Month: June 2020
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Friday 12 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Friyay!!! Can you believe another week has past us by. . .it’s been such a super week full of purpose and learning whether you have been in school or at home. Some of the examples of work that have been sent to me have been amazing and I have been…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Thursday 11 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It is Thursday! Yesterday was a super day – I was very grateful and thankful for lots of little things that happened throughout my day. Nothing major happened at all, not even any bee drama to report! I like days like this! Firstly, in the morning, Mr Bennett made me a…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Wednesday 10 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, Whoop! It’s Wednesday! So yesterday was a busy and eventful day. We hosted our, and Highclare’s, first ever virtual Open Morning – which was a great success. We were able to showcase the school to many potential parents, who were exceedingly impressed with what we were able to show them. It…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Tuesday 9 June 2020
Dear Children and young people, I hope you had a lovely weekend – despite the awful weather. You will be pleased no doubt to hear that I managed my 10,000 steps on Friday so was able to partake of my favourite fish supper in the evening. Thinking about fish reminds me that today (I’m writing…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 9 June 2020
Good Tuesday morning, Prep School, I hope this Bulletin finds you well and that you all had a good Monday? I was in school and had a lovely day of break and lunch duties! It made a super change that it was dry and not raining. It was great to see everyone enjoying the outside…
Highclare Home Science: Experiment 4 Skittle Diffusion
The fourth experiment in the Highclare Home Science series is …… Skittle Diffusion! This week we are looking at diffusion in action. It’s a really quick and simple experiment that provides endless opportunities for exploring this concept whilst developing beautiful colourful patterns. One for all the family to enjoy! You can even eat the Skittles…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Monday 8 June 2020
Good Monday morning, Prep School, Here we are at the beginning of another week – seriously, I know I say this each week, but where is the time going? We only have 4 ½ weeks left at school this academic year – that is only 23 school days! I am not sure how I/we am…
Mrs Moore’s Memo, Friday 5 June 2020
Dear children and young people, I hope you have all had a good week and have been enjoying your lessons. I also hope that, despite this change in the weather, you have managed to get out for some exercise. I have a confession to make – I didn’t go out at all yesterday so only…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Friday 5 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Friday and the end of our first week after half term! Where has this week gone? Seriously time is going too fast at the moment and it needs to slow down. What a lovely week it’s been – (apart from the bee sting and the multiple trips to the doctors…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Thursday 4 June 2020
It’s Thursday!! I saw this poem at the weekend and I thought it was very poignant. I found myself thinking about the poem all week and I thought you would like to read it and think about its words. Never Trust a Mirror by Erin Hanson Never trust a mirror, For the mirror always lies,…
