Middle School (MS)

The children really engaged with their random act of wildness on Tuesday! Their challenge was to create some wild art using nature they found around the school.
It was fantastic to see the children working together to collect bits and pieces and to create lovely images out of what they found.
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We were blessed with good weather for our KS2 Sports afternoon and the children  were all so encouraging towards each other and great team players throughout their challenges. They took part in a whole range of activities with their teams and also played a game of football rounders with Pete…

Middle school loves nothing more than a good, messy art lesson! 
As part of our Romans topic for the half term, we took a look at some of the art they created. This week, we have focused on Frescos, a kind of mural that Romans used to decorate the walls of their villas. 
Unfortunately, we didn't…

Children in Middle School and Upper School have all begun German lessons with myself - Ms Hennelly!
So far they have learned how to greet someone and how to say how they are feeling. 
The children will participate in around 15 minutes on a Monday and a Tuesday and are really enjoying it so…

As part of our 'Random Acts of Wildness', the children were to find and identify a wildflower.
Luckily, we have the area of wildflowers growing at school, which gave us a perfect opportunity to get up close and ID the plants.
Identification is not only a great way to get out into nature and…

Our topic this half term is the romans. 

As part of this topic, we have started with a look at myths and legends. On Monday and Tuesday we explored the legend of Romulus and Remus who founded Rome. On Wednesday we explored myths from different cultures including Norse, Greek and Chinese.…

We completed our second and third 'Random Acts of Wildness' at school, too. 
These included, firstly, looking for shapes, pictures and stories in clouds. The children came up with some fantastic ideas and images (as well as some very strange ones)! 
The third challenge was to search for creepy…

Middle School has decided to participate in The Wildlife Trust's '30 Days Wild' challenge. 
This means that children will have lots of lovely outdoorsy activities to complete that will help bring them closer to the nature and wildlife around them.
Although the challenge starts on the 1st June,…

To finish off our topic of movies and scripts in English we decided to have our own try at acting. 
Children were given a script to learn as a year group and spent several lessons practicing and perfecting their performances. 
Year 3s performed The Gingerbread Man.

Year 4s performed Maui and…