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To support their studies on Ancient Egypt, Year 3 have been mummifying tomatoes. Firstly, the children scooped out the inside of the tomato (as Egyptians once did when they mummified people!) Then they applied hand sanitiser to the tomato to kill the bacteria before weighing the tomato and salting it. And voila! After 2 weeks…
Our latest ‘Staff Spotlight’ features Mary-Ann Malloy, Deputy Head and Year 4 teacher at Kensington Wade. We asked Mary-Anne ‘What would pupils be surprised to find out about you?’ ‘I grew up in both pre- and post-apartheid South Africa. I went to school in a small town just outside Durban. Whilst at university I was…
As part of their project on dinosaurs, nursery created a brilliant Dinosaur World yesterday using jelly, sand, soil, ice… and lots of dinosaurs.
Congratulations to Kaia in Year 2 who has been awarded Highly Commended in the Key Stage 1 ISA Digital Art Competition. Kaia created this piece in her own time using the skills learnt in class and also by discovering some of her own creative flair! She used the Seesaw app to create the image and…
Years 3 and 4 had a fantastic time at Juniper Hall last week. On the first day they had a long walk in the woods and built protective shelters. The next day they explored the woodlands, grasslands and wetlands and had lots of fun finding a variety of invertebrates including larvae, leeches and freshwater shrimps!…
Nursery have had an exciting day at the Natural History Museum today, they visited the Titanosaur exhibition which explained all about the biggest dinosaur that ever lived.
Our latest ‘Staff Spotlight’ features the Principal of Kensington Wade, Jo Wallace. We asked Jo, ‘What has been your highlight of the term so far?’ ‘At our recent Chinese Immersion Breakfast we hosted a number of senior school Heads of Chinese and Professors of Linguistics. Our guests had a tour of our classrooms and my…
Pupils in Nursery, Reception and Years 1 and 2 enjoyed a trip to Neverland this week at a special drama workshop. They used their acting and performing skills to help Peter Pan save the day – well done!
Reception had a fantastic time at Kew Gardens yesterday. The children explored different plants from around the world, enjoyed sketching the cacti and racing on the grass! They learned that plants need sun, water and soil to grow and gained a deeper understanding of the natural world. They were very lucky as the sun even…
On Wednesday, we were very lucky to have parents, Mr Weinhammer and Ms Yu, in school to lead workshops about electricity across our KS2 classes. The children had fun turning fruit and vegetables into rudimentary batteries using citric acid and exploring whether they were good conductors of electricity. They built human models to visualise a…