Month: May 2021

28 May 21

On a sunny Monday this week our Reception class (K Group) jumped into the mini bus for a trip to Ashwell freshwater springs. They were off to explore the water sources and the environment for different wildlife and were fully prepared for a British summer trip, decked out in full waterproofs and wellies! First the…

28 May 21

Year 5 (E Group) enjoyed releasing the butterflies today that they have been watching metamorphose from caterpillars for the last few weeks. The butterflies have supported their topic on My Changing World.  

28 May 21

Year 6 (D Group) had fun in the Vege Centre on Thursday making pizza pinwheels. There were even smiles on their faces whilst clearing up!

28 May 21

This week Year 5 (E Group) held mock elections for the Letchworth Youth Council.   The classes teamed up to form political parties and wrote manifestos, leaflets and other election materials to promote their policies, as part of their topic Our Changing World.   They then held a hustings with the electorate (D Group!) listening…

24 May 21

On Friday Year 5 (E Group) were delighted to receive a special letter from Sir David Attenborough. The Year 5 topic this term is ‘Our Changing World’ and as part of this they have been looking at climate change and the environment. Lydia’s class made postcards for Sir David Attenborough and put a lot of…

24 May 21

On Saturday our boarders had a great day out at Hamerton Zoo Park in Cambridgeshire. They saw monkeys, sleeping tigers, crazy meerkats and wallabies and had lots of fun!  

21 May 21

Our Major Officials continued consulting on plans this week for our new outdoor social space in the Senior School, following a donation of funding by the St Chris Parents’ Circle. They met with Year 7 (I Group) pupils in the Theatre to discuss some of the ideas that have been put forward so far, to…

20 May 21

We’ve had some new arrivals in the Nursery this week… On Wednesday night, five ducklings were born – three yellow and two brown. They spent Thursday drying out (and growing!) and met some of our Nursery children at the end of the day! The eggs arrived this week and we’ve enjoyed keeping an eye on…

18 May 21

During the first two weeks in school after lockdown, Year 7 (I Group) spent their art lessons producing a group / community shared artwork with their art teachers. Art teacher Lizzy said: “After discussions with the children, each member of Year 7 produced their own interpretation of a ceramic cactus. We discussed the characteristics of…

14 May 21

This week our Head Girl and Boy, Amy and Dreyfus, have been consulting with pupils about plans to update the outdoor social space area, following a donation of funding by the St Chris Parents’ Circle. Amy and Dre have been visiting Companies this week to talk to younger students about the planned new space. There…