Pupils in Year 1-6 visited the STEM Discovery Centre in Stevenage as part of the STEAM Fortnight celebrations. Pupils participated in 3 activities, a workshop, a ‘Mission to Mars’ and had the chance to discover how and why things work in the exploration room. All the pupils had a wonderful…
Y9 are currently working on a DT project to research and design/make trainers. 9JR completed for a homework task where they learnt to make cardboard slippers to wear in disaster areas – which they modelled in class whilst designing their own. The link below shows a guide on how to…
Year 1 has been out in the local community litter picking! They’re dedicated to their role in looking after the planet and keeping their Earth Day promises. Whilst out, pupils were complimented and thanked by members of the public for supporting their community by helping keep the environment clean.
A huge congratulations to Esme in Year 2 for placing 2nd in the KS1 Photomanipulation category of the ISA Digital Art Competition! Sylvie in Year 5 was also ‘highly commended’ for her entry in the KS2 category! Well done for showing such creative flair!
Reception had great fun playing a Maths games in the garden. They each drew a 10s frame, played a game where they had to throw bean bags into a hoop and recorded their score onto their 10s frame. We had great fun!
Kindergarten have been learning all about Numicon in Mathematics. Over the last week, there have been daily activities to develop understanding of numbers where the children have been encouraged to count the physical holes in the tiles to work out which number they represent. The class discussed the size, shape…
Year 4 had an absolutely fantastic time at Danbury, one of our regular residential trip destinations. We arrived to a sunny welcome from our group leader, who showed us to our cabins. The children were thrilled to settle into their cabins and spend time in vast, open green areas right…
Pupils in the Early Years and Juniors wore an item of purple to raise awareness for Deaf Awareness Week. Deaf Awareness Week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the Deaf community, their language, culture, and history. Pupils across the school were taught letters of the alphabet…
Well done to the Year 1 pupils at Normanhurst, who with the help of Mr Whyte planted up a trug with herbs and vegetables for the school kitchen to use. It’s lovely to see your passion for gardening and nature at school.
The Early Years children had great fun taking part in lots of activities linked to the story Hansel and Gretel. They read the fairy tale story and used instruments to emphasise different parts of the story. Afterwards the children created chocolate breadsticks with sprinkles on, decorated boxes and a template…
