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World Book Day

This year, World Book Day at Normanhurst was celebrated once more with joy and love for books! Pupils celebrated the day by dressing up as their favourite book character and we had so many amazing costumes! Ronnie (one of our Y6 pupils) came to school as Billionaire Boy. His outfit…

Nina’s British Dance & Theatre Competition

After achieving a second place in the ICC Southern Championships and winning a bid to the ICC Battle of Champion with her Flyers Elite Cyanide cheer team, it was another amazing weekend for Nina as she competed at the British Theatre Dance Association competition for London and Essex in Class…

ISA Choir Competition

The Senior Choir had a wonderful time participating in the ISA A Cappella Competition on 6th March at Leighton Park School in Reading. The event was split into three age categories: Junior, Middle, and Senior. The Senior choir participated in the Middle age group (KS3) and competed against five other…

World Book Day Poster Competition

Normanhurst children participated in a World Book Day poster Competition where winners received book vouchers and house points! The winning design was by Diana in Year 6. The challenge was to make a poster to promote reading and children combined a variety of skills to produce high-quality entries. The judges…

After School Club

Pupils in After School Club were very busy getting creative last week! They started the week making Rice Krispy Cakes and then later on in the week they used their skills to create beautiful artwork. They learnt about Picasso’s Artwork and created their own images in his style. They have…

Year 3 Visit to the Local Library

Year 3 attended the local library for their monthly visit. This is in support of ‘DEAR’ (Drop everything and read), which is what every class at Normanhurst School takes part in daily.

Nina – ICC Southerns Championship

Nina and her Cyanide Flyers Elite L2 cheer team achieved an amazing 2nd place at this weekend’s ICC Southerns International Championships in the Junior Small/Medium category! This was an amazing result for their first competition of the season! One of Nina’s coaches wrote this after the competition: “ The highlight…

Early Years Trip to Discover Centre

Early Years visited the Discover Centre for a special space-themed workshop. They started with a story called “The Box Rocket” and the children had a great time acting out different parts of the story. Pupils then boarded the rocket and zoomed off to a strange new planet with ‘Commander Dapo’!…

GCSE Fine Art & Graphics Trip to the V&A

GCSE Fine Art and Graphics students from Years 10 & 11 participated in an independent research visit to the Victoria & Albert Museum yesterday. Students were identifying artefacts for their own reference, taking photographs and making drawings with annotations. Year 11 students are working on different themes as the preparation…