/year3/ is a good website and you don't need to print anything, it can be written on paper. Mathletics and TTRockstars is still available.
English Year 3 - Look at the grammar and comprehension activities of the previous week; write a letter and either post or email to admin for your new teacher introducing yourself, your likes, dislikes, hobbies etc (mini autobiography) As always do as little or as much that suits you. Take care Miss Weyer 😊
Home Learning 13th-17th July
Home Learning 6th-10th July
Home Learning 6th-10th July
Hello, hope you have all had a good weekend. Thank you so much for all the great learning that is still going on and I am amazed at all the different experiences the children have had during this very strange time from making videos to cooking to sports to science experiments to exploring the outdoors to crafts and everything in between. You have all done brilliantly!
As always, do as little or as much that suits you.
Have a great week
Take care
Miss Weyer
Home Learning 11 6th-10th July
Home Learning 29th-3rd July
Hey Kingfishers! Hope you are all ok and keeping busy. I find it hard to believe we are entering July! Below I have uploaded the Home Learning for the week. I have 'freshened up' the Wider Curriculum learning for the last 3 weeks and it can all be completed without a computer. As always, pick and choose what suits you and do as little or as much that fits in with your family. Thanks for sending in any photos, comments or examples of what you have been doing at home, they are all great! Take care of yourselves. Sending you all a 'virtual high five!'
Miss Weyer 😊
Online Safety Video from Wilfred
Home Learning 29th June-3rd July
Home Learning 29th June - 3rd July
Home Learning 22nd-26th June
Morning! I have attached this week's home learning below. There are alternative Maths lessons in Google Classroom as we have covered what White Rose originally set but please do whatever is best for you. I will also open up all of the Mathletics activities from now until the end of term. The best activities to get the children ready for Year 3 in Maths is anything to do with number: place value, counting, ordering and sequencing of larger numbers . You are all doing such a great job with home learning. Have a fab week!
Miss you all
Miss Weyer
Home Learning Week 22nd-26th June
Home Learning 22nd - 26th June
Home Learning week 15th-19th June
Home Learning 15th-19th June
Hello, hope you all had a good weekend and hopefully the week ahead will bring back the sunshine. Thank you so much for your kind words in reply to your child's school reports, myself and Mrs Humphreys truly appreciate them. Your children have been an absolute pleasure and seeing all the different ways you and they are home learning has been brilliant and I am in awe of your inventiveness!
In addition to Home Learning this week we have been challenged by other local schools to take part in a TT Rockstars Challenge, have a look at the tournaments, top of the rocks section.
As always do as little or as much as suits you. Keep sending in photos as I add to twitter, the newsletter and our class page.
Take care
Have a great week
Miss Weyer
Home Learning Week 8 15th-19th June
Week 7 Home Learning 8th-12th June
Home Learning: 8th-12th June
Hello, hope you are all safe and well. I have attached Home Learning for this week. The Maths links are the 'alternative' lessons as we already covered fractions at the very beginning of this term, when you open the 'vimeo' links you do not need to login in to anything, they will just play. As always, do what suits you, I don't want to add an extra pressure.
I will be emailing your reports out this week, so keep an eye out for them. Please keep sending your photos in to me, either through google classroom or admin.
Take care of yourselves
Have a great week!
Miss Weyer
Week 7 Home Learning 8th-12th June
Week 6 Home Learning
Week 6 1st-5th June
Hello everyone, hope you all had a great Half Term and enjoyed the sunshine . Below is the Home Learning for week 6. I have changed the Wider Curriculum but the same rules apply, do whatever suits you, for as long as it suits you. Please pick and choose according to what you like. Next week is Child Safety Week for the Red Cross. Here is a link to resources, they are for over 7 yr olds but you might find something that interests you. https://www.redcross.org.uk/get-involved/teaching-resources/kindness-safety-and-first-aid-at-home
Carry on sending in your photos to either admin or google classroom, I will try and share as many as possible.
The answers for the maths can be written on paper as we are focusing on multiplication and I have made sure there is Mathletics and TT Rockstars available. I have tried to make sure there are as few worksheet activities as possible. White Rose Maths now links to BBC Bitesize for Friday's Maths activity, please click on the Year 2 Maths Link on the Home Learning document. If you whizz through the multiplication this week and want something else, please practise column addition and subtraction or number order up to 1000, eg Put these numbers in order: 56, 232, 98, 123.
