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The Preparatory KINGSLEYMOMENT School Edition Edition 31 News Events Photo Galleries 31. October 2017 @kingsley_school /thekingsleyschool www.thekingsleyschool.com I hope that you have all managed to get hold Headteacher’s of a copy of the new 1884 magazine which was published this term and that you enjoy all Welcome that this edition of the Kingsley Moment has to offer. These are the best ways to find out what The first few weeks of a new academic year has happened throughout the term, as well as always pass in a blur of new friendships and our Facebook and Twitter feeds. those rekindled after a long summer break; adjustments to new routines and rediscovering So, as the nights begin to draw in and the jingle the self-assurance of the previous July. In all of sleigh bells can be heard in the distance, this, our first half-term has been no exception. I wish you all a happy and restful holiday We welcomed many new families joining before the new half-term starts on Monday 6th the Kingsley community and saw lots of new November. faces in the playground. We are delighted that everyone has settled in so well and have already made such a positive contribution to Mrs Rachel Whiting our school. Head of Prep It would be appropriate to drop in grateful thanks to some longer standing members of our community here as well. Several members of the Friends of Kingsley put on a truly spooktacular Halloween Disco for the pupils on the last evening of school, which served as a wonderful finale to the half-term. Your hard work and organisation was very much appreciated by all who attended. For our Year 6 pupils however, there was no time to rest on the laurels of being the eldest in the school; they were straight into leadership roles and Senior School examination preparation. It has been a busy and occasionally anxious time for many of them, but they have really impressed the staff with their ‘Kingsley can-do’ attitudes. I am extremely proud of them for the hard work and dedication they have already shown this term. Without exception Thank You Friends! they have demonstrated determination, The new Prep School Council would like to perseverance and courage in their academic thank the Friends of Kingsley for buying all endeavours. I look forward to seeing what they this wonderful playground equipment. have up their sleeves for the rest of the year! Toy Story On Thursday 12th October Reception class had some very special visitors - their toys! Each child brought in their favourite toy to spend the day with them at Kingsley. They started the day by writing a teddy register and attending assembly where everyone sat and listened beautifully. 2D Shapes One of the main learning outcomes in Reception this half term has been learning to name and recognise 2D shapes. The children have used 2D shapes to make pictures, hunted for 2D shapes, photographed 2D shapes in the environment and they have made 2D shapes using natural materials. After assembly the children had a circle time which gave them the opportunity to share why their teddy is so special to them. After that it was time for their last dance lesson before the Prep Gym and Dance Smashing Pumpkins Showcase. The toys made an excellent audience and were very impressed with Reception Class explored and learned about the pupils’ dancing! pumpkins as part of their learning about Halloween. They carried out observational drawings of pumpkins and then used tac hammers to decorate them with pins before they finally had a wonderful time smashing the pumpkins to explore what was inside! Ice Cream Parlour The Reception children have had a fantastic time in the Ice Cream Parlour Role-play area making different ice creams, adding a variety of toppings and selling them to their friends as well as taking orders. They even had special scoop-able ice cream play dough, which smelt yummy! A Bag Full of Worries Reception Class have been learning about their feelings. They were particularly fascinated by the book, ‘A Bag Full of Worries’. The children sewed their own bags to keep worry friends in, so that they always have someone special to talk to about their worries and to help them feel better. Year 1 and 2 Stars of the Week At the end of each week in Key Stage 1, the children look forward to finding out who will be awarded the special class award of ‘Star of the Week’. The achievement is awarded for high standards of learning, work ethic, behaviour around school and attitude towards different aspects of school life. The winner receives a special certificate and can choose a surprise treat from the treasure box. The Stars of the Week over the past few weeks have been... Miki is learning to work very Liana, who is often an Matilda: for always independently and strives to independent learner and persevering and taking continue to build on and works extremely hard in on some new learning improve her work each day. all of her lessons. Liana challenges Miki has increased her always has a determined independently. She is knowledge of working with and positive approach beginning to sound out larger two or three digit and strives to achieve more challenging words numbers to solve complex her best learning each for spellings, and is using mathematical sums and is day. a range of strategies to learning to add detail and solve number bonds to description to create some ten and twenty. super sentences in her writing! Seren is learning to recall her number Aisha has made excellent progress in bonds to ten and to use number lines and her learning since joining Kingsley in a hundred square to add and subtract September by reflecting on her work larger numbers. Seren is growing into an and striving to achieve her best. Aisha is independent writer and is learning to always kind and courteous towards sound out and spell words using her others and arrives each morning ready phonics skills. to learn. Olivia’s Adventures Key Stage One have been very welcoming towards the new addition to their classroom since the beginning of the school year. The children have been joined by Olivia, the ostrich, and have been keen to find out all about her life, favourite foods and hobbies. At the end of each week, one lucky member of Year One and Year Two receives the privilege of Taste Testing taking Olivia home with them for a weekend trip. The Year 1 and 2 children continued their Olivia’s first adventure science investigations exploring their senses was shared with Lara, by conducting a series of taste tests in small where she took Olivia to groups. a dancing party, conker collecting and even her The children tasted a range of foods they were swimming lessons too. Olivia had so familiar with, as well as some unusual new much fun! foods they had not experienced before. The only catch was, the children took it in turns to Please feel free to pop into our classroom be blindfolded while their partners gave them to visit Olivia. She is very friendly and is samples of foods to try! known to give the best cuddles! The children used the words sour, sweet, bitter and salty to describe some of the foods they tried and the textures they experienced while tasting them. It was certainly an exciting experience for them and they were pleasantly surprised by some of the foods they liked such A Day of Languages as dates, apricots, cacao nibs, fig rolls, chickpeas On Tuesday 26th September, the Year 1 and and even chia seeds! 2 children took part in a variety of activities to celebrate European Day of Languages. The children began with a lesson in German to have a taste for what the language was like to listen to and speak. The children learned to say simple greetings, recite their numbers to nine and write their favourite colours in German. The class also shared and discussed the native languages they spoke or other languages they had experienced in their learning. The children had learnt or experienced Hindi, Japanese, Spanish, French, Chinese and Arabic. 4 Amazing Shapes! Year 1 and Year 2 continued their fortnightly Outdoor Learning afternoon at the School Playing Fields by collecting natural and man-made objects from the grounds. The children used their Don’t Worry About A Thing items to create a variety of 2D or 3D shapes as part of their maths Year 1 and 2 shared the story, through the use of pictures lessons which have explored shapes ‘The Huge Bag of Worries’ and actions. and patterns. by Virginia Ironside, which describes a girl who carries In their next PSHE lesson, The class were sent off in groups a bag of all of her worries they used their previous to work together to select suitable around with her, both big learning to find ways to objects and plan how they would and small. It feels like an manage their worries and use them to create their shapes. enormous burden for her to decide whether they can There was a lot of team work manage and she does not sometimes be resolved using involved and the children even know how to cope with it. simple strategies or help added creative touches by making from others. The children pictures containing a variety of The class used the book to found worries are often not shapes. It is amazing what you discuss and act out their as big a problem as they may can create with just a few recycled feelings when they were initially seem, and they can materials and objects from nature! worried and depicted what sometimes work as a team to their feelings might look like overcome them.