The Gleddings Preparatory School's blog

Our last cookery club

The Gleddings — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:10:31 +0000

Our last cookery club at The Gleddings

Are we really making fruit salad?

The pineapple and melons have been conquered!

Fruit kebabs perhaps?

Yes! Now we get to coat them in chocolate.

Yummy!

I’m sure I could manage another!

A spoon is much more efficient!

Colour winners 3/7/08

The Gleddings — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:34:11 +0000

This weeks winning team is the ‘Blue’ team.

Nursery persons of the week - Max Duffy and Aidan Burns

STAR BADGE WINNERS:

LI - Tom Reynolds, Alexandra Wilkinson, Oliver Jackson-Bolton (5)

FI - Ummayyah Azeb, Anna Brierley (8)

FII - Hannah Wilkinson (8)

FIII - Jacob Orley (10)

LIV - Chloe Gravenor, Imran Khan (12)

MIV - Annabel Smith-Moorhouse (11)

UIV - Mustafah Kazi (8)

Children banking colours this week

FIII - Mia Ackroyd (13)

We knew you could do it

Alex Scoley

Kindness cup

Mrs Berry

Colour winners 26/6/08

The Gleddings — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:57:35 +0000

This weeks winning teams are the ‘Blue and Green Teams.

Nursery persons of the week - Fiona Wright, Katie Atkinson

STAR BADGE WINNERS:

LI - Amelia Horsfall (8)

FI - Ummayyah Azeb, Amelia Nielsen (6)

FII - Lydia Depledge-Miller, Oliver Fleming (6)

FIII -Toby Wood (22)

LIV -India Barraclough (10)

MIV - Cara James (23)

Children banking colours this week

LIV - Martha Kitson (11)

UIV - Elizabeth Wilkinson (14)

We knew you could do it

The Red Team

Brass concert

The Gleddings — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:24:15 +0000

On the afternoon of Friday 6th June, The Gleddings Brass Group were invited to Rishworth School, along with Heathfield Brass Group for a Brass Masterclass.

We were welcomed by Mr Wood and Mr Lynch and the group was divided into two. Mr Wood took first and second cornets and Mr Lynch took bass instruments to practise separately.
The groups then came together for extra rehearsals.
We were joined by the Rishworth Dance Orchestra for an evening concert which was held for parents and friends.
An enjoyable time was had by all.

The children are welcomed.

The children were split into rehearsal groups.

Full rehearsal.

The children perform before family and friends.

One of our children performing a solo, accompanied by her mum on the piano.

The children take a bow.

Nursery in action

The Gleddings — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:23:53 +0000

Now that summer is here, the Nursery children have spent a lot of time playing and working outdoors in the sunshine.

It is great fun eating our morning snack outside in our nursery garden.

We love to learn about pouring and floating in our outdoor water tray.

Now the willow structure has grown we can use it for playing Hide and Seek. Do you think our friends will find us?

The Nursery children and teachers held a meeting to discuss what we would need for our summer garden activities. Here, you can see that one of our little girls recorded a list on our whiteboard.

We planted many different varieties of seeds. I wonder who will grow the tallest sunflower?

One of our recent visitors to Nursery was the vet. She brought along two of her friends - Kevin and Oliver. It was so exciting stroking the lambs and we even had turns at pretending to be the vet.

Kevin had a very fast heartbeat.

Oliver feels all “warm and cuddly”.

We have been learning about lots of different dinosaurs. Do you like the one that we designed and built from an old carton?
Raj has given him a fantasic name - “Trisophaurus”. He’s a very friendly dinosaur.

Form III plant seeds

The Gleddings — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:22:21 +0000

Form III have been studying the unit ‘Helping plants grow well’ in their science lessons.
We sowed some wild flower seeds. When they had grown, we planted them in a corner of the field which has been left to grow naturally so it looks like a small meadow.
The flowers should attract bees, butterflies and other insects.
The children are learning about the importance of developing and respecting the local natural environment.

This is a photo of an established meadow. We hope our meadow will look this good.

Colour winners 19/6/08

The Gleddings — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:18:07 +0000

This weeks winning team is the ‘Red Team.’

Nursery person of the week - Iris Palmer

STAR BADGE WINNERS:

LI - Kristian Hutchinson (11)

FI - Ellie Reed, Victoria Levery (6)

FII - Marisa Turner, Edward Chippendale (5)

FIII -Mia Ackroyd, Sabah Ashraf (11)

LIV -Chloe Gravenor, Isabella Lloyd, India Barraclough, Grace Atkinson (10)

MIV - William Norcliffe (9)

Kindness Cup

Marisa Turner

We knew you could do it

Edward Chippendale

Form III study shadows

The Gleddings — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:10:29 +0000

Form III are studying Light and Shadows as part of their science work.

They used some simple equipment to record the ‘movement’ of the sun around the sky in order to make sun dials.

They discovered that shadows change in position and length throughout the day.

Colour winners 12/6/08

The Gleddings — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:30:04 +0000

This weeks winning team is the ‘Red Team.’

Nursery person of the week - Daisy Sheppard

STAR BADGE WINNERS:

LI - William Ackroyd (6)

FI - Ellie Reed, Anna Hayward, Esha Munir (6)

FII - Oliver Fleming, Edward Chippendale (12)

FIII - Ellie Hayward (15)

LIV -Chloe Gravenor (15)

MIV - Charles Royle, Cara James (12)

UIV - Lydia Kitson, Ethand Bond, Sophie Gledhill, William Siddall (12)

Children banking colours this week:

MIV - Ben Choy (13)

UIV - Ridah Hasan (12)

Kindness Cup

Jack Lobley

School Council Award

Mrs McHugh and Miss Angela

Colour winners 5/6/08

The Gleddings — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:42:55 +0000

This weeks winning team is the ‘Red Team.’

Nursery person of the week - Bintay Hassnain

STAR BADGE WINNERS:

LI - Harriett Dalby (7)

FI - Georgianna Smith (8)

FII - Fizah Hasan (10)

FIII - Emily Downing, Alicia Chambers, Mia Ackroyd (8)

LIV -Chloe Gravenor, Jack Lobley, Jonathan Kaye (12)

MIV - Georgina Nielsen (10)

UIV - Christopher Parker (7)

Children banking colours this week:

MIV - Ben Choy (18)

UIV - Elizabeth Wilkinson (7)

Kindness Cup

Eleanor Holmes