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• Tuesday 15 July 2025 Macmillan Afternoon Tea Last month we were delighted to be able to one again support a charity that is so close to so many of us as in our community. Thank you to those who donated cakes and to those who came and enjoyed the cakes! We managed to raise £155. Thank you!
• Thursday 10 July 2025 Reception , Violin Group and KS1 Choir Mini Concert On Thursday 10th July, families and carers were treated to a "mini concert" celebrating the musical endeavours of Reception, KS1 choir and Violin Group. Reception performed two songs on a minibeast theme: Incy Wincy Spider, which they accompanied on ukuleles, and 'Please Don't Squish Me'. The choir sang 'Sunshine in my Heart's and the violin group, who all started as beginners in April, played 'Calm Waters' and 'Open String Blues'. Everyone performed brilliantly and Mrs Walker was very proud of all the children.
• Thursday 10 July 2025 Year 3 Kew Gardens Visit Year 3 had a lovely time at Kew Gardens on Wednesday. We learned about the important role of bees, observed plants through microscopes and talked about seed dispersal. We also had a go at drawing plants, matching seeds to their plant and acted out the lifecycle of plants. We had some time to explore the children's garden too.
• Wednesday 9 July 2025 Year 6 Buddhist Temple Visit Year 6 visited the school Buddhist today. We were able to walk around the reflective areas with powerful quotes we tried to decipher and discuss. We were also lucky enough to see the murals inside the temple which contain the life story of how Siddartha Gautama became the Buddha we now know and study. It was fascinating to hear the monks tell us about their lives and how their beliefs/values impacted their choices. We were guided through a sitting and walking meditation by the monks who explained to us the important belief of impermanence in Buddhism. We were also able to meet a newly ordained monk who was able to explain the special ceremony he took part in and some of the many precepts he had to follow.
• Monday 7 July 2025 Year 5 Albany Park Visit On Monday, Year 5 took part in an exciting dragon boat racing experience with Albany Outdoors. We travelled by bus into Kingston and enjoyed lunch at the Hawker Centre before walking along the Thames to the activity site. After a safety briefing, we changed into our wet gear and life jackets, ready to take to the water. We learned how to row in time with the person in front and discovered just how important teamwork is in dragon boat racing. After some practice, we took part in three thrilling races. It was a fantastic day full of energy, teamwork and adventure on the river!
• Friday 4 July 2025 Year 1 Freshwater Theatre Workshop July 2025
• Friday 4 July 2025 Year 5 & 6 Rounders Tournament 2025 A team of Year 5 and 6 children headed over to the Hollyfield Sports Field to participate in a Rounders Tournament. The children played incredibly well and managed to come in 3rd place after competing against some very strong teams. Well done to the team!
• Thursday 3 July 2025 Year 4 Keyboard Concert On Thursday 3rd July, Year 4 performed to their families, showcasing two of the pieces they have learnt in their weekly keyboard lessons with Mrs Taylor this year: Ode to Joy and Mamma Mia. They concluded with a song, Global Warning. Their playing and singing was fabulous!
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Year 5 Chessington Taster Day On Tuesday, Year 5 visited Chessington School for an exciting taster day. The children took part in a range of lessons, giving them a flavour of life at secondary school. In PE, they tried out basketball, football, tennis, and cricket, while in art they created striking monochrome prints. During drama, the children worked in groups to create superhero scenes, using movement and expression to bring their characters to life. In cooking, they used the Eatwell Guide to design and make their own pizzas. It was a fantastic day full of creativity, teamwork, and new experiences!
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 FUN RUN Congratulations us! We have been awarded the TCS mini London Marathon award for 2025 for our Fun Run participation. Wanted to say a big thank you to our Batman and Robin for bringing the fun. A thank you to Mrs Erith, Mrs Baxter and Mrs Spence for our warm up session. A massive well done to all the children for participating in this event.
• Tuesday 1 July 2025 Summer Thank You We wanted to say a huge thank you for all the fruit that we have been given over these very hot days. It has been wonderful to be able to share these with the children and be reminded of what a fantastic community we are.
• Friday 27 June 2025 Year 4 Littlehampton Visit On Friday, Year 4 had an amazing trip to the beach! We explored the geography and physical features of the coastline and even had a sandcastle-building competition to see whose creation could withstand the longest. We made sure our sandcastles were strong and learned all about erosion, as well as high and low tides. The tide came in really quick so our castles didn't last very long!
