Author Archives: BridgewaterPrep

As a culmination of our study of the Easter Story, Prep V set out for the woods on Tuesday afternoon to gather materials to make resurrection gardens. We returned with our small bags bulging with moss, twigs, ivy leaves, bark … Continue reading →

Reception have continued to hone their photography skills today – using the skills learned last week, we took the cameras out around school to find signs of Spring, reinforcing our classroom learning. There are some (and some not quite) wonderful … Continue reading →

It is no eggsageration to say it has been an eggstremely eggciting day here in Prep.  Mr. Altdorf hatched an eggcellent plan for  all classes to shellibrate Comic Relief’s Red Nose Day by organising the Red Nose Relay – classes … Continue reading →

As part of our Computing lessons, our Reception children have been using digital devices to capture images, using each other as models.  We learned what devices we could use to take photographs with, how to take a good photograph with … Continue reading →

As part of their geography unit on mountains, Prep V have looked at the artist Katsushika Hokusai, whose most iconic and recognisable piece was probably The Great Wave off Kanagawa,  an illustration of a crashing wave, three boats, and the … Continue reading →

Our Prep children have responded wonderfully to Miss Gill’s virtual World Book Day challenges this week – this video compilation that she has put together has captured perfectly the essence of the activities children were involved in.  If you’re ready … Continue reading →

You’d have been mistaken if you thought you had walked into a living library this morning, with the variety of book characters on show, both in the classroom and at home on virtual classroom Meets.  Our children today have imaginatively … Continue reading →

Would you believe your eyes if you came face-to-face with a dragon in the forest? On Safer Internet day, our Reception children saw that Digiduck had found some amazing animal facts online but then saw how he was surprised to … Continue reading →

For this Safer Internet Day on 9th February 2021, we have been encouraging everyone to think about reliability online.  Using our weekly assembly slots, we have been looking at how we can know what to trust online, and how we … Continue reading →

Lockdown has thrown up several challenges to the learning of our children, but has also seen our teachers find new and interesting ways to try and engage the children while they are at home. Introducing KG’s very own Bake Along: … Continue reading →