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Prep School pupils in Years 3-6 led us in a truly magical service, at the Candlelit Festival of Carols & Readings, held at St Mary’s Church this week. For the first time since 2019, the school community enjoyed the opportunity to gather in church together and celebrate the Christmas story. Through a combination of readings,…

Prep pupils have been working hard in their games lessons over the course of this term, to learn new techniques and tactics to employ during their Hockey and Rugby matches. They have played an extensive season of competitive fixtures against a range of local schools and performed fantastically. Over the last few weeks however, the…

In Science, Year 3 have been working on the topic ‘Rocks, Fossils and Soils’. On Tuesday, the class headed out into the school grounds, armed with towels and paper cups, to collect three soil samples from different areas. The playing field, the pig pen and the school garden were chosen as the collection sites and…

3W have been learning about the earliest part of pre-history – The Stone Age. They discovered some interesting facts about the Palaeolithic period and what the earliest humans may have looked like. They then learnt that these early humans were known as ‘cavemen’, and looked at some of the objects that have been discovered in…

On Tuesday, our very lucky Year 3 pupils went on an exciting trip to Slimbridge . The Wetland Centre is bursting with wildlife and provides a fantastic opportunity to discover some important conservation work. Once they arrived, the children dropped off their bags and split up into classes, 3T started with pond dipping, whilst 3D…

Year 3 kicked off a busy season of school trips with a visit to Cotswold Wildlife Park last Friday. They enjoyed seeing the animals and met Izzy, the zookeeper who talked to them about the African animals who live at the Park. The pupils also met George, a 75-year-old Giant Tortoise who is still growing! The children…

This week children in Year 3 and Year 6 have been set the task of growing their own vegetables! Year 6 took to the Science Lab to plant courgette and mange tout – placing individual seeds in pots with the point towards the bottom. They then went to the Prep Allotment where they conducted an experiment…

Children in Year 6 and Year 3 have been taking part in a very exciting Project this year. The ‘Erasmus + Profile Project‘, aims to facilitate learning financial literacy in EU schools. Run by the University of Gloucestershire, the project has partner schools in Italy, Croatia, and Hungary, with St Edward’s working with the project…

Year 3 have been exploring different types of lines in their Maths lessons this week. They have discovered that parallel lines never intersect, and are always the same distance apart for their entire length. They have also learnt that perpendicular lines are those which cross each other at a right angle. They worked in groups…

Mrs Dobson’s Year 3 Drama group transformed into superheroes this week! They each dressed up as their favourite superhero and used physical and vocal expressions to embody their different characters. The act of donning their superhero outfits enabled Year 3 to feel empowered and was a fantastic opportunity for the children to improve their verbal…