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There was great egg-citement on Monday as we received a very special delivery of ten eggs in an incubator, followed by further delight on Wednesday as one by one they began to hatch. We are now playing hosts to ten fluffy chicks!

It was wonderful to welcome our Year One parents to the English Workshop on Tuesday evening as the staff shared tips and techniques to support with reading, comprehension and story writing. Thank you to all those who supported the event and we hope you found it both interesting and informative.

On Thursday we were treated to the most wonderful poetry performances for our annual House Poetry Competition. A big well done to all the children who took part, sharing a poem themed around our School Values.

There was a wonderful buzz of excitement this morning as the children arrived in their Easter Bonnets, ready for a morning of end of term festivities. A big thank you to all our parents for their help with crafting such wonderful headwear to help make the day so memorable. We started the morning with our …

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As British Science Week has continued this week, we were delighted to welcome a Science Teacher from Shrewsbury House School, on Thursday for a series of interactive Science demonstrations with our Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children. They were set the challenge of exploring ‘alien soup’, a concoction of different solids and liquids which …

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School Council were delighted that so many children gave their old toys for their Toy Swap Sale. They raised an incredible £755.58 which will be donated to St George’s Hospital Charity and WaterAid.

On Friday each year group enjoyed an exciting and creative workshop with ‘Bubbly Maths’ where they used modelling balloons to learn about 2D and 3D shapes as well as measuring, before going on to create bubbles of all shapes and sizes. Some children were even called upon to go ‘into’ the bubbles. You can imagine …

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It was such a delight to see the children dressed up for our annual World Book Day celebrations on Thursday! They had a memorable day of House activities, story time from visiting Year 8 Shrewsbury House boys and of course their workshops with author and illustrator Paul Geraghty.

The school has been filled with Music this week as the children have been showcasing their talents, during their music lessons, in the Class Concerts. It is wonderful to see the range of instruments being studied from piano and violin, to cello and electric guitar. We look forward to our Spring Concert later this term.

Year Two’s spirits were not dampened by the rain on Tuesday as they ventured out to study wildlife native to the River Thames. School outings provide a wonderful opportunity to enrich the curriculum whilst also supporting the children’s social development and allowing them to take on being ambassadors for our school as they represent us …

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