Welcome to the Kestrels Class

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to your class page. Mrs Phillips and Miss Smythe are your class teachers and our teaching assistant is Mrs McFarlane-Cushing. We are also helped by Mrs Rankin and Mrs Carter.

On this page you will find information about what we are learning, photos and other useful information about the Kestrels class.

• Our start time is 8.50 and we finish at 3.10
• Everyday you will take your reading book home to read to a grown up. It will be changed on Monday and Thursday
• You can read books on your Bug Club account
• Homework is given out on a Friday and is due on the following Wednesday.
• Spellings are given out on a Friday too but don't have to be returned until Wednesday to give you time to learn. They will be tested on Friday.
• Kestrels have PE every Tuesday and Friday 

Science - Butterfly Lifecycle

We enjoyed looking after our caterpillars and seeing their metamorphosis into Painted Lady butterflies. We fed them a sugary drink and fruit. We looked closely at them and painted them. We released them into our wild area.

Useful websites for home learning

Literacy Shed - https://www.literacyshed.com/home.html

Online books - https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

Numbots - https://numbots.com/

Alphablocks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Number blocks - https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks

BBC Bitesize -  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

Maths Whizz - https://www.whizz.com/maths-activities/

Resources for everything - https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Times tables rockstars - https://ttrockstars.com/page/covid19support

Maths games - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16&AgeGroup=2

Phonics games - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

Joe Wicks -  5 Minute Home workout - Youtube

Science Max -  Science experiments for kids - Youtube

At Hillshott Infant School and Nursery we follow the Penpals handwriting scheme. Our younger children are introduced to four main characters which help them to memorise the sequence for writing each letter correctly. The key thing to remember is that all letters start from the top apart - from d and e.

Pattern practice and play writing are an important part of handwriting development. Your child will be practising letter formation in a number of exciting ways: in sand, using paint, in the air, on the interactive screens and I pads, as well as on paper using a pencil!