This morning the children in Lower Kindergarten were thrilled to receive our caterpillar to butterfly kit. We are going to watch our caterpillars grow and become chrysalis and are looking forward to the magical moment of emergence after half term. Every day during our maths week, the children in…
Year 1 have been learning about Isaac Newton. They have worked really hard to create a fact file all about him and his achievements. The pupils worked really hard to make their fact files interesting to read and to look at, taking time to colour in pictures of Newton and…
It was very busy week for reception! We made numicon biscuits. We printed the numicon onto the biscuits and cut around them. We discussed the numbers one more one less and talked about whether each number was odd or even. We decorated the biscuits using the numicon colours and then…
Whilst working on their narrative poetry unit in English lessons, Year 6 children studied the poems ‘The Raven’ by Edgar Allen Poe and ‘A Plagued Journey’ by Maya Angelou. In depth, children discussed the themes and feelings depicted in both of the poems and looked at the language closely in…
During our Maths week at Normanhurst, Year 6 looked at Ciphers. First of all, we briefly discussed how the Enigma Machine was used during WWII and how Alan Turing played a vital role in cracking the code with his efforts. We, then, moved onto looking at how a cipher could…
Year have had a week filled with maths fun. Here’s what Aarush had to say about it: “Maths Week was really exhilarating, I am sad that it is over. On the first day we had a lot of fun, we looked at the history of Archimedes a Greek Mathematician. On…
Year 1 have been learning all about Shabbat in RE. During Shabbat, Jewish people eat a special bread called ‘Challah Bread’ and Year 1 had a go at making their own!
During Maths Week the Year 2s were learning about Pythagoras. They created a fact file and presented this in front of the class. Here is what they had to say… Irina: I really liked writing about Pythagoras because I like maths and I like learning about what happened a long,…
In Year Two, the children have thoroughly enjoyed their Geography topic, all about Kenya. This week, they learned about the Maasai Tribe and were all excited to have a go at the Maasai Jumping Dance.
The Normanhurst inter-house whole school photography competition continues for 2021 and we’re so impressed with the entries! Pupils, staff and parents were invited to interpret the themes of DREAMS, CONTRAST AND COLLECTIONS. We have been overwhelmed with the quality of this years entries, and thank everyone who sent in a…
