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Working Together for the Good of Each Other

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?

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.