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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…

William Wins Shakespeare Week Competition

A big well done to William in Year 2 who has won the Shakespeare Week Poster Competition. Chosen from almost 150 entries, the judges absolutely loved his poster and the way that he managed to get all the information in without compromising on style! William’s prize-winning poster is being printed…

Straford Festival Choir & Bands Day

Normanhurst’s Junior and Senior school choirs took part in the Stratford Festival Choirs & Bands Day. Both did very well, with the Junior choir receiving 84 marks and being commended. Our Seniors received 86 marks and came in second! It was wonderful for the children to take part and the…

Junior Chinese New Year Celebrations

As part of this year’s Lunar New Year celebrations, the junior pupils at Normanhurst took part in a variety of exciting events. The week started with an interactive Chinese New Year assembly hosted by Mrs Hon-Ng and Mr Marsden. During the week, the children enjoyed Chinese snacks, produced Chinese-based artworks…