Welcome to Kingfisher Class

Our class teachers are Mrs Turner and Mrs Potter and our class class teaching assistant is Mrs Rowe. 

How Does Your Garden Grow?

Tiptoe through the tulips as your senses discover the blooming foliage and enchanted fragrances of flowers and herbs. We will be looking at the local history of bulb growing in South Holland and find out the history of the Tulip Parade. This term, in Science, the children will be describing how plants grow, identifying what a plant needs for healthy growth and survival. They will also be planting sunflowers in our raised bed in the school garden. The children will also be practising their joining skills for materials in order to design and create a textile postcard to send to a partially sighted giant! This project will take place over terms 5 and 6. In English we will be refining our writing skills and writing narratives linked to books about growing, such as the traditional tales Jack and the Beanstalk and The Enormous Turnip. Maths this term will focus on counting in fractions along a number line and finding halves, quaters and thirds of numbers. We will then move onto measuring and ordering lengths and heights in centimetres and metres. Another busy term lies ahead - watch this space to see what exciting learning takes place in Term 5.

Term 5 Week 2

This week in school we have taken part in Wellbeing Week completing different activities each day. For Mindful Monday, we took part in a Zoom video call to learn all about the science of kindness. Then, on Terrifically Healthy Tuesday, we read the story 'Oliver's Fruit Salad', before trying a range of fruits and evaluating which were our favourite and least favourite. We started Wellbeing Wednesday with a work out on the playground before writing and drawing what fills our buckets and makes us happy.

Term 5 Week 1

What a great start we have had to Term 5. This term our learning will be centred around plants and growing and we have already begun to put our scientific brains into action! This term we will be conducting investigations linked to plants and this week, in groups, we have devised enquiry questions which we will then seek to answer as the term progresses. Watch this space as we investigate how much water, light and soil a plant needs to grow. 

Term 4 London's Burning

We will be going back in time to 1666 to the Great Fire of London. We will look at how the fire was started, how it spread and what happened after the fire had been put out. We will compare and contrast the fire service in the 1600s with today. We will also look the most significant person from this time, Samuel Pepys, and his famous diary. In English, our poetry focus this half term will be the nursery rhyme ‘London’s Burning’ which we will be using to refine our oracy skills. We will also be writing recounts about our recreation of 'The Great Fire' as well as non-chronological reports. In reading, the children will be introduced to an old classic ‘Paddington Bear’ by Michael Bond and look at non-fition texts about the great fire too. In maths, the children will be exploring different measurements, including length and height and mass, capacity and temperature as well as learning about fractions, using the division skills learnt last term.

Term 4 - Week 5 

In preparation for our hot write next week, we have been focusing on features of a non-chronological report. We have edited sentences to ensure we use the same tense throughout and then played a board game to test our knowledge of present and past tense verbs. 

Term 4 - Week 3 

World Book Day! What a great day we've had. We were very lucky to have so many parents come into school first thing to read with us and share some hot chocolate. The children really enjoyed this. There was a wide range of costumes and characters in the classroom and the children had the opportunity to share with the rest of the class why they chose their character. Thank you to all the parents for your support with such a lovely day. 

Term 4 - Week 3

This week we concluded our design and technology project of designing and building a vehicle that could be used to fight fires. During the design phase, we thought carefully about the features of a fire vehicle and the materials we could use to build our own models. We worked hard to fulfil the design brief, using a variety of materials and skills and we are all really pleased with our final outcomes. 

Term 4 - Week 1

What a great start to Term 4! The children have had a brilliant day learning all about how the Great Fire of London started and why it spread so quickly. Having learnt about how London in 1666 was different to the London that we know today, the children built their own Tudor houses which were then used in our very own recreation of the Great Fire! Everyone was amazed at just how quickly the Great Fire spread. Please have a look at our pictures below to sample some of the magnificent learning that took place today.

