Pupils from Year 1 to Year 11 have taken part in the service this year at St James’ United Reformed Church. The Senior Fusion Band (years 6-11) were playing instruments and singing some Christmas favourites, senior guitarists were accompanying the Junior Choir. There were congregational hymns, secular readings from LAMDA…
The Early Years children had a real festive treat today when they went to visit some reindeer. They were keen to find out what reindeer like to eat and surprised to hear that their antlers would fall off when they went back to the North Pole and grow back again…
We were treated to a wonderful performance on Friday of Angel Express from the children from Kindergarten to Year 3. We had Shepherds, Angels, Mary, Joseph, Three Kings, a Donkey, Star and Innkeepers all taking to the stage and telling us the story of the birth of baby Jesus through…
A HUGE congratulations to Inaaya, the winner of the annual Buckhurst Hill Christmas Card Competition this year! Inaaya had the honour of opening the Buckhurst Hill Christmas Fair this afternoon alongside Dame Eleanor Laing and Santa in front of the eager crowd. Her wonderful design is on display on the…
The Early Years children got together for a morning of Christmas-themed activities. They enjoyed painting their hands to make reindeer calendars and decorated baubles with glitter. They used cutters to make different Christmas items with the playdough, practised their scissor skills by cutting out some Christmas pictures and had fun…
Year 8 have really enjoyed working with wool and knitting looms this term. It gave them the opportunity to work with unfamiliar materials and techniques and to produce something personal and to keep. The outcomes were all lovely and some of the pupils have even been inspired to purchase their…
Years 7 and 8 went to Vue Cinema in Stratford to take part in the INTO film festival to watch Mamma Mia, all of the pupils behaved impeccably and enjoyed the sing-a-long version of the film. Laila Year 7 – “The trip was really fun, it was a good film,…
Children from Reception to Year 6 recently visited Waltham Abbey Church as part of ‘Christmas Around the World Week’. This allowed the pupils an opportunity to ask questions to Reverened Joyce about the church and Christian worship. The classes had a guided tour as well as some time to explore…
Years 7, 8 and 9 took part in the Young Writers creative writing competition entitled ‘Hunted’. To enter, the pupils had to write a story of 100 words or less in length about being hunted or hunting something or someone. They had to decide on the outcome of it and…
Year 11 went to Poetry Live!, a performance and lecture on the set poems that they study for GCSE. They had the opportunity to listen to Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage, Daljit Nagra from the Love and Relationships cluster of poetry that they study and 4 other poets from the…
