Kingfishers in action!

Summer 2020 Topic – Wonderful World of Water

Here is some of our learning so far…

Week 7: 13th July

Wilson really enjoyed our story this week ‘Rhythm of the rain’

and wrote this lovely poem inspired by the book!

Bradley has been practising multiplication with this very snazzy method,

and also working on some tricky division problems too!

A final push from Cleo with her maths work,

and lots of lovely work on Rhythm of the Rain

Week 6: 6th July

Bradley kick started his learning this week with some mental maths

Inspired by our topic work on seaside amusements, Charlotte built her own rollercoaster from jenga blocks.

Hope they are all strapped in Charlotte!

and completed some work on the 7 x table.

He made a story hand for the Light House Keeper’s Lunch,

and found a photo of him on the rollercoaster in Great Yarmouth!

and spent the afternoon swimming around in his own ocean!

Sofia enjoyed a “school trip” to the zoo

and got up close and personal with some ocean animals!

Wilson has been enjoying our work on the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.

Not only did he make his story hand but he also had a good go at some character analysis.

And he has also learned about different types of sea defences.

Bradley has been doing a great job working on his maths

and completed lots of this independently.

Cleo has done some great character analysis for The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch,

she’s though about what the characters are like

and made a list of suggestions of things she thinks Mr Grinling would have in his pocket.

She has also caught up on her maths- busy girl!

Jai Jai has also been working on his character analysis skills

and thought of some good descriptions for them.

Bradley is now the proud parent of hatched sea dragons and has been taking good care of them.

Florence has written some great character descriptions,

she described the seagulls, Mr Grinling, Hamish the cat and Mrs Grinling.

Florence also helped make Spag Bol for dinner

Jai Jai has written some lovely similes based on The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.

Olivia has been busy practising telling the time,

Bradley solved the Friday maths challenge!

and successfully grown sunflowers taller than him!

Florence enjoyed our work on the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch this week.

She thought of some lovely descriptive sentences using commas in a list

Jai Jai has kep up with his whizzy maths

and did some lovely writing for the Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.

Week 5: 29th June

Check out our Stream channel for extra videos of your learning too!

Charlotte has been a busy bee keeping up with her daily maths –

she has completed some fab word work based on ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ –

and made some delicious looking cakes! Is there one left for me?

Lewis has also been working hard on his daily maths –

working on some ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ word work –

and worked hard exploring some of the vocabulary used in ‘Commotion in the Ocean’!

Wills enjoyed a ‘school trip’ to Africa Alive and saw lots of awesome animals!

Lewis made a list of adjectives about seahorse-

Sofia chose this beautiful Beta fish to describe-

Wills enjoyed watching Commotion in the Ocean

and looking up some of his favourite words.

and discovered a dinosaur in his house!!

Wilson has done some great writing about a giant squid-

Despite feeling poorly, Bradley has done really well to complete all this maths-

and lots of descriptive and poetry writing on a Hammer Head Shark.

Cleo has done really well to complete all her maths-

and explored water density with a science experiment.

Florence has been working hard on her maths-

and enjoyed a walk and a picnic with her grandparents.

Jai Jai enjoyed being back at school at the start of the week and has since caught up with his maths work on money-

and written a great poem about a starfish.

Olivia also enjoyed being back in the classroom at the start of the week-

and caught up with her home learning with this lovely poem about a jelly fish!

written this fab letter to Giles Andreae asking him to add his Hammer Head shark poem to ‘Commotion in the Ocean’-

and finished off by making this really striking poster!

Cleo pulled out all her persuasive powers for her letter-

Florence had a busy day writing her persuasive letter-

She also finished her maths. Super stuff Florence!

We have had a great update from Tyler who has been doing lots of maths practise,

Week 4: 22nd June

Bradley has been working hard on his maths

and enjoyed making a storyboard for this week’s story – ‘That’s Not My Hat’ by Jon Klassen

Charlotte also enjoyed making her storyboard,

has done some great project work on lake wildlife,

found some fairy houses on Beccles common

Lewis has been enjoying his daily maths challenges,

made a poster about the Loch Ness Monster

and harvested some of the salad he has been growing.

Wills has made friends with a little ladybird,

and finished his ‘That’s Not My Hat’ storyboard.

Bradley has been working really hard and has practised his punctuation,

researched and written about the Lake District,

Charlotte enjoyed a ‘school trip’ to the beach

Lewis has got on with lots of independent work,

Bradley whizzed through the question mark quiz,

and made this lovely mountain range river landscape picture.

Cleo has also been keeping on top of her maths

and added a touch of glamour to her lake research by finding out about the Hollywood reservoir!

Florence has been busy completing her maths,

and playing house with Bea in the garden furniture boxes!

Bradley has completed all his maths work on measure for the week,

had a go at making a drawing of a Wherry boat,

and thought of some good suggestions for alternative endings for ‘That’s Not My Hat’

Cleo worked really nicely with sister Annabel to make this mind map on the Norfolk Broads.

Jai Jai has had a busy week working hard at school and completing the maths home learning!

Charlotte has done some fab writing on canals.

Cleo thought of lots of alternative endings for ‘That’s Not My Hat…

and typed up her version with a little help from mum!

William has been finding out about ladybirds!

Wilson has been practising finding symmetry with mirrors.

Florence has thought up a great alternative ending to ‘That’s Not My Hat’

and has been putting her measuring skills to the test!

thought up an interesting alternative ending for ‘That’s Not My Hat’,

She also loved being back at school on Monday and Tuesday, it was great to see you Nell!

Check out Bradley’s shared document for his water topic work!

Check out Bradley’s powerpoint about wildlife around the broads.

Check out Bradley’s powerpoint about Wherry Boats.

Check out Bradley’s research document about The Broads.

Week 3: 15th June

Bradley drew this lovely scene from Wind in the Willows,

and has been growing (and watering!) his strawberry, mint and tomato plants.

