Posted: Fri 16th Oct 2015
What can we say??? The hats were spectacular!!! The children had a great day and enjoyed their investigations about The Vitruvian Man—after meticulous measuring, it seems that Mr Ellis is the closest we have to Da Vinci’s blueprint! (if you believe that you’ll believe anything!!) The children enjoyed the maths games...
read morePosted: Fri 9th Oct 2015
Dear parents and carers, Thank you to everyone who came to the homework exhibition on Friday—we hope that you enjoyed looking at all of the children’s hard work and fantastic creativity! It has been yet another exciting week—Year 2 are off to the Science Museum today as part of their Materials and...
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Posted: Fri 9th Oct 2015
This week year 5 celebrated Thanksgiving day. They learnt all about what happened when the pilgrims first arrived in America and all about their first Thanksgiving feast. Throughout the day they took part in a variety of activities which included making Andy Warhol style art, making friendship bracelets and line...
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Posted: Fri 2nd Oct 2015
Dear parents and carers, The lovely sunshine this week has meant that children in reception have been enjoying their new outside area at every available opportunity! They will of course be out there come rain or shine—so our new set of waterproofs will no doubt come in handy soon! Year 3...
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Posted: Fri 2nd Oct 2015
On Tuesday Year 6 experienced what life would be like to live in Mongolia. They had a fantastic day making traditional headdresses complete with beads and feathers, baking yam and date cakes and tasting Mongolian noodles. The yam and date cake was delicious, definitely worth a try!
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Posted: Fri 2nd Oct 2015
We were very excited to open our new outdoor learning area this week which has been constructed mainly using reclaimed and second hand materials. The EYFS curriculum focusses on play based learning, working both indoors and outside. This courtyard will give the children many opportunities and inspire them to practise...
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Posted: Fri 25th Sep 2015
Dear parents and carers, I can’t quite believe that October is nearly upon us—the first month of school has flown by! This week has seen many exciting events such as the Year 1 trip to Tower Bridge; Bear Grylls class visiting Combe Bank School for a special science show, John Lennon...
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Posted: Fri 25th Sep 2015
Y5—Bear Grylls class were chosen to attend a free science production at Combe Bank school in Kent, last Monday afternoon. They watched The Life of Sir Isaac Newton and learnt all about the scientists he admired and the experiments that he did, which resulted in his famous discoveries. Some of...
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Posted: Fri 18th Sep 2015
On Thursday morning Amelia Clark in Y6 had a chat with Chris Evans live on air! Amelia was part of the Radio Two Breakfast Show and was asked about something that she was going to do for the first time that day!...which was “make Mongolian noodles”?!?! Amelia was articulate and enthusiastic...
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Posted: Fri 18th Sep 2015
Dear parents and carers, It has been a very exciting week this week—it started with our new reception classes staying for full days and managing brilliantly and ended with us taking part in a live broadcast on the Chris Evans Breakfast Show! Next week is set to be just as exciting, as...
read morePosted: Wed 16th Sep 2015
Dear parents and carers, We have had a fantastic start to the new academic year! You will have noticed our new gates, reception area and signage; and hope you will agree that the site is a lot smarter and safer! All of the children look wonderful in their ties, please do...
read morePosted: Mon 13th Jul 2015
I cannot possibly start this newsletter without saying what a wonderful time we all had at the zoo yesterday! The children were impeccably behaved and were a credit to you, themselves and the school. We took over the entire seating stand for the penguin feeding time – it was a...
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