Every Tuesday afternoon, the children across Kindergarten become ‘mini artists’ and this week they were painting in the style of Van Gogh. After watching a lovely story about Katie and her grandma visiting an art gallery where they saw the picture ‘Starry Night’, it was time to create our own….
Reception have been learning how to complete a repeating pattern. They enjoyed creating their own using natural materials and coloured pegs.
Normanhurst Juniors have School Pets – 5 Giant African Land Snails! The snails have started their Normanhurst Journey being cared for by our Year 6 pupils who have named them after the School Values. They painted a tiny tip of the top of the shell of each snail so we…
As part of their Science topic on Electricity, Year 4 visited the Museum of Power in Maldon for an educational trip. Firstly, the children took part in a Mad Science Workshop. They were shown how electricity conducts through Coke a Cola, introduced to electromagnets, and saw the power of magnets…
Pupils in the Early Years and Junior School celebrated Rosh Hashanah, they learnt that it is celebrated as the New Year in the Jewish religion and it’s traditional to eat apples dipped in honey during this time to symbolise a ‘sweet new year’. During their snack time they really enjoyed…
On Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 September, Gabby, Mehrnaz, Yazmina, Salah, Owais, Yusuf (11J) Esta, Ridoy, and Ben (11B) made a presentation about the 2022 European Day of Languages, on behalf of Year 11 languages students. Both junior and senior pupils were quizzed about some translations of famous children’s book…
On Thursday 15th September, Normanhurst Juniors celebrated World Afro Day with a special assembly. World Afro Day founded a global day of change, education and celebration of Afro hair and identity with 2022 marking the 5th anniversary. Pupils in Lower Kindergarten to Year 5 had a special assembly in their…
As part of our cross-curricular Design/Technology and RE topic this week, Year 4 embarked on making challah bread. Over the last few weeks, the children had researched its significance in the Jewish faith, designed a recipe card, and tasted other bread from around the world. The children worked hard, mixing,…
In PSHE, Year 3 were discussing the different emotions that we might feel and that all emotions are welcome. We discussed how it’s best to deal with our emotions and where we can get support. In groups, the children designed their worst schools and then presented them to the rest…
After reading the story of the ‘Little Red Hen’, the Reception children decided to write a shopping list in order to make some bread. After Mrs Allen got all the ingredients from the shopping list, they made the bread together adding flour, yeast, oil and water. “We added yeast to…