Charlotte was able to read along with Wind in the Willows

and drew this lovely picture of Rat and Mole in the boat.

wrote this great Wind in the Willows character list complete with character analysis

Hugo enjoyed listening to Wind in the Willows and drew this fab picture!

and drew this lovely scene from Wind and the Willows.

Lewis had a busy day tackling all this maths,

enjoyed listening to the Wind in the Willows episode

and made a list of all the main characters.

and made this very impressive transformer robot!

and made this lovely picture after listening to Wind in the Willows.

Cleo has been using marshmallows and cocktail sticks to make 3D shapes,

listened out very carefully for the clues about Mole in Wind in the Willows

listened out very carefully for the clues about Moles feelings in Wind in the Willows,

drew this lovely picture of Mole and Rat in the boat,

and has been picking lots of strawberries!

Jai Jai has been cracking on with lots of maths.

William has been reading his mum’s childhood copy of Wind in the Willows,

completed these lovely illustrated pieces of writing

Noah has made a bubble diagram about himself 🙂

Bradley has been racking up the KMs on his walks this week and discovered this little adventure playground for mice!

Bradley has also done some lovely writing about Wind in the Willows

Fearless Charlotte took to the BMX track,

and found out the small stones will get carried along by the current of a river.

Cool Cleo appeared on Mrs Cork’s youtube channel,

and wrote a very thoughtful piece about Ratty.

Jai Jai finished the daily maths challenge

and did some lovely writing about rivers. Jai Jai is also very excited to return to school next week!

Lewis has been keeping up his times tables practise

and finishing off his learning about rivers.

Olivia has done this lovely drawing of Rat and Mole in their boat on the river

and has been on a few river adventures of her own.

William explored the river bank at Surlingham and spotted a crane.

Wilson has also been keeping up with his Wind in the Willows learning,

thought about why Rat and Mole like being in the boat so much

and been conducting an investigation into rainfall.

Bradley did some research into the animal characters from Wind in the Willows

and enjoyed a walk by some water with Sam.

Charlotte completed some maths in her workbook,

Cleo researched the river wildlife from Ratty’s song,

created a Monet inspired artwork with pastels

and celebrated returning to school next week with a show and even made snacks for her audience!

Florence has done some lovely Wind in the Willows writing

Hugo has researched some animal facts and done some super neat writing!

Jai Jai finished this weeks maths work on shape

and foud out some fun facts about the animals from Ratty’s song!

Bethany has created this lovely Monet style painting.

Charlotte tackled the Friday maths challenge,

and enjoyed a walk around Surlingham nature reserve.

Cleo got into role as Mole and wrote this fab letter.

Hugo also wrote a lovely thank you letter on behalf of Mole

Jai Jai remembered lots of details for his thank you letter to Ratty

and also tackled the Friday maths challenge.

Wilsons Story 2020 – 1st World War

Week 2: 8th June

Bradley has been keeping up with his reading with a new book about dinosaurs,

been learning the names and locations of famous rivers

and made a story board for his own river journey.

Charlotte enjoyed watching Pocohontas which features a river,

and has made a storyboard for her own river journey.

Cleo and Nell met up for socially distanced walk!

Cleo has also just finished reading the full ‘My Funny Family’ book series

and made a storyboard for her river journey.

Florence has been tackling the daily maths problems,

and been researching some key river vocab.

Jai Jai has made this lovely storyboard for his river journey.

Jemima has been ticking off all the things on our learning lists with a smile!

Lewis has been keeping busy with the daily maths problems,

creating a storyboard for his river journey

and even went to have a look at a stream on his walk.

Nell is in full Harry Potter flow and it currently reading the third book in the series

Olivia has been really enjoying her maths

Wills has been keeping busy by completing the daily maths problem,

and finding out the names and locations of some of the famous one!

Bradley has been flying through the maths,

made a great descriptive mindmap for his first river landscape,

wrote this fab postcard about his river journey so far

Charlotte has been really enjoying our world of water topic:

she’s been finding out about the Norfolk Broads

and has even visited a broads wind pump.

Charlotte also took this lovely photo of a boat’s reflection on the water.

Cleo also had loads of great ideas for her first river landscape description

Lewis has been doing a great job with his maths,

had some really thoughtful ideas for his description mindmap

and wrote this lovely postcard to his dad.

He has also been enjoying the topic work!

Olivia made this fab storyboard of her river journey, see below for her postcard.

Oscar has been enjoying the topic tasks and has made his water droplet character

and thought of all the ways we use clean water- well done Oscar!

Bradley has been busy building and testing rafts,

and has written a diary entry about the next stage of his river journey.

Charlotte has been to feed the fish in Nanny’s garden

and using her globe to locate rivers of the world.

Cleo has written this fab diary entry about the next stage of her river journey,

she has been doing some river research with Annabel,

Florence had this handy pizza to help her with her fractions work this week

and has done some lovely writing about her river journey.

Jai Jai has been keeping up his mental maths with some home made tests.

Lewis has continued to tackle the daily maths tasks, what a whizz you are becoming Lewis!

Olivia had a look through her books and found one set in a river.

She also planned out her river landscapes and has been using this to do some great writing on the computer. Check out her work below!

Sofia has been keeping up with the daily maths challenges,

doing some lovely writing about her river journey.

Wills has had the cubes out to help with his maths,

has continued with his river research and

Wilson planned 3 great landscapes for his river journey and

has used this to do some fantastic writing!

Bradley has been learning the different parts of a river,

finding out the names of different rivers around the world,

doing some further research on the Ganges and the Jordan,

and discovered a ‘Swatter’ (half swan, half otter) on his own river journey.

Jai Jai has been keeping up with his maths,

and written a postcard home from his own river journey.

Cleo has learnt a song about the journey of a river, done the vocabulary match up, watched the Amazon documentary and written an Amazon adventure story.

Lewis has been really enjoying his maths this week.

He also went with mum to see our very own river in Norwich,

and passed a cow tower. Do you know where he’s been?

