Category: Pre-Prep News
Last Thursday two Year 2 football teams took part in the Soccer Tournament at The Abbey. Both teams looked professional and played extremely well, gaining second and third place overall. Barnaby scored two brilliant goals in a row and Lara, who was the only girl on the pitch, played with great skill and determination. All the games were played with enthusiasm and good sportsmanship with plenty of encouragement from the side-lines. At the end of the tournament everyone received a medal and a delicious match tea. A big thank you to the organisers and coaches Mr Graham and Mr Earl.
On Friday afternoon Queen’s House took part in a special assembly in which prizes were given out to the children. The winner of the Dog Competition was Laura O, who correctly guessed the name of the dog to be Barley. Poetry competition winners were Hermione, Margot, Alex C, Jamie M and Boo L. Art prizes were awarded to Alice K, Saffron V, Ruby L, Eriko B and Will M. The Fancy Dress competition was very hard to judge as all the children had made such an effort with their costumes! After much debate, Sukie H, Rowan K, Sam L, Jackson H and Betty G all claimed prizes with the overall winner being Arthur N as Paddington Bear.
The theme for this year’s Book and Arts Week is Animals. Today there was great excitement at Queen’s House as Jenny’s Ark came to visit with over 40 different types of animals! There were rabbits, guinea pigs, tortoises, stick insects and even snakes! The children were told all about the animals including where they come from, what they eat and how to care for them. They were able to hold and feed them. They were amazed by the giant rabbit!
The children’s artwork this week has been inspired by the books they have been studying. The Reception children have focussed on the author Eric Carle, Year 1 on Julia Donaldson and Year 2 on Roald Dahl. The workshops have been led by Heather Hodgson, a local artist. The children have drawn, painted, collaged and created large scale pictures to illustrate these books. Thank you to all the parents who came in to help with these sessions.
The children at Queen’s House took part in dance workshops today, led by Caroline Mummery from Dance East. Each year group focussed on a different book – Reception created movements to The Hungry Caterpillar, Year 1 worked on The Monkey Puzzle and Year 2 took images from The Enormous Crocodile. It was wonderful to see the children express themselves freely through music and dance.
Love in a Box is an exciting idea that gives children in the orphanages of the Ukraine and Moldova, who don’t normally receive Christmas presents a box full of marvellous gifts. Every year pupils at The Abbey and Queen’s House are given a leaflet with ideas of what to put into the box and an option of what age they would like to send gifts to. This year a total of 103 boxes have been given in and as we speak they are being loaded onto lorries to start their journey abroad. An example of items you can put in the box are toiletries, stationery, toys, sweets, hats and gloves. I think Love in a Box is an amazing idea that gives under privileged children a Happy Christmas.
By Amy G 5E
The Reception children took part in their first Harvest Festival last week. As the service began they carried their fruits and vegetables into chapel to present to Reverend Wilson. The chapel was well attended with parents, grandparents and siblings all joining in. The children particularly enjoyed singing “Oats and Beans” with accompanying actions.
At the festival we raised a fantastic £315.54. The good news is that it will be doubled by the UK government as part of their Hunger Stops Here Appeal, this means our donation will make twice the impact for helping to stop hunger! We therefore raised the grand total of £631.08.
The Reception children took part in their first Harvest Festival today. As the service began they carried their fruits and vegetables into chapel to present to Reverend Wilson. The chapel was well attended with parents, grandparents and siblings all joining in. The children particularly enjoyed singing “Oats and Beans” with accompanying actions.
The Year 2 volcano topic came to life this week when the children created erupting volcanoes in the classroom. They made their own volcanoes out of clay and then carried out an experiment to learn how different substances react when they are mixed with each other. Year 2’s will never forget this exciting learning experience and were even keen to write up the experiment afterwards!
We thought about our own experiences, discussed Christian celebrations and learnt about celebrations in other religions focusing on the festivals of Diwali and Hanukkah – both festivals of light. We had great fun acting out the stories behind these festivals. Some of us enjoyed playing a game with a dreidel – this game is enjoyed by Jewish children during the festival of Hanukkah. Other activities we enjoyed include making Diwali cards, writing the story of Rama and Sita, writing the story behind the dreidel game and making birthday candle Hannukiahs. Come and see our RE display board and artefacts outside Queen’s House hall.