Miss you all!
Take care and stay safe
Miss Weyer 
Week 6 Home Learning - Week Commencing 1st June
Week 5 Home Learning
Home Learning 5 Week Commencing 18th May
Hello everyone, hope you are all well and happy. Below is the Home Learning for week 5. I am so happy with every photo, piece of work and message you send me. I am sorry if I can't answer straight away, but I do get there in the end 
This week I am also attaching our "Joy of Moving Festival" pack sent to us by Watford FC.
There are lots of games and activities for you to complete and the key worker children of Bromet will be completing on Friday afternoon. This is an alternative to the usual exercise that has been set so far.
Watford FC would love to see how you get on so please tweet to @BrometPrimary or @WFCTrust as well as using the hashtag #JOMHomeFestival or send pics in to admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk
I can't wait to see how you get on!
Please remember to do what suits you. The answers for the maths can be written on paper as we are focusing on multiplication and I have made sure there is Mathletics and TT Rockstars available. I have tried to make sure there are as few worksheet activities as possible. White Rose Maths now links to BBC Bitesize for Friday's Maths activity, please click on the Year 2 Maths Link on the Home Learning document. If you whiz through the multiplication this week and want something else, please practise column addition and subtraction.
Take care and stay safe
Miss Weyer
Home Learning Week 5 18th-22nd May
Week 4 Home Learning
Home Learning Week 4 11th-15th May
Hello, hope you are all well and enjoying the weather. Can't believe we are heading into week four of the summer term, very strange! It is lovely to see all your examples of learning and thank you for the card this week Holly that was in my pigeon hole at school! I try to upload examples from everyone that sends things in to either twitter, the newsletter or on this page (see slideshows). Please remember to do what suits you and if you do not have a printer or ink (I know that's like finding gold at the end of a rainbow!) The answers for the maths can be written on paper as we are focusing on addition and subtraction and I have made sure there is Mathletics available. I have tried to make sure there are as few worksheet activities as possible. White Rose Maths now links to BBC Bitesize for Friday's Maths activity, please click on the Year 2 Maths Link on the Home Learning document.
Take care and stay safe
Miss Weyer
Week 4 Home Learning 11th-15th May
Week 3 Home Learning 4th -7th May
Home Learning Week 3 4th-7th May
Hello,
Hope you are all ok and keeping healthy, happy and busy. It has been great see all your learning and please carry on sending it in either through Google Classroom or email admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk I have been also lucky enough to have been sent some letters by Theo, Una, Zahra and George, thank you!
Have a great week and take care of yourselves
Miss Weyer
Home Learning Week 3 4th-7th May
Week 2 Home Learning
Week commencing 27th April
Hello, hope you all had a great first week! I have been so impressed with all the photos you have been sending in. It makes me miss you lot even more! I will add a selection to a weekly slide show on her, tweet some and add to the newsletter. You can either attach them to google classroom or email them to admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk
Below is the Home Learning Pack for this week. Please remember to pick and choose what suits you.
Take care
Home Learning Pack, Week 2 27th April-1st May
Week Commencing 20th April
A big hello to you all! Each week I will add 'Home Learning' for the week here. The Maths, English and Spellings will change weekly; the Science, PE and Wider Curriculum will stay the same as there is plenty to choose from. Can you please ensure you check all web links for suitability before use. Please remember to only do 1-2 hrs maximum per day. I understand that this is all very different and do not want to add any extra pressure. Email admin if you have any queries www.admin@bromet.herts.sch.uk
It would be great if you could continue to either email admin with photos or add to google classroom (login instructions emailed at the end of March)
Have a great week,
Take care
Miss Weyer
French learning from Madame Lawson
Babelzone (username and password both 'bromet') which contains loads of stuff - games, stories, phonics, songs, plus activities to print out such as wordsearches, puzzles, crosswords, etc. It is all topic based and the children can choose between French or Spanish.
https://www.lcfclubs.com/babelzoneNEW/
Another good resource is BBC Bitesize. If the children search BBC BITESIZE FRENCH KS1 or KS2 then loads of topic work comes up: numbers, culture, places in town, food and drink, school, daily routine, hobbies, travel, weather, our planet and birds, bugs and beasts. There is also a section devoted to stories, poems and songs.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zr8jmp3
Week 1 Home Learning
Week 1 Home Learning - 20th April 2020
Google Classroom Guides
Kingfisher Class at Home!
