Year 1

February 17, 2020

Year 1 went ‘fishing’ for metal ‘fish!’ using magnets in the woods on the end of a fishing rod created by the children.

February 7, 2020

Thank you for sending in your old household objects this week. The children have listened attentively as we have learnt about the uses of these and what materials they were made from. Hopefully the children can let you know many facts that they have learnt from our visit to the Priest House in West Hoathly.

February 4, 2020

Chinese New Year starts this weekend, so we read a story which told us about the Chinese calendar and now know that it is the Year of the Rat. We had a look at our dates of birth and found out that most of us were born in the year of the snake or the [...]

January 17, 2020

We have continued with our topic theme of houses and homes this week. We have looked at Mr Jones’ house from the outside and tried to sketch the windows, door, garage, roof and chimney. We have been listening to all the variations of the three little pigs story and tried very hard to re write [...]

January 10, 2020

The children have returned to school very  happy and they were very pleased to see their friends. We have been talking about our New Year’s resolutions, many of which have included helping around the house, recycling more, tidying up and helping with the washing up. We look forward to hearing if the children have kept [...]

December 18, 2019

Year 1 were making Christmas decorations in indoor forest school! Having heard the Gingerbread man story, we decorated gingerbread biscuits as a face using lots of sweets! Most of us enjoyed the gingerbread!

December 18, 2019

Thank you to all those who brought their pound in for Christmas Jumper Day! The money from the Pre-Prep is going towards the ‘Save the Children’ fund and the Prep school money is going to Mr Beast’s trees – a famous YouTuber brought to our attention by Matthew B. Mr Beast is on a quest [...]

December 18, 2019

Well done to all our pupils who performed last night; it was the perfect end to a busy term! We heard wonderful songs and carols from both Senior & Junior choirs as well as from each year group. In addition the orchestra played well, soloists were both brave and inspiring, and the readers were clear [...]