Prefect Piece – Jai S
In his prefect piece, Jai S (Year 6) talks about his love for Cricket, which he has been playing since he was four years old! Jai talks about how he aspires to play for England one day and the skills that are required to succeed in this sport.
Read MoreSenior Leader’s Lines – 20.05.22
What do the following all have in common: tea rationing finishes, The Great London Smog kills 4000 people, England has its first professional Cricket captain, the United Kingdom developed an atomic bomb, identity cards were abolished, the first jet aircraft flew from Johannesburg to London, Agatha Christie's 'The Mouse Trap’ opens in London and Mary Norton’s ‘The Borrowers’ is published?
Read MoreYear 6 French Trip 2022
This week, Year 6 enjoyed their first residential trip abroad since 2019. Four days based in Le Touquet saw the children visit a bee farm, a chocolaterie, a snail farm, the beach and - the children's favourite - the Vimy Ridge war memorial.
Read MoreForest School – 13.05.22
Reception classes took the book 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff' to the Forest School this week. The day began with building bridges and trying to find the strongest one. We tested this with our three different sized billy goats.
Read MoreSomerhill Mathematics Competition
This week, the Mathematics department have been busy competing against 16 other schools, and up to 40 teams, at the Somerhill Maths Competition.
Read MoreMathematical Mocktails
Last week, our Year 6 pupils learned about ratio. At the end of the topic, the year group got into groups to bring ratio alive! How would ratio be used in a real-life situation?
Read MoreSVPS Design Challenge
Maidstone Museum launched a design challenge for schools across Kent. Designers had to use inspiration from an artefact, gallery or special exhibition at the Museum to produce a prototype product that could be sold in the Museum Shop.
Read MoreAcademic Deputy Head’s Lines – 13.05.22
‘The crown of literature is poetry’ - W. Somerset Maugham With the SVPS Poetry Speaking competition next Friday and the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations just around the corner, this quote seemed somewhat fitting and pertinent.
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