Kingfisher Primary School - 2024-2025

Christmas!

As is tradition at Kingfisher, our Christmas tree is decorated by our pupils whose parents serve in the Armed Forces. Along with Mrs Streetin, pupils who attend Dandelion Club did an excellent job in making the tree look extra special!

Pudsey Bear

Following on from our Children in Need non-uniform day in November, we were very lucky to have Pudsey Bear visit us during Celebration Assembly following a successful Children in Need campaign. 

SNOW!

Who doesn't love a bit of snow - well we certainly do at Kingfisher. Although relatively short-lived, the children managed to enjoy some time in the snow before it disappeared. For some of our pupils, who are new to the country, this was their first experience of snow!

Sporting Successes

Mid-November was a very busy time for sport at Kingfisher as our Y5/6 pupils took part in two big sporting events.

Our Y5/6 football team were unbeaten and finished 2nd in their tournament beating Chard School 8-0, East Coker 1-0, Tintinhull 4-0 and draws against Countess Gytha and High Ham!

Kingfisher was also represented at the Netball tournament this week and returned victorious as tournament WINNERS! Well done to all involved. 

Remembrance Day 11.11.24

Mr Glentworth led our Remembrance assembly where all staff and pupils attended. Children learned about Remembrance in class and assembly was finished with a special prayer from Rev. Sarah. We value the significance of Remembrance as a time to honor those who have served and sacrificed in conflicts past and present. Through learning about Remembrance, our pupils develop an understanding of the importance of peace, gratitude, and resilience. It is an opportunity to reflect on the lessons of history, foster a sense of unity, and instill respect for the values of freedom and democracy that shape our society. By engaging in Remembrance activities, we help pupils appreciate the importance of remembering and learning from the past.

Bikeability for Year 5 and Year 6

At Kingfisher, we believe in equipping our pupils with essential life skills, and Bikeability plays a vital role in achieving this. This national program provides children with the confidence and practical skills to cycle safely and responsibly, both on and off the road. By participating, our pupils learn the importance of road safety, develop independence, and foster a healthy, active lifestyle. Bikeability not only empowers children to travel sustainably but also supports their overall wellbeing and confidence in making safe choices in their everyday lives.

Rock up and Read

Each half-term, we invited parents and carers into school to read with their child. Our sessions are becoming more and more popular with parents, grandparents and younger siblings all enjoying books together.

Diwali - Drama Workshops

As part of our commitment to enriching our RE curriculum, each class in school enjoyed a drama workshop based on the Hindu celebration of Diwali. The workshops were run by West End School Company and were thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

World Mental Health Day

Our school turned yellow as we celebrated World Mental Health Day. Promoting children’s mental health and physical health are a big part of what we do at Kingfisher. Look at this very cool personalised t-shirt with a very important message. It was lovely to have our new Associate Vicar, Sarah, in school leading her first whole school assembly. Her theme was based around mental health as we celebrated together. 

Careers Day 2024

On Tuesday 8th October, Kingfisher held their first Careers' Day where pupils and staff dressed as 'What they wanted to be when they were older.' The day was full of activities where learning was focused on career-based skills. The day started with an assembly where guest speakers spoke about their career. The general manager and a mechanic from Land Rover Yeovil, Anna, a fashion designer who now works in marketing for Screwfix and a Mental Health Nurse from the NHS all spoke about their roles, what they entailed and why they liked them. 

Harvest Festival

At the end of September, we celebrated Harvest Festival at Kingfisher. Our school community, once again showed their incredible generosity with all donations going to The Lord’s Larder in Yeovil. All classes led poems in assembly with some wonderful singing too!

European Day of Languages 2024

In September, pupils across school and nursery celebrated the European Day of Languages. Classes paired up to learn about the language, culture, food and history of chosen countries. The European countries chosen were France, Spain, Germany and Italy.

Brympton Parish Council - School Awards

We were very proud to nominate three pupils for the Brympton Parish Council School Award this year. The fantastic trio rasied over £250 for MacMillan Cancer Research by completing the Yeovil Marathon Fun Run. 

Kingfisher Primary School 2023-2024

Year 6 work with artist, Darrell Wakelam

Pupils in Year 6 worked with visiting artist, Darrell Wakelam, in February to create a wonderful piece of art which displays our school motto of 'Be the best you can be.' They used their art skills along with skills in resilience, creativity and collaboration to create this excellent final piece.

WORLD BOOK DAY 2024

Children and staff at Kingfisher Primary School, fully embraced World Book Day and came dressed for school in some spectacular costumes. The day started with a Whole School assembly where the children received a message from author, Sarah Oliver. As a school, all children will work with Sarah to create our own picture book which will be published in the summer term. Throughout the day, children engaged in a variety of activities aimed to promote reading for pleasure. The day concluded with our half-termly ‘Rock up and Read’ sessions, where parents came into school and shared a book with their child.

A special visit...

Just before Christmas, all pupils from nursery and school gathered on the playground and looked up to the skies to see if they could spot some very special visitors. We were incredibly lucky to have a navy helicopter land on our school field, with two of Santa's special helpers from RNAS Yeovilton on board who collected letters written by the children to Father Christmas. 

European Day of Languages 

On Tuesday 26th September 2023, we celebrated our Annual European Day of Languages.

