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Kestrel Class
Welcome to Kestrel Class 2015/2016
We are Year 4 and 5. Our teacher is Mrs Yallop and our teaching assistants are Mrs Molyneaux and Mrs Gardner.
Spring Term Curriculum Letter
Thursday 16th June - Bio Blitz - With the help of Rangers from the Blackdown Hill Kestrels started a log of insects, birds, animals and plants found within our school grounds.
Friday 10th June - Musical in a Day - Peter Kyrke - Smith returned to work with Y4,5,6 on Greece Lightning! An amazing experience which brought together our topic of the Ancient Greeks with music, drama, sport and history. Thank you to Peter & Clare, the children throughly enjoyed the whole day.
Year 4 Residential - Wildside Hemyock - What a few days! Y4 Have had a fantastic time at Wildside - Thank you to Richard, Alison & James for giving our children so many amazing experiences.
Wednesday 20th April - STEM Ambassador Mr Kirsch gave a fantastic explanation of Satellite navigation and Global positioning systems. To help understanding we played a game using 4 of us as satellites and calculating distance to work out our positions. Mr Kirsch also worked with groups using equipment to identify signals.
Friday 16th April - Roller Coaster Challenge - Design and build a roller coaster that supports itself, allows a ping pong to travel down it, has drops, twists and tunnels.
Wednesday 16th March - Science at Honiton Community College - Thank you to Mr Maplesden from HCC for a superb science lesson on electricity. We loved the demonstrations and all the practical work.
Friday 4th March - Construction of polygons investigation & creating angles in pizza
Monday 29th February - Wildside Experience: Kestrel class had a fantastic day at Wildside, Hemyock. The weather was beautiful, the environment and activities perfect. The children worked together in teams cooperating to achieve their goals; they were full of energy and fun. Thank you to Richard, Alison and James from Wildside who planned such perfect day. Mrs Molyneaux, Mrs Gardner, Mrs Bright and I all agreed what a privilege it was to accompany such enthusiastic, fun and energetic children.
Wednesday 24th February - Y5 Maths Masterclass hosted by Honiton Community College: 4 children greatly enjoyed investigating tessellating shape construction.
Multicultural week - India - Wednesday - Kestrels became travel agents for the morning. They looked at holiday brochures to India, they calculated costs including air travel, accommodation, insurance, excursions, food and local transport costs.
Multicultural Week - India - Tuesday - Day of Dance: Kestrels and Falcon had a fantastic workshop with Emily and Tom from Premier Sports. They were transported to India and Bollywood where they were completely energised and enthused. See School Gallery for parent assembly photographs.
Multicultural Week - India - Monday - Geography: Where in the world is India and what is the geography of India like? Art: Kantha Embroidery with Miss Cornish one of our governors. Assembly: Traditional Indian Tales and Y6 Indian Outfits.
Second World War Anderson Shelters under construction
Y5 had a great time researching information for a biography about Charles Dickens using our new school tablets.
Art: Christmas card cross stitch - Thank you Mrs Long our governor for helping start our Christmas cross stitch.
Friday 13th November: Children in Need - Come as your personal hero
October - St John Ambulance 1st Aid Training. We had a very informative and practical day learning how to pack a 1st aid kit, what to do if we are first at the scene of an accident, how to place someone in the recovery position, how to control bleeding, how to bandage different wounds and what to do if someone has stopped breathing. Many thanks to Sue from the service who gave us valuable knowledge and lots of fun.
Friday Maths Challenge - 3D building using straws for edges and blue tac for vertices. Plus visualising and drawing 3D shapes from the top, front and side.
Kestrel Class Curriculum Letter - Autumn 2015
Kestrel Class Archive 2014/2015
Art Project - Design And Construct A Tudor Village
Wednesday 1st July - Hottest day of the year! Swimming and Victorian Sponge baking.
Monday 31st June - Class trip to Montacute House - Observational drawing, exploring Elizabethan house & garden, making spice parcels and picnicking in the sunshine. A very big thank you to all the parents who came with us and made the day such fun.
Maths investigation into Fibonacci numbers
Kestrels had a fabulous time creating and performing their Street Dance
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Year 5 Cycle training with PC Anning
Kestrels Preparation for the Summer Fayre - Children making their games
Kestrels Animation Project
Kestrels worked with Mr Mitchell from Mitchell Studio on an animation project. They started by brainstorming how they felt about our school, they then created storyboards and scripts. Next they held a creative design meeting where they decided the main content of the animation. They sequenced the storyboards, drew the slides, added sound and held a final editorial meeting. Watch our finished project on this websites home page.
