Year N and R

The Ducklings and Hedgehogs had a lovely autumn walk on the Beckington Loop, searching for blackberries which they enjoyed sampling! They played boundary games to learn about safety in the outdoors and had a great time getting to know each other.

Year 6 trip to Sevington Victorian School

The fully costumed children of Year 6 travelled back in time to immerse themselves in school life of over a hundred years ago, with plenty of time to practise their skills with a slate and handwriting copybooks.

Whilst the boys tried their hand at making bees wax candles, the girls were obliged to blacken the range, polish the brass and sew lavender bags

We are very pleased to announce that the following children in Year 3 have been successful in a Young Writers competition, My First Riddle:

Jamie Fowler, Louis Wight, Annabelle Cox, Arabella Goff, Taylor Milsom, Amelia Grist, Ethan Collingwood, Evie Carey-Woolls, Zak Rosenfeld, Harry Buchan, Elinor Perkins and Ella Warmisham.

Well done to everyone who learnt their poem and performed to their class in the heats this week. Congratulations to the finalists from each cohort – we are all excited about hearing you perform on Monday 26^th September in the conclusion to this annual event, and we look forward to welcoming the families of the finalists to Beckington Hall for the 1:45pm start.
Reception   William Jackson, Phoebe Kirkwood and Martha Johnston

Year 1  Sophie Dickson, Lily Hastings-McMahon and Harriette Puddy-Jones

Year 2 Louis Donson, Jemima Shakespeare and Amelia Nicholson

Year 3 Louis Wight, Annabelle Cox and Harry Buchan

Year 4  Jenny Lee, Agnes Arnold and Imogen Paige

Year 5 Alex Mori, Harrison Pow-Jones and Campbell Goff

Year 6 Ben James, Cameron Wight and Fraser Humphrey

The children in our prep department had a wonderful vocal adventure on Tuesday morning.

They were totally engaged in the activity delivered by an enthralling director, Chris James, and a group of students he brought along with him.

We are having two open mornings over the term.   We would welcome the support of a few willing parents to help host these events.   If you have a couple of hours to spare please let Karen Grist know.

On Wednesday 14^th September all the pupils will be involved in a bushcraft day on our lawned area.  Mark and Lucy Hotson are setting up early so that parents can view too at the beginning of the school day!

In order to inspire and truly connect children with nature Mark Hotson and the school have worked together to devise a programme, which combines elements of the National Curriculum with bushcraft and country lore.  The opportunity to learn in this way, the meaningful contexts, is truly inspirational.  For a more detailed look at the curriculum and to read testimonials from children and parents, we would encourage you to visit Mark’s website on  www.countrylore.co.uk .