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For the first time since 2019 the whole school took part in the annual Easter bonnet parade and service.

Nursery, Reception and Year 1 all did an absolutely amazing job designing and making their bonnets for the parade (with a special mention to all the parents who helped!) and the choir along with Years 4, 5 and 6 performed a medley of poems, readings and songs.

On Friday 18th March pupils, parents and staff got baking and buying to raise over £800 for charity.

To celebrate their birthday one of our Year 2 pupils wanted to raise money to support child refugees and help the charity Safe Passage. The charity supports displaced and unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

The playground was decorated for the event with over a hundred colourful paper flowers which were made by pupils last week to celebrate women that inspire them as part of our International Women’s Day celebrations.

Children, teachers and parents enjoyed buying homemade baked goods in the front playground after school, and we couldn’t have been prouder of our school community for organising this event for such an important cause. Thank you to all that took part.

Photographs taken by our roving reporter for the afternoon, Emily in Year 6.

Wow, what a jammed-packed Science Week this March! We have been visited by a variety of guest speakers including a doctor, a surgeon and an engineer who gave the classes a unique insight into their specific STEM-related fields.

In science lessons the children have been making bubbles, designing and making Martians and building fantastic magnetic games. At home, pupils have been decorating ‘growth’ posters, with winners of the poster competition to be announced next week.

The team from Inventors and Makers ran interactive workshops for the different year groups, where they learnt about structural engineering and built their own towers, and we rounded off the week with the whole school taking part in a dress-up day with the theme for costumes being ‘growth’. We saw flowers, animals, the solar system and many more excellent outfits around the building.

Thank you to everyone that has taken part and made British Science Week 2022 such a big success!

As part of our British Science Week activities Year 2 have been thinking about the needs of all living things on Earth. They then discussed what additional characteristics animals would need to survive on Mars. They used model magic clay and various crafting items including tinsels and googly-eyes, to create an animal they believed would survive on the Red Planet.

Here are just a few of the fantastic entries we received for the extreme reading challenge as part of our World Book Day celebrations this month. Pupils read their favourite books in a variety of funny locations including up a tree, upside down and whilst trampolining!

On Friday 11th March Year 6 visited the Science Museum in South Kensington, London.

As well as exploring the world famous museum, the class enjoyed a trip to the IMAX cinema to watch an informative documentary about the animals of the Antarctic, their habitat and the challenges they face due to global warming.

This week Years 3 to 6 have taken part in a multi-school cross country running event in West London.

The event was the first to be organised by Dukes Education, and was hosted by Prospect House School.

All the children had a great time competing and we were lucky enough to take several medals back to school at the end of the day.

On Wednesday 9th March, Years 5 & 6 travelled by train to visit the Royal Courts of Justice in Central London.

Taking part in a mock trial within a real courtroom, the classes had the chance to debate and discuss what the outcomes of the case would be, and try to convince a jury of their peers to side with them.

Well done to all the children for taking part in the discussions and debates with such enthusiasm.

On Friday 5th March Year 6 visited Gunnersbury Museum. They looked around the house and learnt about the Rothschild family who used to live there, and studied the symmetry and designs from nature which were evident in the architecture and decoration. They then made their own designs inspired by what they had seen which they printed on to paper and then their own tote bag.