The collective worship theme this week has been on Remembrance and the children have shown great respect for the subject. The culmination of this was the services at the war memorials in Cuddington and Dinton Churches. We were very happy to welcome Mr Caudren and Mr Clifton in their uniforms, to both occasions. It [...]
Congratulations to our year 5 pupil, Emily, who has won the Redwing Poetry under 18s competition. Please follow the link for more information about Redwings and to see the winners announced.
Year 5 have been using their scientific skills to create a fair test to explore the effects of air resistance on parachutes. Each group planned their experiments, to include only one variable. Following timing the drop of each chute three times, the mean was recorded. Some pupils concluded that the larger materials were affected [...]
On 5th October 2022, year 5 and 6 excitedly traveled to St Albans Verulanium Roman museum. On the trip there were many fascinating artifacts we were allowed to handle: from bones to pottery fragments and an actual Roman 2000 year-old mosaic. We walked to see the hypocaust, a Roman underfloor heating system, found in [...]
Congratulations to our Science Ambassadors: Ethan, Billy, Genevieve, Oscar and Peter who wrote to Mrs Bowman to apply for the positions. Their responsibilities include writing a science fact for the newsletter and keeping the science and display board up-to-date.
Our key stage two pupils at the Junior site have democratically elected their class School Council members this week. Having prepared speeches, each prospective candidate overcame nerves to perform to the class. Each class secretivity voted, with the winning candidates this year being: Ingrid, Emily, Annabel, Jasper, Blayne, Ned, Freddie and Rosie. [...]
Thank you to Miss Sharon and her Claydons Academy Dance Troupe, who performed their two routines to the Junior children on Monday 18th July. The cheerleading and street dance routines were previously performed at Waddesdon Manor summer festival. Miss Sharon celebrates 25 years of her dance academy next year and welcomes new pupils to [...]
The Junior children and parents were delighted to enjoy our first 'proper' sports day in two years. Every child had the opportunity to race for their house in the sprint, vortex throw and water challenge. The other races included long distance and [...]
Over the holidays, it would be wonderful if you would all keep reading. The Week Junior in collaboration with The Book Trust have set up a Reading challenge, putting together fifty books in a variety of genres and for all junior year groups. Here you will be able to find additional information about the [...]
