Recently, Y6 went on a trip to our local art gallery to answer their learning question ‘How can I read a portrait?’ Let’s see what they did on there trip and what they learnt. “I learnt that art is not just paintings, it can be different shapes and sizes. I liked the sculptures because they […]
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On 22nd September, we celebrated World Rhino Day. We were joined by Care for Wild Ambassador, Mrs Amanda Smith, who shared her rhino expertise and experiences with the children as they worked to answer Rhino related Learning Questions. The whole day was inspired by a rather tired looking fibreglass rhino that we had been donated. […]
To bring our 125 Celebrations to a close, we were very lucky to welcome our Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Lena Samuels visit our school and be part of a special assembly. Our bloggers took the opportunity to sit down with the Deputy Lord Lieutenant to ask some questions. What do you think is exciting about our […]
Mount Pleasant took part in The Hares of Hampshire this year, creating a beautiful Hare, that resided for 10 weeks in West Quay shopping centre. We then sold it to auction for the charity for £2400. Our bloggers asked the teachers what they thought about our Leveret. “I was incredibly proud of all the hard […]
Y3 went on a local walk around our area to answer their geography curriculum question ‘How can we describe the city we live in?’. Here’s what they thought: “I learnt the difference between residential, commercial and industrial buildings.” – Puja, Y3 “My favourite thing was walking there and seeing the nice features.” – Allem, Y3 […]
As if it wasn’t hot enough this summer, Y5 decided to head to the tropics and visit the Living Rainforest, an indoor greenhouse tropical rainforest located in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire, England. Here’s what they thought of their trip: “The plants were really cool, especially the cocoa bean plant and banana plant. Some plants had […]
This term Y5, as part of our curriculum, went swimming. The Y5 bloggers asked their fellow classmates what they thought about their experience. “I didn’t know how to swim to begin with, after the lessons I feel more confident in the water.” – Yusuf “Very good opportunity. If we get in danger associated with water […]
Y5 went on a visit to Solent Sky Museum as part of their learning, here is what they thought: “We saw airplanes from World War 1 and 2. We even got to go inside them.” – Sha-Nelle “We saw many variety’s of planes, hurricanes, spitfires and passenger planes that were used after the war. We […]
Recently Y6 had the opportunity to visit Osborne House, Isle of Wight. Here’s what they thought: “I liked the Queens room and was really suprised by how short her bed was.” – Khushi “It was such a beautiful day and a wonderful opportunity to bring to life the history we have been learning about.” – […]
Y4 recently went on a visit to Winchester Cathedral and here is was they thought: “I learnt that in the old days when people died, their bones were put into special boxes in a holy place.” – Zaiba “I enjoyed looking around and exploring the cathedral.” – Maimuna “I enjoyed looking at King Alfred’s statue.” […]