Term 3 - Extreme Habitats

Off on our travels around the world we go again! This time we will be visiting the extreme climates of the world, flying to the North and South Poles and along the Equator to compare and contrast the hot and cold environments. There we will discover the animals who call these extreme locations home. We will look at how they have adapted to their habitats and how they manage to survive in these harsh climates. We will look at famous explorers, Captain Scott and the local explorer Matthew Flinders, who have travelled to these continents and hopefully meet a real life explorer in school. Our English will focus the story of Climate Change by Catherine Barr and the books Lost and Found and Tin Forest. We will be writing narratives linked to extreme habitats and climates as well as writing poems with similes. In maths we will be solving multiplication and division calculations and recalling the 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. We will also be recognising coins of different denominations and adding and subtracting amounts of money.

Term 3 - Week 6

This week as part of Children's Mental Health Week we have been thinking about kindness. We began by reading a story about how kindness can get passed on from one person to another. We then thought about how we in Kingfishers class could show kindess to one another - it could be as simple as sharing a smile or a compliment! Next we all created our very own link that joined together to create one long chain of kindness. Each time we look at it, we are reminded of different ways we can be kind to each other. This week we have also been giving out 'kindness coupons' to people in our class who have shown us kindness. It has been lovely to reward our friends who show kindness towards us.

Term 3 - Week 5 

This term we have been looking at the work by Alexander Caulder and Nick Park in art. We have experimented with clay and wire and discussed how complicated the work by these artists may have been to make. We then had a go at making our own sculpture, using a wire frame and covering with clay. Here are some of our creations. 

Term 3 - Week 4 

This week we welcomed an explorer! Adrian Hall has travelled to many areas of the Arctic and came into school to share his experiences. He showed us many photos of places he has explored, animals he encountered and people he met along the way. 

Term 3 - Week 3 

In English we have been reading the story 'Arctic White' and discussing the main events and the setting. As we move onto our own writing about the Arctic, we knew this would be tricky as it is not somewhere that we can visit as a class. So we brought the Arctic to the class! We explored ice and snow in a range of shapes and sizes, whilst recording all our interesting vocabulary ideas. It was a very cold experience but thoroughly enjoyed! 

Term 3 - Week 3 

A-Life Healthy Workshop 

This week we completed a healthy lifestyle workshop with A-Life. We took part in various activities that provided opportunities for us to discuss ways in which keep our bodies healthy. We learned how to brush teeth effectively, which foods are better for us and what we should eat more of, what the inside of our bodies look like, a range of exercises that we could do each day and many more. 

Term 2 - World on a Plate

What's on you dinner plate? Do you know where your food has come from? This term we will be learning about the continents and oceans around the world and zooming in on Kenya. Our Kenya focus will involve us comparing and contrasting daily life in this African country in comparison to the UK, investigating the foods grown there, the climate and clothing. In our writing lessons we will be writing food blogs as well as setting descriptions linked to The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. During maths lessons we will be adding and subtracting numbers as well as solving missing number problems using the inverse. 

Term 2 - Week 8

What a fantastic end to a very busy term! We have visited the panto to watch Beauty and the Beast, we have made many Christmas crafts and played fun games and then we finished with a Christmassy party. 

Term 2 - Week 7 

This week we walked to St Johns church to support our learning in RE. We have been learning about Advent and what this means to Christians. In church, we got to see the Advent wreath and found out more information on how Christians celebrate this time of year. We then had a look around at the features of the church and had chance to search for the church mice! 

Term 2 - Week 6

What an amazing show they produced! Thank you to everyone that came to watch our Christmas play - it's a party! The children have worked incredibly hard over the last few weeks to learn some tricky songs, practice their lines and remember all their cues. Well done Kingfishers! 

Term 2 - Week 6

Kingfishers have been busy making Christmas decorations for our Christmas tree. Our classroom is looking very festive! 

Term 2 - Week 3 

For our Science Day, Year 2 learned about working scientifically. We discussed what is a fair test and how we should only change one variable at a time. First, we looked at static electricity and tested how long we could get a balloon to stick to a wall and also pick up a piece of paper. We then made paper helicopters in different sizes and tested how long they took to reach the floor. Finally, we made parachutes using different sizes of plastic to test how long we could get them to stay in the air. 

