Category: english

Reception has been exploring the idea that everyone has an invisible bucket, an inspiring concept from the story Have You Filled a Bucket Today? We’ve been learning that when we are kind, helpful, and caring, we fill others’ buckets and our own! Using their phonic...

Seasonal change and the story The Squirrels Who Squabbled provided the inspiration for the activities in nursery last week. The children explored using various tools to transfer conkers into cardboard towers and predicting which tower would hold the most conkers, before transferring the conkers, counting...

Year 4 recently welcomed their adults to a wonderful breakfast together. They were treated to a range of delicious pastries, which they enjoyed with a drink of their choice. Working together, they put their skills to the test in a crossword puzzle about Year 4...

The children in Year 4 recently performed an adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Starting on Monday they worked exceptionally hard to develop their characters, create different scenes and practise the wonderful songs. On Friday, they then put on two fantastic performances for their families. All...

The excitement in the air was palpable at the Upper School, as 20 spellers from five different schools arrived to compete in the annual Dukes Regional Spelling Bee. The pupils had been practising for months and could hardly contain themselves as they whizzed through the...

Over the last half term, Year 1 have been creating their very own non-fiction books about animals from hot and cold climates. They researched many different creatures such as jerboas, walruses, and thorny devils before writing out facts and drawing relevant pictures. This week, Year...

The children in the Lower School had an exciting visit from Zoolab to coincide with the animal theme of Book Week. Zoolab educates children about wildlife and nature through hands-on workshops. Our pupils met and learnt about all kinds of interesting animals, including gerbils, tarantulas,...

As part of our Book Week celebrations and following on from the successful Year 6 trip to Waterstones last term, we decided to treat our students a little! Across the week, Years 2, 3, 4 and 5 have all had the pleasure of visiting our...

Book Week this year was based around ‘Animals’ in honour of The Last Wolf by Mini Grey and it’s message of conservation. Everyone (teachers included!) donned their best animal-themed costumes for dress-up day on Monday. It was as if the corridors of Prospect House had...