Welcome to Kingfishers

I would like to say a warm welcome to the Kingfishers class and Year 2. We are a class of 30 children.

Mrs McGrath is the class teacher and Mrs McDermott is the class teaching assistant.

PE

Our PE lessons are every Wednesday and Friday this half term so please ensure that your child has a full, named PE kit in school and is not not wearing earrings on those days. 

Homework 

Homework is given out on a Friday and is Maths task linked to what we have been learning in our Maths lessons over the week. This will be in a yellow homework book and must be returned to school by Wednesday the following week. It is really important that your child completes their homework on their own.  

Spellings

Spellings will be given out on a Friday and the children will be tested on them the following Friday. Please help your children to learn their spellings. Spellings will be recorded in a purple pirate book and your child should use the week to practice them. Please ensure that the pirate book is kept in their reading bag. 

Reading

We really like reading in Kingfishers so we ask our grown ups to listen to us read and comment in our reading diaries so that we can get our book changed – just a small comment and signature is fine. Books can be changed on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday. When reading with the children, please encourage them to talk about the book in order to develop their comprehension skills.

We have a special reading scheme to encourage reading and we receive prizes for reading certain numbers of books. We really enjoy this!  If you have any concerns please call in to see our teachers.

Important dates this half term!

Autumn 1

Monday 7th October - We will be asking for donations for our harvest festival.

Tuesday 8th October - Parents evening 1

Wednesday 9th October- Parents evening 2

Friday 18th October - Break up for half term

Monday 28th October - School starts 8.45am