Today the children acted out instructions for being an explorer. As a class, we decided the actions for each of the instructions, ready to perform to each other. The next step is for the children to use the actions to help them write the instructions. Well done everyone!
This week the children have been developing their phonics skills. They have been spotting ‘special friends’ reading ‘alien’ words and applying their Read Write Inc skills to decide if a word is real or fake. The children have enjoyed playing different games, activities and challenges. This will help all the children develop their reading skills … Continue reading
As an introduction to our new topic of Toys, on Monday, Owls invited their favourite toys in for a tea party! The children introduced their favourite toy to the rest of the class and everyone gave them each a warm welcome. Then we all played pin the bow on the teddy bear, musical statues and … Continue reading
This week Ducklings had their first visit to the school library. The children were very excited to explore the space. We learnt about how we can care for books and the school library. The children all had the opportunity to select books for their interest. To finish of our session we read a story together. … Continue reading
Year 6 drama group had a ‘Theatre Experience’ at the Quarterhouse Theatre. We learnt about the sound and lighting from the technician and walked on ‘the grid’ which runs above the auditorium. We selected lighting effects for our performance ‘The Bench’. The Bench was written by the drama group and evolved differently with every rehearsal … Continue reading
Today it was year 4’s turn to enjoy drama with Kic Theatre. The session was based around Tudor times and everyone loved pretending to be some of the characters from history as well as finding out even more about the Tudors.
The children have really enjoyed doing their Tudor play and the Tudor song.
What a fantastic start to a busy and exciting Summer term for the Owls- a day at the lovely Leeds Castle! The coach ride itself was greatly exciting for our Owls- most couldn’t recall the last time they had been on one since it would have probably been in 2019, so it all felt like … Continue reading
Today we were lucky enough to attend the Creative Folkestone Book Festival at the Quarterhouse. Not only was it fantastic to be back in a theatre after so very long but the author leading the zoom call was Katherine Rundell (author of our most recent class text, Rooftoppers.) Earlier in the week, the children submitted … Continue reading
Every morning we have a phonics lesson, this week we have been focusing on the long ‘a’ sound: ay, ai, ey, eigh and a-e. We have different activities to complete throughout the week and on Thursday we get to play a game called Phonopoly! We move around the board saying and sounding out different words … Continue reading
We were lucky to receive free entry and a workshop at Wildwood yesterday about introducing…
Owls had lots of fun completing a range of practical activities on repeating patterns. I…
This week in Science we have been thinking about waterproof materials. On Thursday, Owls received…
This week in social club we have made Christmas glitter plants. The children loved using…
