King's Hedges Primary School

Year One swapped their classroom for nature’s outdoor classroom at Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve. We had an amazing time learning about our renowned fenland and the abundant flora that thrives there. We took part in pond dipping where we discovered a vast micro-safari ranging from diving beetles to water boatman. We were even lucky enough to catch a newt! We went on a mini-beast hunt in the long grass, in the trees and under logs, carefully catching many different varieties of creepy crawlies. We then categorised them into no legs, 6 legs and many legs. We had a tiring, but fantastic trip and represented our school impeccably. Thank you to our helpers and Wicken Fen.

On Friday 3rd July, Kings Hedges enjoyed an exciting STEM Showcase. Throughout the week, each year group had been learning about an inspirational scientist, discovering their achievements and the impact they have had on the world. During the showcase, the children proudly shared what they had learnt with the rest of the school. It was a wonderful morning filled with curiosity, enthusiasm and confidence as every year group demonstrated their fantastic scientific knowledge. We were incredibly proud of the children's enthusiasm, confidence and the excellent presentations they delivered, making it a memorable celebration of STEM learning.

Our KS2 choir had the wonderful opportunity to perform at the Cambridge Corn Exchange as part of Michael Rosen’s concert, Voices of Hope and Passion, on Sunday 28th June.

It was such a special experience, the children sang alongside choirs from other local schools, in front of Michael Rosen himself!

The children did KHEF proud with both excellent behaviour and fantastic singing. It was a great experience to perform some challenging repertoire as part of a very large choir on a grand stage, and wonderful to be able to support such a good cause. Our pupils were particularly noted for the effort they had put into learning the harmony parts to the songs. Well done choir!

Year One were lucky to have the lovely Sarah from One Day Creative come in to deliver a Florence Nightingale workshop in preparation for our new History theme.

What a Big Bang it was! The session started with a warm up game, followed by lots of role playing. Whilst Sarah talked to the children about Florence Nightingale, they were encouraged to role play her life from that of a young child to the inspirational woman she later became! We never knew there were so many budding actors in Year One! A fun time was had by all.

Last week Reception went to visit Meadow Lodge Farm as part of their ‘Country Farms’ theme.

At the farm, they learnt all about the different fruits that are grown on farms like apples, pears and plums. They then had a day full of fun activities such as Minibeast Hunting, Pond Dipping, Nature Drawing and learning all about the wildlife that live on the farm. The children had an amazing day and behaved excellently for the whole day.