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Billie Jean King Class

Welcome to Billy-Jean King Class

Mrs Stuchfield

Mrs Koro

This year our classes are named after athletes.

Billy-Jean King is a six-time world number 1 ranking, 39 Grand Slam titles World Champion tennis player, a crusader for social justice and equality, and the founder of the Women’s Tennis Association.

Summer 2

PSHE- People, jobs & money.

Be adventurous like a monkey.

The 'Sporting Star of the Week' is Harry for showing team work and great skills and stamina during National Sport's Week.

National Sports Week

Science- looking for different materials and what they are used for.

We had a visit from lifeguards today to learn about beach and water safety than we designed posters to show what we had learnt.

Time

In English we have been predicting and acting out the ending of a story.

Amelia is the 'Star of the Week' for trying her best and being a good friend to everyone.

Water Fight Fun!

The 'Value star of the month' for creativity is Aria, She creates beautiful pieces of art, writing and throughout the curriculum using her own flair and interpretations.

Creating advertisement posters for the maiden vogage of the Titanic.

Using the suffixes ment, ness and ful to write friendship potions.

Summer 1

PSHE- What keeps us safe?

Be creative like a spider.

The 'Star of the Week' is Isaac for showing he is a very resilient learner and never gives up.

Our butterflies journey

Aboriginal Masks

Position & direction in maths

Theo is the star of the week for showing an amazing attitude to learning.

Coronation Lunch

Coronation Cricket

We have 2 'Stars of the Week' this week. Harry & Sasha try their best in everything they do and are super role models for the class.

Gymnastics - learning how to balance on parts of our body.

Week 2 of cricket.

In maths we have been learning the vocabulary for position and direction. We played a game to use the vocabulary such as: clockwise, anti-clockwise and one quarter turn to direct our partner around the shark infested waters to find treasure.

The 'Star of the Week' is Davyd for settling into St Mary's and trying hard in phonics and reading.

Cricket

Science- plants-The children looked at the parts of a plant today and what plants needs to grow.

PE-Gymnastics -practising jumping.

We have started to read, predict and learn about riddles this week, the children have used noun phrases and similes to describe pictures.

Spring 2

PSHE- What jobs do people do?

Be curious like a cat.

The values 'Star of the Week' is Alice for having great self belief and curiosity.

Blackpool Zoo trip, we had an amazing time and the children were so well behaved.

King Class have written non-chronological reports about the human body.

Stations of the Cross

Yoga

Music

The children have taken home the Lent box and reflected upon what they would like to give up for Lent.

We have 2 'Stars of the week' this week, Emily & Josh, they have both been reading more at home and as a result this has supported their confidence and enthusiasm during their writing lessons.

This week in DT we have investigated the different pizzas, toppings and how we can make a healthy pizza. We then made our pizzas, ate them and evaluated them.

Maths-statistics- We collected data in class and then made are own pictograms whilst playing a game.

Our explanation text writing- The life cycle of a frog.

Our 'Star of the Week' is Lola for showing a sensible, positive attitude to learning.

Money-we had a shop in class today we bought items and used coins to make the amounts needed.

You can find MAGIC wherever you look.

Sit back and relax,

all you need is a book!

Dr Seuss

Our first reading group with the parents. The parents came into class today to read to their children and share their love of reading.

World Book Day

We had a visit from the dentist to help us to look after our teeth.

PE - ball control with Coach

Maths- Making 3D shapes and finding the properties.

In English we have been reading lots of explanation texts to understand the features and using our comprehension skills to find key words. Today we sorted relevant information into subheadings.

The star of the week is Daisy for being a sensible member of our class and supporting her friends to learn too.

PE-To dodge and change direction.

In PSHE we have been reflecting upon our own self-belief and thinking about all the things we are good at.

In RE we have been learning about forgiveness and made posters to show our understanding.

We have been investigating the properties of 3D shapes.

We learnt about Shrove Tuesday today and enjoyed pancakes in class.

To start off our explanation text, we researched the life cycle of a frog, created a diagram and presented our findings to the class.

Spring 1

PSHE-What makes a good friend?

Be knowledgeable like an owl.

In English we started our Explanation text today by researching the life cycle of frogs drawing a diagram and presenting the facts to the class.

Today KS1 visited the library bus to exchange our school books and enjoyed reading some while we were there.

The knowledge star of the week is Tiana for always listening and following instructions. The science star of the week is William for being very resilient and using good team work skills.

Golden Ticket Winners-for reading 3 times a week or more.

Valentines disco

Science Day in King Class-We wanted to help the 3 bears by designing a chair strong enough for all of them to sit in, We investigated which materials to use, made the chairs, tested them and evaluated them.

Parents craft afternoon. What a lovely time we had making decorations for the Valentines disco.

This week during ICT we have been learning about impressionism, pointillism and Piet Mondrian's line art and creating our own using purple mash. What do you think?