Olivia has done some lovely word work for her river journey writing and drawn an urban fox as her wildlife discovery.

Sofia has been busy completing her maths,

and enjoying Just Dance on his switch as we have been stuck indoors because of the rain!

Bradley smashed the Friday maths challenge

and completed this lovely river poetry activity.

Charlotte has done some lovely writing about her river journey.

Cleo made a fab leaflet advertising her leaflet- a bargain at £80 a trip!

and made this lovely leaflet about her river journey.

Jai Jai’s river journey leaflet starts like this

Noah has been enjoying the BBC Bitesize resources and games for English, Maths, Geography and Science!

Olivia has done some lovely writing for her river journey leaflet with lots of great illustrations.

Sofia has been tackling the maths in her activity book

Wilson has been working on his fractions and column addition and subtraction.

There is nothing half as much worth doing as messing about in… rivers for Cleo and Nell

Olivia’s postcard

Olivia’s diary entry

Cleo and Annabel have been working on a family project of their own- Black Shadow Returns

Bethany’s Amazon River Research

Wilson’s River Leaflet

Week 1: 1st June

Benjamin has come up with a fab ‘World of Water’ word list!

Super 10 times table challenge from Benjamin!

You absolutely smashed the 10x table challenge Bradley

Bradley also came up with a fab water word list.

Bradley did a little investigation into the water cycle which we will be learning about later in the term

Charlotte visited Wheatfen Nature Reserve which she found out was part of the broads, although not abroad unfortunately!

Our super Shakespeare fan has also been practising a new speech with her drama teacher from ‘As You Like It’!

Florence has been enjoying reading Alice in Wonderland.

Well done on such a fab water word list Florence!

Florence has also been working hard to crack those 10x tables…

and been growing Cuca-melons! They sound like something from a Roald Dahl book.

Jai Jai had some great ideas for his water word list…

and did amazingly well on the 10x table challenge.

and did a great job on his 10x table challenge.

William did a great job focussing on his maths…

and looks very proud of his water word work- well done Wills!

followed by some thinking about all the reasons why we need clean water.

William showing us his pearly whites after doing a great drawing of one of the key things we need clean water for!

Sofia started off with this very colourful water word work,

she then came up with this great list of all the ways we use clean water,

and designed this very funky looking pug-drop!

Nell also made a lovely colourful water words mindmap,

Lewis did a great job tackling the division problems,

Jemima started off with this fab list of water words,

thought about all the ways we use water,

Jai Jai completed some 3D shape problem solving

Florence designed this very fun looking droplet to accompany her on our water topic adventure

and came up with this great list of all the ways we use water.

and solved some tricky division problems

and came up with 15 different ways we use clean water!

This is Charlotte’s water drop character- ‘Shine’

Charlotte also had lots of fun exploring filtering but decided she still didn’t think it would be clean enough to drink.

designed a very friendly water drop companion

made a great story board on the importance of keeping clean,

thought of lots of ideas for his water word work,

and made a very powerful poster showing what happens without water!

Benjamin’s work station looks like it kept him busy!

Bradley did lots of great practising of sharing into equal groups,

wrote some great instructions for his droplet

and started off his diary of a droplet really well!

Cleo got hands on with her maths problem solving

Florence looks like she was very focussed when tackling the maths problems

and wrote some great instructions for her water droplet.

and made a fab start on his water drop diary.

Noah’s characters are called Dribble and Plop

and they helped him come up with all these fab water word ideas!

Well done for remembering our drawing method for sharing Lewis!

Two cheesy grins from Lewis and his droplet character- that’s what we like to see!

Sofia started off by cracking sharing into equal groups in maths,

then she thought about some instructions for her water drop Ben,

Wilson is getting very whizzy with his maths,

Wilson finished off with some lovely writing about the journey of his droplet!

Wilson went body boarding in half term which links really nicely with our current topic!

He also did a great job on the reading comprehension,

and thought about the importance of using water to look after yourself!

Wills has been keeping up with his maths and phonics,

he’s done some extra research into lakes

and even discovered a stream on his daily walk.

Olivia’s water drop character is called Bob,

she wrote some great instructions for him

and thought about the importance of keeping ourselves clean.

Olivia has also made a rain guage- will be interesting to see how much rain we get after all this lovely sunshine!

Florence has been busy tackling the reading comprehension

and got her lovely looking abacus out to help with her maths.

Emily (or should I say, Princess Elsa) made a fab effort with her water word mindmap

and has been thinking about all the ways we use water.

When Cleo had finished the comprehension questions she was inspired to find out more about Lake Victoria,

and got to enjoy a socially distanced music lesson!

Charlotte has been keeping up with her phonics practise

and answered the reading comprehension questions fantastically.

Benajmin has been experimenting with filtering

and completed the ‘World of Water’ reading comp.

Hugo put a lot of thought into his water poem.

Benjamin made his water drop out of lego…

and little brother Oliver decided to make one too!

Benjamin also really enjoyed the maths challenge.

Bradley made a fantastic effort to solve Friday’s maths challenge

and thought of a lovely water poem with mum.

Charlotte decided to base her water poem on the sea- I love the illustrations Charlotte!

Cleo wrote this fab water poem, you can see her performing it on our stream channel!

Jai Jai’s water drop is called ‘Daniel the Drip’.

Daniel then helped Jai Jai explore filtering…

I wonder what the results of the investigation were?

Miles has made his water drop from modelling clay…

and wrote a lovely description about him.

Miles also wrote this fab piece about the journey of a drip

and this lovely colourful acrostic poem.

Sofia’s water poem rhymes and has a really clear message.

Wilson also wrote a thoughtful poem about water and has recorded himself reading it too!

Friday 22nd May

Well done Kingfishers, you have completed an absolutely fantastic half term of home learning. I have a few lovely bits and pieces to share from your learning today, but other than that I hope you all enjoy a well earned week off of fun in the (fingers crossed!) sun!