• Tuesday 24 June 2025 Maths Week 2025 On Tuesday, every class took part in a maths workshop led by Simon from Brainwave Education. The sessions were packed with hands-on activities that helped us explore shapes, patterns, and problem-solving in a fun and engaging way. We used sticks and balls to build 2D and 3D shapes, including cubes and tetrahedrons, and worked in teams to spot patterns and solve shape clues. One child said, “We got to use the sticks and balls to make a 3D cube,” while another shared, “We used sticks and balls to create tetrahedrons. We noticed patterns in these shapes.”
• Monday 23 June 2025 The Chelsea Flower Show Comes to St Paul's For the last couple of weeks, Mrs Griffin, Mrs Momp and Mr B (with some help from gardening club) have been working hard to plant all of the plants donated to the school from the Avanade Intelligent Garden at Chelsea Flower Show. The plants have breathed new life into a number of different flowerbeds around the school site and the children have been enjoying looking at the new plants. We are waiting to see if they attract some new wildlife into our playground too.
• Friday 20 June 2025 Year 3 & Year 4 Singing Festival On Wednesday 18th June, Years 3 & 4 travelled to the Rose Theatre, Kingston, to take part in the annual Kingston Music Centre Singing Festival. Together with the other schools there, they sang 4 songs written specially for the event by local composer Cheynne Gibb-Singh. It was an exciting experience to sing as part of a huge choir. St Paul's also performed 'Global Warning'. It felt very special to sing on the stage in front of so many people. It was a fantastic performance and we are all very proud of all the children involved.
• Tuesday 17 June 2025 Year 6 Transition Event Year 6 attended the transition event at the King's Centre this week. This was an exciting opportunity for Year 6 to discuss how to become more independent in their day to day life at secondary school and how to manage the mix of feelings that you may get as you approach this change. This event is a great transition tool for the children before they begin their secondary school journeys. Children had the opportunity to work on their communication skills by introducing themselves to pupils from another school and learning to ask questions that could make connections. We worked collaboratively with other schools in the community to key skills like organisations, how to communicate disagreements or even just how to maintain a conversation when you did not know much about someone. We were great role models and we were able to make use of the skills we've been practising in our transition lessons too.
• Friday 13 June 2025 Year 5 & 6 Girls Cricket On Thursday a team of Year 5 and 6 girls went to the Kingston Grammar School fields to participate in a cricket competition. The girls showed the school values and positive learning behaviours fantastically throughout the competition.
• Tuesday 10 June 2025 Year 3 Kingston Museum Visit Year 3 went on a school trip to Kingston museum to learn more about the Anglo-Saxons. To start, we recapped some of our own knowledge about the Anglo-Saxons. Some of us acted out what the wars with the Vikings would have been like. We were able to look at and handle some Anglo-Saxon artefacts too. After the workshop, we walked around the museum and we saw some interesting models, such as a model of what Kingston looked like in the past. We also saw the skeleton of an Anglo-Saxon who had been buried with his belongings.
• Monday 9 June 2025 Year 5 Barnes Literature Festival Visit On Monday, Year 5 visited the Rose Theatre to take part in the Barnes Literature Festival. The guest author, Jeffrey Boakye, introduced the children to his Kofi series and took them on a journey through the 1990s, exploring the influence of rap and storytelling. The children were encouraged to reflect on their own experiences and consider what stories they might tell. A key message from the session was that everyone has their own story worth sharing. The children were highly engaged throughout and left feeling inspired by the power of words and imagination.
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Year 4 Gurdwara Visit On Tuesday Year 4 had the incredible opportunity to visit a Sikh Gurdwara as part of our RE learning. It was a fascinating experience. In respect of the Sikh religion, we wore headscarves and removed our shoes before entering the prayer room - there was even a special room just for our shoes! Did you know that after every Sikh service a free meal is offered to everyone regardless of background or belief? This is because Sikhs believe everyone should be treated fairly. Before we left, we were kindly treated to a juice and a biscuit which topped it all off!
• Tuesday 3 June 2025 Year 5 Buddhist Temple Visit On Tuesday, Year 5 visited the Buddhist temple in Wimbledon as part of their learning about Buddhism. The children were given a guided tour of the temple and had the opportunity to explore key aspects of Buddhist practice, including walking and eating meditation. They took part in a Q&A session and examined religious artefacts to deepen their understanding. One of the key lessons they took away was the importance of the Five Precepts in guiding the behaviour of Buddhists. The children were engaged, curious, and respectful throughout, and it was a valuable and enriching experience for all.