Happy Easter! Take care of yourselves, be kind, be happy, be healthy!
Message from Miss Weyer 23rd March!
Hello,
Hope you are all doing ok. Just wanted to say stay safe, look after yourselves and I hope to see you all very soon!
I have attached a suggested timetable but you do whatever is best for you and your family.
Suggested Home Learning Timetable
Science and DT
Our Week
We have written our own stories this week entitled the Chameleon’s Promise!
Our caterpillars are growing nicely and the children are enjoying watching their progress. The children made paper airplanes to see how far they could fly and what helped them go further. It was great to see so many of you at Parent's Evenings this week.
Congratulations to Theo for being our Star
Holly is taking the Bedtime Book Box home!
Next week we welcome a final placement teaching student to the class. Mr Holmes will be with us from April but is visiting next week.
Week commencing 16th March
English – We will be writing our own explanation texts
Maths – We will be finishing our unit Fractions. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of al, il, el eg travel, hospital, towel, nostril, camel, animal, tunnel, pedal etc
Science – Experiment with broken circuits
Art – Mother’s Day Art inspired
RE – Purim
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Have tried to keep themselves and others safe
Computing - To understand that websites and other digital resources provide tools which we can use to locate information
History –To create artefacts that might have been found with Tutankhamen.
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
World Book Day!
We have retold the story of Tadpole’s Promise and had great fun on World Book Day designing our t-shirts! Thanks to George and Aahna’s Dad for coming to read a story to the class! We also have caterpillars in class!!
Congratulations to Brody for being our Star
Una and Cora are taking the Bedtime Book Box home!
We are very proud of our KS1 gym team who made it through to the finals this week! Well done Evie in Year 1 as well 
Week commencing 9th March
English – We will be writing our own version of Tadpole’s Promise entitled Chameleon’s Promise!
Maths – We will be continuing our unit Fractions. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of le eg little, table, people, bottle, twinkle, etc
Science – why we have changing seasons
DT – Dip Tasting
RE – Different places are special for different people
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Have been physically active
Computing - To understand that the World Wide Web holds huge amounts of information and each website has a unique name and address
Geography –To study the Nile Delta.
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Parent’s Evening
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Parent’s Evening
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Mother Tongue Day, Visitors and Garden of Dreams!
Wax Crayon Melting and Aswan Dam Building!
We have started studying our book the Tadpole’s Promise. We also really enjoyed melting wax crayons to see if they could still be used! We also learnt about human geography by making our own versions of the Aswan High Dam! Thank you to Cynthia and Olivia's and Raphael's Dads for coming to talk to the children this week,
Congratulations to Zahra for being our star this week
Anna and Sienna took home the Bedtime Book Boxes
Week commencing 2nd March
English – We will be rewriting Tadpole’s Promise in our own words
Maths – We will be starting our unit Fractions. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of wr eg wrong, write, wreck, wrinkle, wrist, etc
Science – position of the sun at different times of the day
DT – Food Tasting
RE – Different places are special for different people
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – eat a healthy, balanced diet
Computing - To understand that the World Wide Web holds huge amounts of information and each website has a unique name and address
History -To find out about Tutankhamen and how artefacts can teach us about the past.
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Sign Up for Parents Evening
Wednesday
Maths Morning until 9:15
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
World Book Day! (Pyjamas and favourite book)
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Erasmus Cake Sale
Welcome back, hope you all had a lovely break!
Thursday is Mother Tongue Day where the children can share their heritage with each other. On Friday you can come and have a look at our whole school Garden of Dreams displays that will be in the Hall from 2:45pm
Week commencing 24th February
English – We will be writing explanations based on Tadpole’s Promise
Maths – We will be completing our unit on properties of 2D and 3D Shapes including symmetry. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of gn eg gnash, gnome, gnat, sign, design, etc
Science – Materials Investigation
Art – Portraiture
RE – Different places are special for different people
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Making healthy choices
Computing - To know that information can come from many different sources, including digital and non-digital.
