Year 5 Greek Day 2023
On Thursday the 22nd of June, Year Five were treated to a wonderful Greek day. We had lots of fun learning all about Greek history. In the morning Malena, Spyros and Aleka came in to help us write our names in Greek, on tiles or plates. Thankfully, Malena had written all our names out already…
5JS Biodiversity Trip
Yesterday, 5JS were extremely lucky to visit Simon Langton Girls school for a day of biodiversity activities. We begun the day by going on a bug hunt using identification sheets to identify what we had caught. We used nets and a sweeping technique through the grass. We found lots of centipedes, a…
Year 3 KRAN Presentation
In celebration of World Refugee Day which was yesterday (20th June), the children received a talk from Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) today. They learnt about what a refugee is, the journey that refugees take to seek safety and then the children had the opportunity to ask their own questions.…
Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin's visit
Year One were very excited to welcome the Rt Revd Rose Hudson-Wilkin (the Bishop of Dover and the Bishop in Canterbury) into school. Rose was invited by the palace to be part of the coronation ceremony and presented The Queen Consort's Rod. Year One interviewed Rose about her previous experience…
Year 1 Trip to Community Garden
Year One had a fantastic time at the Whitstable Steam Walk Gardens. First of all we explored the site whilst carrying out a scavenger hunt. We picked edible vegetables to make a salad and mixed ingredients to create a dressing. Finally we learned all about the role of worms in a garden and helped…
Year 3 Flower Tiles
To conclude our Science learning on plants, we had an Art day on Friday sculpting flower tiles. Our focus for the tiles was relief sculpture, whereby multiple layers of clay are built upon each other to add depth and texture. We began by designing our tiles on paper and choosing the colours we…
Insect relief prints - Year 6
Last term, Year 6 pupils designed and produced relief prints inspired by their topic of Darwin and evolution. These prints have been made using a number of prepared printing plates. The backgrounds are collagraph (collage) prints (printed from fabric attached to a cardboard base with PVA glue) and…
Year 2 story-telling project
Story-telling. Art, writing and drama project.
Year two love a cross-curricular project! In term 5, we delivered a story-telling project combining art, writing and drama. The over-arching topic for the term was Indonesia and both art lessons and writing lessons used the country and its…
The Bridge Times Edition VI
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The Bridge Times Edition 6 has arrived and it is bigger than ever! Thank you again to our reporters for their continued, informative contributions!
3JA Gurdwara Trip
Today 3JA visited the Gurdwara in Gravesend. After an hour on the bus, we were greeted by the majestic building. We had to follow the customs of the Sikhi faith by covering our heads and removing our shoes. We were then led on a tour by Mrs Gill who talked us through various aspects of the…
Year 6 Forest School days 2023
The one where Year 6 came to Forest School...
We started off with our fire safety, remembering the fire triangle : heat, oxygen and fuel -and we prepared our veggie pizzas. The children had to wash and cut the vegetables and the techniques of emptying tomato puree were hilarious to watch. We…
Forest School woodland trip Year 5 2023
The sun was shining for our trip to the woodlands at Covert Woods.
We listened to the birds and noises around us - life can be so busy and it is very calming to stop and take in the surroundings.
The children found interesting natural items on the forest floor and talked to their friends…
