Children’s Mental Health Week This week is Children’s Mental Health week and never before has this been more important to highlight. It is important that we recognise that if we as adults don’t look after our own mental health, we will not be able to support our children as we need to. Never…
What makes a school good or great? Educational researchers have poured over this for years and generated huge amounts of data. Data is important and can provide us with a great deal of insight but sometimes you have to go with your gut. That is what is reflected in this blog. I have been working…
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This year has been like no other. We’ve learnt so much about ourselves and those around us. We’ve laughed. We’ve cried. We’ve clapped. We’ve Zoomed. And we’ve Google Meeted A LOT! And what we’ve learnt is that no one has all the answers. Not even the Prime minister. But as never before we have…
Wow, what a lot of fun! From Christmas jumpers to Christmas dinner, to Christmas parties to A LOT of sweets and chocolate! The children really did have the best day, just take a look at the pictures for proof. Coming to the end of a tiring and unusual term, we all needed this blow out…
As this has been a very strange year, Christmas has been a bit different, but we have taken this opportunity to start celebrating earlier than usual in Nursery to spread some Christmas spirit. Every Friday has been Festive Friday where the children and staff have been invited to dress in Christmas clothes and take part…
Starting in Reception, if a child reads for 20 minutes a day at home, they will hear approximately 1.8 million words per year. They will have read for 851 hours by Year 6 and on standardized tests, they will likely score better than 90% of their peers. This is compelling data on the benefits of…
We may have been in lockdown, but that didn’t stop us taking the children on a trip, thanks to the wonders of virtual reality. What better way to visit the surfaces of the planets in our solar system, take a tour of the Galapagos Islands, see through the eyes of animals and swim with some…
In recent years, Pre-prep has visited Conkers, Delamere Forest and Cannock Chase for our annual activity days. Being in the grips of a pandemic, we thought that this year would have to be different but with the wealth of experience our staff have to offer, we decided to create our very own Activity Day. Form…
As we approach the end of such a strange year, it seems even more special that we were able to put on a Nativity at all! With the threat of bubbles being forced to isolate, we made the last minute decision to film a week earlier than planned. Luckily, Prep 3 rose to the challenge! …