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To conclude the Netball season, all girls from Years 3 – 6 have participated in competitive House matches, all vying for points for their respective House. Despite the short term, the girls have fully embraced the individual skills and teamwork involved in netball, clearly loving being back on the court. It is fantastic to be…

Mrs Morris’ Year 6 set were in the Science labs dissecting Pig’s hearts this week. They had studied ‘The Heart and The Circulatory System’ during Distance Learning, but had been unable to do this experiment until now! The opportunity to try dissection is often not presented in school until the start of GCSE study, however this is an annual lesson…

This week our Pre-School children were fortunate enough to witness the final stages in the metamorphosis life cycle of a butterfly! Over the last few weeks, the children have watched as the caterpillars they had in their classrooms each formed themselves into a pupa, also known as a chrysalis, before emerging as beautiful butterflies. After…

This term, Year 8 have been studying puppetry in Drama, starting online at home and continuing in person following the return to onsite learning in the studio. The students worked collaboratively to create large paper puppets, inspired by Japanese ‘Bunraku’ puppetry. The biggest challenge was working together to bring the puppet to life and get…

Making, fixing, staining and examining a blood smear is an excellent way to gain confidence and competence in microscopy. Our Lower Sixth Biologists have this week been developing their skills, preparing slides in order to examine samples of horse blood. Blood is packed with lots of different types of cells, and some are easier to…

To conclude their Science topic on habitats Year 2, ventured into the Prep School woodland in search of micro-habitats which are small-scale, specific habitats that support certain animals and plants. They differ from the larger environment around it, making it particularly suited to one or more species. The children explored the woodland, in search of insects on…

This week, Mathematicians in Years 7 to 9 have been analysing Census Data for the fictitious island of ‘Statistopia’. They looked at graphs and charts to determine the need for Primary Schools across the 5 regions of the island and assessed housing requirements. This project enabled the students to recognise the links between real-life maths…

This week were able to have our first House sport event since coming back to School.   It is wonderful to have the children back on site and to be able to allow these events to happen. Years 3 – 6 have had fixtures throughout the week. Well done to all of the boys who took part!  Year 3 Blyton v…

Whilst it is possible to gain a good understanding of the function of the lungs from diagrams and discussion, nothing quite solidifies these concepts quite like a live dissection. The link between structure and function can be excellently demonstrated using real organs, and the lungs in particular offer some very unique tissue structures to explore….

The Lower School Spelling Bee has been a staple of the Spring calendar at St Edward’s for a number of years, with More House winning the competition a record five times out of the previous eight! With heats taking place throughout the week, the grand finale of this hotly contested House competition was held on…