Year 6 teachers

Year 6 pupils have been planning and teaching across the school today. They have taken the roles very seriously, with some excellent preparation and a range of teaching styles! We’ve had lessons in drama, sport, maths, science, drama, singing, art and dance. I think they got quite a lot from the experience.

Enrichment: Forest School

We worked in groups to put up a tent and tarpaulin; produced some art using our own homemade paints; and had sticky cleaver fights.

Year 3 and The Show in which Hopefully Nothing Happens

UPDATE Apologies folks, it appears that a technical gremlin has prevented this post from last week appearing on the blog. Year 3 had a lovely morning at the Unicorn watching the absurdist comedy The Show in Which Hopefully Nothing Happens, devised by the Dutch theatre company Theater Artemis. With a synopsis stating, ‘Welcome to the […]

Year 1 Visit The Albany Theatre

This morning, Year 1 visited the Albany Theatre in Deptford, to watch a production of Hansel and Gretel with a very modern twist. The tickets were given to us as part of the Every Child campaign which aims to provide a free theatre tickets to every Year 1 child in Lewisham. The class thoroughly enjoyed […]

Crumbs! Cooking in Year 3

We rounded off last week with a bit of D&T in the form of cooking crumble. The filling was never in question – it had to be peach! We used a recipe by Jack Monroe, famous for her website, cookingonabootstrap. Jack is a writer, journalist and activist who campaigns on poverty issues, particularly relating to […]

Year 4 school journey day 1

Safe arrival, picnic lunch, low rope team building, high rope leaps of faith,abseiling, roast chicken dinner, washing up, nighttime woodland walk, hot chocolate , bedtime story, zzzzzzz Under a blue sky, we’ve had an action-packed outdoor adventure. Lots of children rightly proud of their achievements today. What a great bunch of kids 👍😁👌

Cookie monsters

In aid of lent call, some of year four were busy in the kitchen today making M&M cookies to sell at the bake off. Thank you to all those involved, your teamwork was a pleasure to see!

Can you create a structure with multiple pulleys?

This was the challenge set for Year 5 this afternoon. The children aimed to be able to lift a dictionary using string and had to include more than one pulley in their system. They really worked well as teams and came up with brilliant designs. One team member of perhaps the most ambitious design said, […]

Year 5’s class assembly

Another big well done to Year 5 who had their class assembly this morning. The class showed nothing but enthusiasm throughout the process and certainly rose to the occasion! A special shout out to the dancers who choreographed their dance to Beastie Boys ‘Intergalactic’ with creativity and flair! The rendition of the poem ‘Gran Can […]

LifeSavers Savings Club Training

A big thank you to Amy Thompson who came in today to train the year 5 and 6 pupils up as cashiers. We are looking for two adult volunteers to support them on Monday mornings from 8.30am to just past 9am. If you are a keen mathematician who would like to help empower future generations […]