Writing:

Charlotte wrote her application letter on some pirate parchment!

Detective Hugo on the SPaG mystery case.

Lewis managed to crack our final Pirate mystery too.

Maths:

Charlotte got her thinking hat on to solve these pesky pirate problems.

Detective pirate ‘Deadly Rose’ (Sofia) cracked the code to solve the problem!

Topic:

Sofia made a fortune teller to help her sail the seven seas.

Sir Swashbuckler on the lookout for treasure

Fearsome Jack Burning Face and his jolly roger hat!

Charlotte’s lovely ‘All about me’ poster to help with her pirate application.

Extra:

Cleo has been learning the witches speech from Macbeth for her LAMDA course and made these characters to help her visualise!

Thursday 21st May

Not long to go now until you’re ready to sail the seven seas me hearties. Let’s see how your pirate transformations are coming along…

Writing:

Any pirate crew would be lucky to have you Blondebeard

Captain Cleobelle stepped right out of the true time of the pirates with this letter!

Jack Burning Face sounds like a truly fearsome pirate!

Sir Swashbuckler would make a fine pirate crew member

Wilson has been doing some great handwriting practise and I can see a massive improvement- well done!

Maths:

Well done to Cleo and all those who solved the mystery, the answer was Isobel!

Sofia had a few helpers to sort through these pirate problems

Wilson wasn’t defeated by those pesky pirates either!

Topic:

That’s definitely enough to scare off any pirate Lewis!

Captain Blondebeard has been replaced by a haunted skull!

Olivia completed her ‘All about me’ poster on the computer… Olivia’s All about me poster

Extra:

Bradley made some yummy looking traffic light jelly.

Cleo has gone full pirate and started sending messages in bottles across the sea!

Lewis has finished colouring and fixing together this brilliant submarine.

Wednesday 20th May

Another great day of home learning completed aboard the good ship Kingfisher!

Writing:

An excellent list of possible pirate names by Florence

Sir Swashbuckler was the winning name for Lewis!

Maths:

Captain Cleobelle cracked these pirate-y problems!

Pirate Flo working hard with her pirate thinking hat on!

Topic:

Alice has done some excellent pirate research

Your pirate hat goes very well with your t-shirt Bradley!

Extra:

Wilson has mastered his half pipe on his skateboard! Log on to our Stream channel to watch him.

Lewis has been having fun decorating his shed door after painting it with blackboard paint.

Tuesday 19th May

You have made a fine start to your pirate adventurin’ so far, I wonder what other mischief you seafarin’ scallies have got up to…

Writing:

You have come up with some very interesting questions to ask a pirate…

Maths:

You’ve put those clever pirate minds to the test to solve these tricky problems!

Topic:

A very creative and colourful parrot by Bradley

Very stern looking Captain Charlotte and her pirate ship!

Charlotte has done some excellent research on pirates

Captain Cleo’s pet polly perched perfectly on her shoulder!

Captain Jai Jai’s polka dot sail looks very pirate-y indeed!

Captain Lewis looking very pleased with his new pirate vessel.

Captain Nell has got herself a very cheeky looking pet polly!

Captain Sofia has formed a whole fleet of pirate ships!

William’s pirate ship could hold 8 crayons before it sank!

Extra:

Bradley has made an NHS rainbow for their window

Captain Cleobelle has discovered a secret treasure map!

Florence has been experimenting with her new science kit

Lewis has built a lego Hogwarts following his birthday on Friday!

Nell helped make a delicious looking chocolate cake for baby bro Elliot’s birthday

Captain Wilson has gathered together a very fearsome looking pirate crew!

Monday 18th May

Welcome back to another week of piracy me hearties! Let’s see what treasures you have produced today…

Writing:

Captain Murphy has been rustling up a pirate recipe for us…

Cleo’s pirate recipe includes a gold tooth and chives to make stinky breath!

Pirate Will’s has whipped up a recipe for pirate stew.

Wilson got inventive with his pirate recipe too!

Florence’s pirate recipe includes cheesy socks- poohwee!

Maths:

Lewis has been keeping up his key skills practise…

and got his thinking hat on to solve this brain teaser!

Wilson thought logically about this problem and drew some pictures to help him solve it!

Topic:

Jemima has made her pet parrot from salt dough.

Lewis has made himself a whole flock of pet polly’s, hope they aren’t too chatty Lewis!

This is a fab pet polly, did you use a pattern or your imagination Sofia?

A pirate can never have too many pet parrots…

Extra:

Charlotte has been out exploring on her bike again!

Wilson has been finding some interesting places to read.

Friday 15th May

Shiver me timbers! What an aaarrrggh-some start to our new pirate unit. Let’s have a look at how you finished off this week…

Reading and Writing:

Charlotte has recorded a video of her reading a story for us. To watch it go to our Stream channel. https://web.microsoftstream.com/

Lots of great pirate story reviews this week…

Bethany’s Under the Sea story – Bethany Story

Maths:

Wilson measured and ordered his skateboards…

and with a bit of help from friend Sami he solved some problems about them!

Topic:

Bethany’s Pirate Crafts – Bethany Pirate & Bethany Parrot

Extra:

Bradley has been playing skittles- looks like fun!

Noah has been creating with his favourite- mobilo!

Wilson became captain of his own pirate ship!

Olivia has learned to ride her bike without stabilisers…

she has been making pancakes for breakfast!

Sofia has also recorded a gymnastics demonstration video for us. To watch it go to our Stream channel. https://web.microsoftstream.com/

Thursday 14th May

Almost at the end of another week of home learning. As always, you have done a fantastic job and I’m super impressed with everything you have achieved- well done Kingfishers!

At school:

Looks like Florence and Hugo had a great day at school with Miss Betts. They enjoyed listening to and doing some Jack and the Beanstalk activities as well as a few pirate-y bits and pieces.

Reading and Writing:

Alice’s favourite part of the Pirate Cruncher was when the pirates got eaten by the sea monster!

