Thank you to parents and families for helping children come in wearing clothes which celebrate our diversity – you all looked amazing.
The Eisteddfod 2014
Thank you to all the participants for your wonderful instrument playing, handwriting, dances, poetry recitals, pet rocks, artistic creations, songs, creative writing and book mark designs. We were all blown away by how talented you all are. Friday afternoon was a never ending parade of creativity and with a few competitions still to go to the finals the house points are all very close. Keep watching the blog to find out who this year’s winners are…
I LOVE READING day
Thank to all the boys and girls who brought in their favourite book to share with the school yesterday. We were straining under the weight of Roald Dahl books, Harry Potter and The Gruffalo. It was very lovely to see so many children clutching battered and well loved copies of books that had clearly been passed down through the generations.
The highlight of the day was ‘story sharing’ when all the teachers read from their favourite books an the children chose which book reading to go to. The picture below tell the story of Year 6 and Nursery children equally enthralled by classic favourites! We will be displaying all the children and their book recommendations around the school over the coming weeks.
In My Easter Bonnet….
Well done to everyone who made an Easter Hat for the annual parade. As always the standard of children’s work was extraordinarily high and everyone deserved a prize! Here is a picture of everyone who stood still long enough to have a picture taken, in Key Stage 1 and Early Years. Have a wonderful holiday!
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CSI Week – The Great Diamond Mystery!
Throughout last week, our children had the opportunity to become expert Crime Scene Investigators, by helping our local police officers solve the mystery of the stolen Charles Dickens Diamond.
Nursery and Reception classes joined in the fun by searching for footprints and getting suited-up as forensic scientists to investigate the crime scene.
Year 1/2 transformed into fingerprint analysts and chromatographers (to identify whose pen had written a shopping list found at the scene).
Year 3/4 discovered the intricacies of DNA which saw them creating their own giant molecules from marshmallows and liquorice lace. Year 5/6 made careful observations of blood and fabric samples, using microscopes borrowed from Dulwich College science department, and were treated to a talk from one of our reception class’ parents, Katia Mahn, who taught them all about DNA and it’s uses in criminology.
We also had a visit from Andy Mayer, our governor responsible for science, who talked to the children about his work in chemical manufacturing at BASF, as well as a visit from Joyce Chang, a Scene of Crimes Officer from the Met Police, who demonstrated the art of collecting fingerprints from a crime scene.
Both children and teachers were so wrapped up in their investigations and collected so much evidence that, by Friday, we were able to name the culprit as… Miss Sumner! However, following her arrest, we all learnt that she was not as guilty as we had all been lead to believe… She revealed that the whole week had been set up by Miss Chapleo, to form this year’s Science Week! So the Charles Dickens Diamond is safe again… Thank goodness for that!
A special thank you to the talented Miss Chapleo for leading such an fun and science packed week.
Here is the video which introduced the CSI week to the school.
Eisteddfod – Key Stage 2 Individual Musician Final 2013
Congratulations to all the musician finalists of the Key Stage 2 Individual Musician final – as with all the competitions, the standard was very high.
Cats Sleep Anywhere! Early Years Poetry Recitation Final – Eisteddfod 2013
Eisteddfod 2013, Key Stage 2 Dance Final
Here is a showcase of the Key Stage 2 dance finalists; we thought they were all brilliant!
Thanks to Ian Buchanan for editing our video.
Friendship Week 2012
Friendship Week is a special annual event when we focus on ‘anti-bullying’ and how to form and maintain strong healthy relationships.
Lots of highlights include ‘Big Friend, Little Friend’ where older children are teamed up with our younger classes for games and fun – there is much laughter and many new friendships are born!
All the children love ‘secret friend’ – an activity which runs all week. All the staff and children are allocated a ‘secret friend’ who is somebody who spends their week making them feeling special with handmade treats, opening doors and complimentary hand written notes – I am sure you will all agree that Friendship Week should happen everywhere!
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Street Party
The weather held, the flags and bunting were decorated and tied up, the jellies set, the sandwiches were cut in to triangles and the children looked amazing in red, white and blue. Thank you adults for the catering, organising music, chairs and tables and helping make the day one to remember. Thank you parents for all the support you gave your children in looking superb on the day. Thank you children for being polite, excited and cheerful throughout this celebratory day. And a final thank you for the surprise Royal guests who you can see in the photos…
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