Geography - To find out the positive and negative effects of the Aswan High Dam on the River Nile
Monday
Dog Talk Assembly
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Olivia's Dad is coming in to talk about his career
Pancake Day
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Mother Tongue Day
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
2:45pm Garden of Dreams in the Hall
Our Week!
Congratulations to William H for being our star!
Have a great Half Term break!
Talent Show Auditions!
Pyramids! NSPCC Number Day
The children have written heir own versions of the Bear Under the Stairs. They enjoyed creating their own pyramids using 3D shapes on Number Day.
Good luck to Cora and Freya who are taking part in the Talent Show on Friday!
Congratulations to Denzel for being our Star this week!
Anna and Evie took the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 11th February
English – We will write non chronological reports about bears
Maths – We will be focusing on properties of 2D and 3D Shapes including symmetry. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of kn eg knight, knee, knife, know, knead, kneel etc
Science – Categorise Materials based on their properties
RE – Special Places
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Working towards their goals and dreams
Computing - ESafety (safer internet day)
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
XTable Workshop 2:30pm and 6:30pm
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags, PE KIts and water bottles to go home
Talent Show!
Our Week!
The children wrote letters asking for help because a bear was hiding under their stairs! They discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen and he now lives in class!
Talent Show auditions will be on Tuesday!
Number Day Friday!
Congratulations to Ethan for being our Star this week!
Aahna took the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 3rd February
English – We will write our own version of the book The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper
Maths – We will be focusing on properties of 2D and 3D Shapes. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of c eg race, ice, city, cell, decide, cycle etc
Science – Categorise animals/plants according to the conditions they require.
RE – Special Places
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Help others to achieve their goals
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Talent Show auditions
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Number Day
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Film Night!
Our Week!
The children have really enjoyed writing their own version Flotsam this week. They particularly enjoyed sharing them with Nightingale Class.
Congratulations to Sienna for being our Star this week!
Theo and Bertie took the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 27th January
English – We will be starting our new book The Bear Under the Stairs by Helen Cooper
Maths – We will be focusing pictograms and bar charts. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of g eg gem, energy, giant, nagic etc
Science – Compare the types of food that different animals require.
Art – sculpture
RE – Special Places
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Have a positive attitude
History – Howard Carter discovering the tomb of Tutankhamen
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Daffodils and PE!
Flotsam
Our Week!
The children have really enjoyed studying Flotsam this week. They have written some great descriptions and recounts! Thank you for the playlist choices, we now have over 5 hours of music for the classroom ranging from Edith Piaf to McFly to ACDC!
Congratulations to Freya for being our Star this week!
Poppy and Olivia took the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 21st January
English – We will be writing our own versions of Flotsam
Maths – We will be focusing statistics. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – revision of dge eg budge, fridge, hedge, judge etc
Science – Compare and contrast mammals with amphibians.
DT – levers and sliders
RE – Special Places
PE – Basketball with WFC
Jigsaw – Working with a partner or group
Geography – Journey of the River Nile
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
WFC today
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Cameras and Assembly!
Our week finished on a high note with a great class assembly about Rosa Parks. I was so impressed with the way the children sang, spoke and danced with such enthusiasm. They did brilliantly with such a short amount of rehearsal time. Thank you for all your kind words at the end; the children were a real credit to you.
We also made our own cameras this week and went for a virtual trip down the Nile!
Congratulations to Hibah for being our star this week!
Oscar and Denzel get to take home the bedtime boxes for the weekend!
Week commencing 13/01
English - We will be writing a recount about finding a camera on the beach (linked to Flotsam)
Maths- Division and Odds/Evens Investigation. Mathletics and TT Rockstars are linked to this
Science - Features of a plant
Spellings - possessive apostrophe eg My mum's car is a Ferrari
History - The life of Howard Carter
PE - Basketball with WFC
RE - Special Places
Jigsaw - Keep trying even when things are difficult
Art - The Mona Lisa
Music - Tuned and untuned instruments
Monday
Book Bags, homework and water bottles due in (book bags changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Tuesday
Book Bags due in
Reading Morning until 9:10
Book Bags to go home
Wednesday
Homework to go home
Book Bags to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in (changed today)
Book Bags to go home
Friday
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Welcome back!
