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Year 6 headed to the Science Lab this week for a practical lesson on circuits. The children have been learning about electricity, how to build a working circuit and how to draw the components in a scientific diagram. In their lesson this week, the children explored switches, bulbs and buzzers. They also discussed the way…

This week saw the first meeting of the Tuesday lunchtime Maths Club. Exclusively for pupils in Years 5 and 6, the Club had fantastic attendance. The pupils were able to have several games of ‘Nubble’ (a computer game that develops strategic thinking), as well as ‘Reptangles’ (a 3D construction puzzle) and the logic game ‘Rush…

Our Year 6 pupils donned their best 1940’s outfits and were transported back to the Second World War this week! Dressed as evacuee children, the cohort travelled on a traditional steam train along the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, to the safety of the countryside. Whilst on route, the children sang songs of the time such…

Miss Thomas’ Year 6 Science set are currently studying electricity, building on knowledge gained in Year 4. So far, the pupils have studied the symbols which represent components in a circuit, series and parallel circuits and currents. This week the pupils were focussing on batteries and voltage.  In their lesson, the children were tasked with…

As part of their Modern Foreign Languages lessons, pupils in Year 6 have been partnered with pupils from a French school in Avallon, Burgundy. Our pupils were delighted to receive their first communication from their pen pals this week, in the form of an Easter card and letter. The children spent time responding to their…

Year 6 were working on their measurement skills this week. The children looked at finding the area, which is the space inside the shape, and is found by multiplying the length by the width. They also looked at perimeter, which is the distance around the outside edges of a shape. They did this for both regular and irregular shapes during their maths…

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…

Year 6 made the most of the outdoor space on offer at the Prep School this week as they embarked on their first Bushcraft session with Mr Thurston. Their main focus was on shelter building skills, where they learnt about the all-important interlocking ‘Y shape’ of the support struts, and set to work building a…

Lockdown restrictions have challenged our ways of teaching and learning, particularly on those projects that involve more than one ‘bubble’ working in collaboration with each other. To mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on our usual team projects, Year 6 and Year 9 have been using ‘Teams’ to work together this term. 12 Year 9 students…

Mr Parkin’s Year 6 Science group have been learning all about light in their lessons this term. They have worked on planning and conducting their own experiments to see how light travels in straight lines and exploring refraction. The children worked really hard to plan these investigations using materials from home. They did a great…