News
Trip to Bluebell Railway
The boarders had a lovely trip to the Bluebell railway last weekend. They all enjoyed a fantastic experience of going back in time and travelling on a steam train.
Netball
The 1st team went to Roedean today for SISNA in some horrendous conditions for netball. The girls battled in the wind and the rain that was thrown at us all afternoon. The girls scored 69 goals throughout the afternoon, conceding 31. Ella and Annabelle were awesome in the shooting circle, working the ball in to…
Year 1 Maths
This week in Maths Year 1 were using 2p, 5p, and 10p to help them with their multiplication tables.
Visit to Bocketts Farm
Reception had a fantastic trip to Bocketts Farm this week. We learned how to milk a goat, feed the animals with our palms flat and even had the opportunity to stroke a cockerel, rabbit and guinea pig. The tractor ride was very bumpy and the lunch was delicious!
World Wildlife Day
It’s #worldwildlifeday and Year 3 were in Forest School this morning building a shelter out of large sticks, rope and leaves. Forest School provides an opportunity for pupils to learn about the environment, how to take care of it and what we can do at home to help prevent climate change.
Year 7
In History, Year 7 were learning all about the Queen of Scots. Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James V of Scotland, was six days old when her father died and she acceded to the throne.
Street Art!
Year 8 were working through their sketchbook this week. Today they were researching about street art, and learning more about Slinkachu, who is a British street artist. He is best known for his Little People Project series, which consists of remodelling and repainting miniature figurines which are then installed and photographed in public places.
Nursery
Acorns and Pippins have started their jungle theme! The children were thrilled to find the new jungle jeep and tent and all of the animals to play with. We made paper plate tigers and elephants and some amazing paper chain snakes. In Forest Fun we searched for multicoloured snakes and read snake stories and we…
Reception
Reception had great fun making and flipping pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. The children were fascinated that we had a gas hot plate in the classroom and wanted how the oil made the pan non-stick. They chose lemon and sugar and chocolate buttons as fillings and rolled their own pancakes … yummy! We started our introduction…
Year 2
We have had a busy week as we begin our new topic. We have begun to find out why the Great Fire of London was so devasting, and why the fire was able to spread as quickly as it did. In our literacy lesson we used adjectives, nouns, adverbs and verbs to write a short…