I hope you all had a lovely break and are ready for the Spring Term. PE this term will be on a Wednesday as we are learning basketball skills with Watford Learning. We will be outdoors unless the weather says otherwise so please ensure the children have suitable footwear and tracksuit bottoms/leggings in their PE Kits. If you wish to bring trainers every Wednesday rather than leave in PE bags that is fine. These sessions will begin on the 15th January.
It is our Class Assembly on Friday and we hope you can attend (9:00am)
Week commencing 7th January
English: Starting our unit on Flotsom by David Wiesner with a focus on prediction this week.
Maths: Division - Mathletics and TT Rockstars links to this
Spellings: Adding consonant suffixes and contractions eg: sadness, sadly, happiness, happily, couldn't and wouldn't
Science: Categorising plants
Geography: Where is the River Nile?
DT: Using recyclable materials
Music: Tuned and Untuned Instruments
RE: Special Places
Jigsaw: Carrying on when things are challenging
Monday
INSET Day
Tuesday
Book Bags and water bottles due in
NO READING MORNING (starts next week)
Book bags changed to go home
Wednesday
Book Bags due in
Book bags to go home
Homework to go home
Thursday
Book Bags due in
Book bags changed to go home
Friday
Our Class Assembly 9am
Book Bags due in
Book bags and water bottles to go home
Final Week of the Term!
The children have had a great final week and after all their hard work this term we found some time to have fun!
Have a great break and we will see you January 7th!
Turkish Delight!
Our Week
The children have really enjoyed studying The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this week. They created some impressive descriptions of Mr Tumnus and built their own wardrobes to help with their setting descriptions. We also tried Turkish Delight! I was very proud of their performances this week. They were just brilliant!
- Please remember Christmas Jumpers on Wednesday, Santa’s Breakfast 7:45-8:45 and Christmas Dinner Day!
- On Friday the children can come into school in non-school uniform as we have had the best attendance this term!
- On Friday we will be having a movie, popcorn and snack session to celebrate the end of term (Myself and Mrs Humphreys will supply everything and I will contact those parents of children with allergies)
End of term awards to Cora, Raphael and Evie!
Congratulations to William R for being our Star this week!
Devon and Ethen took the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 16th December
English – We will be continuing a fiction unit based on The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
Maths – We will be focusing division. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – assessment of this term so far
Science – Forces
Art – Evaluating our wardrobes
RE – Hannukah
PE – Gym
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags and PE Kits due in
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Santa’s Breakfast, Christmas Dinner and Christmas Jumper Day!
Thursday
Jack and The Beanstalk Pantomime in the morning
Friday
Awards Assembly 9:am for those children receiving awards
Water Bottles and Book Bags to go home
End of Term at 1:30pm
Christmas Production Ready!
More examples of Homework!
Our Week!
We finished the Bear and The Piano by creating animal fact files and have found using calculators in Maths today very exciting! The children have really enjoyed researching their own country in Geography and have thrown themselves into our Christmas Production!
Congratulations to Cora for being our Star this week!
Ella and Daisy are taking the Bedtime Book Boxes home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 9th December
English – Our writing will be linked to our class reader The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe
Maths – We will be focusing on division. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – Assessment of CEW and HFW
Science – Science Assessment
History – History of Christmas
Art –linked to Christmas
RE – Advent and Hanukkah
Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference – Know how to give and receive compliments
PE – Gym
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags and PE Kits due in
Library to be returned
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Production at 9:15 and 2:30pm
Thursday
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Our Week!
As we end November the children are getting more excited, however, this has not stopped them from producing some really good versions of The Bear and the Piano, completing electrical circuits with lights and buzzers plus researching their favourite place in Geography and Computing! Costumes are due in on Monday 2nd December.
Congratulations to Raphael for being our Star of the Week
Congratulations to Bertie for having hot chocolate with Mrs Pace
Adam and Zahra are taking home Bedtime story Boxes this weekend!
