Internet Safety Week

The Lower Prep celebrated Safer Internet Day with a variety of different activities and discussions. The theme this year is: Want to talk about it? Children and adults are asked to make space for conversations about life online. One of the activities, completed this week, was linked to a story called ‘Hanni and the Magic Window’. The story is about a girl called Hanni who has a magic window at home. When she sees something that upsets her, she struggles to explain what has happened. The story explores who she might talk to so that she can solve her problem. The Lower Prep created their own magic windows to express what they enjoy, understand and have discussed about technology and the Internet.

Mr Peach

Come and See Afternoon for Years 2 and 3

On Friday 10th February, we were delighted to welcome Years 2 & 3 families into the classrooms to share their children’s beautiful work. The children took great pride in sharing their books and artwork displayed around the classrooms. Thank you so much for joining us for this special event.

World Book Day Activities Next Week

Next week, we shall be celebrating World Book Day with various activities throughout the school. We are looking forward to an exciting few days celebrating the joy of reading!

Mrs Watkinson, School Librarian, and the English Department

Date Activity

01/03/23 Visit by author Chloe Inkpen

Battle of the Books final in Assembly

02/03/23 Carousel of book-related activities in the Senior Library

A book-themed lunch

03/03/23 Dress up or bring in 3 props from a book or character

Closing date for Book in a Box competition

Closing date for Book in a Jar competition

Year Groups

Reception, Year 1 and Year 2

Years 7 and 8

Years 4 to 9

Whole school

Whole school

Lower Prep

Upper Prep and Seniors

Dress up as your favourite book character or bring in 3 props to represent that character on Friday 3rd March to celebrate World Book Day!

We are looking forward to a major concert at the end of the term, The Cranmore Spring Soiree, on Thursday 23rd March at 7pm in our beautiful Auditorium.

Please be aware that the following groups will be performing:

Orchestra

Wind Band

Chamber Strings

Training Strings

Intermediate Orchestra

Brass Group

Saxophone Group

Woodwind Group

Cranmore Rocks

UP Chamber Choir

Senior Chamber Choir

Bel Canto

My congratulations to this young saxophonist, Morgan D (6WL), who performed a Grade 3 piece in Upper Prep assembly with real class and style.

Marbling in Year 5 Art Lessons

Year 5 pupils have been learning the art of marbling, making connections to their science lessons in the behaviour of oil and water, with joyful and unexpected results!

Mrs Sanders

Nursery News

The children really enjoyed their Shrove Tuesday experience in the Nursery. They sampled pancakes with a choice of toppings for breakfast and then had fun tossing a pancake! The Pre-Nursery children had fun getting messy, mixing together flour, water and lemons for their Pancake Gloop. At Forest School the Nursery children also enjoyed making pancakes and cooking them over the fire with Ellie.

Ms Luke, Head of Nursery

Year 2 Work on Christopher Columbus

This week, Year 2 started their new unit of significant people by learning about Christopher Columbus. Students acted out a short play about Columbus’s initial voyage to the Empire of the Indies when he ended up in the Caribbean Islands. In small groups, students acted out what happened when Columbus and his crew landed in the Caribbean. In art lessons, students used craft materials to make one of the ships that travelled in Columbus's fleet.

Mrs James