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On Thursday 2nd February we took a mixed team of girls and boys from Lower 1 to play in a friendly football tournament at Alleyn Court. The children had a wonderful time and played some great football ending up winning 4 matches, drawing one and losing one. Well done team!

On Tuesday 31st January we took a team from Upper and Lower 1 to participate in the Brentwood district football tournament. The girls played very well managing to win their pool and progressing through to the semi-finals. This proved to be a very tight contest, with the score staying 0-0 at full time and after extra time. Unfortunately, St. Helens went through due their better results in the pool stage. The girls proceeded to the 3rd/4th place play off, which we won and finished the tournament in 3rd place out of 17 schools. A great achievement for our first ever girls football [...]

Upper 2 had an absolutely magical time on their visit to the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios in Watford. The children thoroughly enjoyed their tour which began in the Great Hall, the doors of which were opened by our birthday boy, Ismail. From there the children loved finding out all about how the films were made including props, costumes and special effects such as green screen technology. After a slightly terrifying wander through the Forbidden Forest and a visit to platform 9 ¾ the Upper Twos had their lunch which for most came with an accompaniment of delicious Butter Beer. [...]

On Thursday 19th January Lower Two visited Sky Academy Studios’, the children worked with professional studio staff in a bespoke studio to create their own movie trailers. This experience supports the curriculum, specifically: fiction writing, composition, understanding of genre, character development and reviewing and refining their story ideas. Before we attended Sky Studios the children worked in groups to come up with a story idea and produce a storyboard. During the visit, the children received a behind-the-scenes tour of Sky Sports News. The children had the opportunity to get hands-on and use some cutting-edge technology which included; broadcast quality microphones [...]