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After School Club’s Easter Celebrations

Pupils in After School Club have been getting ready for their Easter Celebrations. They have made some chocolate nests to take home and enjoy with their families and made Easter Baskets out of paper nets to store some yummy treats in.

Year 1 Willow Farm Visit

Year 1 took a trip to Willows Farm where they learnt about animals and their young. Pupils were able to describe what animals need to survive. They also enjoyed hand feeding the animals, particularly the baby goats, which they learnt are called kids!  

William visits his winning poster!

William and his family visited Stratford-Upon-Avon over the weekend to see his winning Shakespeare Week poster. The family were so excited to see the poster all over the town! William was made to feel very special by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust team and met Marcia Williams (author) who signed and…

STEAM Fortnight – Seniors

The senior STEAM fortnight got off to a code cracking start when year -9 took part in a maths workshop on Tuesday. They were given a locked box, which had 12 compartments to open using code cracking, co-ordinates and maths calculation which gave them the code to open each padlock….

Early Years learn about Holi Festival

This afternoon, the children learnt about and explored the Hindu festival of ‘Holi’. They discovered that the festival is a celebration of spring, love, and new life, and watched videos of people celebrating by throwing coloured powder. The children then participated in a carousel of activities, including creating a colourful…

STEAM Fortnight – Week 1 Roundup

The EYFS and Junior Pupils have had a fantastic first week of STEAM Fortnight. They kicked off the week with the arrival of the Ducklings and a Maths Workshop. All of the duckling eggs have hatched and we now have 5 ducklings! The children from different classes across the school…

Student Spotlight – Ali Can & Erdogan

Two Normanhurst pupils participated in the KYU karate tournament amongst other karate associations. Ali Can came second in the Kata and Erdogan came third place in the fighting tournament. Well done to both of the boys for a brilliant effort!

After School Club Bake Cakes

Pupils in After School Club have been putting their culinary skills to the test this week making Rice Krispie Cakes. This week, pupils made white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie Cakes and drizzled some melted milk chocolate on top. The pupils worked hard together to create their desserts and they…

World Book Day – Author Visit

We had a special guest to run a workshop with our pupils from Reception to Year 6 as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Our visiting author was Abie Longstaff who has written over 50 books for children, including The Fairytale Hairdresser series (1 million copies sold worldwide) and…