Category: Preparatory School
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 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,…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Wednesday 3 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, Welcome to Wednesday! Today is a short Bulletin from me as I am typing this on Tuesday evening with a half numb arm as I have been stung by a bee! I have never been stung before in my 24 years of life and it really, really, really, really, really hurts….
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Tuesday 2 June 2020
Welcome to Tuesday and the start of another fantastic day. So yesterday was a brilliant day in school – I was so proud of all of the children (and parents) who arrived at school yesterday with big smiles on their faces. All of the children walked on to the playground as if they had been…
Highclare Home Science: Experiment 3 Density Lava Lamps
The third experiment in the Highclare Home Science series is …… Density Lava Lamps! Mrs Dudley and her three little Dudley’s had lots of fun making lava lamps, we especially enjoyed seeing how tey looked in the dark using a torch! Click below to view this week’s video and open the document 3. Density Lava…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Monday 1 June 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It’s Monday 1st June and it’s the first day of the last half term of the summer term! It is a strange day really – one that I face with excitement, nervousness and sadness. Some of you, I am sure, are feeling the same. I am excited as we are finally…
Highclare Home Science: Experiment 2 Garden Rockets
The second experiment in the Highclare Home Science series is Garden Rockets! Mrs Dudley had a lot of fun with this experiment, when a science teacher has soooooo much fun and is impressed at how high the rocket goes you know it is a fun experiment, we hope that you enjoy it too. Click below…
Mrs Bennett’s Bulletin, Friday 22 May 2020
Good morning, Prep School, It is lockdown day 60, it’s Friday and the last day of the half term! I cannot believe it is May half term already. What I can believe though, is that it is raining in Nottingham this morning – boo, and it’s really windy! Hopefully, the sun will be back out…