The Little Kingfisher Day Nursery focused on Spanish and eating some lovely paella and patatas bravas and they made some lovely Spanish crafts- practising their collaging skills.

Reception, Year 1 and Year 5 all focussed on learning about France and the French language- learning colours, creating fact files and using dictionaries. 

Years 2 and 3 focussed on learning some German greetings, numbers and Geography while creating their fact files.

Years 4 and 6 focussed on learning some Italian - learning the colours and crafting to make Venetian masks, as well as learning the numbers and learning some greetings.

All classes had the opportunity to try food from their countries and had a fabulous day learning about different cultures- as well as learning to sing a song in the language that they were focussing on! Well done, Kingfisher! 

Kingfisher Primary School 2022 - 2023

September 2021 saw a return to 'normal' schooling with children being able to mix with other age groups and be altogether in the same room. We took this opportunity to start whole school assemblies and singing practice. Our pupils returned very positively in the first few weeks of term. Below are a selection of photo showing some of the pupils' achievements and activities.

Kingfisher Primary School 2020 - 2021

The 2020-2021 academic year was very challenging due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. However, it didn't stop us from enriching our curriculum to ensure our pupils learned about a wider range of engaging topics.

Rocktapus

On Monday Andy and Tom from Rocktapus came to visit us and they worked with the children to create a school 'rock' song. It was based around the school values and motto and the children gave ideas for the lyrics. It was amazing and we all couldn't stop singing it for the rest of the day!

Kingfisher's Got Talent 2020

Kingfisher’s Got Talent was a huge success!  Well done to everyone who took part, especially to the winner Oliver Finch who dazzled us with his guitar playing. We hope you enjoy browsing through the photos below.

Africa Day

At Kingfisher we have recently celebrated 'Africa day' where the children spent the day dressed in colours from the African flags. It was lovely to see so many bright colours, some children even wore traditional African dress! The day started with a slide show and talk from Western Gazette photographer Len Copland, who recently visited Africa and took some amazing photos of animals in their natural habitat. This was followed by mask making, necklace making, food tasting and even some African dancing! Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the African themed day.

Kingfisher Carol Concert

Thank you to everyone who came and supported our Christmas carol concert. All of the children sang beautifully and I'm sure you'll agree that it was a fantastic performance and all the children should be very proud of themselves.  

Helicopter visit

On Tuesday 10th December we were very excited to have a helicopter land on the school field! Inside were two elves who had come to collect the children's letters for Father Christmas. It was very exciting!

Archive 2018/2019 Photos

Harold the Giraffe

We are thrilled to see Harold the Giraffe up in the stairwell. It is amazing to see how big giraffes are compared to ourselves! We can also feel proud that we all helped to make this amazing piece of artwork with Daryl.

Football Activities

Kingfisher Year 2 children and Preston Primary Year 2 children recently enjoyed an afternoon of Football activities. 6 different activities took place including matches and passing skills. The afternoon encouraged team play and sportsmanship and was well supported by parents from both schools.

Hoop Ball Tournament

The children from Year 1 joined forces with Year 1 children from Preston Primary recently for a Hoop Ball tournament. The children were split into mixed teams and enjoyed a fun and exciting afternoon playing in a number of matches, resulting in a Final. Thank you to parents from both schools for coming along and supporting the event.

Giant Giraffe Sculpture

At the start of the Summer Term, we had a visit from a fantastic artist called Darrell. Darrell works with lots of materials to create sculptures. He helped us make a beautiful giraffe for the school. It was quite tricky and very sticky but great fun to all work as a team. Each class had a session in which they contributed their part to the sculpture and the result was amazing.

Easter Bonnets

Thank you very much for all of your efforts with the fabulous Easter Bonnets. The children all looked amazing!

Science Discovery Week

As part of Science Discovery week, we had a great day taking part in lots of different science experiments. We all split into 6 different groups and made our way around 6 amazing activities. We made dancing worms with Mrs January, it was great to see them come to life. With Mrs Francis, we made giant bubbles that were nearly as big as us! Mr Green let us use some microscopes to look at everyday things 1000x closer. It was great fun. We made Marshmallow towers with Mrs Haigh, lilies with Mrs Kerrigan and planted sunflowers with Mrs Denman. It was a fantastic day!

New Play Equipment

All of the children are thoroughly enjoying the new play equipment that was fitted during the February half term.

Willow Classroom

We were very lucky to have a visit from Stefan this term. He came to the school to talk to us about Willow and how we can use it to make a living structure. Through the sun, wind and rain, we worked as a team to create an amazing Willow Dome.

PTA School Disco

Thank you to the PTA for organising the recent school disco - the children really enjoyed it.

Special Visitor 

The children were lucky enough to have a very special visitor this afternoon (Friday 21st December) Father Christmas arrived in a police car!

The Adam Stansfield Foundation

The school have recently been donated a selection of sports equipment from The Adam Stansfield Foundation. Adam, who played for Yeovil Town FC very sadly passed away in August 2010 from Bowel Cancer. The Trust was set up in his memory to promote community participation in healthy recreation for the benefit of children. Mr Bourne, our Sports Coach put the equipment to good use this week and Mallard class were the first to try it out!