This term Year 4 have been looking into Ancient Egyptian Life. To celebrate all things Egyptian the children spent a day doing various Egyptian activities.  children enjoyed painting life size sarcophagus, constructing paper mache pencil cases in the shape and pattern of Tutankhaman's sarcophagus, making Egyptian necklaces, making Eygptian headpieces and writing our own names using Egyptian hyroglyphs to use a place names at our Egyptian Banquet to end the day.

The children are particularly proud of their work and enjoyed painting the sarcophagus and jewellery, but the banquet seemed to be the most popular of all. Here the children enjoyed a range of foods typical in Egyptian life from avocados to houmous as well as falafel and feta cheese. Tasting new and different flavours is something which the children particularly enjoy together with sharing their opinions with their class friends during the banquet.

A great day was had by all.

On Thursday 4^th July our Year 1 children had an exciting trip to Chessington World of Adventures.  It was a glorious day, the sun was shining and the children had an amazing time exploring the park seeing different animals up close.  The children even got to enjoy the Gruffalo ride! 

As part of our commitment to the health and wellbeing of all our children, we held our very first Wellbeing Day this week. A fun wellbeing assembly by Captain Fantastic launched the day and then children participated in a range of activities including yoga, mindfulness and circle time.

The whole school, including all staff, also enjoyed playtime together. Our members of School Parliament surveyed the children at the end of the day and everyone agreed that they felt happier and calmer.

Year 2 visited the Science Museum on Tuesday 18^th June.  The children fully immersed themselves in all the exhibits and had a really enjoyable day.

On Monday 17^th June we had a visit from a police Safer School Officer.  The officer spoke to our Year 6 children about specific school scenarios and crime areas specific to young people.

The officer spoke about many things but mainly about:

• Internet safety
• Stranger danger and being safe out in the public eye
• Travelling to school and not abusing the Oyster card 
• Not travelling alone to school, as this will make them vulnerable
• Keeping possessions safe in their bags and not having them on show - especially mobile phones
• Age limits for social network sites and the age when a child can be arrested
• Abusive messaging and how harmful it can be to another person