All posts by: Gemma Ellson

Cherubs enjoyed celebrating the coronation today. They took part in a coronation dance workshop and learnt lots of interesting facts about past kings and queens. They created the Union Jack in coding today and even enjoyed a fantastic ‘coronation’ lunch.

Reception to Year 5 all experienced an exciting workshop on the King’s Coronation. It included creating freeze frames of famous monarchs, a dance routine outlining the procession and a Coronation Street Party. 

Pixies were lucky enough to have chicks last week and were able to watch them all hatch. We were very excited to get a chance to hold the chicks and learn about their life cycle.

In Year 4 we have been doing lots of work on states of matter and  this week the children were set the challenge to investigate what the role is in evaporation in the water cycle. The children received a letter asking them to find out what the best conditions would be for drying the school […]

Children (and their parents) from Reception to Year 6 met in Horse Guards Parade on Saturday 22nd April to take part in the Mini London Marathon. The weather was perfect for running and the children all had a fantastic time running past Buckingham Palace. 

We’ve been blessed with seeing chicks hatching in the classroom. Year One’s are fascinated with the arrival of the chicks, watching them grow, move and sleep through the day. 

On Wednesday 19th April Pegasus did their “daily mile” by walking to Crofton Roman Villa in Orpington. We learnt how the villa was excavated and how the inhabitants lived. We were able to handle and draw some Roman artefacts from this former farm. We spent some time creating a mosaic using a pattern and small tile […]

In Year 5, Centaurs Class celebrated the start of Eid by creating some excellent stain glass mosques!

Unicorns spent an amazing day at Gatton Park investigating measuring and shapes. They had great fun taking part in lots of mathematical problem-solving and team work activities. A great day for everyone!

Thursday 30th March the children who had made an Easter Bonnet took part in a whole school parade. There were some fantastic creations and we were very impressed with the time and effort that had gone into creating these wonderful bonnets to celebrate Easter. The children also took part in an Easter egg hunt looking […]