Sofia getting comfy in her reading chair.

Maths:

You’ve certainly gone to great lengths to get the hang of our measuring tasks this week!

Topic:

Extra:

Bradley has made a short film featuring Friday’s birthday boy- Lewis! https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/382602ae-ee4c-48f3-80c9-bb63c85b233d?channelId=b1d2852a-2714-4fca-9715-567c340a3d56&channelName=Kingfishers

Bradley practised his gymnastics- that’s a great handstand!

Cleo joined in with Annabel’s DT activity!

Emily and Thomas enjoying a snuggly movie afternoon after finishing home learning.

Wednesday 13th May

It’s great to see that so many of you are enjoying our new pirates topic! There has been lots of other fun things going on in your homes too…

Reading and Writing:

Charlotte has been busy and written a whole story!

Cleo really enjoyed Toby Stephens performance of our pirate story today, she even found out he used to go to the same drama school as her! Perhaps we’ll see you reading bedtime stories on cbeebies one day Cleo, when you are a famous actress!

Maths:

It’s great to see you getting so confident with your measuring skills.

Topic:

Nell has recorded a pirate jig for us to enjoy! You can watch it on our Stream channel here… https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/274e2b1f-ac3b-490f-b4e8-159e256a6588

Excellent parrots boys, they look like they could fly right off the page!

Benjamin and Oliver have even made their own pirate ship!

Great pirate Charlotte, I wonder what this particular captain is called?

These are wonderfully detailed parrots Sofia!

Extra:

Wilson has been practising his handwriting and spelling and all the hard work is beginning to pay off- you’re doing a great job Wilson, keep it up!

Nell has been practising her song for the choir…

… and enjoying homemade banana bread. Looks delicious!

Emily has lost her first tooth or two and, after some concern, was relieved to find out that it is business as usual for the tooth fairy during lockdown- phew!

Tuesday 12th May

I am gradually making my way through calls home, it has been so great to speak to those parents and children I have reached so far. How nice it is to have a proper conversation and to hear the children’s news and updates! Let’s see what has been keeping you busy at home…

Reading and Writing:

I’m glad you are enjoying the pirate stories! If you have pirate stories at home you would rather review than please feel free to choose those over what is suggested on our task page.

Nell’s finished Under the Sea themed story- well done Nell, it’s fantastic!

Maths:

Measuring is coming a-long nicely, see what I did there?

Topic:

Your portraits and pirates have been fantastic, what an artistic bunch you are! Thank you also for all your contributions to our conversation on One Note about the symbolism of water and baptism.

Cleo has been looking at her Baptism certificate

Extra:

These look far too pretty to eat Tillie, did they taste as good as they looked?

William found a pokemon in his paddling pool!

William has also made an owl lantern using materials from his craft box.

Monday 11th May

Welcome back to another week of home learning, hope you all had a good bank holiday weekend. Looks like you have made an excellent start to this week’s tasks…

At school:

Hugo and Tommy constructed a bridge from newspaper, card and sellotape which managed to hold 7kg! Very impressive!

Reading and Writing:

Lots of you enjoyed reading, watching or listening to The Night Pirates today.

Maths:

You made some good predictions based on your understanding of CM and M.

Myah has been working on her weight measuring skills.

Topic:

You had a good go at your self-portraits ready for your pirate transformations…

Extra:

You’ve been filling your free time with lots of extra fun things too!

Charlotte celebrated VE day and made this fab sign!

Noah (with help from mum) has made a wildlife pond…

I’m sure you must have been tempted to dive in yourself after all the hard work that must have gone into digging it out!

Thursday 7th May

Well done Kingfishers, another great week finished off in style. Hope you all enjoy a lovely bank holiday weekend!

At school:

Looks like a lot of fun was had by Hugo and Alice at school with Miss Larter!

Writing:

Your finished stories are absolutely brilliant, you should all be so proud of the wonderful pieces of writing you have completed (I know I am!).

Maths:

You’ve definitely got the hang of measuring.

Bradley put his knowledge to the test by answering some questions.

Charlotte practised reading temperatures on a thermometer.

Cleo went on a temperature hunt around the house!

Florence practised reading temperatures in her sunny garden.

Wilson measured out and ordered some witch potions.

Topic:

You have all made such a great effort to get ‘on board’ with our ‘Under the Sea’ unit!

Love all the different things you’ve included in your ‘Great Wave’ Ava!

Fab blending technique Benjamin, a very effective sunset!

How exciting it would be to look out and see all those creatures Bradely!

Love the colours on this jellyfish Emily.

Extra:

Charlotte put her measuring skills to the test and helped make pizzas for tea!

Jemima enjoyed a lovely family walk, looking out for VE Day decorations.

Lewis helped his mum make lego themed VE Day decorations!

Wednesday 6th May

Lots to look at and celebrate today, you’re all doing such an amazing job of keeping up with your home learning.

Writing:

I am so impressed by the effort that has gone into your stories, they really are the best yet!

During the lockdown period, Benjamin has learned some very whizzy ICT skills. Check out his finished story here…

Benjamin Graham’s Story – Narga

Check out Wilson reading the final installment of his story on our Stream channel…

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/a2d18c0a-3a8f-472f-99c6-0750342a4381?channelId=b1d2852a-2714-4fca-9715-567c340a3d56&channelName=Kingfishers

Maths:

Topic:

I think you must all be ‘Under the Sea’ experts by now!

Love your version of ‘The Great Wave’, well done Bethany!

Bradley has made himself a full set of sea creature Top Trumps!

Super version of ‘The Great Wave’ by Emily.

Lewis looking very proud of his woven crab.

Noah has built his very own submarine, will we all fit Noah?

Turns out William had the real life Sea Creature Top Trumps!

A brilliant port-hole picture by William

Bethany has made a great beach safety poster too… Bethany Beach Flag poster

Extra:

Not forgetting all the other fun stuff you have been doing too!

