Category: Newsletter 24 January 2020
Mr Oldroyd – A Day in the Life of Year 1
On Thursday, Year 1 had a very special visitor! Our Head, Mr Oldroyd, came to spend the day with us. He watched a PE lesson, a RWInc lesson and a topic lesson. He spent break time with the children in the garden and joined us for the most amazing Chinese New Year lunch. An extra…
School Council meet Head Chef
The first School Council meeting of the year was eagerly attended by representatives from Junior Prep, Middle Prep and Upper Prep to discuss their thoughts on food with Andras, Head of our fantastic catering team. Pre-Prep were unavailable for this meeting but will have ample opportunity to put their tummy pleasing thoughts and aspirations forward….
Kandinsky
Year 2 have enjoyed learning about the artist Wassily Kandinsky. The children looked at his work and discussed the fact that he was one of the first abstract artists. They then focused on his piece “Squares with Concentric Circles” and used tinting and shading techniques to create their own paintings.
Big Birdwatch!
Years 5 and 6 have been getting ready to take part in the RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend. In our maths lessons, we have been making tasty treats to entice the birds into our gardens. We have been using our maths skills to scale up the recipe for our group and to accurately read…
Annie Edwards – Teacher of Art
This January, Annie Edwards is to expand her current role as Teacher of Art at King Edward’s Witley, spending three days providing specialist tuition at Barrow Hills and two days at King Edward’s. A Fine Art graduate of the University of Reading, Ms Edwards originally joined King Edward’s as a Graduate Assistant and went on…