Category: year 5

Our Sustainability Week programme concluded on Friday with a jungle-inspired fashion show. The children (and teachers!) were encouraged to create costumes on the theme of ‘rainforest’ with sustainable or recycled materials. In assembly, contestants from each year group took to the runway to show off their...

All across the school last week we celebrated Sustainability Week and our theme this year was rainforests. In the Lower School, the children took part in a workshop about how they can look after the planet and learned all about the the importance of safeguarding...

Year 5 were lucky enough to take part in a ‘Stretch Your Skills’ event, run by Dukes Plus. They, alongside Year 5 children from other Dukes schools, took part in a series of workshops ranging from soft skills and problem solving to communication and resilience,...

Last week, Mr Baker and Ms Lane accompanied ten of our most talented instrumentalists to St John’s School, Leatherhead for an afternoon of music making. The 70-strong orchestra rehearsed three pieces: In the Hall of the Mountain King, Defying Gravity and Golden, before giving a...

A group of our aspiring Year 5 netballers benefited from an excellent masterclass last week focusing on attacking principles, led by Mikki Austin, Director of Netball at Epsom College. The session provided the girls with invaluable, high-level coaching designed to sharpen their offensive game and...

The Art Pathway held an open house showcase at the Upper School last week. Parents came in to view their final pieces for the theme ‘Change’; the children were on hand to discuss their pieces as well as share their sketchbooks to show their idea...

We are delighted to announce that our Year 5 pupils have been awarded their Internet Legends certificates after successfully completing Google’s Internet Legends programme! This fantastic achievement demonstrates our children’s commitment to becoming confident, responsible digital citizens. Through the programme, they’ve developed essential skills to...

This year’s Remembrance Day assembly was truly special. Reverend Simpson had the challenging task of helping children who have grown up in peacetime understand the realities of war, and he achieved this beautifully. Using simple but powerful props––a tin of spam to talk about rationing...

Year 5 were thrilled to be joined by the author of one of their favourite texts that we have studied this year, Our Tower, by Joseph Coelho. He kindly took time out of his busy schedule to talk to the students for a special session....