Month: June 2020

At the start of remote learning, pupils were asked to provide a very different kind of Art. Art which would symbolise hope and a positive mind set.  Art which would form a book called ‘The Book of Rainbows’.  This compilation of rainbow-inspired images has now been compiled and has been presented to the Hastings Court Care…

On Friday, the Year 6 girls and the Year 5 girls enjoyed boom whackers – a musical activity which involved pupils hitting “boom whackers” on their heads, thighs and other parts of their bodies. This made sounds which in turn created melodies! Year 5 created the different chords of various pop songs and made up…

If all was as normal Saturday 20th June 2020 would have seen the school compete for the House athletics shield, a highlight of the school year. Unfortunately, this was not to be and instead the pupils were given the task of competing in the very first Virtual Sports Day. There were six events: the standing…

For more details on the summer art project, Mrs K has put together some information below that can help:  

A small snapshot into Year 6 girls’ week, from Mrs Platt. Camilla B and Willow G and Elizabeth G and Seren W play the tree-hugging trust game in Zone 13. Elizabeth G about to win at paper boat building and sailing – 110 coins and still floating! This game was devised by Mr Borrows (Zone…

This week marks the finals of the Cookery Challenge for the Year 8s – a surprising and spectacular Post-CE activity where pupils researched, cooked and baked dishes in their own homes and reported back to Mrs Platt on their progress. In Week 1, the theme was chocolate, Week 2 was fruit and the final week…

And so, the final burst of activity from the ‘Truly Scrumptious’ Year 3s includes:  Stone Age paper cone people; Imaginatively decorated ‘In the Beginning’ project book covers; Stunning observational drawings and paintings of fruits; Scientific investigations into seed dispersal using ‘paper-copters’; Stone ‘cave art’. I could go on … !

For all year groups there is a Pick and Mix Sketchbook challenge. The challenge is to work your way through a list of seemingly ridiculous tasks. Tasks such as ‘draw three circles and make them into something’ or ‘draw a hole in the paper’. The tasks are designed to remove the cobwebs, to spark the…

Due to the current circumstances, the Year 8 EAL children were unable to sit their Cambridge PET exams, towards which they had worked so hard all year.  However, I recently received an email confirming that the Exam Centre had re-opened. Just Sofiia R and Curtis Y are in England at the moment so they were…

By Kitty R-R, 7B  Tip 1: Sleep  This tip sounds very simple and straightforward but sleep is vital to a happy, healthy mind and body. When you are deprived of quality sleep, it is harder to think straight and depression can easily begin to slip into sight. Here are a few tips to help you get quality sleep: come off screens an hour before bed, get into…