Term 2 - Week 2 

This week we have been learning about Remembrance Day. As well as learning about the significance, we have also looked at how poppies have changed over the years. The children each made a poppy to create a class wreath, which they took to a special assembly. 

Term 2 - Week 2 

In art we have been learning about primary and secondary colours. We used the primary colours to see how many other colours we could make. 

Term 1 – Raise The Drawbridge

See the castle ahead? Get ready to invade its mighty walls! Shoot a projectile with an archer’s aim! Head across the drawbridge, over the moat and up to the top of the tower… Then meet the lord and lady in the Great Hall of the keep! And finally…meet knights and unconventional princesses who rescue princes and fight dragons! Maps and photographs will help us learn about our local area and also show us where we could still find a castle in our home county of Lincolnshire. This topic will develop the children’s understanding of castles through the ages, different features of medieval castles and the people who lived and worked in the castles. Would you have wanted to be a gong farmer? 

English – We’ll learn the stories of The Egg, The Paper Bag Princess and The Boy Who Grew Dragons. We will write poetry about dragons, recounts of our visit to Lincoln Castle and write alternative endings to well-known stories. 

Maths – Children will start the term by reading, writing and ordering numbers and partitioning 2 digit numbers. They will be developing their addition and subtraction skills and understanding the difference between the 2 operations, as well as learning about inverse operations. The children will be practising their times tables, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.

Term 1  Week 7

This week we ended our outdoor learning sessions in style enjoying some tasty treats cooked on an open fire. We had great fun making flatbread pizzas and then toasting marshmallows - both of which were delicious. To end our session, we then had great fun completing some team challenges and activities. What a fun session we had. 

Term 1 - Week 6 

In science, we have been testing materials to find out which would be suitable to provide a shelter to the soldiers standing guard at a castle. We discussed how to make it a fair test and then worked in groups to assess each material in turn. 

Term 1 - Week 6 

Over the course of our topic on castles, we have learned a lot of information about the features and therefore the defences of a castle. To finish our history focus this term, we looked at how castles were attacked and what was used during attacks. After learning about trebuchets, we had a go at making our own! We worked in groups to make one out of lolly sticks and elastic bands and then great fun was had in testing them! 

Term 1 - Week 5 

The children have been learning about Islam in RE. To further their understanding of mosques and other paces of worship, the children had the opportunity to use VR headsets to explore these places for themselves. They were able to see the inside and outside of mosques and study the elaborate detail used. They also had a look at famous cathedrals and temples from around the world. 

Term 1 - Week 4

We have been learning new skills in design and technology this week. In preparation for our project throughout this term and next, we have been practicing our cutting skills. Everyone had a go at using a hacksaw to cut up some doweling. Some of us found it quite tough but we all showed great care and skill. 

Term 1 Week 4

Well, something quite extraordinary happened this week .....Kingfisher class discovered an unidentified object in the school grounds! The children made some great predictions as to what the object could be and where it might have come from. The police were called and the object was taken away for examination. We can now confirm that the object was a golden egg laid by a Red Backed Dragon which origniates from China! The police have informed us not to worry as this species of dragon is very friendly and only lays its eggs in safe places. Watch this space as we recount our amazing find over the newxt few days. 

Term 1 - Week 2 

Kingfishers had a brilliant day at Lincoln Castle! Our first activity of the day was making our own shields and selecting our own coat of arms. We then got to experience a banquet, with our very own King and Queen, Lord and Lady, servants, jesters and even a hound! We then learned about the armour and weapons that were used in the past and had a go at using a bow and arrow. Some great shots were made when attacking the castle! 

After lunch, we walked the whole way around the battlements, finding lots of castle features on the way. Finally we met Lucy the Dragon and her friend Norman! 

Term 1 - Week 1

Kingfishers had a great first week back! There is a big change between Year 1 and Year 2 and all of the children took every challenge in their stride! Despite the hot weather, everyone had a fantastic time during our first Outdoor Learning session.