• Tuesday 20 May 2025 Year 1 Synagogue Visit Year 1 had a fabulous time at the synagogue. We enjoyed looking at different mosaics and seeing which Jewish symbols we could recognise in them. Inside the synagogue, we looked around the room to see if we could identify all the parts of the synagogue such as the ark, the Torah and the eternal flame. We were lucky enough to be able to open the ark and enjoyed looking at the Torah covers and feeling them. We looked at different menorahs and compared one used at Hannukah and one that wood be used at Shabbat. The thing we most enjoyed was trying on the different kippah's and looking at the different patterns they had.
• Monday 19 May 2025 Chelsea Flower Show 2025 On Monday 19th May, Mrs Evans, Mrs Momp and a small group of children went to the Chelsea Flower Show to see the Avanade Intelligent Garden.
• Monday 19 May 2025 Year 2 Mosque Visit 2025 Our trip to Kingston Mosque was a great success, we met Jan, who welcomed us in and then we took off our shoes and put them on the shoe racks. We went into the prayer hall and sat on a very soft and luxurious carpet. We learnt about the mihrab and minbar, some of us stood upon the minbar and gave a speech! After this we tried Arabic writing, looked at books and maps of Mecca, learnt how to practise the wudu (or wash for prayer) and even tried on some clothes! We all walked and behaved beautifully on our trip and our teachers were proud of us. On the way back in the bus, we ate a biscuit to help keep us going until we ate our lunch. After our late lunch we had the playground all to ourselves for half an hour and the sun was shining.
• Friday 9 May 2025 Bocketts Farm Visit - Reception 2025 Reception have had the most amazing time at the farm, we got to see lots of different animals. We loved going on the tractor ride, where we were able to get a tour of the farm and see the farm animals. We even got to pet some small animals and feed some bigger animals in the barn! Thank you again to the parent helpers, it was a brilliant day!
• Thursday 1 May 2025 Year 3 Hindu Temple Visit When we first arrived at the Hindu temple, we took our shoes off. We observed worship which is called Puja. During Puja, the priest lit candles for all the gods, he chanted, he gave the gods a flower and a piece of fruit. When Hindus go to worship, they have to bring something special that God created for the gods. We learned that Hinduism has been around for about 8,000 years. Ganesh is one of the most important gods for Hindus. Hindus pray to the gods every day. At the end, a few of us tried on some of the traditional clothes.
• Monday 28 April 2025 Year 1 Chessington Visit Year One had a fabulous trip out to Chessington Zoo. We participated in a 'Clawsome Classification' workshop where we had to use clues to find out the mystery animals. We got to look at different animal skulls while learning about how to spot preys and predators. We enjoyed eating our lunch and watching the sea lions enjoy a swim around in the sun. In the afternoon we got to journey on Zufari and see if we could spot flamingos, giraffes, rhinos and oryx's. We thought about why these animals were all grouped together. Finally we walked through the aquarium and saw a variety of underwater animals, including clownfish, stingrays, seahorses and even sharks!
• Friday 4 April 2025 PSA Painted Egg Competition 2025 We had some wonderful entires for the Pianted Egg Competition. There were a range of designs and a huge amount of creativity! Thank you to everyone who took part!
• Friday 4 April 2025 Easter Service 2025 On Friday 4th April, we all went over to the church for our Esater Service led by our Faith Reps. It was a wonderful service where we heard a retelling of 'The Garden, The Curtain and The Cross' read by Suzie fron INSIGHT, we explored different symbols for the Easter story using ressurcetion eggs and we sang together with one of the songs led by our choir. It was a wonderful start to our final day at School before we break up for the holidays. Thank you to Mrs Griffin and the Faith Reps and for Carolyn for being their to give us a blessing too.
• Wednesday 2 April 2025 Year 2 Seaside Holidays Workshop Freshwater Theatre Company transported Year 2 to holidays from recent history. We visited the 1970s and Emily-May, Evelyn and Amelia competed for the title of glamorous granny. In the 1950s Zach won the knobbly knees competition at Butlins holiday camp. In the 1940s Nathaniel, Charlie and Shreya drove a steam engine to the coast, "all aboard" and finally, in 1910 two handsome gentlemen (Lucas and Blake) escorted two lovely young ladies (Sophia and Holly) to the pier. Cassidy was an elegant lady with a parasol and Oliver and Chloe entertained with their Pierrot act. We finished with an exciting Punch and Judy show, we learnt that Punch and Judy originated in Italy. That's the way to do it!
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