Category: Life Education

29 April 2021

We have been busy in Reception finding out about minibeasts in our Bug Research Lab, in the garden and at the playground. We found an ant, a beetle, a fly and a centipede at the playground. In the classroom we have been drawing labelled diagrams and painting pictures of minibeasts after looking closely at their…

27 November 2020

The Year 1 Pearls have been learning about recycling with some help from Michael Recycle and Litterbug Doug! Feeling inspired, the Pearls had a go at making their own recycled paper using a mould and deckle. After ripping up sheets of old scrap paper and soaking them in hot water, the children really enjoyed putting…

12 March 2020

Great excitement has been flowing through the corridors of the Lower School. Ten chicken eggs were dispatched for hatching into Year 2’s welcoming hands. Within 48 hours four chicks had successfully pecked their way through their shells followed closely by the rest. Year 2 have learnt how to care for a chick through feeding, watering,…

27 February 2020

To celebrate the end of our World and Me topic, each child in Reception Diamonds came into school dressed as someone from their special place. We had representatives from places as far flung as Colombia, Canada and Sweden. We also had some home-based costumes from Cornwall and the Isle of Wight. Everyone was able to…

13 February 2020

On a bright and sunny Wednesday, our Year 1 Pearls escaped the normal school routine to experience a morning of being a farm child. Although it was just around the corner in Vauxhall, the pupils were able to view an abundance of strange and interesting farm creatures. To extend our current Science topic of Animals,…

17 October 2019

On a rainy Monday morning, Year 5 travelled to Southfields Academy to face a range of real-life scenarios at the Wandsworth Junior Citizen Scheme. We felt very privileged to have the opportunity to meet professionals from a wide selection of Wandsworth’s emergency services, who guided us through the twelve activities. These included first aid, rail…

3 October 2019

Anyone looking for a new career?  Look no further; Year 2 are now fully qualified to advise YOU!   Looking like the young professionals they aspire to be, the Year 2 Sapphires began their commute to Kidzania with empty purses for their first fully paid day at work.   With so many career opportunities to…

28 June 2019

Ahoy all seafarers – you are in safe hands!  All Year 2 children are now experts on how to stay safe near water. Jan, a volunteer from the RNLI, very kindly came to explain how to have fun whilst staying safe near water. After watching nail biting footage of rescues at sea and on the…

24 May 2019

In the early hours of Monday 13 May, fifteen flour babies arrived in Year 5. They were greeted by 28 enthusiastic new parents whose job it was to care and tend for the imaginary needs of their babies. Names were chosen, birth certificates created and godparents assigned and the nursery was declared open! Throughout the…

16 May 2019

Yesterday Year 1 visited Wandsworth Recycling Centre. We enjoyed watching the rubbish trucks bring in the rubbish, which was weighed, and then sorted, using conveyor belts and a huge magnetic claw. We went outside to see the containers, which carried the rubbish that could not be recycled, down the Thames to an incinerator, where it…