Year 1, 2 and 3 pupils enjoyed a wonderful school trip to Escuela de Golf Elche (www.escuelagolfelche.com) as part of our collaboration with Elche’s local golf school, introducing this incredible sport and teaching our children about the respect, etiquette, patience and joys of golf.

 

The children practised their putting, pitching and driving skills taking turns at the different stations with competitions for the longest drive, nearest the pin and longest put. Escuela de golf Elche even awarded selected pupils a free class to continue to awake their golfing ability.

Today we practiced the different ways of writing the “au” sound. To make it fun and memorable for the children we did a reading-writing race where they have to read a word with this sound in it and write it under the right digraph. It was so much fun! The children cannot wait for the next sound they are going to learn to do this activity again.

 

This in only one of the ways we try to make our lessons memorable for the children, involving hands on learning where every pupil demonstrates a high level of engagement during class activities.

On Monday, King’s Infant School Elche pupils visited Elche Seniors to bring Christmas joy to the third-age residents. Nursery, Reception, Year 1, 2 and 3 sang Christmas songs and sat down for a conversation. This visit is now a tradition for our pupils who love to share time with the residents of Elche seniors at Christmas and Easter. We look forward to our next holiday celebration together.

• Father Christmas
• A healthy serving of presents
• Two robins
• A sprinkle of snowflakes
• Donkey
• Shepherds and angles
• Baby Jesus

 We have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes at school. From shape searching walks around the school in Nursery and Reception to elaborate constructions in Year 1 and 2, where pupils were tasked with scientifically tracking the number and type of shapes that composed their creations. Just like architects and good engineers, we drew our plans on paper before assembling our 3D and 2D shapes.

In addition, Year 1 and Year 2 pupils created a digital register on the iPads of the shapes in the school which they will put together to make a picture book with a description about the type and quantity of shapes in each photo.

In KISE we appreciate and promote the good behaviour. 

Therefore we have introduced golden tickets. Each day one pupil per class will be rewarded for their good behaviour after lunch time with one of these amazing golden tickets in which they need to write their names and then put them inside the golden box. Winners of the golden tickets competition may eat lunch at the golden table.

During a special PE lesson at King’s Infant School Elche our Year 1 and Year 2 pupils enjoyed a golf lesson courtesy of Escuela de Golf Elche, who we have partnered up with to promote golf as a sport for children.

 

We hope to grasp the essentials during the next special lessons while we look forward to visiting the golf course to show off everything we have learned.

 

Feet in line, check, straight back, check, head up, check, good back swing, check, and... FORE!

In PSHE (Personal, Social and Health Education)   pupils have been learning about how we are each unique and special in different ways, that we are a part of a class, and that we can work as a team. To show this, pupils have been creating a picture as a class where individually designed puzzle pieces have been fit together. Joining our individual abilities together to create something even bigger and better

In Creative Writing, pupils have been practising asking questions and using question marks by putting learning into practice by asking Beegu, main character of our core text this week, questions about his adventures and his likes and dislikes, especially ‘Do you like....?’ to practice using question marks in our writing. We even had a turn of pretending to be Beegu ourselves to answer each other’s questions and learn more about Beegu. It’s funny how Beegu likes the same things the pupils at KISE like!

In English, Orange class have been planning their own versions of the Enormous Turnip, changing the characters in the story and the object that becomes bigger and bigger, learning about using apostrophes for contractions and for possession.
In Maths, Year 1 have been doing lots of work on addition and subtraction, using number lines and hundred squares to help. Year 2 have been working on halving and doubling numbers, using partitioning to help, also looking at different methods that can be used to add and subtract.
In Science, pupils have been learning about healthy eating, thinking about which foods are good for us, and which foods people shouldn’t eat in excess, while also learning about the importance of exercise to keep us healthy. And in Geography, the class learnt about maps and what key features they have. 

Pupils at KISE enjoyed a competitive Sports Day at school. Ready, set, go! On a sunny day in May everyone took part in relay races, obstacle courses, and bean bag and hula hoop throwing amongst other playful events. The children had great time competing for their teams and cheering for each other. Team work was the key to victory for each event, pupils had to work together to be the first ones to complete each task. Most importantly we all had fun which made everyone feel like a winner. The main message of Sports Day is that taking part, with your friends at school, is what really counts. 

Our Reception and Y1-2 classes had a great school trip to the local Club Deportivo Squash to practise a range of new sports in a fun way. Having fun while exercising is the key to a healthier life which we try to embrace through our PE lessons at school. This trip has been a great launch to our ‘Healthy Me’ PSHE topic with which our pupils learn all about how the human body works and how to stay healthy. It is important not only to eat healthy, but to also live an active lifestyle.

KISE pupils from all classes have thought about the things they would like to include in the time capsule that has been buried in the garden to be opened in 25 years time on the 75th anniversary of King’s Group. The children have included photos of the school and of the activities we have done and a letter for the future generations of the school along with items they believe may be obsolete in 25 years time, such as scissors (we may cut with lasers!), glue, a phone, a plastic bottle, and a memory stick. Our school council was very interested to see how things have changed at King's College Schools over the last 50 years. Black and white photos of even of our own head teacher back in his days as a pupil. Our school counsellors also help bury the time capsule in the garden.

Every February we learn more about the Chinese culture while celebrating the Chinese New Year. We marked this special day by dressing in red, we made lanterns and dragons to decorate the halls and learnt about the year of the pig and the many traditions to welcome the new year with good luck and prosperity. Some on our Chinese pupils even shared their own traditions with the rest of the class.

Pupils are presented with their celebration certificates for their outstanding behaviour and learning at school. During our recent assembly our Star of the Week in Pre-Nursery was awarded a certificate for the amazing amount of English spoken in class. Nursery’s star was awarded a certificate for writing their name while Reception’s certificate went to the pupil with the most Class Dojo points for the week. Last but not least, Year 1 and Year 2’s star of the week incredibly achieved 10 out of 10 on spellings for the last 4 weeks!

During our latest KISE School Council meeting, composed of the elected representatives of Year 1 and Year 2, counsellors expressed their desire to raise awareness regarding environmental issues. Chosen “Eco Warriors” will now start performing Eco Walks to check that the school is being environmentally friendly: Ensuring lights and screens are turned off when not being used, scrap paper being reused or recycled, doors are closed to keep classrooms warm with the heating during the winter and fighting against single use plastic that would pollute the oceans of the Earth are amongst the different aspects our Eco Warriors will be on the lookout for. Let’s all do our part for the environment.

“You must be the change you wish to see in the world” - Mahatma Gandhi. Our pupils have been exploring the concept of peace through different classroom activities. Nursery and Reception have joined efforts to create a peace mural to decorate the school. Pre-Nursery has been busy creating and decorating doves that are “flying” around the school and Year 1 and Year 2 have created their own peace books with their thoughts on peace on Earth. We have reinforced the importance of respect, sharing, helping others in need and living together in harmony.