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Did You Know Florence Nightingale Invented the Pie Chart?!
On Wednesday, Year 2 were extremely lucky to meet Florence Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimean War we are learning about this term! Florence told us all about her upbringing and her family, who did not want her to become a nurse. She talked about her travels and had the children pretend to be Greek…
Anglo-Saxon Raiders and Different Types of Codes
Year 3 enjoyed finishing their longboat art project this week, assembling the different pieces and adding sails that gave the illusion of Anglo-Saxon raiders catching the wind on a wild sea. Richard said, “We painted the sea first then ripped the paper up. I didn’t like ripping my painting up, but I like my finished picture….
New House Personalities Artwork
The Flamingos classroom was a hive of artistic activity this afternoon, as Year 2 have a special double art lesson to create new portraits of our house personalities to display in the Pre Prep. We can’t wait to see our new Mrs Pankhurst, Miss Cavell, Mr Morris and Mr Churchill up on the wall!
The Big Plastic Count
The first meeting back after half-term saw Arun bring another load of batteries in for recycling. The Sustainability Council now affectionately refer to him as the “Battery Boy” as he has singlehandedly brought in over 600 batteries on his own. Quite an amazing effort! Aiden has also put together a collage showing how much his family…
The Lion King
Year 1 had a fantastic day out for our Spring Term school trip. We started off the day very excited as we hopped on the coach to head for the British Museum. We had the opportunity to explore the African exhibit. Each group had a tick sheet to help them explore the area, the children…
ISA Football Qualifiers
On the 8th of February 2024, the U11 A-team visited St. John’s school for the ISA qualifiers 5-a-side football tournament. In the groups stage we faced some good teams but managed to remain unbeaten throughout. After a tricky group stage, we finished third in our group. But due to the departure of Coopersale Hall School,…
Amazing Air Resistance
Year 5 have been investigating air resistance by running with a parachute, recording the time and comparing it to running without a parachute. Noah (5HG) felt the investigation went but it might have been unfair as groups had different amount of wind. Jamie (5HG) thought the investigation went well as we got accurate results and…
Blown Away
During Monday’s Team Building & Problem Solving Prep activity, the children worked in teams to keep a balloon in the air by tapping it. Each child was only allowed to touch the balloon with one finger. Team work and problem solving skills were needed to fight against the wind! Although five balloons were lost over…
U11 Netball v Gatehouse
On Friday 9th February, 7 girls from the netball squad travelled to Gatehouse School who were the runners up of the recent ISA National Netball qualifying tournament, to play a friendly netball match. It was a closely contested match with some superb netball and lots of goals from both teams. Avon House were narrowly beaten…
Your Voice Matters
The theme of Children’s Mental Health week is ‘Your Voice Matters.’ As part of RRS, it links to article 12, ‘You have the right to an opinion and for it to be listened to and taken seriously.’ This is something we are very passionate about at school and have fully embraced this week; promoting the…
