This afternoon Eagles and Year 4 got together with their buddies for a joint creative session. The aim was to use decoupage to create Christmas cards, the children helped and supported each other whilst having fun with their card making task.
Today we celebrated the end of our Topic, ‘Famous Women in History’, by coming to school dressed up as a famous person. This morning we wrote diary entries based on the lives of these people. Then, this afternoon we had a party to recognise what these people did in history and how they advanced the … Continue reading
In worship today the winners of some of the Christmas fair games were announced and they came out to collect their prizes, well done to the winners.
In RE, Years 1, 2 and 4 have been thinking carefully about the meaning of Advent and how Christians use the messages of Jesus Christ to inform their day-to-day lives. So many of the parables and stories from the Bible encourage kindness and helpfulness towards others. With this in mind we all created ‘Kindness Calendars’ … Continue reading
This morning Years 2, 3 and 4 all went to watch a pantomime called A Knight’s Tale. This amazing show was written and performed by a group of Harvey Grammar School pupils. The cast was made up of boys from different year groups who attend an extra curricula drama club after school. The acting, dancing … Continue reading
Years 4,3,2,1 and Ducklings all went to the Quarterhouse today as part of Folkestone Book Festival. The workshop that we went to was ‘Creating a Robotic World’. Leading the session were Joseph Coelho, a writer and poet, and Sheena Dempsey, an illustrator. During the workshop the children were asked to help make up parts of … Continue reading
This term in Literacy we have been researching and writing about nurses in history. We have learnt about Mary Seacole, Florence Nightingale and today we read about Edith Cavell. All these women were remembered for the amazing things they brought to nursing. We thought it would be good to do a bit of role play … Continue reading
In our Science lesson today we discussed the different habitats of the creatures we might find around the world and particularly the ones that live in England. We found that we spoke the most about the larger animals and totally forgot that there are many unseen creatures that live at floor level. Therefore, we went … Continue reading
Today we had an opportunity for a bit of drama! Years 1, 2 & 3 took part in a drama workshop about knights and princesses. Katy came in from Dram4All and told the story of King Arthur and Camelot. She told the story through several different characters such as, Merlin and the scheming Morgan Le … Continue reading
We have been reading The Hundred Mile An Hour Dog, by Jeremy Strong. We have made puppets of the characters and have performed sketches about some funny moments in the story. Here are some examples of our puppets:
Today the Ducklings preformed their nativity. They did a fantastic job, singing, dancing and delivering…
Last night the schools of St Eanswythe's, Christchurch, Castle Hill and St Peter's joined together…
This afternoon sixteen children from Yr.5 and Yr.6 headed to the Sports Centre to compete…
This morning Yr.6 headed to St Mary and St Eanswythe’s church for the Mayor’s Carol…
