Farnborough News

Pegasus class have been using oil pastels to create a waxy relief on paper, then practised applying watercolours in shades to recreate Monet’s Waterlilies and in a second piece, koi fish swimming through the water. The waxy nature of the oil pastels sealed the paper from the liquid paint very well, so extra details were […]

Farnborough’s first cricket game this year was a success in a really well-played game by both teams. There was some great bowling, fielding and batting and the Farnborough team worked really well together.

On Friday 12th May Year 4 created some fantastic art work based on the Japanese blossom trees. The children explored images to inspire them and then created their own art trying to capture the different textures of the trees. Each piece was unique and something the children could be proud of.

Year 3 enjoyed an afternoon looking at rocks in the local churchyard of St. Giles. They were observing how rocks change over time due to changes in weather, nature or people as part of their Science topic. 

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.