Benjamin has been baking and made himself a lego whisk to get the job done.

Charlotte has been putting together some interesting bits and pieces for a time capsule.

Cleo and Annabel have been filming the final scenes of their film.

Emily has been getting out and about on some lovely walks!

William has been growing butterflies and released his last two into the wild.

Tuesday 5th May

As it’s a Bank Holiday on Friday we are half-way through the week already! No time to slow down yet though, you have had another busy day…

Writing:

You have made an absolutely fantastic start on your stories…

Maths:

You have been exploring and testing your measuring skills…

Noah trying out some measuring with different containers.

Topic:

Plus all the fantastic sea and beach themed learning you have been doing as well!

Alice’s very vibrant interpretation of ‘The Great Wave’- super effort Alice!

Bradley’s made a great start on his port-hole seascape.

Cleo’s fab collage/ mosaic style interpretation of ‘The Great Wave’ – Well done Cleo!

Not forgetting the lovely extra bits and pieces you have been doing in your free time as well:

Alice and Jack have been playing noughts and crosses Mr Colbeck style.

Charlotte has been keeping up with her gymnastics via zoom.

Tillie has learned to ride her bike without stabilisers and cycled 4.5 miles!

Monday 4th May

May the 4th be with you Star Wars fans and Kingfishers! A super start to the week everyone, let’s have a look at what you have been cracking on with…

Looks like Mr Stowers has been keeping Alice and Hugo busy at school with these lovely stained glass windows:

Reading and Writing:

We’re on the final stretch of finishing your stories now, you’ve done amazingly well to prep them in such detail. Can’t wait to see and read the finished products.

Charlotte has been enjoying reading Harry Potter with mum!

Maths:

Looks like lots of you had fun exploring capacity.

Bradley wrote down all his findings about how much different containers can hold.

Charlotte exploring capacity with jugs and water.

Cleo ordered her containers from largest to smallest.

Florence tested the capacity of her containers with jugs of water.

William looks very proud of the order of his containers!

Lewis put his measuring skills to the test and helped Mum and Dad lay a new patio for their bench!

Topic:

To finish off, there has been lots of imaginative play, research and creating going on too!

Superb drawing of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ Bradley!

Bradley’s excellent research into why the sea is salty and where waves come from.

Charlotte and Immy fully immersing themselves into the ‘Under the Sea’ theme and going for a swim!

Cleo keeping fit with some ‘Under the Sea’ yoga.

Florence’s research into why the sea is salty and where waves come from.

Another dramatic interpretation of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’ by Jai Jai.

Jemima has created this lovely coral reef picture to help inspire her writing.

The attention to shape and form in your picture is brilliant Lewis.

Sofia’s fab interpretation of Hokusai’s ‘Great Wave’, it’s so dramatic I almost feel like I’m in it!

William researching why sea water is salty.

What a great idea to use cotton wool and PVA for the waves Nell- I bet your hands were a bit sticky afterwards!

Friday 1st May

Pinch punch first of the month! I can hardly believe we have reached May already, time flies when you are in lockdown it seems. Well done on completing another amazing week of home learning, hope you all enjoy a lovely weekend.

Reading and Writing:

Cleo is one step ahead of us and has not only written her story but made a video of her reading it…

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/7c98640a-d1a0-4435-b0dc-862022e78328?channelId=b1d2852a-2714-4fca-9715-567c340a3d56&channelName=Kingfishers

If you would like to share videos of your home learning, I was able to access this one via WeTransfer.

Florence has been keeping up with her reading journal!

Maths:

Topic:

Well done to Bradley and Florence as well for completing the RNLI water safety challenge and receiving your water safety passport as well.

Your ICT skills are developing brilliantly Olivia!

When he has finished his home learning tasks, Wilson has been busy practising the drums.

Thursday 30th April

Think we smashed our home learning record today, I have heard from so many of you which is amazing. I am so proud to have a class of such motivated children (and parents)!

Reading and Writing:

Your storyboards are looking fantastic. I think we will be ready to get our author hats on next week and have a go at writing out our stories in full!

With a little help from Dad, Benjamin has even started to animate his story!

Maths:

Noah collected lots of different items, coloured them in and then decided if they would be weighed in G or Kg.

Wilson has been practising weighing in Grams and Kilograms too.

Topic:

William having a go at some ‘Under the Sea’ yoga

Tyler and Casey keeping active with Joe Wickes!

Sofia had a great book about sea creature food chains.

Lots of great pictures and posters by Knox

Hugo created an ‘Under the Sea’ small world.

Evie has been busy prepping her story, thinking about animal groups and going for bike rides.

Wednesday 29th April

Wow! I have received so many photos of all the brilliant things you have been doing today. Think it must have been one of our busiest days yet…

Writing:

The planning and preparation for your stories is coming along nicely…

Maths:

Looks like you have all been enjoying investigating measure…

Cleo and Miles have even put their measuring skills to the test with some baking…

Delicious looking sausage rolls by Miles.

Cleo helped make a cake for Annabel’s birthday, and enjoyed helping to eat it too 🙂

Topic:

To finish off, you have been cracking on with LOADS of great topic learning!

Some interesting deep sea diving facts by Wilson

Wilson’s facts about an endangered sea creature.

Sea creature classification by Florence.

Very impressed with your ICT skills Florence!

Alice and Jack have been down to the stream to test their boats.

Tuesday 28th April

There has been some super learning happening in your home learning classrooms today. I think your ‘Under the Sea’ stories are set to be your best yet!

Writing:

Maths:

Sofia’s maths

Topic:

William has been researching deep sea divers!

Jemima has made some delicious looking starfish pancakes!

Monday 27th April

In true Kingfisher style, you have hit the ground running this week with your home learning! Let’s have a look at what you have been up to:

Writing:

I love the characters you have come up with for your stories!

Maths:

Weighing seems to have gone down well… (see what I did there?)

Myah and Felix have been practising their fractions too!

