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14/11/24

On Tuesday afternoon, Mr Littleton took a group of Year 1 and 2 children over to Eastborough to compete in the Change4Life athletics event. Our AMAZING athletes worked incredibly hard to secure a well-deserved silver medal position! We are so proud of them all!— VIPS () November 14, 2024

06/11/24

Turtles have been working hard to identify the features of a newspaper report! They have been identifying features such as headlines, paragraphs, past tense and the 5 W’s ready to write our report tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/gf9wCDbsHZ— VIPS () November 6, 2024

10/10/24

Our Rights Respecting team delivered our Harvest donations to Maidstone Day Centre & had the opportunity to look around the centre and learn all about what they do for vulnerable adults. The children had a great time and asked some really interesting questions. RRArticles2,17&26 pic.twitter.com/poscPxYe82— VIPS () October 10, 2024

09/10/24

Another trophy for the MIGHTY Kings Hill! A team of Yr5 children took part in the VIAT Tag Ruby tournament. Our amazing children were crowned CHAMPIONS after 4 truly incredible performances on the rugby field. A highlight was our team winning 14–1 in their final game! pic.twitter.com/1nmZzHz2F1— VIPS () October 9, 2024

02/10/24

This morning in our sketchbook lesson, Seals did some beautiful observational sketches of some Rudbeckia flowers. Later on in our science lesson we will label them with the vocabulary that we learn for parts of a flower. pic.twitter.com/35UOb8U9nz— VIPS () October 2, 2024

26/09/24

This week, Dolphin class perfected their trampoline skills as part of the ‘Beyond Bounce’ workshop in the hall! We definitely got the blood flowing and worked up a sweat! pic.twitter.com/F6DaZ9hiUm— VIPS () September 26, 2024

26/09/24

The VIAT Kings Hill staff have been blessed today with a morning tea and coffee run from Mrs Hall and Miss Burrell! Just what we needed to get going on a soggy Thursday! pic.twitter.com/fMtSjL8QPB— VIPS () September 26, 2024

26/09/24

On Thursday afternoon, Mr Littleton took a group of Year 6 children to Invicta to take part in the VIAT Trampette ball tournament. Our INCREDIBLE children showed unbelievable teamwork and skill to finish the tournament as CHAMPIONS! We are so proud of each and every one of them! pic.twitter.com/TXomgq7NDI— VIPS () September 26, 2024

25/09/24

Our intrepid explorers from Yr6 have visited the Oxfam Supply Centre in Bicester. They enjoyed a personal tour to discover how and where supplies are distributed to in response to conflict, famines, flood and other humanitarian disasters. Making tap stands was a real high light! pic.twitter.com/0t2W4cgfHQ— VIPS () September 25, 2024

23/09/24

Turtles have been focusing on their knowledge of diary entries in English recently; today, we recapped the events in our book, ‘The Butterfly Lion,’ by creating a story map to help plan our own diary entry! pic.twitter.com/3G2rJgDPDz— VIPS () September 23, 2024

19/09/24

To celebrate DESIGN SPARK DAY, Team Stingray studied the life and work of fashion designer Alexander McQueen. As part of their focus, the children created a mood board and even had a go at some mono printing of McQueen’s iconic swallow design. pic.twitter.com/KnLwtNEnYT— VIPS () September 19, 2024

10/09/24

Turtles have made a fantastic start to this week’s writing! Miss Burrell has been unbelievably impressed with the quality of the children’s writing and their knowledge of adjectives to describe Timbivati, the setting for ‘The Butterfly Lion’! pic.twitter.com/UfPEnCvqyY— VIPS () September 10, 2024

03/09/24

Turtles have had a brilliant start to Year 4! Miss Burrell has been thoroughly impressed by both our art skills and our writing skills as we wrote our postcards, explaining the fun summer that we’ve enjoyed! pic.twitter.com/YIW2ZuB6A2— VIPS () September 3, 2024

12/07/24

Good Bye and Good Luck to our amazing Year 6 Class! https://t.co/KUCWwqlbh2— VIPS () July 12, 2024

11/07/24

This week, Year 5 have been learning about the key development milestones of a baby’s first year! We created our own creative timelines to show each event! pic.twitter.com/jhr7ZQIhfa— VIPS () July 11, 2024

04/07/24

A huge thank you to one of our parents who has kindly donated new book for our Library pic.twitter.com/dHJggg1UJF— VIPS () July 4, 2024

02/07/24

Stingray class visited Kent Police HQ for their annual open day. The children were treated to demonstrations on how the police keep us safe, including the opportunity to witness a fantastic Police dog training session and information workshops on safety awareness! pic.twitter.com/xUIsapiUsJ— VIPS () July 2, 2024

21/06/24

As if the Year 6 aren't frazzled enough, they then had to solve a series of mental and physical challenges.They are so resilient! 😁 pic.twitter.com/YmIo8318mi— VIPS () June 21, 2024

21/06/24

Starfish had an art workshop with Mrs Guthrie this week. We made rangoli patterns, influenced by Van Gough’s sunflowers. pic.twitter.com/Xzulj0bcfm— VIPS () June 21, 2024

20/06/24

Year 6 are having a fantastic time at PGL this week, Mr L's group have started the day with Jacob's Ladder! Mrs Hilton's group started the day with a friendly duel. Fortunately, nobody was mortally wounded, so that was a plus! 😁 pic.twitter.com/cVeTxz1gsW— VIPS () June 20, 2024

20/06/24

Shark Class have had lots of fun with the parachute and started making some art work for our display. We had so much fun! pic.twitter.com/QOKsUheDml— VIPS () June 20, 2024

07/06/24

Look at these incredible hanging baskets that some of our Year 5 and 6 girls have been making in macrame club! We are so thrilled with the stunning results! pic.twitter.com/EsvbPK0x3G— VIPS () June 7, 2024

23/05/24

Some budding Key Stage 1 artists from across the VIAT Trust gathered at Kings Hill on Monday morning to attend a print making workshop. We looked at the artist Yayoi Kusama and produced some beautiful work in response to her style. pic.twitter.com/LKCX7QE8H4— VIPS () May 23, 2024

21/05/24

This week, to finish off our Rivers topic in Geography, Dolphin class have been making their very own 3D salt-dough river models! The River Nile has never looked so three-dimensional! Fingers crossed, they’ll be dry enough to paint on Friday! pic.twitter.com/rN9JLHtI4U— VIPS () May 21, 2024

17/05/24

A HUGE well done to our INCREDIBLE Stingrays for their amazing effort, determination, and superb attitude during SATS week! We honestly couldn’t be prouder of them! pic.twitter.com/AGF3f76NMr— VIPS () May 17, 2024

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Posted on: May 22nd 2024

Art Spark Day

On Friday 17 May we enjoyed an Art Spark Day across the whole school. Year 2 to Year 6 studied a painting by Peter De Hooch called ‘Courtyard of a House in Delft’. Each year group completed a reflective study in their sketchbooks and then focused on a different aspect of the painting for their response.

Year 2 were looking at the idea of contrasts in the artwork and produced some beautiful vine studies using contrasting colours and words.

Year 3 thought about repeating patterns and enjoyed creating giant mandalas outside in the playground.

Year 4 considered the idea of overlapping shapes and created some fabulous pop-up images as a response.

Year 5 created this brilliant freeze frame of the image and had fun learning how to make flick books with moving images.

Year 6 thought about tessellating shapes, and produced some careful studies in their sketchbook.

It was wonderful to see the children engaging with a 17th Century painting and showing such excitement as they expressed themselves creatively in response to the work.

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