Week commencing 2nd December
English – We will be continuing a fiction unit based on The Bear and the Piano
Maths – We will be focusing division. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – the 'ti' grapheme which makes a 'sh' sound eg station, motion and fiction. 'i' as in mind, behind, kind etc CEW words eye, my, Mrs
Science – We will be carrying out an assessment
Geography – Geography assessment
Music – Learning Christmas songs
Art – Advent
RE –Advent
Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference – Using kind words
PE – Gym
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags and PE Kits due in
Library
Costumes due in
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Flu immunisation day
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Computing and Bedtime Box!
The children have been writing letters and newspaper reports based on The Bear and the Piano. They have loved using the chrome books to create art and we have begun rehearsals for our Christmas Production!
Congratulations to Masooma for being our Star this week!
Congratulations to Ella for having hot chocolate with Mrs Pace!
William R took the Bedtime Book Box home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 25th November
English – We will be continuing a fiction unit based on The Bear and the Piano
Maths – We will be focusing multiplication and division. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – After a ‘w’ the ‘ar’ grapheme often makes an ‘or’ sound: forward, reward, award, towards. ‘s’ makes a shz sound in sure words, in television and all forms of ‘usual’ ‘s’ can also make a ‘shz’ sound pleasure, treasure, usual, casual, CEW words beautiful, water, parents.
Science – We will be creating electrical circuits
Geography – History assessment
Music – Learning Christmas songs
Art – DT linked to mechanisms of choice
RE – Stories linked to different religions
Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference – To understand that unkindness is sometimes about differences
PE – Gym
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags and PE Kits due in
Library
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Disco after school!
Children In and Need Odd Socks!
The children have had a great week, writing a verse in the style of The Owl and the Pussycat. They Enjoyed the Kindness Workshop and had fun decorating biscuits!
Congratulations to Wilfred for being our Star this week!
Raphael took the Bedtime Book Box home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 18th November
English – We will be beginning a fiction unit based on The Bear and the Piano
Maths – We will be focusing multiplication and division. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – After a ‘w’ and ‘qu’ the ‘a’ letter often makes an ‘o’ sound: wander, watch, squash, quantity In some common words ‘or’ after a ‘w’ makes a stressed ‘er’ sound work, world, worm, worth, word CEW words after, again, sure, sugar
Science – We will be investigating electrical circuits
Geography – Map Skills (compass directions)
Music – Learning Christmas songs
Art – Art linked to nature
RE – Stories linked to different religions
Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference – To understand that unkindness is sometimes about differences
PE – Gym
Computing – To know that computer software can help us with our reading and writing.
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags and PE Kits due in
Library
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Remembrance, Computing, Olivia and her War Veteran Dog, Freya winner of Half Term Book Review and some examples of Homework this term!
As always, a very busy week as you will see by the pictures above! Next week is National Anti-Bullying week and the children will have a Kindness drama workshop on Wednesday. Friday is Children in Need Day!
Congratulations to Evie for being our star and Freya for being the first Half Term winner of the school book review competition!
Isabell is taking our Bedtime Bear home this weekend
Week commencing 11th November
English – We will be continuing our poetry unit based on The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Maths – We will be continuing to work work on addition and subtraction using money and comparing amounts of money. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – alternative spellings for the phoneme 'u': eg other, mother, brother, nothing, another, Monday. Vowel trigraph and Digraph 'ey' monkey, key, donkey, money CEW words bath, path, father, plant
Science - Sound Investigation
Geography – Writing to our partner school in Cordoba
Music – identify long and short notes
DT – Wheel mechanisms in moving books
RE – stories from other faiths
Jigsaw – Celebrating Difference – Including others when working or playing
PE – Gym
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles, Book Bags due in
Library
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Odd Socks Day to celebrate difference (no donation)
Wednesday
Maths Morning until 9:10
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Children in Need Day - Wear pyjamas and donate £1
Our Week
We have had a very busy week, creating Snail Leaflets, making Divas for Diwali, Indian Dance, photos, Parents' Evening and Light Investigations! Thank you so much for all your support this Half Term. Have a great break, see you on 4th November!
Congratulations to Lucy for being our star!
Shadows and Dancing!
Goldilocks - The Sequel! Examples of our great writing!