Topic:

On top of all that you are finding the time to do some really interesting topic work as well!

Alice and Jack have been so inspired by the topic they have even decided to make their own beach in their garden!

Some of the questions they are thinking about at the moment are:

Why are stones round?
Why is the sea/sky blue ?
How can we power a boat?
What effect does the wind have on the sea?
What effects do humans have on the ocean?

I have heard from Aitken HQ that they will be report writing, recording observations and taking photos. We look forward to seeing what you find out!

Friday 24th April

First week of the new term completed everyone and what a busy week it has been! I would say you have all definitely earned a couple of days relaxing in the sunshine. I hope you enjoy your weekend and I will see you back here on Monday for some more ‘Under the Sea’ fun!

Reading and Writing:

It’s great to see so many of you continuing to enjoy your reading and the storyboards look excellent!

Here’s Hugo enjoying a book on Oxford Owl.

Charlotte’s reading journal is coming along nicely!

Maths:

Myah has mastered time and it looks like fractions are too easy for the rest of you! Better move on to something different next week…

Topic:

I have really enjoyed seeing all your ‘Under the Sea’ themed topic work, you will all be experts before we know it!

Charlotte undergoing a mermaid hair transformation!

Nell and Elliot keeping active with some yoga.

Nell with her lovely Octopus poster, painted with homemade paprika paint!

Olivia’s ‘How humans are affecting the sea’ poster

Thursday 23rd April

Well done on completing another busy day of home learning everyone! I apologise for the confusion about the maths activity, I had a few emails saying the link was broken so I changed it to something everyone could (hopefully) access!

Reading and Writing:

Your story mountains all looked fab! Plotting a familiar story will help you later on when we plan our own stories…

Maths:

You all seem to have really got the hang of fractions which is fantastic as it’s one of our trickier maths units!

Topic:

Your enjoyment and understanding of our ‘Under the Sea’ topic grows everyday. I love seeing how much you are all learning about sea creatures and how we can protect our oceans!

Hugo’s ‘Save Our Seas’ poster

Wilson’s origami fish

Wednesday 22nd April

I’m so pleased that so many of you seem to be enjoying our ‘Under the Sea’ topic! You’re all doing such a fantastic job- it’s difficult to tell whether it’s parents keeping children busy or the other way round…

Reading and Writing:

Bradley has thought of some lovely adjectives and similes to describe the under the sea pictures.

Emily has been brushing up on her phonics skills.

Florence has been working on expanding her vocabulary and made a fab key word list.

I love that you have made your mind map so colourful Hugo!

These look like some very interesting sea themed words to use in your writing Jai Jai.

There has been some lovely writing happening in Jemima’s house.

Looking like a very cool dude here Oscar, love that you have been able to enjoy the sunshine and work on some writing.

William read his book to his Granny via Facetime- I’m sure she loved every minute!

Maths:

Sofia’s shopkins made an appearance to help her with her fractions, this definitely looks like it made it more fun 🙂

William has been practising his thirds by making a thirds wheel- what a great idea!

Charlotte has had her lego out as well, great stuff!

Topic:

Very informative poster Bradley, some great illustrations too.

That work book looks almost as big as you Charlotte, super stuff!

Evie has been very busy enjoying lots of our ‘Under the Sea’ activities but that water tray definitely looks like the best!

A very professional looking project Florence, well done!

Some excellent research on the Great Barrier Reef Jai Jai.

Look at all these facts Nell! Did your hand feel like it was going to fall off after all that writing?

A beautifully decorated ocean instrument Olivia.

Love the illustration Sofia and some fab facts too!

Tuesday 21st April

Looks like you all got up to some super home learning today. The origami fish seems to have been a hit, I will have to see if I can find some more tutorials!

Writing:

An excellent list by Lewis of things you might find under the sea.

Maths:

Oscar got messy with some home-made slime to practise finding quarters.

This looks like a great home learning set up William!

Topic:

William has been enjoying episodes of Blue Planet as part of his ‘Under the Sea’ research.

Sofia has written some fantastic facts about the Great Barrier Reef.

An excellent origami fish Lewis! The colour reminds me of Dory.

Cleo got creative and made a pretty pink underwater world.

You look very pleased with your origami efforts Cleo!

A lovely smile and another lovely origami fish, well done Charlotte!

Lovely handwriting and some great facts about the Great Barrier Reef Charlotte!

Superb origami fish Bradley, love the decoration!

Benjamin has been busy researching the Great Barrier Reef.

That fish has a smile almost as big as yours Benjamin, well done!

Monday 20th April

Hello everyone! A fab first day back in the ‘home learning’ classroom for the Kingfishers, let’s see what you got up to:

Reading:

Great start on your journal Florence- can’t go wrong with Julia Donaldson!

Writing:

Look at that lovely smile Hugo, I can tell you are pleased with today’s efforts!

Looks like you’ve been busy thinking of lots of good ideas Florence.

Are you being teacher for your little brother Emily?

Cleo even managed to include lots of lovely adjectives in her mind map!

I don’t think you could fit another thing on that mind map if you tried Bradley!

Maths:

Excellent maths work Sofia and so beautifully presented!

Topic:

This looks like a good geography book Bradley!

I love the decoration on your sea instrument Bradley!

Looks like you’ve been kept busy with your geography research Charlotte.

Geography in a jug: a game complete with a timer and ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’ music- will have to remember this for when we get back to school Cleo!

I think this map is going to come in very useful Florence!

What a beautifully decorated sea stick Florence 🙂

Gorgeous ‘Under the Sea’ picture Jai Jai!

Sofia’s pink globe is back in action- yay!

Thursday 2nd April

Last day of learning for a couple of weeks everyone. A huge well done to all children and adults for such a fantastic few weeks of home learning. The response we have had has been incredible and I feel very lucky to work in a school community with such supportive families and enthusiastic children.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter break and hope to see you all soon!

Here’s what you got up to on your last day of home learning…

Emily has been beavering away, working through her maths activity book.

