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Macbeth in a Day
Nov 2019
Year 6 had the most amazing day on Monday, when the Wise Moves Theatre Company visited to teach them how to act Shakespeare's tragedy, Macbeth in one day only!
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Year 2 Charity Triathlon
Nov 2019
This week has seen the inaugural Year 2 Charity event, raising funds for The Big Cat Sanctuary and The Hospice in the Weald.
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Humanities Round Up
Nov 2019
In Religious Studies in Year 3, the children have been learning about Divali.
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Moving Moments
Nov 2019
Sometimes, it is the simplest things that give the most pleasure. Such was the case in the Design Technology lesson in 3S.
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Academic Deputy Head's Lines
Nov 2019
One of my roles as Academic Deputy Head is to track our children’s progress to ensure that it is moving on a positive trajectory as they move through the School. We all know that academic progress is an individual thing.
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English and Art Erupt!
Nov 2019
Two powerful creative forces erupted when Year 5 children, in Mrs Savage’s English set, brought their homework in to School.
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Pre-Prep Wildlife Artists
Nov 2019
Entries for the Pre-Prep Wildlife Artist Competition closed on Friday 8th November and the competition has been a huge success.
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Factor Trees in Maths
Nov 2019
This week, Mrs Harrison's Year 5 Maths set have been challenging themselves by extending their knowledge and understanding of factors and prime numbers.
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Our ICT Learning
Nov 2019
In Year 3, the children have been working on using the Shift and Caps Lock keys, as part of their word processing topic.
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Superstars and Courtesy Badges
Nov 2019
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Online Safety Update
Nov 2019
Goldilocks is a free downloadable book with an activity sheet, from Vodafone. It is an amusing take on the Goldilocks story with a twist about responsible sharing.
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Head's Lines
Nov 2019
It was super to welcome the children back to School on Monday, following their Half Term break, although I think the sudden arrival of winter may have been a bit of a shock to our systems!
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Year 5 Tudor Time Travellers
Nov 2019
Just before Half Term the Year 5 children visited Hever Castle, as part of their Humanities study of the Tudors. The visit was a fantastic opportunity to take their learning out of the classroom and put what they had learnt this term into context.
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Creative with Clay
Nov 2019
It was all hands on their clay in 5DB’s Design Technology lesson this week. Their creative journey began with a brief: To design an animal inspired bowl as a souvenir from Hever Castle’s gift shop.
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New Learning Powers
Nov 2019
This Half Term we will be focusing on two new Learning Powers; Empathy and Reflection. We will be thinking about Super Hoot’s eyes in particular as we learn to look through the eyes of others, take a second look at a problem and also having a look at ourselves in the mirror.
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Year 1 Visit the Firefighting Museum
Nov 2019
Year 1 visited the Kent Firefighting Museum on Monday, where they met two firemen who taught them how to stay safe in the event of a fire.
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Challenge in PE
Nov 2019
This term’s PE focuses heavily on Swimming and Gymnastics. Each year group is split into two groups and they spend half a term doing each sport. However, at the beginning of the 2018 academic year we introduced Skills Tests.
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Selfishly Super Self-Portraits!
Oct 2019
How many eyes can fit across your face? How wide is your neck? How long are your ears?
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RE Round-up
Oct 2019
The Year 3 children have been studying Hinduism. First, they listened to the story of Rama and Sita, which they recreated in various ways including hot seating, ordering of main events and cartoons.
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Haikus For National Poetry Day
Oct 2019
For National Poetry Day, Year 5 explored the wonders of haiku poetry, linking it to this term’s text, Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo.
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Head's Lines
Oct 2019
As you may be aware, a few weeks ago I attended the IAPS Heads’ Conference where I was fortunate enough to attend talks and seminars on a range of topical subjects, led by some excellent speakers.
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Representing the South East
Oct 2019
ast Sunday, Zeb Courtney and Darren Finch attended the U11 South East England Prep Schools Football trials. A very competitive trial saw over 60 boys from the South East train and play, in an attempt to get selected into the A Squad or Development squad.
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Year 6 Amnesty International Talk
Oct 2019
This week, a representative from Amnesty International came in to talk to our Year 6 children.
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Big Cat Day Out
Oct 2019
What a special treat for the Year 2 children this week, a trip to the Big Cat Sanctuary.
