​Children loved our Black History Month theme ‘Time for change - Action not Words’ and learnt about past and present BAME figures in history. They learnt how to cook African and Caribbean recipes and play the Djembe Drums. The month ended in the children wearing their traditional dress and celebrating their hair as part of our celebrations.

Parents enjoyed sampling the food that the children have for lunch at school. Caterlink provide our hot lunches every day and chef Nana kindly prepared some lovely dishes.

​Congratulations to our Athletics team who performed with skill and speed at a tournament held at Sydenham School. Our Year 5 and Year 6 athletes competed against local schools in field events (throwing and jumping) as well as a series of relay races.

As part of our thematic curriculum, Year 6 studied the work of Adenike Okundaye Davis, a famous Nigerian textile artist. Inspired by her designs, the children learned new sculpture techniques in order to design and create African clay masks. The standard was so high, they were invited to exhibit their work in a local exhibition, held at St Mary's Church. The children were thrilled to see their work displayed.

Congratulations to our Year 5 and Year 6 football stars, who took part in a tournament held at a local Primary school, playing matches against three other schools. All of the players performed really well and played with enthusiasm and respect.

Every class enjoyed a special day focusing on Maths Investigations and Problem Solving - a great way to deepen the children's mathematical understanding and for them to apply their reasoning and arithmetic skills. This half term we focused on 'Trial and Improvement' - having a go and learning from every attempt!