Category: Junior School

11th July 2019

Our Y6 classmates bid each other a fond farewell for the summer at a celebration assembly. Parents were invited to see their children perform a series of heart-warming songs and witty poems about their time at Gad’s so far. Every child recounted a memory or funny anecdote about school life – all of which were…

25th June 2019

A Gad’s Hill student was awarded first place in a regional ballroom contest, just over a year after starting dancing. Autumn Hansford, 9, from Shorne, took the title of best Under 10 Ballroom dancer at the ProAm Champions event in Brentwood, Essex earlier this month. Competing in the youngest category, Autumn competed in 70 heats…

24th June 2019

Our J5 classmates faced-up to a monster of a challenge in their Year six art transition lesson. The nine-to-ten-year-olds were tasked with designing and creating their very own 3D monster, in just one hour! Art teacher, Miss Rachael Baker, said: “Moving-up a year can be exciting but daunting. “I wanted the children to stretch themselves…

20th June 2019

Beatty House was named overall winner at this year’s sports day but Wellington and Haig members took the top spots for individual athleticism. The combined scores for all track and field events secured the reds’ win with 357 points, followed by Haig with a total of 303 and Wellington with 277 points. Year six students,…

19th June 2019

Our Year five classmates dodged the rain but still got wet in an outdoor maths lesson today. Working together, they used measuring jugs to convert millilitres to litres. Visual mathematics helps children see concepts which in-turn aids understanding – by the looks on their faces, it certainly seems the nine to ten-year-olds practical al fresco…

18th June 2019

Our Junior classes worked together to solve problems on an enrichment day of team building activities. The motto of the day quickly became ‘there’s no “I” in team’ as children were faced with mental and physical challenges such as a blindfolded maze bridge-making in the Forest School and school grounds. Head of Juniors, Mrs Cullen…

13th June 2019

Day two of our Enrichment Week saw the children undertaking a comprehensive First Aid course and achieving the status of Mini-Medic. The course, supported by NUCO Training, the UK’s leading independent instructor training company specialising in first aid, defibrillation and compliance training, includes educational, theoretical and practical teaching sessions. Head of Junior School, Mrs Glynda…

11th June 2019

This week, our Juniors are taking-part in educational enrichment workshops and activities – yesterday was ‘Dickens Day’, to mark the 149th anniversary of the great author’s death. During the week, the Junior students will build and develop the knowledge needed in the world of being an adult: finance, law and politics and historical and cultural…

7th June 2019

A visit from some fluffy friends has inspired Y4 classmates to put pen to paper. The eight to nine-year-old boys from Y4 were so thrilled to meet the chicks from eggs incubated at Gad’s last year, they put their persuasive writing skills to practice to convince their parents to let them keep chickens at home!…

5th June 2019

Our Y6 classmates are having an action-packed week away at Croft Farm Water Park, taking part in water and land team-building activities. By day two, the 10-11-year-olds had already risen to the challenges of climbing, archery, dancing and even kayaking on the river! The cohort played ‘it’ in pedalos on the lake and chilled by the…