Reception had a wonderful Humanities week. They enjoyed reusing recycled materials to create something new. Ahmet created a washing machine that he used to wash our smelly socks. Other children also really enjoyed creating a monster using playdough as well as drawing and creating their own one. They enjoyed the…
Continuing with their Ancient Mayan learning in History, the Year 5’s have learnt about food from this time period. They learnt all about the kinds of food that the Mayan’s would have eaten and how they would cook their food. They found out they used the old age method of…
Celebrating all of our pupils’ hard work and success at school has been a strength at Normanhurst over the years. Seeing as our usual Speech Day is unable to go ahead, we have run a series of smaller events in pupil ‘bubbles’. The events are just as important and celebrate…
Our end of year celebrations had to take place a little differently this year, but they are still working out to be a series of wonderful events. Each school ‘bubble’ has rehearsed and is putting on their own mini event, complete with awards, songs and celebration. We were very happy…
The children who attend Lego Club have had a wonderful term creating some fantastic Lego items. In particular, the older children have been using a ‘Lego Boost’ set to create an ‘electronic cat’ which can be controlled via an iPad and coded to be able to do different things. Imogen,…
Our end of year celebrations had to take place a little differently this year, with each year group celebrating with their own ‘mini’ event. We feel that these smaller events have still given our deserving pupils a chance to celebrate all that they have achieved, something that is definitely worth…
Year 3 went out on a Forest Walk this morning to look at how soil is formed, linking to their topic of ‘Rock Detectives’. To understand how soil is formed, they have created their own ‘wormery’ in each classroom, showing how worms translocate the different levels of soil. The children…
Mr Grant and Miss Prebble were very excited as they took the children to Peter May this week for their PE lesson! The children had lots of fun taking part in different activities, including relay races, ball skills and even parachute games. All the children were very enthused and are…
Our Year 6 pupils have worked extremely hard this year, both at school and at home, and were certainly very deserving of the awards that they received. We celebrated in style this morning with a dedicated Year 6 Celebration of the Year, which was a fantastic alternative to our usual…
In place of our usual whole school Speech Day and Prize Giving event, we have been running a series of smaller events to help keep everyone safe this year. Well done to all of our Year 7, 8 and 9 pupils who have all worked extremely hard, despite the many…
