Year 4 introduced the value of the month.

In the nursery, the children have been learning about Chinese New Year. They experienced a range of exciting activities including, tasting delicious Chinese food, designing an Ang Pow, retelling the story of the Great Race, and even took part in their own dragon parade. The children and the teachers had so much fun!

This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day 2018, the slogan for the day was Create, Connect and Share Respect: A better internet starts with you. Children have been learning how to stay safe online and how to build a better internet. Each class participated in an E-Safety poster competition, the winners were Austin (RS), Camilla (RW), Mathilde (1A), Emily (1H), Mille (2A), Chloe (2W), Ceryse (Form 3), Lulu (Form 4), Katie (Form 5),and Maya G (Form 6 ). Excellent effort put in by all children helping make this day a success.

The girls in Form 3 enjoyed a fun day out at the British Museum on Monday 5 February. In the morning they had a workshop using different devices to study paintings in Nebamun’s tomb in order to find out what he enjoyed and looked forward to in the Afterlife. They created their own versions to show what they really enjoy in life. Food features prominently! To see their pictures click on this link: https://samsungcentre.smugmug.com/05022018-Decoding-Ancient-Egypt/n-vpBfbm/i-Hr8PXkD/A
Their favourite memories from going around the galleries include seeing the Rosetta Stone, beautiful decorations on pots and of course mummies, including mummified cats and crocodiles.

On 23 January, 18 girls from Forms 4, 5 & 6 travelled to Barn Elms Sports Trust to compete against six other schools in the annual Cross Country Championships hosted by St James.
The recent wet weather left conditions less than ideal for the runners. The Form 4 girls were first to compete, running two short laps totaling 1km. They started off strongly and Frieda narrowly missed out on a top ten finish.
The Form 5 girls ran extremely well in the next race, over the longer distance of 1.5km, finishing 4th in the team event. Three girls finished in the top 20, with Midge in 6th place and Elise in 9th.
Form 6’s race was very exciting, with Amelia and last year’s winner being well ahead of the other runners. Even with a strong end to the race, Amelia couldn’t quite overtake the leader before the finish line, but finished with a well-deserved Silver medal.
Well done to all the girls on their fantastic performances and competing exceptionally well. They all gained some excellent experience and had a very enjoyable afternoon of races.