Jemima has made a lovely colourful rainforest poster.

Myah made a fab clock and had a great time practising telling the time.

William wrote up his Super-Veg story comic strip style.

You look very pleased with your post William! I’m sure the recipient will be just as excited to receive it!

Nell has been testing her agility skills on her Easter egg obstacle course

Looks like you are being a fab big sister Nell!

These salt dough rainforest animals are super cute Jemima!

These look delicious Emily, were you as helpful tidying up as you were when making them?

Wednesday 1st April

Unfortunately, I did not receive any evidence of your home learning today… April Fools! Not a chance for you busy bees, business as usual in the Kingfisher ‘home learning’ classroom.

There was more wonderful writing…

Benjamin has been busy making a rainforest animal facts book!

Bradley has been baking and wrote out the ingredients for his brownies.

Cleo has written and illustrated a superb Super-Veg story.

Emily has been practising her poetry skills too!

Evie has made a great start on her Super-Veg character/

Olivia has written a lovely acrostic poem.

William has created his Super-Veg character.

Your time telling is coming on leaps and bounds…

Looks like Oscar has got the hang of clock hands.

Benjamin has been testing his time telling skills.

You have been exercising those imaginations and getting creative…

Love the real foliage in your rainforest Alice, did you somersault to the tree tops to collect the leaves?

I love the look of this rainbow science experiment from Benjamin.

Bradley has been busy building the solar system.

Panini Rustici – a traditional Italian Easter treat prepared by chef Sofia.

William and his little brother have been making some bright and colourful Easter cards.

And plenty of fresh air and outdoor learning to blow those cobwebs away…

Ava has been planting potatoes and using her 5 x table to work out how many will grow!

Emily enjoyed an Easter Egg hunt in the garden.

Jai Jai has been making the most of the spring weather and started some gardening.

How luck you are to have such lovely countryside on your doorstep William!

As always, you are all doing a super job! Keep up the good work!

Tuesday 31st March

I’m going to let the pictures of you all do the talking here as I have received so many! Tuesday snooze day? Absolutely no way!

Your writing just gets better every day…

Bethany has been busy writing book reviews for all the books she has been reading.

Charlotte has been keeping in touch with friends and family by writing letters.

Florence has made a start on her super veg character.

Jemima wrote me a lovely letter which her mum sent to me via email- Thank you Jemima!

Some funny silly sentences from William.

You are becoming maths machines…

Bradley has made a fab clock to practise telling the time.

Charlotte tested her maths skills by doing lots of counting during her obstacle race.

Florence looks very pleased with her lovely clock.

Lewis keeping busy by answering some tricky time questions.

Nell coloured in the different halve of her clock.

Sofia has made a fab effort working on the time questions in her activity book.

William has been using his activity book to learn O’clock times.

Easter preparations are well under way…

Looks like Bradley was put through his paces on this Easter egg obstacle course!

Some very cute Easter origami here Bradley.

What a delicious looking Easter bunny pancake, Hugo. Is there enough for all of us?

The Darshana children have been cooking up a treat in their kicthen.

Sofia has made a great start on her Easter poster.

Nell has learned some Easter jump rope rhymes.

Plus all the other fun bits and pieces you are filling your time with…

Florence has been keeping up her recorder practise.

Jemima must be missing school- she’s built her own one!

Lewis has got his science hat on and made a solar buggy.

Phew! Well done on completing another busy day everyone!

Monday 30th March

Welcome back to home learning everyone, hope you all had a relaxing weekend! From the pictures I have received it looks like you were all up and raring to go again…

It’s great to see you all enjoying your maths…

Bethany has been busy working through her maths activity book.

Bradley keeping busy by telling the time.

Great work Jai Jai- a very professional job!

Your 2D descriptions must be bang on Nell, these pictures are identical.

Smiley Sofia looks very proud with her clock!

William has been practising his skills online.

You’ve been cracking on with some more fantastic writing…

Bradley has written and illustrated 17 pages of his story!

Look at that beautiful handwriting Lewis!

Despite being poorly Nell has been doing lots of reading and writing about the rainforest. You’re a star Nell!

Olivia wrote some cryptic clues for her Dad and sister and looks very pleased her handiwork too!

Jai Jai has written an interesting short story about a beautiful face.

Finally, it looks like those colourful imaginations are being kept active with lots of making and outdoor learning…

Bethany had the fab idea to hang some rainbows along their lane as they can’t be seen from her house. Have you spotted a Bethany rainbow?

Cleo is currently starring in a Whitely production called ‘Black Shadow’, filmed by Dad and sister Annabel.

Evie has completed a superb rainforest in a box!

William ventured out on a jungle walk through the Amazon.

Just another great day in the home learning classroom for Kingfisher class!

Friday 27th March

Wow! What a fantastic week you have had Kingfisher class. I can’t believe how much you have all got done. I’ve got a funny feeling that you will all know so much by the time we get back to school that you will be teaching me!

You’ve continued working on your understanding of the rainforests,

A fun fact about an Amazon river fish from Alice.

A colour explosion of a rainforest from Bradley.

Charlotte has joined the cat family with her rainforest tiger mask.

Dengineer Sofia sitting in her rainforest den.

sharpening those maths skills

Ava looks like she’s keeping busy with her maths activity book.

Playdough makes everything more fun, eh Evie? What a great idea!

and getting out in the garden!

Our gym-mad Bethany practising her moves.

Lewis has been growing seeds in his greenhouse.

If Florence has got her sleeves rolled up it must mean one thing- time to get messy!

So pleased to see so many smiles in these pictures! Enjoy your weekend and hopefully there will be more to come next week.

Thursday 26th March

Another productive day for the children of Kingfishers! And a little birdie tells me some of you managed to meet up via video call? What a fantastic idea! It makes me so happy to know you are all able to stay in touch and have fun together.

Let’s have a look at what you have all been up to:

Making the most of the sunshine and getting active outdoors…