Reception have been thinking about the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ and have written a class story about where the tiny seed might go to. “The tiny seed went to the water park and she splashed.” By Nehanda “The tiny seed went to the gigantic, wild wood and played with a…
Year 5 have started their learning about the Ancient Mayans, in one of their first lessons they learnt about how the Maya were ruled and about the different levels of hierarchy. After finding out about the Ancient Mayan hierarchical system, the children played a special game of Top Trumps using…
Reception cooled down today by splashing in the water. We practised counting our feet in 2s and we got all the way to 32!
We are very proud of 5 of our pupils who entered the ISA composition competition in April. The results have just been announced and we were delighted that Lucy was awarded a “Highly Commended” place for her violin concerto. The competition was adjudicated by Flora Curzon, a Modern and Baroque violinist,…
After a long year of on and off starting, the Juniors were finally able to celebrate 100 days of ‘being in’ school, on the 20th May 2021. This was an exciting day and we saw so many of our children decorating their tops to represent 100 days. The Juniors had…
The children were very excited to come back after half term to see that the caterpillars have changed and turned into chrysalis. They have been learning about the life cycle of the butterfly and they are looking forward to the next stage.
The Cookery Club company ‘Smart Raspberry’ visited Normanhurst School to give us a demonstration of what we can expect in our upcoming club starting in September. Years 3-5 were lucky enough to participate in the demonstration and learnt about the safety of cooking, why and how we need to stay…
Today in Early Years we are creating our very own ‘commotion in the ocean’. Many of the children have dressed up and we have enjoyed lots of pirate themed activities such as who was brave enough to face the octopus in our treasure lucky dip. A mermaid and her pirate…
Read our June Headmistress’s Letter, full of useful information on summer events, extra-curricular activities and lots more…
Year 5 and 6 went outdoors to complete a Maths challenge as part of our Maths week at Normanhurst. In different teams, they were asked to use natural materials that they could find on the floor to make two different 2D shapes. One with a perimeter of 9m and another…
