This project allowed the children to develop the Personal Goal of empathy by understanding and caring for wildlife. They explored the characteristics and habitats of giraffes and zebras, learning about the importance of conservation and the need to protect animals. By focusing on empathy towards wildlife, the children valued the feelings of others and developed a deeper connection to the environment. The activity aligned with the goal of promoting decent work and economic growth (Sustainable Development Goal 8) as they appreciated the roles of people who help protect wildlife. They engaged in various activities that enhanced their creativity, collaboration and awareness of the natural world. 

Year 3 developed their understanding of Earth’s layers by creating their own 3D models, complete with an inner core, outer core, mantle, crust, oceans, and continents. These hands-on creations have been an exciting way for the children to visualise what lies beneath our feet.

Next, we’re going to cut the models in half, revealing a cross section that will provide a clear, visual representation of the layers of the Earth. This activity helps reinforce their knowledge and gives them a tangible way to explain their understanding of the Earth’s structure.

This week, Year 5 traded the classroom for the silver screen at Vox Cinema in the City Centre, diving into the world of "The Wild Robot". As we settled into our seats, the excitement was palpable.  The film brought to life our IPC topic and novel, showcasing how our robotic heroine adapts to survive and thrive in the wild, making friends with quirky animals and facing nature’s challenges. Laughter echoed and gasps of awe filled the air as we cheered on our new robotic pal. After the film finished, we couldn’t help but chat about how the ability to adapt applies not just to robots, or animals living in extreme environments, but to all of us. 

It was a day filled with fun, friendship, and a bit of popcorn—definitely a trip to remember! 

At the start of this academic year, Year 6 were introduced to their new unit of learning in French, where they would be learning all of the knowledge and skills needed to write their own version of the story, "GO AWAY BIG GREEN MONSTER," by  Ed Emberley. 

First the children watched the story in English and we created a knowledge harvest to discuss what the children already knew and what knowledge and skills they would need to learn in order to complete this task . 

Over the course of this half term, everyone has worked hard to build on previous leaning and learn new vocabulary for different body parts and new grammar knowledge about singular and plural nouns and adjectival agreements.  

They have also worked on the skill of using a bilingual dictionary to translate and to find out a nouns gender or if a word is a noun, verb or adjective so that they could write their own accurate independent sentences.

Once the children have completed their stories, they will focus on the skill of speaking and reading aloud in French with increasing confidence and fluency and will share and celebrate their learning with their parents.

Children are now creating posters to raise awareness of road safety around PDO Camp. This mission fulfills the UN Sustainable Development Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.  Well done team StuCo!

The children had an absolute blast washing dinosaurs with sponges and hanging clothes to dry, fully engaging in hands-on water play. The children had a great time being creative, painting on tinfoil, mixing colours and using sponges to dab and spread paint. It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to explore, experiment and develop their independence, all while having fun through play. 

We have been very successful with our Under 9's finishing in 3rd place in a closely fought competition and our U11 boys finishing second with the joint top points in the league missing out by just one skittle to become champions. Our U11 girls however did mange to go all the way and finish as the MPSL Skittleball champions! Well done to everyone who took part and for everyone else, don't forget we are in the middle of of Interhouse Skittleball tournament which we will now finish after the holidays!

It is a proven fact that learning nursery rhymes, children's songs and poems boosts children's vocabulary and language development as well as their social, physical and emotional skills.  

Being an International School where over 20 languages are spoken, we would love to promote and celebrate the languages the children speak at home .  

Before, the week beginning 11th November, please could you support your child or children to memorise a well know poem, rhyme or song from your Home Country or in your Mother Tongue. During the week beginning 1th November, the children can recite and perform what they have learned with their classmates. Through this, we can all learn more about each other's cultures.

Thank you in advance.

Ms Becky

Last Friday, Sarisha participated in the Junior Tennis Tournament U10 at RAH. It was the first time she competed in the tournament and she won! Due to the hot weather, she had to show plenty of resilience to keep playing on and not give up.  

Savannah also had more success after returning to tennis after a break this summer; she won the girls Under 9s tournament. Technically still an Under 8, she chose to play up an age group. On the bigger court with an orange ball and against many of the boys, she had lots of success. Well done Savannah!