Early Years celebrated both St David’s Day and Shrove Tuesday with lots of creative activities. The children enjoyed making a Welsh dragon, painting still life daffodils and in the afternoon; pancake fun. There were pancake races, flipping the pancake games and a tricky ordering the pancake by size activity. The…
Early Years have been busy discovering Italy. They started by visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa which the children went on to construct from a variety of media, they then listened to Italian music, dressed for the Venetian ball and even made their own beautiful masks. In our water play…
The pupils have been incredibly creative in Fashion Design Club. They have been on a journey of understanding how to design prints and patterns for garments. The children have used their storyboards as inspiration, putting their ideas into garment shapes on paper. Some of the children created lolly pop stick…
Read our March Head’s Letter, full of useful information on assessments and GCSEs, residential visits, important dates activities and lots more…
Year 4 had a super week at school. With it being Maths week they’ve taken a deep dive into all things Mathematical. The children undertook a Maths treasure hunt, which stretched and consolidated their learning of all these Maths from Y4 so far. They have also spent the week planning…
On Thursday 10 February the GCSE music students from Braeside and Normanhurst were given the chance to share some of the coursework they have been working on with their friends and families. For the GCSE music course pupils are required to prepare a performance on their main instrument and compose…
We were treated to a lovely ‘Evening of Song and Dance’ yesterday night by some talented Normanhurst pupils. Several pupils, from both the Juniors and the Seniors showcased either their singing or dancing talents in front of an audience of friends and family. Toe tapping numbers included ‘You are Never…
After learning about China and Chinese New Year, Reception made a tiger corner bookmark to celebrate the year of the tiger. They followed instructions to fold the piece of paper in different ways and decorated it in their own unique way. They were very excited to put it on the…
On Monday February 7th Year 4 were lucky enough to meet Alex Neal, principal percussionist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Percussion Professor at the Royal College of Music via a Zoom call. Mr Neal has played on the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings soundtracks! The students…
It was another fun forest walk for reception! The sun decided to come out after a very rainy morning, making it perfect weather for splashing in puddles and climbing trees!
