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Inter-House Pancake Tossing Competition
Mrs Fairy and the catering team were up all night making not only pancakes for the pupils for dessert for lunch today, but also a whole batch for the pupils to use in our Annual Inter-House Pancake Tossing Competition. The competition took place in our Pre-Prep Playground with every child participating. The competition saw the…
Belonging
In this morning’s Assembly, we reflected on the importance of Belonging and discussed the importance of feeling accepted and comfortable in our communities. We shared a story about the journey of a young flamingo who didn’t want to be pink. Our pupils then gave very insightful answers about what belonging means to them: ‘It is…
Welcome Back Space Travellers!
Welcome back for the second half of the Spring Term! Our Foundation 2 (Reception) children have a new book in Literacy this week called ‘Whatever Next!’ Their Half-Term homework was to create a space helmet which they proudly displayed in the playground this morning. The children then used their space helmets in class to retell…
Let’s Connect
We explored this year’s theme of Children’s Mental Health week, ‘Let’s Connect,’ by discussing connecting with kindness, sharing connections that the children have and the impact this can have on them, as well as thinking about making new connections and how relationships can grow and change. The week began with the children being given a…
Cavell Crowned Winners of Our Inter-House Music Competition
It was all to sing for in our Inter-House Music Competition this morning. Well done to everyone for taking part and a special mention to our solo and group performers. The House performances saw Morris singing ‘Don’t Stop Me Now,’ Pankhurst singing ‘We Will Rock You,’ Churchill singing ‘Celestial’ but it was Cavell’s performance of…
£550 Raised For RSPB
Our RRS Council have been braving the cold to sell RSPB badges before school every morning for the past 2 weeks. This morning, they were joined by RSPB area rep, Mr Wilkins, who came to help sell the badges and collect the funds raised. The RRS Council have raised an impressive £552.50 for the RSPB!…
Our Ultimate Rock Hero
We have been searching for the Ultimate Rock Hero as part of STEM Week using Times Table Rock Stars! On Monday, all children from Year 2 to Year 6 took part in a Times Tables battle against the other members of their class in the group stages of this fierce competition. After some very impressive…
Maths Mentors
Thursday was our ‘Maths’ Day as part of our STEM week. Our Year 6s, Year 5s and Year 4s were tasked with creating Maths games and puzzles to teach our younger children. After spending the morning researching and creating their games, the older children then got to work with teaching their games to the lower…
Faulty Towers
As part of our STEM Week, Year 2 were tasked with the engineering challenge of creating the tallest tower using only paper cups. Some of the best teamwork and ‘aha’ moments came from when the stack of cups crashed to the table which forced the children to rethink their strategies. The activity really tapped into…
Safer Internet Day
Tuesday’s Safer Internet Day saw the School having lots of open conversations about how we feel about using technology as well as some of the downsides of being online, from cyberbullying, spam, livestreaming and chat in games. Year 6 thought about the way they should respond to anything that upsets them and the children came…
