News Whitehorse Manor Infant School

There is still time to get your raffle tickets for the Macmillan grand prize draw!

This week all of the staff and children at Whitehorse Manor Infants school participated in raising money for the Charity Jeans for Genes.

Year 2 have been enjoying using manipulatives in maths to consolidate their understanding of place value. 

Welcome to all the new children who have completed their first full week in reception.

Year 2 have loved reading The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge as their first English text. 

Parents and carers will have become aware of the current issue with some schools in the UK that have buildings made of RAAC – Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete. 

This term we had another successful trip to the beach with year 2. 

Year 2’s final DT project of the year has been ‘Puppets’.

Ahoy there landlubbers! Year 2 had a wonderful Pirates Day on Friday.

You may be aware from the media that the UK is seeing a high number of Group A strep cases this year.  

Christmas is fast approaching and Reception have been getting into the Christmas spirit by taking part in lots of exciting crafty activities.

There have been sixty one Kings and Queens of England in the last 1200 years but none has been monarch longer than Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday at the age of 96. 

With recent higher numbers of COVID cases across the UK the SLT of the Pegasus Academy Trust has put in place some new precautionary measures to keep us all safe as we enter the last weeks of term. 

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement today (Wednesday 30th December) and the publication of the accompanying guidance it is now clear that Croydon schools, including our schools within the Pegasus Academy Trust, will not reopen on 5th January as planned.