NEWS & EVENTS BLOG

<p>Over the last week, the children have noticed some new signs around the KS1 and KS2 yards. We have new maps, maths displays and poems all around school. We hope they will inspire our pupils to become new geographers, scientists and poets!</p>

<p>Another group has started at Forest School this week. We learnt about the rules of Forest School; look after ourselves, look after each other and look after nature. We made a bracelet with 3 colours to remind ourselves of the rules. We then went off into the woods to explore and discover. We found some [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Here is a reminder of all of the different ways that school is available to support you and your family through the cost of living crisis. winter help letter Nov 22</p>

<p>Some of our children from Years 3, 4 and 5 visited Seven Stories today where they met Lauren Child, the author of the Charlie and Lola books. She is the inspiration for this year&#8217;s Fenwick&#8217;s Christmas window! The children met Lauren and listened to her read an extract of Clarice Bean: Think Like an Elf. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We all enjoyed learning about Judaism this week in school. Each class studied a different area of Judaism; Early Years &#8211; Hannukkah  Year 1 &#8211; Abraham and Moses  Year 2 &#8211; Shabbat Year 3 &#8211; Synagogue  Year 4 &#8211; Torah  Year 5 &#8211; Passover  Year 6 &#8211; Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur We all then came [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Monday we went litter picking using our new little pickers that were purchased with funds from our Global Action Project. We were joined by Rosie, from Global Action Project and Mrs Villalobos from Nurture Group. We managed to collect lots of litter from our nearby church garden. What an achievement!</p>

<p>Year 2 have enjoyed learning all about the reign of Queen Elizabeth ll as part  our history unit about Famous People. We compared the the reign of Queen Elizabeth ll with Queen Victoria. &nbsp; We drew portraits of the Queen and then we looked at the work of Andy Warhol and the Pop Art style [&hellip;]</p>

<p>This week in Year 4 Nurture Group, Caleb brought in the shell of a duck&#8217;s egg which he had found. Nurture Group had a lot of questions about it! Caleb spent the afternoon researching Mallard ducks and reporting what he had found out about them back to us. Thanks Caleb!</p>

<p>On Tuesday afternoon, Year 5 Nurture Group braved the woods in torrential rain. We looked at den building skills. Pupils were very motivated to get their dens up and take shelter underneath them. The group were amazingly resilient and build fantastic dens! &nbsp;</p>

<p>In Year 5 Nurture Group we have been exploring different habitats through activities and play. This week we went pond dipping, climbed trees and played games. We had a great time!</p>

<p>This week, Year 4 Nurture Group have been working with local gardeners to plant Spring bulbs in the Key Stage 1 and Reception garden. Whilst planting snowdrops, the children were learning about the different parts of a plant and their functions. We were blessed with beautiful sunshine! &nbsp;</p>

<p>Years 3 and 4 had a wonderful time at our Lower Key Stage 2 Christmas Party this afternoon. We danced, played games and had some lovely party food &#8211; but most importantly we had a great time celebrating all of our hard work this term with our friends.</p>

<p>In their French lessons, Year 6 have been writing to their penpals in Paris with Madame Hewson. The letters are currently winging their way to Paris and we are excited to get our replies in the new year.</p>

<p>This half term, Nurture Group have been learning about hibernation. We have been learning about why animals hibernation, which ones hibernate and exactly what hibernation is. Did you know for example, that frogs hibernate at the bottom of ponds over Winter? In response, the children have been creating stunning watercolour sunsets with their chosen hibernating [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Whole School Letter 21 June 2021 (2)</p>

<p>If you need more mobile data for home learning, school can apply to have your data allowance temporarily increased. Please fill in this simple web form, or ask the school office for a paper copy, Please note that the networks that are currently part of this scheme are EE, O2, Sky Mobile, SMARTY, Tesco Mobile, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>We created a whole school art display to celebrate Remembrance Day and brighten up the exterior of our school. Every child in school created their own poppy using a range of media and techniques.  The Nursery children made collage poppies using assorted paper and pva glue, they also experienced print making for the first time [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Today we enjoyed working in small groups to produce a presentation all about a piece of natural geography in London, the River Thames. We researched using the internet, books and fact sheets and collated our ideas on sugar paper. We then took it in turns in our groups to present our ideas to the class.</p>

<p>Today we lead and presented Mass in church for the very first time. Our reading of the day was from Ephesians 1:1-10. All readers read beautifully and the whole class represented our school wonderfully.</p>

<p>Prioritising mental health has never been more important than it is now and to celebrate World Mental Health Day we all came together as a school to support the charity &#8216;Young Minds&#8217; by wearing something yellow to school for &#8216;Hello Yellow&#8217; on Friday.  We wanted to encourage the children to think about happy thoughts and [&hellip;]</p>