Category: Upper School

12 November 2021

Friday 5 November – Y5/Y6 Boys’ Football v Dulwich College The Year 5/6 boys football teams enjoyed a successful afternoon on what can only be described as a ‘carpet’ at Dulwich College. The A team played an amazing 1-0 win in an allround fantastic team performance with no player giving any less than 100%. The…

3 December 2020

These last two weeks the Upper School pupils have enjoyed experimenting with clay, learning to roll it , attach and shape it, to create faces that display different hairstyles, characteristics, and expressions. They then painted their creations in acrylic paints and finished them off with PVA glue to add a bit of shine. The pupils are all looking…

27 November 2020

“It was a challenging day, but the feeling when you accomplish it (making a puppet) is amazing!”  Year 5 Dolphin Pupil.   Song Bird Last Friday was an extraordinary day for the Upper School!  Pupils were treated to a Google Meet call with master marionette maker, Tony Sinnett- one of only 3 Marionette craftsmen in the UK. ( https://companyofmarionettes.com ) …

19 November 2020

In the Upper School we have been working on portraits this term, focusing on learning the different features and their position in relation to other features on the face. We started with an abstract portrait to build confidence, encouraging the children to draw without a rubber- a wrong mark can always be changed into something wonderful! We then looked at the work of the artist Julian Opie…

27 February 2020

We ended our first half term in the Upper School with a thoroughly enjoyable and challenging design technology day.  The whole school gathered in the morning to hear the extraordinary adventures of George Bullard- a modern day, record breaking explorer.  Leaving the children with a renewed passion for the outdoors, he set them the challenge of…

17 May 2019

Design Technology is, in its purest form, a beautiful process.  From inspiration to conception, then development, building, tweaking and finally, evaluating – it is a full, complete and satisfying process. Last Friday our Upper School pupils engaged in the Amazing Marble Run! This was a  DT challenge that proved to be an inspiring experience (and…

21 March 2019

Rumour has it that on Tuesday afternoon, the school was unusually quiet. This was because a large majority of Upper School pupils had abandoned their classrooms and journeyed to the Royal Albert Hall to participate in Prom Praise. It was an extraordinary opportunity to perform at the world-famous concert hall and spirits were high as…

24 January 2019

Gathered in our church space, we hosted our Upper School Film Night this week. The children enjoyed a good dose of Hollywood magic, complete with terrific special effects, slapstick humour and heartfelt moments.  In all, it was a huge success; in fact, we doubled last year’s attendance numbers! Mr Popper’s Penguins was a perfectly pitched picture,…

11 October 2018

Pupils in the Upper School have been working with acrylic paint to create real impact in their works of art, inspired by artist Nina Brooke.  She uses drone footage of iconic landscapes as the basis for her bold canvases. Each of the children have, in turn, chosen aerial images of British landmarks … can you…