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After School Club Bake Cakes

Pupils in After School Club have been putting their culinary skills to the test this week making Rice Krispie Cakes. This week, pupils made white chocolate and raspberry Rice Krispie Cakes and drizzled some melted milk chocolate on top. The pupils worked hard together to create their desserts and they…

World Book Day – Author Visit

We had a special guest to run a workshop with our pupils from Reception to Year 6 as part of our World Book Day celebrations. Our visiting author was Abie Longstaff who has written over 50 books for children, including The Fairytale Hairdresser series (1 million copies sold worldwide) and…

Oak-Tree Spelling Bee

Normanhurst pupils (from Y3 to Y6) took part in the annual Oak-Tree Spelling Bee and represented their school proudly. Our pupils celebrated their achievement with an overall third place award. Our Year 3 pupils came joint-third; Year 4 pupils were joint-second; Year 5 pupils were joint-first and Year 6 pupils…

After School Club

After School Club have been busy again with their artistic skills. The pupils were getting creative for Mother’s Day and made some tissue paper flowers. They used their fine motor skills to create a fan effect and then pulled it back out again to create a flower effect. They also…

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.