As mentioned in a previous newsletter, Colombia Class are participating in the Windrush Wonder Art project.  Today, we had an artist visit us.  We had a discussion of the Windrush, talked about memories and then each produced pieces of abstract art inspired by our own memories.  Our art will be on display at our Open Evening in a few weeks.  Please come and…

Year 2 Author Visit  Ruth Stevens, Ms Kennedy's local friend, visited Year 2 this week to read her debut children's book, 'Cally the Curious Caterpillar Who Wanted to Fly'.  The children were excited to meet Ms Stevens and listened attentively as she read her story to them.  They gasped in wonder at the crocheted caterpillar and butterfly which Ruth brought…

Windrush Wonder Art Colombia Class are participating in the Windrush Wonder Art project which explores and celebrates the Windrush stories and uses these as an inspiration for art works.  The first stage of this project was for Colombia Class to visit Collage Arts, a grassroots arts organisation around the corner from the school.  There we participated in a workshop where…

For Science, Year 2 are learning about life cycles.  Last week, the children learnt about the life-cycle of a frog and we made our own to show the four different stages:  frog spawn, tadpoles, froglets and frogs.  

Our choir went to sing as part of the largest choir in the world at the O2 on Tuesday.  It was a marvellous experience, full of the magic of music and dance.  Well done to all our choir who sang and danced their hearts out!  

We are thrilled to introduce our newly appointed ! These dedicated pupils have been chosen to help foster a love of reading across our school. As Reading Ambassadors, they will encourage their peers, support reading activities, and promote a positive reading culture within and beyond the classroom. Be on the lookout for our ambassadors at school events, in the library,…

TT Rockstars & NumBots Tea Parties We celebrated all our wonderful maths fluency on the last day of term.  We had to have four tea parties in order to make sure we could fit everyone in!  Remember to go on NumBots or TT Rockstars in order to learn your number facts (or speed up how quickly you can recall them)…

Year 6 had a fantastic time on their recent trip to Forty Hall Farm! The children learned many interesting facts about farming and local wildlife, exploring the beautiful grounds and seeing how the farm operates. They also had plenty of fun playing and enjoying the fresh air on the historic estate. A memorable day for everyone!

Magical Music  Colombia Class invited their parents and carers and siblings to come and share in their music lesson so they gathered an insight into how much we love our music at Alexandra.  They even got to have a go themselves and the lesson ended with everyone performing 'Lean On Me' in unison.  Well done everyone! 

The children have had a restful night following all their activities yesterday. This morning they built shelters during their bush craft activity. They also built camp fire and did some cooking. The final activity is toasting apples on the camp fire!!! All the children have had an amazing fun packed week and have gained lots of self confidence!! Please see…