Kingfisher Class
Year 2 / 3 - 2020 - 2021
Class Teacher: Mrs Felton
Welcome to Kingfisher webpage
Remote learning will be delivered via Seesaw. This will be in line with our Remote Learning Policy which has been sent to parents/carers previously.
This term our project is London.
We will be using the book ‘Coming to England’ by Floella Benjamin as a stimulus to study London. The children will learn about some of the famous London landmarks and we will be looking at similarities and differences between London and where we live. We will also be learning about the Great Plague of London, making links with the Covid-19 pandemic.
Water Bottles - You should have a named water bottle in class so you can drink during class time. Please only fill your bottle with water rather than juice etc.
PE - This term will be on a Monday and we shall be having a coach from Shrewsbury Town. Please come to school in your PE kit. If the weather turns colder then track suit bottoms and a school sweat shirt can be worn.
Homework – Homework will be put on the website on a Friday to be completed at home. It will generally consist of reading, spelling and a maths task.
Homework
Homework will now be set using Seesaw - Please see the recent email for information and guidance.
Times Tables
Continue to practise your times tables using TTR (or any other way you wish to!)
Music
Go to https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Kandinsky/ and enjoy experimenting with making your own sounds. Don't forget to log in with chrome. Have fun!
Reading
Read at least 5 times this week (see reading guidance in Useful Resources below).
Events
Monday 16th – Friday 20th November - Anti-Bullying Week
The theme for Anti-Bullying Week 2020 is: United Against Bullying.
Monday 16th November - Odd Socks Day
Odd Sock Day will mark the first day of Anti-Bullying Week.
News
Children in Need
Thank you for your support with our fundraising for Children in Need. We raised an amazing £90.00!
Harvest Gifts
The Ark were overwhelmed and extremely grateful for all of the Harvest gifts we sent to them, thank you. We are hoping to do something similar for Christmas, called a 'Reverse Advent Calendar', details will follow.
Virtual Tour
Please check out the school’s virtual tour, which can be found on the front page of the school website.
BBC Symphony Orchestra Workshop
Last Tuesday, we enjoyed a fantastic Zoom workshop with Michael Atkinson - a cellist from the BBC Symphony Orchestra. He introduced us to the 'Mambo' from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. We practised several different rhythms using body percussion and then put them together to create our own 'Mambo'! It was a lot of fun. Pictures to follow soon!
Photos now in the gallery below.
Useful Resources
Chrome Music Lab - You must log in using Chrome
Project Overview -Kingfishers London (002).pdf
London knowledge organiser.pdf
T-L-5157-Year-2-Common-Exception-Words.pdf
t2-e-3099d-statutory-spellings-years-3-and-4-word-mat-cursive-version_ver_1.pdf
TTR - Times Table Rockstars
Gallery
Zoom workshop with Michael Atkinson
