Pre-Prep Awards Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. The child receives a Golden Award badge to wear for the week. The presentations are made weekly in the Pre-Prep assembly. The following children received a Golden Award during Week 10. Reception Proud Clouds Christian J…
To celebrate STEM week, based this year on The Olympics, in Pre-R to Year 3, we held a competition to design an Olympic medal. All mediums were acceptable; paint, clay, modelling, relief or pencil designs, etc. We were very impressed by all the different mediums used, from drawings to clay to papier-mâché! Even a fantastic…
Babies Babies have enjoyed making patterns for Diwali using different coloured pens. Some have also been involved in activities around turn taking and sharing with their friends. Bluebells This week we have enjoyed learning about Diwali and made some henna handprints. We have also enjoyed exploring the secret garden, going on the bridge and tree…
The pupils created masks for different characters in the Tempest, and acted in roles to develop character empathy skills and understanding. Year 5 have been studying The Tempest this term and, with the aim of immersing them in the language and drama of Shakespeare and nurturing a love of this cornerstone of their culture, they…
The Holmwood Chefs have been very busy in the kitchen over the last few weeks and have created a cornucopia of culinary treats to tempt the taste buds! Easy Peasy Pitta Pizzas were the perfect pick me up after a hard day’s learning, sculpting scary sweets for Halloween were a tricky treat and poppy inspired…
Water We are all proud of what we achieved on the School’s Birthday, winning the Animal Game, the Tutor Group Challenge, the Element Board, the Junior Mugs Game, and we drew in the Senior Mugs Game. The Year 8s have also been working on our Element Meetings to make the activities as fun as possible….
Year 5 making their land yachts – progress is good so far, however the pupils have many variables to consider; how to reduce friction where the wheels are touching the chassis; what size wheels; area and material of the sail; width of the chassis for stability. Very exciting watching these young engineers take ownership of…
This week, Year 4 has been thinking about Oceans. One of their tasks was to pick an ocean or the ocean zones and create a factual poster. Here are a few of their finished pieces. Furthermore, they have also been creating treasure maps linked to their learning on their English text Treasure Island, in preparation…
As part of National Maths Week, children in Phase 1 and 2 have been introduced to a new and exciting game to support their maths. The creators of Times Tables Rock Stars have produced a platform for boosting addition and subtraction skills, called NumBots. Each child has their own unique log in details and they…
This week in Year 2, we have enjoyed listening to the first of the Island Talk presentations. The children giving their talks spoke clearly and had worked very hard on preparing them. Other children in the class enjoyed asking questions after listening to the talks. We look forward to some more presentations next week! As…
