Author: S Spight

Year 1 enjoyed a wonderful workshop run by the Chertsey Museum, all about Toys. We stepped back in time as they enjoyed learning about parlour games, investigating toys from past decades and they even had the opportunity to make their own thaumatropes (optical toys from the 19th century!).

We have been delighted to welcome several visitors to the school this week. Kindergarten enjoyed a drama workshop led by The Polka Theatre, all about their topic on Traditional Tales and the Gingerbread Man. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they tried something new with a new teacher for the morning.

It was great to welcome many of our Reception parents into school on Monday evening for our Maths Workshop. Led by Miss Spencer and Miss Fookes, we shared the theory behind our mastery and growth mindset approach as well as lots of tips and resources to help develop the children’s mathematical understanding.

The eagerly anticipated House and Sports Cups were presented in Assembly on Monday. With some very close totals, it was the Chestnut House Captains that proudly lifted the Sports Cup, and after many weeks of motivating their teams, Birch House Captains lifted the House Cup for their team. All the Year Two children who have …

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On Tuesday the children enjoyed a special Christmas Drama Workshop. Emily, who is well-known to many from her after-school drama club, was role as the jolly post lady and the children helped to navigate her through the classic Christmas tale. They met different characters along the way and had the opportunity to act out sections, …

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It was wonderful to see the children sporting their spotty items today in support of Children in Need and I know that many chose to support the charity by purchasing their Pudsey merchandise for the occasion. It made for a wonderfully colourful assembly as the whole school came together to celebrate our achievements and ‘wow …

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Year Two enjoyed their ‘away’ fixture at Wimbledon Common Prep School on Thursday. The sun broke through the rainclouds just in time and fabulous effort and enjoyment was seen from all.

Year One benefitted from a fabulous Aboriginal Workshop this week. Linked to their topic work on Australia, they learned many facts about Australian animals and aboriginal culture and traditional tales, before experimenting with creating their own aboriginal-inspired artwork. The workshop leader was most impressed by the children’s knowledge and engagement throughout the morning.

School Council are proud to announce that they raised an incredible £3,520 for their sponsored Shoot & Score event earlier this week. This money will be used to support our charities for this year, Make a Wish Foundation and WarChild.

We are very proud to share the Year One and Two LAMDA results with you which arrived this week. Every child received wonderful feedback and recognition for their confident and expressive performances. This is worthy recognition of their hard work and of our commitment to developing communication skills and confidence in the children. Well done …

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