May 2021

On Monday, Form III took part in a Greek workshop! The children were very excited to dress up and all looked fantastic in their costumes. They were so thrilled to meet Theo their Greek teacher for the day. They had lots of fun learning about daily life in ancient Greece and the differences between Athens […]

As part of our geography topic about maps and map reading, Form VI visited Wendover Woods for an adventure packed day of orienteering. Earlier on in the week we looked at map symbols that would help us read a map and also learnt how to use a compass to navigate a route. The children put

Form II have thoroughly enjoyed their ICT lessons this term, as they have been able to use the Scratch program to learn and demonstrate their coding skills. This has fitted in perfectly with our maths topic of position and direction. I have also been so impressed again this week by the children’s use of descriptive

The children in Form III had the most fantastic day this week as they spent a whole day immersed in the culture of Ancient Greece. Costumes, activities, myths, games and battles.

I am really proud to tell you that Eve (Form II) was chosen as the winner of the Chatsworth Schools 100-word story writing competition for the Captain Tom Foundations 100 Challenge. Eve wrote the most delightful story ‘The Lost Duck’. Well done to Eve and to all of the other children that submitted entries to

This week, the children in Reception have been manipulating numbers from 11 to 20.  We have been working with ten frames to explore the concepts of bigger numbers, adding numbers, counting in twos and the world of odd and even numbers.  The number blocks have been helping us along the way, which after a busy

It has been an extraordinarily busy first week of term but I am really proud of the fact that we have taken time to support the fantastic 100 challenge inspired by Sir Captain Tom Moore. I wrote to you earlier in week with the details but you can see in this newsletter how much fun

The children in Pre-School had a really special morning on Thursday when two of our local police community support officers visited us in the garden to talk to us about their jobs and how they help to keep us safe. First we learnt all about their uniforms, including the radio, the hi-viz jacket and the

On Wednesday 5th May, Form VI took part in the World Maths Day Mathletics event. As the name suggests, this is a worldwide competition where the children compete with other children playing in countries across the globe. The questions varied in difficulty but there was a lot of excitement watching our rank in the World

Form 5CM have really enjoyed exploring mental health awareness this week. On Tuesday, we decided to take the idea of embracing nature for the benefit of our mental health literally and we ventured onto the top lawn (between rainstorms!) to take part in various activities. These included walking around barefoot to feel more connected to