Arty English
Pupils in Year 6 were introduced to the poem The Highwayman written by the English poet, Alfred Noyes in 1904. The narrative tells the story about a nameless highwayman in love with an innkeeper’s daughter. Combining figurative language, such as metaphors and onomatopoeia, the ballad embraces Noyes love of Romanticism, ballad-like simplicity and skilful use of language.
Read MorePlaying with Paper
Design and Technology for pupils in Year 3 has been fun! Productively, the children have been playing with paper, experimenting with different paper sculpture techniques and developing their construction skills.
Read MoreChristmas and Christingles
This week, the children in Year 1 have been writing their lists and letters to Father Christmas, practising reading and writing high frequency words onto baubles for our table tree. They have been learning about how Christians celebrate Christmas and worked on their number bonds to 10, 20 and even 100! The Children also made their own Christingles for our Church service where they recited a poem off by heart in front of a large audience and sang beautifully.
Read MorePrefect Piece: Macbeth
Avia E (Year 6) talks in her prefect piece about her experience reading Macbeth by William Shakespeare, in her English lessons.
Read MoreMaidstone Music Festival
Last weekend our Senior String Group stepped beyond the comfort zone of school to participate on a public platform in the Maidstone Music Festival at Invicta Grammar School. Their hard work this term paid off with a really successful outcome. Avia E (Year 6), one of the group's most senior members, has written a report on the events of the day.
Read MoreChristmas and Times Tables
This week, children in Year 2 have continued to work hard to learn their times tables with some receiving their first TT Rockstars certificate in recognition of learning their ten, five and two times tables. They have also been preparing for the Christingle service, which is being held on Tuesday 6th December in the Church and hanging their beautiful Christmas tree decorations on our Pre-Prep tree.
Read MoreHead’s Lines – 02.12.22
If only parents could have heard the joys and squeals emanating from the classrooms and corridors on the first day of Advent, as the children explored our newly converted Winter Wonderland. Here in School, we all felt rather privileged to have helped to create this magical experience and we are of course very grateful to the small army of elves that arrived on Wednesday evening to help!
Read MoreGreek Vase Visuals
Inspired by Greek vases, children in Year 3 have created visually pleasing and informative sketchbook pages. The artistic historians used their Super Power of Looking to inform their drawings and reflect the style of the amazing ancient vases. Greek vases came in many shapes and sizes, from enormous water and wine mixing Kraters to tall, tiny oil holding Lekythos.
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