Kynance

DANGER! A herd of wild animals have rampaged through Kynance Class, overturning tables, leaving footprints on the floor and much worse! Kynance Class have undertaken to study these Amazing Animals and find out all they can about the culprits.

Their scientific study will lead them to investigate how and where animals live, their food sources and predators. As ever, we are committed to a sustainable future for the children in our school and our topic work will include a historical study of reasons for animal endangerment and extinction, drawing on these to learn lessons for the future. We will be consistently working towards our outcome - a pop up shop, selling our screen printed t-shirts, clay models and hand puppets all inspired by our trip to Newquay Zoo. All proceeds raised to be donated to conservation projects at Newquay and Paignton Zoo. Through art, we will study the textures and patterns of animal skins and learn how these help them survive in their habitat. We will use printing, and clay modelling to replicate these textures. In English, we will address the ethical issues of taming wild animals or even humans, through our study of the book 'Wild' by Gillian Hughes. Our topic in PSHE, 'Be The Best You' reinforces our need to invest in our future, caring for our environment and the life within it,

We follow the mastery approach to teaching maths that promotes fluency and application through reasoning and problem solving. Daily Read, Write, Inc reading and phonics sessions allow children to develop their understanding of the English language, while our storytelling approach to literacy helps us to read like a writer, developing comprehension skills and promoting a love of literature. 
 
We are committed to learning outdoors, both in our own extensive and beautiful school grounds or in any of our outdoor learning spaces; Crenver Grove, Godrevy Beach or Gwithian Nature Reserve. 

 

 

 

Please check the school Facebook page for regular updates and photos of our learning in Kynance Class. 
Our immersive classroom!
What has happened to these poor veggies? Could it be the work of The Evil Pea? Kynance use the evidence to deduce who the perpetrator of this crime could be... Launching our class book 'Supertato'. 
Our 'Wild Water' activity days; Summer 2022
Kynance enjoyed their topic launch at Godrevy, making animals in the sand to start their study of 'The Sand Horse' and imagining what might happen if their sculptures came to life.. We also started our geographical study looking at human and physical features of the coastline. 
Inspired by the art work of Nick Gustafson, Kynance Class had a great start to their topic making collaborative artwork to further theme their 'rain forest' classroom. 
Our story telling approach to literacy - learning the story map. 
Learning through play.
Kynance Class made the most of the weather with a quick trip to Godrevy today, where we worked as a team to pass buckets of water as firefighters would have done in 1666. We also made a fire and looked at how wood burns and ash is made. We used our senses to describe the fire, to inspire our Fire of London diary writing tomorrow.