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Nursery
Oaks class have been toasting marshmallows in the mud kitchen this week! They have also been making a splendid bug hotel in the mud kitchen area. To do this they collected leaves and twigs to place in between large logs and can’t wait to see all the different bugs visiting the hotel! The theme for…
Year 8
Year 8 had free rein to build anything they wanted out of wood this term in DT. They had to research how to build their items, draw out a detailed plan and get to work. Ella is making a sweet dispenser and Felix is making a holder for his Xbox consoles!
Year 7
Year 7 have been testing food in Science to see if it contains sugar or starch. They were surprised that onions contain sugar! In Art they have been taking forced perspective photographs, manipulating human visual perception through the use of scaled objects… in this case, making themselves into giants!
Year 6
Year 6 are reading the novel ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’. Using evidence from the text, we drew maps of Weirwold, then wrote descriptive pieces, imagining we were walking through our maps. In our descriptions we made use of powerful adjectives, embedded clauses, similes, metaphors and prepositions to add interest for our readers. Year 6 went on…
Year 5
Year 5 continued their improvisation topic in Drama this week! This time we had stories about destructive hot dogs, friendly zombies, Spongebob and Darth Vader. Improv allows you to become more positive, become a team player and makes you more creative!
Year 4
In History, Year 4 took part in a fact hunt all about Hadrian’s Wall and were amazed by some of the facts! Hadrian’s wall was built as a form of defence during the Roman Province of Britannia. In English, Year 4 created their own newspaper recounts all about the miracle web on Mr. Zuckerman’s farm!
Year 3
Year 3 showed great team work and friendship when one of the boy’s glasses went missing (they flew off his head whilst enjoying their free play). All the children were concerned and conducted a thorough search of the woods. Unfortunately no glasses were found, but they were all ready to lend a helping hand! The…
Wonderful Photos
Thank you to Mr Lee who has taken these lovely photos of the school… the post got quite a few likes on Facebook!
Prep School Accelerated Reader
Which group from each ‘bubble’ has the highest word count? Years 3 & 4 – 4TC with 776,630 words Years 5 & 6 – 6 Set 1 English with 602,950 words Years 7 & 8 – 7 Set 1 English with 563,886 words However, a very special CONGRATULATIONS to 3HJ for passing a truly amazing…
