Killingholme Primary School

The children have made an excellent start to the 23/24 academic year. So far this week, they have worked collaboratively during some team building exercises, developed their tracking and collecting skills in PE and have started to investigate the human body in Science. 

So far this week, the children have researched their artist of the term and discovered that our focussed piece of artwork, 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring' sold for $10.62 million. We are looking forward to practicing our drawing skills and recreating this artwork in Autumn Term. 

This week, we have learnt all about Harvest. As a school, we have been collecting food donations and have had a whole school assembly where we shared our knowledge about harvest and sang one of our favourite songs. 

The children have also enjoying reading for pleasure on a Friday morning in our new reading corner. 

Over the past couple of weeks, we have been learning about human teeth. Last week, we focussed on the different types and what their purpose was. This meant that on Friday we enjoyed creating our own models using marshmallows. 

This week, the children have learnt about 'The Rockies' in North America. They completed a fact file all about the famous mountain range. 

The children have also researched about different types of bread from around the world. We are looking forward to trying them all in our next DT lesson before half term.

The children put their drawing skills to work this week in Art. They used mirrors and a range of shading techniques (stippling, scumbling and cross-hatching) to draw a self-portrait. 

So far this week the children have tried lots of different breads. These included Focaccia, Pitta, Bagels and Naan. They thoroughly enjoyed tasting them and had to describe their texture, appearance, smell and taste. Make sure to check out the photos to see some of our reactions - we enjoyed some more than others!

On Monday, the children enjoyed the spooky disco in celebration of Halloween and managed to scare Miss Cawkwell with their petrifying costumes. 

In mathematics, Year 3 have been flying through their 'Addition and Subtraction' unit and are confidently using the column method to solve larger sums. 

The children have used pastels to decorate a poppy, which will make up our Class wreath. This will be laid in our Rememberance Assembly on Friday. Check out the events page to see us laying our wreath. 

To raise awareness of Antibullying week, our PSHE lesson consisted of talking about our differences and then designing our very own pair of odd socks! 

In Art, we used our drawing techniques to add depth and detail to our recreation of 'The Girl with a Pearl Earring'.  

This week we have got in the festive spirit and attended the 'Christmas Fayre'.

Some children were also lucky enough to participate in a Dodgeball competition against other schools. 

Christmas Play

The children have worked tirelessly practicing their lines, learning the songs and getting their costumes ready for our Christmas play, 'Who took all the loo roll?'.