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On Saturday 6th February pupils from years 3- 7 enjoyed getting busy with some rhymes as they met a real live London rapper known as PINTSIZE!

Once we managed to find Pintsize a school tie we knew he wouldn't get detention for breaching uniform regulations and we got underway with lots of fun rhyming games and raps.

It was great to hear Pintsize rapping just for us and everyone did really well rapping along to ‘Ice Cream Man'. Catch a glimpse of the morning here.

Thanks Pintsize!

 

 

Posted on:08/02/2010

On a rather cold and frosty morning, Year 3 travelled to the Living Rainforest near Newbury as part of their Geography topic on St. Lucia. Who would have thought that such warm and steamy conditions existed so close to Fordingbridge! After a long drive, we were delighted to meet our guide who talked to us about the amazing ways that animals in the rainforest have adapted to suit their environment. We saw tree pythons, beetles, giant millipedes and stick insects, all brilliantly camouflaged. Round each corner, we saw strikingly patterned leaves that hid different kinds of creatures. We learned that some creatures pretend to be poisonous by having a brightly coloured skin - they are soon left alone! Turtles, tortoises, tiny monkeys and strange looking birds wandered across our path, each one showing its own means of adapting. We even saw baby crocodiles - safely out of reach, of course. We couldn't wait to go back into the rainforest on our own after lunch and it was an opportunity to look more closely at the wonderful plants and animals. Some people would like to have taken one or two of them home, but, strangely enough, no-one volunteered to take the spider who blinds her prey with her hairy eyes! I wonder why. See pictures of our adventure!

Posted on:08/02/2010

In Reception, we have been looking at ourselves as babies and learning about how we grow. All the children brought in a photograph of themselves as a baby and we all tried to guess who was in the photograph. We listened to the noises that babies make and had a go at writing baby sounds using our phonic sounds. We have also been looking at how we have changed since we were a baby, things that we can now do and how our body has grown. This week we have been measuring our feet, making imprints of our feet in clay and today we painted our feet and made foot prints all over the paper, the floor and amazingly the walls!

Posted on:03/02/2010

As everyone knows, the people of Haiti are in desperate need of our help. Many of the children have been actively raising money and making a positive contribution. On Friday, the preprep raised over £100 when the children and teachers came in 'home clothes'. Today was, 'Hats for Haiti' day for Years 3-8 and the children looked splendid in hats of all descriptions.  See the full gallery of photos.

Posted on:01/02/2010

Soloists' Concert


Well, reeds and bottles of valve oil are flying out of our woodwind accessory drawer at tremendous pace and much scraping and sawing of strings is afoot in the music block as I write this!

Yes, it's the time of year when the best musicians and vocalists from Year Eight are practising like mad in preparation for Music Scholarship auditions.

The musicians and vocalists are also getting themselves ready to present a fabulous concert tomorrow afternoon Friday January 29th at 1:30pm.

The Year Eights are joined by otherup and coming musical stars, as FSM's crème de la crème entertain an audience in the Music Room.

Do join us for drinks and light lunch at 1:10pm prior to the stunning Soloists' Concert 2010!

 

 

Posted on:28/01/2010