Years 4 & 5 Boarding Cinema Night Our Years 4 & 5 pupils had a wonderful evening on Monday for their first overnight stay. The adventure actually started at tutor time when all pupils came up to the boarding house with their tutors to make up their own beds – it was a fantastic atmosphere with…
One of the themes we have looked at this term is ‘Promoting Hope‘. The pupils were asked to consider what hope means and we discussed the importance of staying hopeful even when the challenges we face feel really difficult and what they had done with their families during Lockdown to keep happy and hopeful. As…
Year 3 had great fun drawing on the table! We drew sets and Venn diagrams and sorted shapes into the correct categories. See more photos in our Photo Gallery.
Year 3 art considered the Tsunami. The wave that was created used a stencil. In Jackson Pollock style, they splattered wet paint on dry paper for the sky and wet paint onto wet paper for the wave. The difference in the effect was enjoyed by all. See more photos in our Photo Gallery.
Year 5 have investigated and experimented with the properties of paper. Now they are being challenged to make the paper as strong as possible whilst thinking about the forces acting on it.
Year 2s’ Land Ahoy project went sailing on a rough and windy day this week. After studying one of Van Gogh’s expressive seascapes, they experimented with similar colours and thickened paint using glue and sand. Mrs Baker felt quite seasick at one point with the swaying of some children as they splodged and smeared the wave effect. Beautiful…
Nursery News Babies Babies have had lots of fun exploring space as part of our space week. We have enjoyed space themed tuff trays and making galaxies with cornflour and food colouring. Bluebells This week Bluebells have enjoyed doing some conker rolling through paint to create pictures. We have also had great fun exploring the…
Cookery – Tostados! Over the last two cookery sessions, we have been making our version of “Tostados” – a hot toasted wrap with a delicious assortment of fillings. Our first batch of tostados had savoury fillings such as cheese, ham and peppers. They were very simple to make but ever so tasty! Our second batch…
Musical Theatre Year 4 and 5 are having great fun in Musical theatre so far this term. I’ve been so impressed with how they’ve got stuck into a lot more dancing and acting in class due to the COVID restrictions on singing. Well done everyone, it’s so great to be back.
Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. Under these criteria, 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 6. Reception Proud Clouds Aerin…
