Harrods Before the Holidays!

Hello! This is Miss Cotten here. I thought I would post something this afternoon about an exciting trip that took place this morning. Some students got the opportunity to visit one of the most iconic landmarks in London-Harrods Department Store! The students went to view the Christmas window displays that the store is famous for. Once the students return from their holidays in January, there will be much more published about this event. But, here's a sneak peak for now!

Year 3 Time to Number Fit!

I interviewed a year 3 student about his participation in Number Fit. Abhinav: What is Number Fit? Faris: Number Fit is P.E mixed with Maths. Abhinav: Do you feel fit when you’re doing Number Fit? Faris: Yeah, you burn a lot of calories! Abhinav: Is it fun? Faris: Yes, the most fun thing is musical cones. Abhinav: What are musical cones? Faris: Musical cones are musical chairs + exercise Abhinav: What do you learn? Faris: We learn times table and new maths words e.g. product, addition, etc. So, it sounds like the year 3 class really enjoyed learning about maths in an unique and physical way!

Year 5’s Sharing Assembly on Pyjama Day!!

On 30th of November, Year 5 had a sharing assembly but it was different from the others because it was on PYJAMA DAY! At the start of the assembly year 5 showed the order of the 9 planets which orbit the sun. A great way to remember the names of planets by saying My (Mercury)- Very(Venus), Energetic(Earth), Mother(Mars), Just(Jupiter), Served(Saturn), Us(Uranus), Nine(Neptune), Pizzas(Pluto). Interestingly, Pluto is considered to be a dwarf planet meaning that it is too small or not spherical enough to be considered a planet. Also, in the assembly we acted out an interview with Ellen MacArthur which we made into a comedy sort of way. After that I performed a classical Indian dance called Kathak. People said it was superb!

Christmas Decorations

Last Tuesday we had a Christmas tree decorating assembly. Everybody in the school made a decoration and wrote a wish on it. There were 3 students from each class that shared their wishes in the assembly and then placed it on to the tree. All of the decorations were either purple or white because our senior administrator officer (a.k.a. receptionist) is getting married and those are her favourite colours!

KS1 Winter Concert

Key stage 1 is putting on a performance this Christmas on the 18th of December- The Little Blue Star! Two year 2 students are sharing with me how they feel and what they’ve been doing during the past few weeks to prepare for the big event. The performance features seven songs and a play about a sad little blue star. One of the children said, “I am very excited and nervous because I am going to play the blue star,” and the second one said, “I am very nervous because I am gonna have to sing in a loud and clear voice!” Key stage 1 have been rehearsing a lot and I’m very sure they are going to sound just perfect!

Oral Health Day

On Wednesday 10th October it was Oral Health Day!! Oral Health Day is a day where we learned that it’s really important to look after your teeth for the benefit of your health! Of course, you should be doing this every day and not just on Oral Health Day! This day reminded us to brush our teeth a lot more. Everybody got a free toothbrush and toothpaste. There were two different types of toothbrushes and everyone thought the Spiderman one was the coolest! And, the next day could have been called Avonmore Fresh Breath Day!