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Lower School have been treated to a HOMEMADE...and incredibly awesome...STRETCHY BAND!!!

Thanks to the wonderful generosity and kindness of a talented local lady from our village - thank you so much Gail! :)

We absolutely loved exploring all of the different textures (although the pink…

Today, the class looked carefully at the oil painting, Gassed by John Singer Sargent. We discussed what was going on, the story behind the picture and the feelings of the soldiers. The children spent time reproducing the painting in pencil in their sketch pads, looking carefully at the shapes and…

As part of our topic for the rainforest, Middle school are preparing to write letters to companies to persuade them to stop using unsustainable palm oil in their products. We have researched and learned a lot about how palm oil production leads to the destruction of the rainforests in Indonesia.…

Middle school children were very excited to take part in let’s go sing again this year! For some children, it was their very first experience! We learned four new songs alongside some sign language to accompany one of the songs.

We can’t wait to learn more and sing more…

With the weather finally being kind, Upper School made it outside for their PE lesson! The children focused on the rugby backwards pass to start with and then moved onto playing some simple competitions involving making it across the playground to collect cones whilst passing the ball back between…

We were all so excited in Upper School and Middle School to take part in this year’s first Let’s Go Sing rehearsal with the brilliant, Rachel. She got us all singing our hearts out and doing all the actions! There are some fantastic songs like If I Was A Superhero and The Fox (which is not for the…

Today in RE, the class thought about the journey of life and what we need to make our journeys fulfilling and flourishing. We watched Bishop Phillip talking about his own journey and the choices and difficulties he had on the way. After that, the children talked together about what they would put…

The Jolly Postman came to visit!!!

In Lower School, we have been enjoying ANOTHER story - 'The Jolly Postman' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Much like Sunny in the Meerkat Mail, the main character goes on a journey...and we have been enjoying meeting all of the different characters who The Jolly…

In our first week of school, we all talked about where we lived and who lived in their house with them. As part of our PSHE, we talked about different families and what makes us all different and similar. 

The children enjoyed sharing who lived in their house and drawing who they live with and…

Lower School were thoroughly immersed into one of our September reads -  'Meerkat Mail' by Emily Gravett.

We asked questions, made predictions, talked about the story, retold the events and used lots of drama to explore the character's feelings (which are shared brilliantly in the story through…

To kickstart their Lower School PE journey, Year 1 and 2's physical activities will be linked to the beautiful Oliver Jeffers' story - 'Lost and Found'. Like the little boy in the story, our Lower School children are going to learn how to demonstrate determination throughout our lessons -…

'Superworm is super long.
Superworm is super strong.
Watch him wiggle, see him squirm.
Hip hip hooray for Superworm!'

Our new Reception children will explore the Julia Donaldson favourite - 'Superworm' - through physical activity. In their first PE lesson, Reception needed to think of…