Hurricane 80K Challenge
Over the last few weeks, Ruari (Year 7) has been working hard to finish the Hurricane 80K Challenge. Organised by the RAF Museum in Cosford, the Hurricane 80K Challenge involved a significant physical wellbeing challenge while commemorating the Battle of Britain – which took place in our skies 80 years ago. To complete the challenge, […]
Celebrating Year 3 Heroes
This week, Year 3 had a special day to celebrate their heroes. Children dressed as their favourite hero and explained to the rest of the class why this person was an inspiration to them. We heard about some great heroes: Harry J and Henry P’s respective dads (both doctors); Leia B’s mum and Maria G’s […]
Eat like the Romans
Over the last few weeks, Year 7 have been exploring the world of Roman cuisine and dining. As part of their research, pupils were challenged to make and serve some genuine Roman meals. Here are some of the results: Maybe you would like to order Harry’s dormouse salad, or play it safe and follow Toby’s […]
Physical Wellbeing
In Engagement, Health and Wellbeing lessons, the pupils have been preparing for their Virtual Sports Day on Wednesday 1st July. They have been making bunting, posters and even some medals for the participants. The excitement is building and on the Year 3 ‘talk space’ today they were thinking of ways in which they could make […]
Year 4 Evaporating in the Name of Science!
Year 4 have proved themselves excellent scientists, undertaking careful observations of their evaporation experiments. They considered fair testing and comparing their predictions with their results, discussing the reasons why their liquids evaporated at different speeds. Excellent thinking! We made a mini water cycle in two cups, watching evaporation and condensation in real time. Then they […]
Headmaster’s Blog
The most damaging phrase in the language is ‘We’ve always done it this way’. So said Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper. And she was right: to the question ‘I wonder why we do that in this way?’ the answer ‘because that’s how we’ve always done it’ is rarely a satisfactory one. (Rarely, though not never). […]
Artists of the Week
The following works of art have been produced by this week’s Artists of the Week. These prints were made using hands and feet. They were then carefully decorated to create exciting creatures. Well done to James H (Year 1), Isabel A (Year 2), Joseph L (Year 2), Arabella S (Year 3), Emily W (Year 3), Toby […]
How Things Grow!
In their Science lessons, Year 2 have been planting seeds and observing their growth each week. As part of this experiment, pupils have been learning about the conditions that seeds need to germinate and grow. To do this, they have planted runner bean seeds and kept them in a variety of conditions: one with light […]
Update: ‘READING ROCKS’ CHALLENGE!
We’ve had some fantastic photos this week! Here are some of them. Send your photo in too! Submitting your photos: everyone can now add their own photos via the Reading Rocks Challenge channel on either Prep or Pre-Prep Engagement Teams. What is the ‘Reading Rocks’ Challenge? 4B would like to set you all a challenge, […]
This Week’s Physical Activity
It’s been a week of tough work outs, target throwing, trying new skills and, of course, some questionable dancing on my part, but I think we have all had a very enjoyable week. I have been very impressed with the variety of activities going on outside of school. I’ve witnessed archery, open water swimming, trampolining, […]
