Happy Saturday everyone, Yesterday was International Bat Appreciation Day and in assembly we shared two fascinating facts: Bats are not blind – they can see perfectly well at Twilight, but need an echolocator to help them locate insects and prey in total darkness Bats purr – or at least make...
Happy Saturday everyone, The Spring Term whole school treat was a silent disco – and the children loved it. I have to say having never experienced one before, I thought it was brilliant. From Abba and Queen to Justin Timberlake, Shakira, Calvin Harris and Frozen. It was lovely to see...
Happy Saturday everyone, Yesterday was the International Day of Happiness and we used this theme to encourage and inspire the children to make cakes for our Red Nose Day cake baking competition. What can I say?! The quality and standard of cakes that appeared were off the scale. Congratulations to...
Happy Sunny Saturday everyone, This week saw children and staff going ‘quackers’ over the ducklings in Minnows. What amazed me was how quickly the ducklings hatched, grew their coat of down (first layer of soft feathers) and then took to the water. Amazing! DUCKLING DIARY FUNKY FRIDAY ASSEMBLY...
Happy Saturday everyone, A thought to start this weekend’s blog…….are Square Crisps really square? Mr Collinson isn’t so sure after discovering these in his packet of Square Crisps. THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC A local resident came to the front office on Wednesday to share his appreciation at the...
Happy Saturday everyone, It’s been a busy first week back. A drama workshop, netball, a girls football session at the Brighton & Hove Albion’s training ground, several visitors, a whole school DT Week and the Young Voices concert at the O2. YOUNG VOICES After months of dedication and rehearsals,...
Hello everyone, I hope you have enjoyed the half term break. The fella in the picture was donated by a very kind parent during the week and has been added to our pond. If you have any frogspawn, toad spawn or other pond life that you are willing to donate...
Happy Valentines Day everyone, Did you know that neither Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga were the first to use the heart-shaped hand gesture – it was Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan who used the gesture in a piece of artwork called ‘Family Syntax’ in 1989. Show someone the heart-shaped hand gesture...
Happy Saturday everyone, When February arrives, we are turning away from the chill of Winter and looking towards the promise of Spring. February represents hope, love and renewal. The mornings and evenings become a little lighter and we are encouraged to spot Snowdrops pushing their white heads through the ground...
Happy Saturday everyone, Iris and Jenny (Year 6 pupils) are currently editing their stop-frame animation using LEGO to create a scene from ‘Romeo and Juliet’. This got me thinking……… Did you know that in Danish, LEGO means ‘play well’ and in Latin, it means ‘I put together’. How brilliant is...