Y2 Trip to The Natural History Museum 1st May 2008
The pupils got a chance to see many different varieties of butterfly as well as other species and different habitats.
Y5 Peter Pan Themed Lesson
The pupils participated in a lesson on capacity, whilst dressed as character's from J.M. Barrie's novel.
Y1 Visit to St Barnabas Church 16 April 2008
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Y2 Learn about Butterflies and Life Cycles
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Inter-School Fun Swim: Monday 10 March 2008
Children from Alleyn's and DUCKS joined 1B and 2B at out pool on Monday afternoon where they participated in lots of different races. The standard of swimming was fantastic and the afternoon was hugely enjoyed by all who took part.
World Book Day - Thursday 6 March 2008
The whole of the Pre-Prep participated in 'The Big Read' when the children visited different classes to share their favourite books. Also, there was a lovely display of photographs in the school of the children reading with a family member, pet or favourite toy at home. A great deal of enjoyment was had by all and a love of books was evident.
Year One Play - Wednesday 5 March 2008
Year One's production of 'The Little Muncher', performed to parents on Wednesday morning, was a huge success!
All the children said their words brilliantly, sang the songs beautifully and looked fantastic in their costumes and make-up.
Maths Week at the Pre-Prep: Monday 4 – Friday 8 February
The last week of term for pre-prep at JAPS has been Maths Week. There was a terrific range of Maths activities going on around the school during the week and a variety of brain teasers for the children to solve on the lobby notice board.
The children really enjoyed Mrs Cheater’s Maths challenges and Mrs Saunders’ pancake challenge. They were wonderfully ingenious in choosing their selection of objects to fit into a matchbox in ‘The Matchbox Challenge’, ‘Maths in a Suitcase’ was hugely popular and fun and ‘The Maths Hat Parade’ gave the children an opportunity to display their tremendous creativity.
Thank you to everyone who helped the children prepare for the week. Each child received a certificate for participating in the Maths Hat Parade and one child in each class received a calculator for winning the Matchbox Challenge. Many congratulations to the children for taking part with such enthusiasm and interest.
Y4 British Museum outing
Year 4 recently spent the day at the British Museum. They went specifically to see the Anglo-Saxon Sutton Hoo treasure, and the Roman Mildenhall treasure. They all loved the Sutton Hoo helmet, which is perhaps the most famous Anglo-Saxon find! They were also fascinated with some of the wonderfully ornate objects such as the purse, brooches and belt buckles, made out of gold, silver and red garnets.
The girls heard the story of the discovery of the Mildenhall Treasures, which was found by a farmer in his field when ploughing. The girls were able to relate the story to the objects in the display cabinets. These are some of the most amazing Roman silver items ever found. Next they had a small treasure hunt to find various Roman artefacts such as a mosaic and writing tablets. They were given the opportunity to handle some artefacts, a copy of a plate from Mildenhall and a real Roman statuette which was 200 years old. They also had a chance to hold one of the Mildenhall plates ....amazing to think that it was almost 2000 years old! Much to the girls' delight, they then detoured to see Pete Bog, the rather leathery looking Lindow Man found in a peat bog! Finally, they saw the famous Lewis Chessmen, the inspiration behind the wizard chess pieces in the Harry Potter film.
It was a fantastic day - the girls learnt a great deal and it was wonderful to see and handle all the objects that we have talked about in class. The girls were extremely well-behaved and a credit to JAPS. One museum guide commented on how good they were. Thank you, girls!