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The starts of the panto were the children!

On Friday 13^th December 2024 Don Rae Academy of Movement & Arts visited the school for our customary panto. Each class participated in a workshop where they learned a song and dance and, in some cases, some actual lines to perform. Some children donned costumes. In the afternoon we sat to watch the pantomime based on the story of Frozen. Each class took a turn performing in a section of the performance. The show was great fun and the children all performed wonderfully. Thanks to Don and his talented performers for another enjoyable day of theatre.

Year 8 2^nd December 24

Year 8 class had a fantastic trip visiting the Egyptian exhibition at the British Museum. This supported their Science and History curriculum learning on molecular analysis of ancient Egyptian burial residues. 

What a great event, weather was perfect and all pupils made a fantastic effort in all events. As always thanks to Ladywell Track for allowing us to use such great facilities.

A big well done to the Red team for winning overall most points.

It was a fantastic day at this year KS1/2 sports day with everyone excited to see a very special surprise!

The pupils engaged in rigorous sporting activities such as Long Jump, Javelin, Sack Race, Relay Race, Tug of War and many more. This year for the finale, an obstacle course was set up to challenge the pupil’s strength and determination.

It was stupendous team work from all contestants and everyone involved.

Zephaniah class ended the year with a variety of experience day trips. We visited The Young V&A museum, The Science Museum, London Landmark sightseeing, St Pauls Cathedral and to the Seaside! All were incredible experiences. For some it was the first time to the seaside and for all it was the first time going to the highest point of St Pauls Cathedral. It was 528 steps to the top!

Mandela and DL classes recently visited the Tate Modern in London along the banks of the Thames to enhance the learning of the art studies this year. 

The Tate Modern is home to some of the world’s most exciting modern and contemporary art.  We saw many innovative works that have shaped art as we know it including displays of paintings, sculptures and large-scale installations from artists around the world including recent exhibits by Kandinsky, Munter, The Blue Rider and Muholi. 

On Friday 28^th June Don Rae visited for another dance and drama day. The theme this time was the Olympics. The classes all learnt dances based on the various Olympic events and performed them as part of the final performance that ended the day. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and the performance at the end of the day was wonderful to watch. This was a great opportunity to develop performance skills. Confident independence and communication skills. The children were clearly proud to share their work at the end of the day.

Mandela class had the opportunity to visit the Royal Observatory on Wednesday the 17^th of July.

The observatory is world famous for plotting all the stars visible in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere in the 1700s.  And later, for being the source of the Prime Meridian of the world, which marks the divide between the Eastern and Western hemisphere and the world’s time zone system.

Recently, Mandela and DL Classes took a trip to The Imperial War Museum.  The Imperial War Museum was founded during the First World War to tell the stories of those whose lives had been touched by the conflict.  Over that time, artifacts have been collected from several wars.  The collection contains tanks, armored carriers, fighter planes, bombs, artillery, submarines, torpedo’s and rockets over 3 floors.  Additionally, there was an exhibition of medals servicemen won for bravery during various wars.   The visit gave the children a glimpse into the lives the servicemen during those wars.

Humanities and English trip D-Day celebrations

Year 7 visited the famous HMS Belfast shortly after the 80th anniversary of D-Day to learn about this important historic event. We had a great day aboard the ship and were able to explore all the cabins and decks. It was a fantastic day out that taught us about World War II and gave us yet another opportunity to explore our capital city.