We commenced our week with an amazing trip to the Southbank, to increase our knowledge of Windrush, where we met Baroness Florella Benjamin of Beckenham and watched her autobiographical movie “Coming to England.” The girls learnt plenty about the challenges someone from abroad faced, growing up in the 60s and 70s, in London.
Every Year Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School hosts a fun packed sleepover at the school for our Year 5 girls. This fun and exciting activity is jam packed with excellent team building activities, bedtime stories, a bedtime movie and much more. The girls always look forward to this annual event and this year was no exception. […]
The wonderful Sarah Holding was in with Year 4 for a writing workshop based on her book, Seabean. Sarah Holding is a children’s and YA author and poet, offering a range of exciting author-led talks and creative writing workshops for schools. About Seabean: Life for Alice and the five other children living on the remote Scottish […]
On 16th June, Year three visited the ISKCON South London Hindu Temple in Enmore Road, South Norwood as part of their RE studies on religions. The children really enjoyed their visit and particularly enjoyed the vibrant, colourful statues and decor within the temple. We took some pictures of the visit, which can be seen in the […]
On 12th June, our Year 5 girls visited the amazing Herstmonceux Observatory as part of their science projects this term. The Herstmonceux Observatory, formerly part of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, is now the Observatory Science Centre, a hands-on science and discovery center located in East Sussex. It’s known for its interactive exhibits, telescope tours, and […]
On Tuesday 10th June, our Winterbourne Junior Girls set off on a journey back in time. To the steam engine age as we took a fantastic train journey on a steam train at The Bluebell Railway. The Bluebell Railway is a heritage railway running steam-hauled trains between Sheffield Park and East Grinstead in Sussex. Just a stone’s […]
The Brit School are back to work with 30 of our girls in years 5 and 6. The workshop today was called- ‘Getting to Know You.’ We would like to take this opportunity to thank the team from The Brit School for coming to see us and wow us with their amazing workshop. The girls […]
A big thank you to all the parents that came to support their daughter’s reading. The girls got to share @RenLearnUK and MyOn with them. @RenLearnUK provide tailored, data-driven solutions aligned to curriculum and national standards. These empower leaders and teachers with insights to enable every student to improve their learning outcomes. Renaissance UK & […]
Well, SATS week has finished and our year 6 handled it so well! Cool, calm and collected with smiles on their faces. All staff at Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School would like to take this opportunity to say a huge well done to our amazing girls.
It’s VE Day today and the 80th anniversary from this day on 8th May 1945 when Hitler surrendered to the allied troops putting an end to six years of conflict across the globe. To end our day of celebrations at Winterbourne Junior Girls’ School, the entire school gathered outside for a singalong. We sang […]
The internet has changed all of our lives, particularly our children’s. For parents and carers this opens up a whole new world of things to be aware of. For many of us, this can all be a bit too much.
