Thank you to the pupils who wrote some fantastic prayers for the Easter Service at Lighthouse London. They show what a thoughtful and compassionate pupils we are blesed with at our school.
We wish you peace and time for reflection over the Easter Holiday and look forward to seeing you in the summer term.
Jemima, our Children’s Pastor, will be happy to welcome you at these child-friendly Easter services. There is a range of fun activities on offer to keep the kids happy.
Dear parents/carers,
The summer term is very busy with statutory assessments taking place throughout the term. It is imperative that all pupils are in school every day, so that they are fully prepared and ready to sit their assessments.
As a small school we have limited space to accommodate groups of pupils sitting exams and a limited number of staff the support them. Timetables are planned with military precision to ensure that we can meet the needs of as many of our pupils as possible during this time, whilst continuing to run the rest of the school as usual. It is therefore very difficult for us to arrange re-sits if pupils are not in on the day of their exams.
KS1 SATS (Year 2) – 1st of May to 24th May
KS2 SATS (Year 6) – Monday 13th May – Thursday 16th May
Multiplication Tables Check (Year 4) – Tuesday 4th June – Friday 14th June
Phonics Screening Monday (Year 1) – 10th June – Friday 14th June
Summer term is not all about exams though! Here are some key dates for your diary:
Bank Holiday – Monday 6th May 2024 – school closed
Half-term Holiday – Monday 27th May – Friday 1st June*
*NB: Pupils will return to school on Tuesday 4th June due to INSET day below.
INSET – Monday 3rd of June – school closed
School photos – Monday 10th June 2024
Sports Day – Wednesday 26th June 2024
Year 6 play – Friday 12th July 2024 at The American School in London at 4pm
Y6 Leavers’ Service Wednesday 17th July 2024
Picnic in the Park – Friday 19th July 2024
Monday 22nd July – Wednesday 24th July – non-uniform days.*
*This is to facilitate pupils donating uniform that they have grown out of to our pre-loved uniform stall, which will be up and running again in September 2024.
Last day of term – Wednesday July 24th – finish at 12.30pm
Parents are welcome to join us for our Easter Service next Wednesday.
Our partners at the O2 Centre have some exciting events lined up for you over the Easter period. Follow the links to find out more:
Free Easter Craft Workshops at O2 Centre
Watch Immi Davis Perform at O2 Centre
Pupils in years 4 and 5 were treated to a workshop about Roman pottery yesterday. They learnt how archaeologists use Roman pottery fragments to date sites found in London. The pupils were able to handle real Roman pottery artefacts, using them as inspiration for their own clay pots.
On Friday year 5 pupils took part in a workshop led by popular children’s author Ewa Jozefkowicz, at South Hampstead Junior School. We’d like to thank our friends at South Hampstead for sharing this aspirational opportunity with our pupils. It was a really good opportunity for pupils from both schools to work together, whilst drawing on Ewa’s expertise. 
Thank you to all pupils and parents for your fabulously creative World Book Day spuds. The variety of book characters featured was great and made choosing a winner exceptionally hard for Ms Dillon. Congratuations to Sophie, Kit and Soraya, our prizewinners. Please see a few of the designs below:
Reception also visited The National Gallery to find out about how different artists have depicted them in paintings.
Thank you to our friends at Shiranamikai Karate for giving our pupils a free taster session as part of our termly Health & Wellbeing Day. Sensei Austin and his team put the pupils through their paces during these fun sessions at The O2 Centre.
Pupils also learnt about nutrition and spirituality. If you would like to understand what we mean by spirituality and our approach, please follow the link below.
Pupils from Year 4 and Year 6 went to Swiss Cottage Gallery to see their artwork on display. Do remember to pop in to the gallery, which is located inside Swiss Cottage Library during the half term holiday.
Tuesday was Safer Internet Day and this year’s focus was managing influence and navigating change online. You can find out about using the internet more safely by clicking the link below.
