Kingfishers Archive
Children’s Mental Health Week – 6-12 February
We kicked off Children’s Mental Health week with a whole-school assembly. Children talked about what connecting with others means to them and ways we can connect to others. We talked about how powerful something as simple as a smile and a “hello” can be.
Abby (Coots) – We can call someone up to connect with them.
Florence (Kingfishers) – We can hold hands.
Blossom – You might fall out with someone, but they are still your friend. You are still connected.
Freddie – You can play a game with them.
Caitlin – When you’re playing a game, you can show it to someone else.
Jude (Coots) – You can go and get your mummy and ask her to sit next to you.
We played a silent connection game where you had to connect with someone else in the room without making a sound. Some people gave a thumbs up, some a pat on the back, others made a funny face!
Indie – What we were doing was the opposite of what we did on Remembrance Day where we looked down and did not look at each other.
‘Together’ by Matt Goodfellow
We read this lovely poem together.
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Kingfishers Coding
Kingfishers have taken to coding as though they were naturals!!Â
They are able to create a program to make balloons float and change direction or disappear when they are clicked on! They confidently change the background screen and create different images on it to match their theme.
They are very excited and inspired by their progress!Â
I can’t to see what they achieve next week!
Viking Runes
Kingfishers have been learning about Viking Runes today. They have played games, made necklaces and written and solved some rune messages.
Kingfishers History
Kingfishers have learnt about Viking shields and enjoyed designing and creating their own in preparation for our Viking day.
Kingfishers English
Kingfishers are enjoying this book as part of the school topic of ‘Dragons’.
Each week the chapters they read are used as a starting point to build on reading skills including; inference and retrieval. They are also developing their vocabulary and writing skills using what they read from the book as a focus.
