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It's been a busy start to term in the STEM department. Year 3 has been investigating structures and shapes.  Using only A4 pieces of paper, the children were challenged to create cylinders, cuboids and prisms and test which shape could hold the most books.  We found the cylinder to be the best and noticed it was even stronger when we used four together.  Year 4 pupils were tasked with making and sailing a paper boat.  At first, the children were unsure as they were only allowed to use one sheet of paper, but they soon put their creative hats on to begin to plan how to make the most out of their paper.  Year 5 has been working on Practical Action's 'Squashed Tomato' challenge which challenged them to develop their own solutions to a transportation problem facing farmers living in mountainous areas in Nepal.  There were very creative design solutions to this problem and no squashed tomatoes!

In Forest School this week, Year 2 had the messy, but very important, job of making bird feeders out of lard and seeds to help look after the crows, blackbirds, robins and coal tits they've been spotting.  They were thrilled to hang them up and watch the birds eating from them!

Reception pupils are loving Kindness Club. In the first week they designed a group poster covered with kind words and this week they decorated rocks with pictures and messages which they have hidden around the school to spread joy to those who find them.  Well done Reception!

We are very proud to have attended the British Council's International School Award ceremony at Parliament yesterday where Kate Ewart-Biggs, Deputy Chief Executive of the British Council awarded Kay Goldsworthy, our Head, and Kerry Phipps, our Head of Modern Languages with our International School Award for our 'exceptional work in global education'.  Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon and thanks to Gregory Stafford MP for Farnham and Bordon for coming down and supporting us.

Year 1 had an 'eggcellent' Science lesson, starting on their new topic 'Out of Eggs'.  The children looked very closely at the anatomy of an egg!  They studied the shell, using adjectives to describe it and then had a go at cracking the egg open, using microscopes to examine the inside, including the yolk and membrane. They then drew and labelled their findings noting how contrasting the hard exterior of the shell is to the gooey inside.  Great work Year 1!

Year 2 had a wonderful Computing lesson this week composing musical patterns with a focus on the rhythm and pulse.  We particularly enjoyed experimenting with the effects of different instruments and then sharing our work with our friends.

Thank you so much the Pied Piper Theatre Compnay for coming in and treating us to their performance of Town Mouse and Country Mouse yesterday.  Such a great productive croon, which the children found hilarious.

What varied weather in Forest School last week.  Whilst Year 2 tidied up the forest, desperately hoping for snow, but only receiving a flutter, Reception felt like they were in Narnia and had great fun tracking animal footprints in the snow!

Not even a frozen pitch can stop us practising our Hockey skills.  Years 3 and 4 took the game indoors today, focusing on reversing our stick and changing direction.  Things grew hotter as we finished with some competitive mini games.  Well done on a great start to the hockey season.  Looking forward to testing out our skills against other schools when matches start.