Science day assembly

Millie is our 'Star of the week' this week because she is a joy to have in the classroom and always pushes herself to be the best she can be.

Fairy tale Stem engineering -evaluating our bridges to see if they are strong enough to hold 'Fred Frog' and discussing how we could make them better next time.

Time- practising o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.

Healthy Heads- I can think about what being positive means and how it can help me achieve.

Learning about hot & cold places.

'What time is it Mr Wolf?'

We have 2 'Stars of the Week' this week! Karly for settling in to our school fantastically and being a lovely, kind girl and Aria for trying her best in everything she does.

In our STEM engineering today we started to investigate which materials were the strongest to use to make a strong bridge for the Billy Goats Gruff. When we have completed our bridges we will test them and evaluate them.

In RE we have been sequencing the story of 'The feeding of the 5000' and then reflecting upon what message Jesus is giving us.

Healthy Heads- I can understand what resilience means - I can recognise how I feel when challenges and how to be resilience - I can practice resilience when playing games

We had a super yoga class today where they stretched, balanced and relaxed.

Paisley is the 'Star of the Week ' because of her positive attitude to learning, she always has a smile on her face, always takes pride in her uniform and tries her best in all lessons. Paisley you are a star!

Timetables fun!

In RE this week we learnt about the story of the 10 lepers then in worship we reflected upon what we are thankful for,

Fun in the snow!

PE-To solve problems as part of a team.

Today in science we started our engineering fairytale topic. We watched the story of 'The Billy Goats Gruff' and then discussed the problem we had to solve. We decided that we needed to make a new bridge so the goats could cross safely.. We discussed what equipment we could use to make them, then in pairs designed our bridges and labelled them.

Healthy Heads- Kindness - I can show kindness to another person - I can practice being kind when playing games

PE- To work together with a partner to undertake an adventurous journey.

The 'Star of the week' this week goes to Josh who has been really enthusiastic towards his reading and writing this week and improving his handwriting. Well done you are a super star!

Congratulations to the winners of the 'Young Writers competition'.

We have been learning how to find fractions of amounts this week.

We have been listening to the book of 'The Great Explorer' by Chris Judge this week and we had a surprise visit form an explorer in our classroom.

Healthy heads- self-esteem - I can identify why I like myself - I can believe that I can do anything - I can be proud of who I am and what I do

The children in King Class have been learning to catch a ball with control to improve their skills of throwing and catching.

The Creepy Crawly Man came to visit us today, he spoke to us about all his mini-beast and the children were brave and held some.

We could not choose from all the hard workers this week who should be Star of the Week so we chose 5! Lewis, Josh, Jude, Sasha & Kaila have all worked so hard during enhancement week. Not only are they super artists and mathematicians but they have show us they are very sensible members of our class. Well done!

The 'Hobgoblin' theatre company came to St Marys today to perform The Wizard of Oz.

Enhancement Week-

Art-Henri Rousseau

Autumn 2

PSHE-Friendships

Be reflective like a chameleon.

Donkey rides.

The values 'star of the week' this week was Theo for being reflective about his whole school journey, from playing, working and his amazing attitude.

Photo Booth Fun!

Christmas party-musical statues, musical bumps, pass the parcel and a visit from Father Christmas!

Making Christmas cards for our families.

Division- we solved division practically today.

The nativity. We were so proud of all the children and the play was amazing.

The 'Star of the Week' this week is Gabby. Gabby is a quiet member of our class but this week she has amazed us with her acting and dancing skills while we practised the nativity. She has really enjoyed herself as her confidence has grown.

The Posada box has visited a few more families this week as Mary and Joseph continue their journey to Bethlehem.

Christmas jumper day.

Christmas lunch

This week we have been listening to the story 'Hodgeheg' by Dick King Smith and learning lots of facts about hedgehogs ready for writing our non-chronological report.

The children wrote an Advent promise as they discussed and thought about how Christians prepare for the birth of Jesus.

Talulah has been chosen for 'The star of the Week' this week for settling in to King Class so fantastically and trying her best in all lessons. Well done!

Our class Posada box started going home this week with the children. What a lovely way to welcome Mary and Joseph into our families as they make their journey to Bethlehem for the birth of Jesus.

We have been so lucky to have a visit from a local church youth group today for a nativity workshop. We took a journey through the Christmas story and saw Mary and her visit from Angel Gabriel, the shepherds and the kings and saw baby Jesus in the stable.

This week we have been looking at how stories can be represented in different ways in ICT. We looked at different types of quizzes and tried to make our own story of Goldilocks and the three bears.

A big well done to our class Eco Warriors William and Emilia who will help Mrs Higham and the team keep our school eco friendly.

We had a visit from Lancashire Library today to read the children Christmas stories.

Fleetwood Lantern Parade -King Class families joined the Fleetwood community with other schools as the Christmas lights were switched on.

