Friday saw the return of the popular House Music competition at Normanhurst School. The competition saw some of our youngest and oldest pupils taking part in the fun-filled morning. Warren and Connaught House have both been putting in a lot of time and effort for rehearsals and on Friday it…
The Early Years children had a wonderful end to their half term with an afternoon of cookery. They baked valentines cookies, made jam sandwiches as well as cutting up fruit for snack time. They had lots of fun exercising their new found cooking skills.
On 22 April 2023, 60 Normanhurst students will run the London mini marathon. Training is well underway, with hardy pupils turning up at school for their early morning run. It is certainly going to be an amazing experience to run the final section of the London Marathon and finish in…
Love is in the air in Early Years as they celebrated Valentine’s day with lots of exciting activities! The children created beautiful heart designs out of cut-up cellophane and red objects, tried sponge printing to make pretty cards, went fishing for all of the red and pink objects in the…
The Early Years children loved their forest walk in the beautiful sunshine! They looked at different patterns they could see in the forest and then had fun running around and climbing on the logs.
Over the weekend of 27th-29th January, pupils in the Junior School and Eco Councils supported the work of the RSPB by taking part in the ‘Big Garden Bird Watch’. The Big Garden Birdwatch has taken place each year since 1979 and in recent years Normanhurst School have supported this. On…
The Early Years children loved their trip to the theatre to watch ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’. We could do with the Giant’s tie as a scarf in this cold weather! “I liked the bit when his trousers fell down and we all started laughing.”- Isla “I loved going on…
Year 2 put on a fantastic class assembly all about The Great Fire of London. Pupils showcased their art work and explained the techniques they used to create them. Some pupils also read diary entries that they prepared in class to retell the historic event. Year 2 ended their assembly…
In Early Years, we have been looking at superheroes, this week’s superhero is Michael Recycle. We thought about different recycling bins and things that we might recycle in our homes. We spent a whole afternoon doing lots of different recycling activities such as, junk modelling and creating things using our…
The return of the Normanhurst Whole School Art Exhibition really brightened up this cold January. Since the pandemic, this is the first opportunity we have had to bring together and celebrate all of the amazing artwork produced across the whole school. Children from Lower Kindergarten right up to our eldest…
