Egg Decorating Competition

Egg Decorating Competition

Thank you for the ‘eggcellent’ entries in our egg decorating competition.  We were amazed by the children’s creative ideas and the effort put in. The judging proved very difficult. Here is a selection of the entries including the winning eggs from each class.  Back to...
Make £5 Grow

Make £5 Grow

Class 4 held a food and craft fayre in the school hall as the finale of the Make £5 Grow Project that they have been working on since January. Make £5 Grow is an enterprising programme run by Virgin Money, which gives young people between the ages of 9 and 11 years...
Poetry Out Loud

Poetry Out Loud

Key Stage 2 went to Hellens to take part in Ledbury Poetry Festival’s ‘Poetry Out Loud: Festival in a Day’. The children worked with three poets, Sara Hirsch, Mike Barfield and Val Bloom, to create some brilliant poetry, which they performed in a showcase at the end...
Music at Hellens House

Music at Hellens House

Class 3 visited Hellens Manor House to meet Danish musician Elisabeth Zeuthen Schneider.  They practised their songs for the concert they will be performing at Hellens in May. Elisabeth even played her violin as the children walked down the drive, back to school. We...
Hamlet at Hellens House

Hamlet at Hellens House

Key Stage 2 went to Hellens to watch a Young Shakespeare production of Hamlet. As always, it was a fantastically interactive production, in which the children were very involved. Some of the children got to go up alongside the professionals and take on acting roles –...
Class 3 at Caerleon

Class 3 at Caerleon

Class 3 visited the Roman Fortress in Caerleon.  The children dressed up as Roman school children, experiencing what school would have been like back then.The children became gladiators in the Amphitheatre, dressed up as soldiers in the Barrack Room and experienced...