Year 6 Look at the Life and Work of Carl Linnaeus 26th September 2025 Science This week, Year 6 pupils have been learning about Carl Linnaeus, the Swedish botanist known as the “Father of Modern Taxonomy.” Linnaeus developed the Linnaean System for classifying living things and introduced the binomial nomenclature — the two-part naming system for organisms that we still use today. The children researched his life and achievements before presenting their findings to the rest of the class. It was a fantastic opportunity to develop their scientific knowledge and presentation skills. Well done, Year 6!
Year 5 Learning from London Landmarks 26th September 2025 Co-curricular Global Last Tuesday, Year 5 set off into London for a special Global and English combined trip. Their class reader is set in Elizabethan London, so it was a fantastic opportunity to visit such wonderful historic sites, that are both featured in the story. At the Tower of London, the children learnt all about Sir Walter Raleigh and Alice Tankerville and their daring deeds and escapes! At St Paul’s, the Year 5 s had an opportunity to take in the wondrous architecture, paintings and mosaics. As they were guided through the cathedral, the children sat where the choristers usually sit as well as touch and talk about Henry Moore’s sculpture, ‘ Mother and Child’. What a brilliant day!
Year 5 Explore the Impact of the Tudors 26th September 2025 Global History is in full swing in Year 5 as the children begin their study of the Tudors. They have been learning to distinguish between primary and secondary sources and exploring the impact each Tudor monarch had on the country. Was the change positive or negative? And which monarch left the biggest mark on history? Year 5 are enjoying debating these fascinating questions.
Year 4 Making an Impact! 19th September 2025 Science This week Year 4 became space scientists! We carried out a crater experiment to mimic the impact a meteor would have when crashes into a surface. Using different “meteors,” we created impacts and carefully measured the width and depth of the craters left behind. Before we began, we made predictions about what we thought would happen. Then we made sure our test was fair, recorded our results, and finally wrote up our conclusions. It was fascinating to see science in action!
Using Maths to Crack the Space Code 19th September 2025 Academic Today, we took part in an exciting Maths Investigation Morning! Using our number skills to become space codebreakers. Working in teams, we tackled the challenge with addition and multiplication facts, testing different strategies to crack the code. Once the puzzles were solved, we came together to share our ideas, compare methods, and reflect on how many different ways there can be to reach the same solution. It was a fantastic morning of teamwork, problem-solving, and mathematical thinking – with a little bit of space adventure too!
Celebrating Summer STEM Success! 12th September 2025 Academic Science This week, we proudly awarded four outstanding pupils—Georgina, Meera, Ena, and Sienna—for their dedication to Maths over the summer break. Their hard work and enthusiasm truly shines, and we couldn’t be prouder! As part of our ongoing commitment to encouraging girls in STEM subjects, this achievement is especially worth celebrating. Well done, girls—you’re inspiring the next generation of scientists, engineers, and mathematicians!
Moving to the Senior Science Lab 12th September 2025 Science Year 5 have had an exciting time in the Senior Lab, finding out about all the new equipment they will be using in Years 5 and 6. The next step is setting up and lighting the Bunsen Burners themselves.
French Fun in Nursery 4th July 2025 Global Nursery Our Bumblebee Pre- School children enjoyed a special visitor in French this week as ‘Jean-Luc’ came to class. He is our French puppet friend who has been teaching us French throughout the year. We went over all the words we have learnt this term. Meanwhile, our lower Nursery children had lots of fun cooling down with some water play! They enjoyed emptying and filling the jugs and looking for the numbered pebbles, we practiced our number recognition and counting skills.
Was the USA always united? 20th June 2025 Global In this week’s Global lesson, the Year 4 children have been researching when the USA became the United States of America as we know it today. Initially they had to identify and locate the original 13 states of America, and they were noticed that all of them were close together and all of them were on the east coast. This prompted a thoughtful discussion about why this would be the case with the Geography detectives in the class recognising how English some of the state names sounded and others with their History hats referring the Pilgrim Fathers. Global lessons are a great way to see children’s critical thinking skills in action as well as great fun!