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Awesome Arts Award
Oct 2019
Sutton Valence Preparatory School was one of the 125 schools chosen to participate in ART UK Masterpieces in Schools, The Sculpture Project. They worked with Maidstone Museum to bring art out of galleries and into schools so that a wider number of children were given the opportunity to appreciate f...
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Deputy Head's Lines
Oct 2019
No matter what our starting point, the more often we do something, the more proficient we become.
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Superstars and Courtesy Badges
Oct 2019
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Superstars and Courtesy Badges
Oct 2019
Congratulations to this week's winners.
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Lotto
Oct 2019
In Year 6 French this week, lessons have been all about numbers: numbers to 100 with a focus on revising multiples of ten. An excellent way to remember numbers is by playing games, and 6S enjoyed a number of these during their French lesson. We started with an elimination game of 'Multi...
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Head's Lines
Oct 2019
I am sure that many of you, like me, followed the rhetoric of the Labour Party Conference with increasing discomfort as you listened to the proposals and opinions with regard to independent schools, and their view that the abolition of our sector is the answer to social inequality.
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Online Safety Update
Oct 2019
The latest trends and updates from the digital world from Mr Evans.
Gaming – information for parents and carers
ThinkUKnow (CEOP) have written a comprehensive article for parents and carers regarding gaming including chatting, risks and tips. You ca...
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Monstrous Making
Oct 2019
In ancient times, the Greek people believed their mythical world was real. Greek storytellers would tell tales of the Greek monsters of myth.
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It is Harvest Time
Oct 2019
This year’s Year 6 pupils are literally reaping the rewards from last year’s super effort, having grown a bumper crop.
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Magnificent Maths
Sep 2019
Year 1 has been learning how to subtract single digits using beads, parking cars with answers to match to their sums, squishy subtraction with Play-Doh, jumping backwards on number lines and writing sums with the biggest number first.
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Bonjour la Classe...
Sep 2019
This week, Year 6 has been working independently to extend their vocabulary skills in French.
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Swattenden Residential
Sep 2019
Last Thursday, the Year 4 children, very excitedly, set off for their residential trip to the Swattenden Centre. Upon arrival, we were greeted by some of the Swattenden staff and shown to our accommodation. As our aims for the trip were for the pupils to use their initiative...
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A Day of Celebration
Sep 2019
Pre-Prep have had a wonderful day celebrating their Harvest Festival.
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Head of Pre-Prep's Lines
Sep 2019
So, what is resilience? Resilience is the ability to bounce back from stress, adversity, failure, challenges or even trauma. It’s not something that children either have or don’t have; it’s a skill that children develop as they grow.
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Harvest Festival
Sep 2019
Pre Prep went to St Michael’s Church for their Harvest Festival on Thursday. Year 2 sang Across the Field to the assembled group and we all sang The Ants Go Marching!. A super service of thanks for all our bounty and it was great to see lots of lovely prod...
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A Summer of Sport
Sep 2019
What a summer of Sport it has been! I hope our pupils have managed to watch some of the big events over the summer; from the exhilarating World Cup Cricket Final, men’s and women’s Cricket Ashes, The Solheim Cup, US Open Tennis and Women’s Netball World Cup to name just a few. We also have the World...
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Cave Art Rocks!
Sep 2019
Year 5 has come face-to-face with art from the past. Art of the earliest kind! Art created more than 10,000 years ago! Art painted on the walls and ceilings of caves! Art that has inspired Year 5 to create cave and rock art masterpieces that celebrate the style of the amazing, ancient artists of the...
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Super Stars and Courtesy Badges
Sep 2019
Congratulations to this week's winners.
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The Resurrection of Ancient Greek Columns
Sep 2019
Class 3S has risen to the challenge of being Ancient Greek architects in Design and Technology.
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Award-Winning Eve
Sep 2019
Eve Garner entered the Kennel Club Dog Photographer of the Year Competition and was awarded 3rd Place in the “Young Pup” under 11 years category.
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Exciting English
Sep 2019
Our English lessons are now in full swing and we are immersing ourselves in the works of new authors and exciting adventures. Year 4 is learning all about Sir Ernest Shackleton’s adventures in Antarctica, where he wanted to be the first person to walk across the Antarctic continent. T...
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