- 12 October 2023
Year 3 Trip to Herstmonceux Science Centre
The Year 3s trip to Herstmonceux Science Observatory in early October was a great experience. The world-famous telescopes at the observatory left our young scientists in awe. They were so enthusiastic, asking and answering questions about the wonders of the universe. The interact...
Continue Reading - 11 October 2023
Years 7 and 8 visit Earth Photo Exhibition
Making the most of a beautiful Autumn day, Year 7 and 8 visited Bedgebury Pinetum to take a look at the Earth Photo Exhibition. Earth Photo is an international competition, organised by Forestry England and the Royal Geographical Society, in which photographers document the beauty and f...
Continue Reading - 10 October 2023
Year 6 Discovery Day
The Year 6 Discovery Day took place in early October, with opportunities for our own pupils, and those from visiting local schools, to take part in a carousel of exciting activities linking to Art, DT, Science and Sport; all centred around a theme of 'Energy'. The Art sessions pr...
Continue Reading - 09 October 2023
Pre-PRep's Farming Talk
With farming being such an important part of all our lives and with it being our Harvest Festival week, our Pre-Prep children were very lucky to be visited by Mr Budd, a local arable and fruit farmer. He is passionate about showing children where their food comes f...
Continue Reading - 04 October 2023
MHS Bake-Off
Well done to everyone who created some wonderful bakes for the European Day of Languages Bake Off, this year's theme was 'Treasure'. All the cakes were sold at the MacMillan Coffee Morning. There were some fantastic entries based on the theme. The winners were: Esme T (N), Wi...
Continue Reading - 04 October 2023
European Day of Languages
Once again, MHS was taken over by all things European for the day for our celebration of the European Day of Languages. Pupils were 'tagged' by teachers who greeted them with the word "hello" in various languages from around the world. That gave such a great buzz around the...
Continue Reading - 03 October 2023
Meerkat Mayhem for Year 2 at Drusillas Zoo
Year 2 started off their trip by watching the meerkats; showing a great interest in their daily activities. In the zoo’s classroom, the children had an educational talk, learning more facts about meerkats and had a chance to meet a milk snake and an armadillo. Next up was a fascin...
Continue Reading - 02 October 2023
Macmillan Coffee Morning
A sunny September morning saw the Gallery full of wonderful offerings for the MacMillan Coffee Morning and cake sale which once again was run in conjunction with the European Day of Languages Bake Off. The Hopkins Hall was set up in a café style, it looked very inviting and welcom...
Continue Reading - 29 September 2023
Year 4 Evacuee trip
On a sunny September morning, we sent our Year 4’s far away from the dangers of WWII. The children travelled to Tenterden to catch the evacuee train to … well, they weren’t really sure when they boarded where they were going. On their steam-po...
Continue Reading - 29 September 2023
Reception's French Friends
Our Reception children were delighted to have two new French friends join them in the Autumn term and they have been going home with a different child each week. 'Roquefort' and 'Saucisson' are a toy mouse and cat, and they are spending one week at a time with every child...
Continue Reading - 27 September 2023
Year 6 Singers attend Sing!
In early October, our Year 6 singers had a wonderful day at Eastbourne College for the annual Sing! event. The children learnt five songs from scratch during the day, singing in a four-part choir made up of over 100 children. They took part in musical workshops throughout the day as we...
Continue Reading - 26 September 2023
Harvest in the School Orchard
The Great Outdoors Club made a beeline for the School Orchard to harvest cooking apples in September. Our School Orchard, which is located beyond the Firsts Pitch, had 10 new fruit trees planted this year so apple, pear and plum picking can continue to be enjoyed by future generatio...
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