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Kindergarten had a fabulous first week back at school. They enjoyed lots of creative activities as we celebrate autumn and Diwali.

To celebrate UK Parliament week, Year 6 had a debate in the Normanhurst Houses of Parliament. The class were given the question of ‘Are the Olympics needed anymore?’. They class elected the Speaker, Ilayda who led the debate. On the proposing side, for the Olympics to continue the speakers were…

On 7th October, Year 6 met a survivor and evacuee from World War II. The lovely gentleman’s name was Mr Brencher. He told us all about how he felt during the time he was evacuated and all the adventures he has experienced as an evacuee. Mr Brencher brought in a…

This week, as part of our Black History Month celebrations, Year 4 have been learning more about the mathematician Katherine Johnson and her amazing achievements. First, the students researched Katherine on the iPads and created fact files about her life. After that, they worked as groups to discuss why Katherine…

As part of our Black History Month celebrations, the children in Years 1-7 and the GCSE Music students at Normanhurst School had a wonderful opportunity to take part in an African Drumming workshop. During the interactive workshop, the students learnt different call and response rhythms, solo pieces and polyrhythms on…

Once again responding to the children’s interest about the body, today we created our very own blood in a jar. We used marshmallow for the white blood cells, sweeties for the red blood cells, oil for the plasma and rice for the platelets. The children enjoyed mixing all the different…

The children in Reception have become very interested in the human body during our Science lessons. This week we have been looking at skeletons supported by the story of Funny Bones. The class worked in 2 teams to make their own skeleton and we had lots of fun singing and…

On Wednesday 29th September 2021, Year 5 and 6 went on an amazing trip to Kidzania where children had fun and took part in different jobs while earning ‘kidzos’. They walked to the station and took the over ground to Liverpool Street station and then took the underground and stopped…

We were leaning about the Trojan Horse. In small groups, children created freeze frames for each part of the story of the Trojan War. The Greeks arriving for battle. Men hiding inside a wooden horse while the Greeks pretend to sail away. The Trojans bringing the horse to the gates….