Week two of STEAM fortnight kicked off with a bang in our STEAM Assembly. The Year 9 pupils delivered an exciting, engaging and interactive assembly about the different areas of STEAM and finished off with the crowd favourite ‘Elephants Toothpaste’. Pupils were able to try out different experiments and were…
Pupils at Normanhurst School celebrated World Downs Syndrome Day on 21.03.24 by wearing mismatched socks and also celebrated World Autism Day a few days earlier than the official April date by wearing Blue. Pupils learnt more about Downs Syndrome by reading a book by George Webster, from CBeebies and watching…
Nicolás, Year 9, and Sofía, Year 8, have been busy playing music with the London Philharmonic Orchestra! They were both accepted to participate in their “Junior Artist Overture Day” and Nicolás again had the immense privilege of being given the first seat viola, like in the National Children’s Orchestra a…
Pupils in After School Club have been getting ready for their Easter Celebrations. They have made some chocolate nests to take home and enjoy with their families and made Easter Baskets out of paper nets to store some yummy treats in.
Year 1 took a trip to Willows Farm where they learnt about animals and their young. Pupils were able to describe what animals need to survive. They also enjoyed hand feeding the animals, particularly the baby goats, which they learnt are called kids!
William and his family visited Stratford-Upon-Avon over the weekend to see his winning Shakespeare Week poster. The family were so excited to see the poster all over the town! William was made to feel very special by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust team and met Marcia Williams (author) who signed and…
The senior STEAM fortnight got off to a code cracking start when year -9 took part in a maths workshop on Tuesday. They were given a locked box, which had 12 compartments to open using code cracking, co-ordinates and maths calculation which gave them the code to open each padlock….
This afternoon, the children learnt about and explored the Hindu festival of ‘Holi’. They discovered that the festival is a celebration of spring, love, and new life, and watched videos of people celebrating by throwing coloured powder. The children then participated in a carousel of activities, including creating a colourful…
The EYFS and Junior Pupils have had a fantastic first week of STEAM Fortnight. They kicked off the week with the arrival of the Ducklings and a Maths Workshop. All of the duckling eggs have hatched and we now have 5 ducklings! The children from different classes across the school…
Two Normanhurst pupils participated in the KYU karate tournament amongst other karate associations. Ali Can came second in the Kata and Erdogan came third place in the fighting tournament. Well done to both of the boys for a brilliant effort!
