On Monday 16th January a trip to Bletchley Park sparked Years 7 & 8’s curiosity about how their maths skills could be practically applied. They used their mathematical thinking and problem solving skills to crack a number of code breaking tasks, decipher messages and solve puzzles. They also learned about the invaluable role of code…
Year 4 participated in a fun, engaging and interactive workshop that introduced the children to the fascinating and enigmatic world of the ancient Egyptians. Throughout the day the children participated in activities as they learned about life and death in Ancient Egypt. In the morning Mark the Archaeologists led a session on playing an Egyptian…
This week the Reception children made a very curious discovery. Whilst out in their garden they stumbled across some eggs in a nest! The children shared their ideas about who the eggs might belong to, what might be inside the eggs and what they should do? They agreed they should leave the eggs, find out…
We have all come back from the Christmas break and settled back in well. The children have all enjoyed developing their fine motor skills with some fun activities and have been very creative with arts and crafts. We have all loved being in the garden and making the most of the rain, splashing about in…
Much Ado About Nothing is the play that Year 6 have been studying in English this term, so to extend their understanding further they headed off to the Globe Theatre. The aim of the trip was to spark every pupil’s enthusiasm for, and engagement with, one of the most influential writers in the world. In…
At the beginning of term and their “Land Ahoy! theme, Year 2 were challenged to carry out some research into an explorer of their choice and find out more about them. For “Explorer Day” they all came dressed up as their chosen explorer and had made a poster about who they were and what they…
With the beautiful frosts this week and Christmas fast approaching, we are definitely getting into the Christmas spirit at Nursery. There has been lots of fun Christmas crafts (involving plenty of glitter!) and the children have loved doing some Christmas baking and of course decorating the tree. We’ve all wrapped up warm and enjoyed our…
Pre-R, Reception and Year 1 gave a sparkling performance of their Christmas Show “Santa’s Hat”. The elves and the reindeer have got everything ready for Santa to deliver his presents, but he has lost his hat! The elves ask the snowmen and the sleepy hedgehogs if they have seen it. It turns out that Santa…
Curious about our bizarre ways the aliens who are watching us from a distant planet decided they want to reach out across the galaxy to us…and so they have planned a visit! They have discovered that we are at our friendliest and most peaceful at Christmastime and decide that this is when they will come….
The Christmas season got off to a flying start last Friday with the Prep School Christmas Concert. It was wonderful to see so many children involved in the evening. They all did fantastically and must be congratulated on all the hard work that had evidently gone into creating such spectacular performances. Congratulations to all the…
