Year 5

IAPS National Swimming Championship Results

June 18, 2018

Regional Heats – 3500 swimmers from 250 schools National Finals on Saturday 9 June at the London Aquatics Centre U11 Girls Medley Relay – Eva Zielke, Kirsten Mearns (Swimming for Gabi Holland), Emi Watanabe, Ellie Dooris Placed 15th overall but improved our time by 1.08 seconds U12 Girls Backstroke – Emily Whittle Placed 16th overall [...]

#NationalFlipFlopDay

June 16, 2018

Flip Flop National Day The Year 5’s took home their Design Technology Summer Term work home yesterday. Totally handmade and wearable flip flops.

Having a Conversation

June 16, 2018

The art of conversation is interesting at this age……. The students are getting used to me now. Those that have opted to take extra sessions know how the start goes…. Jenny: “and how are you today?” Student: (99% of the time say…) “good” (Silence……) Jenny: “and what type of good is that good?” Student: (looking [...]

A very pleasing week!

June 16, 2018

Following my week in the South of France with Year 8 children, who were enjoying the traditional and well-deserved water sports holiday following their final exams, I struggled to put on a suit and tie on Monday, having spent the previous week in T-shirts and shorts even though it was a generally wet week! The [...]

Assemblies

June 14, 2018

We had two music assemblies this week. Children who already have instrumental lessons performed to Years 3 – 6. One of the purposes of these was to encourage more children to learn instruments. The children performed brilliantly and I am pleased to say there has already been some interest. If parents would like more information [...]

Drama Performances

June 14, 2018

5SL had an unexpected dress rehearsal on Wednesday! They were very excited and are ready for their performance of “Gingerbread Girl” next Friday evening! This is the first of six Year 5 & 6 class performances happening over the next few weeks. Please don’t worry about photographs – they will be taken for you along [...]

LAMDA NEWS

June 14, 2018

Many congratulations to all the students who sat their LAMDA examination at the start of this term. Due to the popularity of LAMDA examination and the difficulty in securing an examination date, the students had to return to school after the Easter break and then had 1 lesson before their examination so I am especially [...]

Look what we are doing!

May 28, 2018

On Wednesday afternoons, if the children aren’t involved in sport they can come to the art activity. This term our project is a school mosaic. Anna’s sketch was chosen as the inspiration. It evolved into a picture with references to Klimt’s Tree of Life and includes the initials of the school’s houses.

Success at the Butler Cup

May 28, 2018

Sophie Amelie, Rafe and Rio competed in a very tough competition to win third place in the Butler Cup (U14) Shield Competition – a great achievement when they are all U11! 36 schools (primary and independent) competed for the cups, shields, bowls and plates this prestigious tournament at Windlesham House had on offer! Thank you [...]