The London Marathon

Parents and carers, I will be running the London Marathon on Sunday! I am running for St Christopher’s hospice. If anyone is planning on watching there is an app you can download (TCSLondonMarathon). My number is 16956 or you can search Charlotte Sheppard to check how I am getting on, hopefully I make it to […]

2 weeks until the Big Half Marathon!

In 2 weeks time, a group of teachers and parents will be taking to the roads of London to run 13.1 miles in the Big Half marathon to raise money for our school. We have all been training throughout the holidays, often very early to beat the heat! If you would like to sponsor the […]

Year 6 DT- Curry O’clock

After learning about curries all half-term, and developing our hygiene and food preparation skills we put them to the test and made our curries! There were 6 groups and we each had a design brief to fit a curry recipe to. Each group designed there very own bespoke recipe; including choosing which spices and vegetables […]

Year 6 Politics

With the news of our Prime Minister’s resignation today, year 6 went off script this afternoon and talked politics. Firstly we talked about the events that lead to Boris’s decision to resign- before learning about the system of the UK government and how it works. We found out that there were some very important cabinet […]

Year 6 Science

Before we head off to secondary school and science becomes more about Bunsen burners and field trips, we have been talking a lot about what it means to be a good scientist. From creating hypotheses and planning fair tests to displaying results and sporting patterns, we are thinking and working like scientists. Today’s hypothesis to […]

UKS2 Microbiologist Visit

Yesterday, Years 5 & 6 were very lucky to have a visit from Dr Lara Payne, a Microbiologist (and Reception mum) who came in to talk to them about being a Microbiologist and infectious diseases doctor. The children were really interested to learn about what the job entails and to look at some equipment used. […]

Year 6 @ the cinema

Today as a special treat for all their hard work, year 6 went on an outing to the cinema. Having enjoyed reading Wonder recently, we managed to book a special screening and had the whole screen to ourselves. Thanks for all your hard work this year Year 6- we hope your enjoyed your special day […]

International Day…

Get those outfits ready! What will you wear on the day? Will it be a National costume, your favourite football team’s shirt or a beautiful outfit that shows your character off the best? Time to get planning a day off from wearing school uniform.

International Day Update

I’m really glad to hear that you are all talking about it! It’s going to be a lovely celebration. Here are some answers to your questions and I will be back on Monday if you’d like to come and talk to me about it. Is it a festival? Well, the children will be doing activities […]

UKS2 DT- Food

We have just embarked on a delicious quest to Indian to learn all about curry! In fact, the world curry comes from the Indian Tamil word ‘Kari’ meaning a sauce or soup to be served with rice. We looked at world maps and found out that curry is quite a global dish- with many different […]