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Last week saw the children in the nursery explore a variety of activities associated with the nursery rhyme ‘Pat-a-cake, Pat-a-cake Baker’s Man’. From experiencing the importance of order when sequencing events and following the recipe to make carrot cake muffins, to making bespoke birthday cakes...

Well done to all the children who ran this week in the 3rd annual Dukes Cross Country hosted by Prospect House. Congratulations to the Y6 boys who won their race, the Y5 boys who came 3rd, Year 6 girls who came 2nd, the Year 5...

This afternoon, members of Dragon House – the recent winners of the US House singing competition – came to the Lower School with Mr Baker to sing their winning song, S.O.S. The children loved performing to their younger peers, and everyone enjoyed the ABBA sing-along...

Another group of children showed off their musical talents during a delightful morning concert in the Upper School, the third such in recent weeks. There were performances on the piano, violin, cello and clarinet. Everyone can be proud of how they played, and the standard...

The children have been thoroughly enjoying the start of their Nursery Rhyme topic, focusing this week on ‘Incy Wincy Spider’. They were challenged to create play dough and sandcastle spiders, threading beads onto the spiders’ legs and uncovering the hidden web using water colours. Nursery...

The school poetry competition has always been a highlight of Book Week, and this year has been no exception. The quality of the performances was extremely high, with the children impressing all the judges with their passion, enthusiasm and memory! It was an extremely tough...

On Wednesday, the Year 1 parents were welcomed to join the children for an outdoor learning walk on the Heath. The children enjoyed showing the parents where they explore each week and especially enjoyed showing them the muddiest puddles they could find. They gathered natural...

On Tuesday morning, the Upper School children went on a Wellbeing Walk, making the most of the nature that’s on the doorstep! Luckily, the weather cooperated and the children enjoyed running around, playing and spending time with their friends.

On Monday, we had another special visitor to kick-start our Book Week and Children’s Mental Health Week: Orla the therapy dog! Prior to Orla’s visit, the children learnt about the purpose of therapy dogs and the work that they do. Orla then spent the day...