SAND ART
OUR WEEK!
The children have written some great sequels to Goldilocks and had their first go at column addition and subtraction.
Congratulations to George for being our Star this week!
Masooma took the Bedtime Book Box home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 21st October
English – We will be writing information leaflets
Maths – We will be focusing on adding more than two numbers and mental calculations. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – Assessment Sessions on Graphemes: dge g c kn gn wr le el il al Suffixes: +ed +s +ing +er +est
Science – We will be finding out how to block light!
History – Why should we remember Guy Fawkes?
DT – Making Levers
RE – Diwali Art
Jigsaw – Following the Jigsaw Charter
PE – Dance linked to Fireworks
Computing – Logging on and keeping passwords safe
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY AS USUAL
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library (After Half Term)
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Parents Evening
Thursday
Parents Evening
Indian Dance Workshop
Friday
PE Kits Water Bottles to go home
Individual photos
Lola and Olivia won 2 golds, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals at the P.A.K.T Shogun Karate Tournament on Sunday!
A Busy Week!
Our week!
The children really enjoyed their drumming workshop on Wednesday and they all tried some of our Indian food!
Congratulations to Aahna for being our Star this week!
Hibah took the Bedtime Book Box home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 14th October
English – We will be writing about Goldilocks in the future
Maths – We will be starting to use column addition and different methods to add numbers. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – Adding vowel suffixes to words that end with e - drop e rule eg cute smile amuse nice note bake like. Common Exception Words – old gold hold cold told. wild child climb
Science – We will be explaining how a bottle is made from sand!
Geography – Human and Physical features of The Ukraine (Anna’s suggestion!)
Art – Observational drawings of the natural world
RE – signs and Symbols of the Jewish faith
Jigsaw – Work well with others
PE – Dance linked to Black History Month – Handa’s Hen
Computing – Understanding hardware in a computer
PLEASE NOTE BOOK BAGS ARE DUE IN EVERYDAY. THEY WILL STILL BE CHANGED TWICE WEEKLY
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Friday
Water Bottles to go home
Film Night
Sharing Books and Sculptures!
This week
The children loved sharing the books they created with Robin Class on Thursday. They were also very proud of their sculptures they made during art. Please remember to return Cordoba Pen Pal permissions by Friday. We are also collecting on behalf of the Red Trust for our Harvest Festival Assembly on Thursday
Congratulations to Oscar for being our Star this week!
Lucy took the Bedtime Book Box home for the weekend as well!
Week commencing 7th October
English – We will be writing letters of apology on behalf of Goldilocks to the Three Bears and then writing the story from the point of view of Goldilocks.
Maths – We are continuing our unit on addition and subtraction. This will include adding 10, 20 and 30. Adding 2 digit and 1 digit numbers. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – Adding al, el, il eg metal, animal, hospital, fossil, nostril, comical
Common Exception Words – most both only every everyone everybody everywhere.
Science – Organise things into groups: living, dead and never been alive.
Geography – Human and Physical features of New Delhi India
DT – Helping the Gingerbread Man run using a mechanism
RE – Harvest Festival
Jigsaw – Work well with others
PE – Dance linked to Black History Month – Handa’s Hen
Computing – Using a Keyboard
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Book bags to go out
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Book Bags are due in
Friday
Book Bags and Water Bottles to go home
Sign up for Parent’s Evening
This Week:
We have finished our unit in English by ‘publishing’ our own versions of Last Stop on Market Street. We enjoyed finding out about Alabama in Geography and started our DT unit by talking about pop Up Books.
Congratulations to Holly for being our Star this week!
Week commencing 30th September
English – We will be starting our traditional tales unit by creating character descriptions of Goldilocks
Maths – We are continuing our unit on addition and subtraction. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – ‘’el’, ‘il’. ‘le’ graphemes (for example, words middle apple giggle cuddle bottle snuggle little Common Exception Words - move prove improve
Science – We are comparing humans and other animals
History – Learning about Rosa Parks and finding out why she was so important
Art – Creating clay models linked to nature
RE – Sikh Signs and Symbols
Jigsaw – Care about Other Peoples’ Feelings
PE – Dance
Computing – E-Safety
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Book bags to go out
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Book Bags are due in
Friday
Book Bags and Water Bottles to go home
Suffragettes and Fruit!
