The first ever Spelling Bee at Normanhurst couldn’t have gone any better. The event, which involved all the pupils from Year 3 to Year 10, brought both our houses together for a friendly yet highly competitive event. The competition started with a classic spelling round, in which the pupils were…
The Early Years children enjoyed going to the forest for their Friday walk. In Science, they have been learning about light and dark, so in the forest, they had to find things that are reflective and things that are not using torches. They did a super job at identifying the…
Kindergarten had great fun with the parachute in their PE lesson. They combined their maths learning for the week of positional language using language like ‘below’ ‘above’ and ‘next to’ in a fun balloon game. The children listened carefully and swapped places with friends when their name was called out…
The Reception children have been practising their addition using numicon. They chose 2 different numicon pieces, added them together and wrote the answer. We were impressed with how much the children wanted to challenge themselves and how well they did at answering the questions. Some children added big numbers together…
As part of their Spring topic in RE, the Year 4 pupils took a trip to the Buckhurst Hill Synagogue. Firstly, they were greeted by Rabbi Brandman who showed them around the Synagogue. He gave an impressive and engaging talk on all aspects of the Synagogue and Jewish daily life….
Over the term, Year 2 have worked on their Design and Technology skills designing and building their own 3D bus made from recycled materials. Pupils carefully used junior hacksaws to cut their wooden axles to the desired length and then attached the wheels to the axle. Throughout this task, pupils…
Due to the icy conditions in the forest, we decided to bring the forest to Early Years classroom instead. The children had great fun exploring dark dens with torches, exploring the textures of leaves and petals and hunting for minibeasts. They ended the forest fun by sitting around the campfire…
Over the Christmas break, Year 5 were challenged to complete a variety of Space themed tasks to introduce their new Science topic: Earth & Space. Many of the students created some fantastic projects, including a solar system cake, Hama Bead solar system and a magnetic-tile alien! We were very impressed…
In preparation for the children embarking on a new topic in Science, Year 4 were asked to make their very own lava lamp at home. They were given a list of ingredients and a method and asked to document their experiment with photos, then make an explanation poster. The results…
