News Whitehorse Manor Junior School

In Year 3, we have been studying the book ‘Jemmy Button’ by  Jennifer Uman and Valerio Vidali. 

We are delighted that our gardening club is now up and running.

Recently, year 3 have been studying Aesop’s fables.  We have discussed the features of a fables and what makes them different from fairy tales as well as learning about what a moral is and how the fables convey these morals. 

Whilst there was much excitement this morning when the children arrived to see the snow-clad field, there was also disappointment for the choir when it became clear that the treacherous conditions outside, and the knock on effect of these on the bus service, would mean their planned visit to the Whitgift Centre to sing carols could not go ahead. 

This term junior children at Whitehorse will get to take home a free book donated by the Children’s Book Project. 

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

Today, Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day as it’s also known, marks the very day that World War One ended in 1918.

This week, the year 3 children from Whitehorse Manor Junior and Brigstock site went on a trip to Crystal Palace park. 

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. 

We were pleased to be visited today by Steve Reed, Shadow Secretary of State for Justice and MP for Croydon North, so that he could meet with our School Council to discuss local matters and tell them a little bit more about his work as our local MP. 

The end of our amazing woodland adventure is finally here! Across our classes, the children ended on a high with trap making, camouflage games and survival bracelet making.

It has been a very busy full day here at Boughton Woods with year 6!

After a long drive and some coach delays, our Year 6 adventurers have settled into camp, unrolled their sleeping bags and got stuck in to woodland life!

What a way to end the week- a celebration for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee!

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.