Our Week!
The children have really enjoyed Last Stop on Market Street and next week is our final week. We have started working with Mrs Turner to improve our outdoor area and created fruit faces!
Please note: I am on a course on Monday – Mrs Humphreys will be teaching ( I have swapped my time next week)
Congratulations to Ella and Ethan for being our Star this week!
Week commencing 23rd September
English – We will be creating our own books based on The last Stop on Market Street by Matt de La Pena
Maths – We are starting our unit on addition and subtraction. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – ‘gn’ and soft ‘wr’ phoneme (for example, words gnat, gnaw, gnome, gnu, gnash, design, sign., wrong, write, wrote, wriggle Common Exception Words - would could should
Science - Show how carnivores, herbivores and omnivores are similar and different
Geography – Map Skills, using an atlas – Alabama USA
DT – Starting to investigate moving parts in books
RE – Islamic Signs and Symbols
Jigsaw – Think about everyone’s right to learn
PE – Dance
Computing – moving images in online books
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library starts today (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Book bags to go out
Reading Morning until 9:10
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Book Bags are due in
Friday
Book Bags and Water Bottles to go home
Some Examples of Our Writing - The Last Stop on Market Street
Our Week!
We have had a very busy week introducing all of our new topics. We have focused on our cutting skills when making fruit salads, learnt all about the Orkney Islands and what an island is. All clubs begin next week.
Congratulations to Devon for being our Star this week!
Week commencing 16th September
English – We are continuing to write our own version of The last Stop on Market Street by Matt de La Pena
Maths - We are continuing on Place Value. Mathletics is linked to this and TT Rockstars has been set up.
Spelling – ‘c’ and soft ‘kn’ phoneme (for example, words race, cell, city, fancy, know, knee, knock) .Common Exception Words - old gold hold cold told wild child climb
Science - Similarities and differences between birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and invertebrates
History – Importance of the Suffragette Movement
Art – Exploring the artist Acrimbaldo
RE – Christian Signs and Symbols
Jigsaw - Try to make our school community a better place
PE – Dance
Computing – E-Safety
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library starts today (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Book bags to go out
Reading Morning begins 24th September
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Book Bags are due in
Friday
Book Bags and Water Bottles to go home
Our first week!
We have had a great start to our Year in Kingfisher Class and the children have already been very busy. Thank you for all your help with the origins of their names; we really enjoyed sharing with each other. Ella and Ethan are our School council Reps this year and Mrs Wambeek is looking forward to working with them!
Congratulations to Bertie for being our Star this week!
Week commencing 9th September
English – We are starting to study the book The last Stop on Market Street by Matt de La Pena
Maths - We are focusing on Place Value. Mathletics and TT Rockstars have been set up I will send passwords home In book bags on Tuesday.
Spelling – ‘dge’, ‘g’ and soft ‘g’ phoneme (for example, words fridge, badge, dodge, danger, edge huge, age, gem, magic, giant) Common Exception Words - find, mind, behind, great, break, steak
Science - Similarities and differences between deciduous and evergreen trees
Geography – Map Skills, Human and Physical features of the Orkney Islands
Design Technology – Cutting and Peeling fruits
RE – Religious Signs and Symbols
Jigsaw - Help others to feel welcome
PE – Dance
Computing – E-Safety
Monday
Water Bottles due in
Library starts today (books will go into Book bags)
Tuesday
Book bags to go out
Reading Morning begins 24th September
Wednesday
Homework and Comprehension Books to go out
Thursday
Book Bags are due in
Friday
Book Bags and Water Bottles to go home
3:30-4:00 the classroom will be open if you want to come in and have a look.
Hello, welcome back!
We hope you all had a lovely break and are ready for your time in Kingfisher Class.
Our first three days back will be based around SEMH (Social, Emotional and Mental Health). We will be using the picture book The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi to talk and write about our backgrounds and being proud of who we are and where we came from.
I will come and collect the children from the playground. Please ensure the children bring in water bottles and sun hats on their first day.
Reading Books and Homework will go out next week.
Looking forward to seeing you all on the 4th September!