We have two 'Stars of the Week' this week, Sama for settling into our school fantastically and trying really hard and Isaac who has shown us he is a sensible member of our class and trying his best in every lesson.

PE- Overarm throwing and teamwork

The author Nathan Parker came to talk to us today he showed us his books and he talked about how he become an author and how we should never give upon something we believe in.

We had a wonderful time in the Planetarium today. We learnt all about the solar system, the moon landing and watched a cartoon story about the moon.

Our first lesson was learning to log in, search and navigate purple mash.

This week the 'Star of the Week' is William for making us so proud of his mature attitude to learning.

Art Enhancement Week

Super Sculptures

Creating different effects with paint.

Making a sculpture with an inside and outside surface.

Making a sculpture of the human form with clay.

Making sculptures of the human form with simple objects and shapes.

The Fire Brigade came to visit King Class today to tell us about having a safety plan at home. They got called away on a real emergency call near the end of our visit and we could hear their sirens as they went bravely to help someone.

Tag rugby- King Class had a super time working as a team.

For anti-bullying week this year the children worked with Mrs Koro discussing how we are all different but we are also all equal.

This week's 'Star of the Week' is Emilia for having super behaviour for learning, always doing the right thing, trying her best and sharing her wonderful facts with the class.

For part of our animals topic in science, a vet visited us in King Class to help us learn how to look after our pets.

Maths-subtraction

In PSHE this week we have been discussing different feelings, different words to describe them and helpful ways we could help with other's feelings.

PE-Throwing overarm.

For 'Oceans of plastic' week we learnt all about how plastic pollution spoils our oceans and how it endangers the sea wildlife. We then made posters about it.

Jude is our 'Star of the Week' this week for being a super mathematician, having beautiful handwriting and being a great role model for our class.

We have been reflecting upon why we wear poppies on poppy day and how we remember the soldiers who fought for us.

In King Class we have been learning all about predators and prey in food chains. We know that a food chain starts with a producer and that some animals are carnivores, herbivores or omnivores.

Addition

Autumn 1

PSHE-Rules and Responsibility.

Be positive like a giraffe.

Lacey was chosen today by our Values Ambassador, for being positive this half term and sharing her enthusiasm for learning with the class.

Look at our beautiful poetry, based upon 'The Magic Box' by Kit Wright.

Our Autumn 1 Golden Ticket Winners for reading 3 or more times a week. They had a treat today, milkshake and an extra play on the large equipment.

Children Of The World Disco. Look at our amazing costumes!

To start our 'Remembrance Day' topic we listened to the story of 'Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge' as a way of exploring children’s understanding of memories. We then shared our own special memories with the class.

A real-life explorer came to visit us at school. In his assembly he showed us where he had travelled to including the Arctic, how he got there and the animals he saw along the way. He even showed us his rucksack and his tiny tent! After that we completed an orienteering activity in the playground, we learnt the points of the compass and found flags around the playground on a map of our school grounds.

Look at our wonderful birds of prey photos.

Music with Mrs Halloran.

Continents and Oceans

We have been describing habitats around the World and the animals that live there.

Lewis is the 'Star of the Week' for an amazing improvement in his writing skills especially in his handwriting.

We celebrated Black History Month this week by listening to the story 'Coming to England' by Floella Benjamin which was a true story of how she travelled from Trinidad to England when she was a child and what experiences she had. We then discussed how unique we all are. how we should be kind to everyone and drew ourselves and our friends differences.

Maths-halving

We had a visit from Harold the Giraffe today from the life bus, we talked about our feelings and how to be the best friend we could.

In RE we have been listening to the story of Daniel and the Lion and how he trusted in God to keep him safe. We then made our own lions to re-enact the story.

Maths-doubling

Kaila is the 'Star of the Week' for pushing herself to be the best she can be and being a super role model for the younger children in class.

Puppet making!

Look at our amazing puppets! The children are very proud.

Next we made our puppets by using a template, cutting it out, sewing it together and then decorating it with features. It was very tricky but the children didn't give up.

Then we practised sewing.

We then designed and labelled our own puppets.

First we practised using a template, cutting out fabric and joining it together with glue.

In RE we have been listening to stories of people who have trusted in God and thought about when we have trusted in Him.

PE -team work and resilience.

We started our poetry topic this week by listening to 'The magic box' by Kit Wright. We then discussed what we would like in our own magical box and wrote down our ideas..

Laila is our 'Star of the Week' this week, she always tries her best in everything she does and is a shining super star.

King Class really enjoyed the 'Birdman's' visit today, we learnt a lot of new facts and watched the birds of prey fly around the hall.

Make me a channel of your peace Where there is hatred let me bring your love Where there is injury, your pardon Lord And where there is doubt true faith in You

Make me a channel of your peace Where there is despair in life let me bring hope Where there is darkness only light And where there's sadness ever joy