Category: Kindergarten

15th April 2019

The next Kindergarten Open Morning is on Thursday 25th April from 9-11am – families are welcome and there’s no need to book. Open mornings are a great way to see the Nursery, Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 classes during a normal school day. Our Junior School pupils will give tours of on-site facilities including…

2nd April 2019

Classmates from Gad’s Hill ran an Easter craft fair to help raise money for the school’s Kindergarten and Junior School Council. The team of 5-11 year-olds ran arts and crafts mini workshops at the after-school event, where classmates and their families were able to buy and take home their creations. Year three teacher, Mrs Ravinder…

29th March 2019

Our youngest children invited their mums to a special assembly in the school theatre to celebrate Mothering Sunday – and share what the day means to them and children all over the world. Students from Gad’s Nursery and Kindergarten classes took to the stage to entertain their guests of honour with a mix of poems,…

25th March 2019

Year two classmates put on a mini musical show for proud parents – all before morning lessons! The six to seven-year-olds performed an upbeat piece that they have been working-on in their weekly music classes with Director of Music Mr John Stone. Mr Stone said: “Playing any instrument takes a lot of practice, and lots…

19th March 2019

Kindergarten children from Gad’s put on a show for parents to celebrate successfully completing the first part of a national gymnastics programme. The 5-6-year-old Year one classmates performed a series of floor exercises and routines as part of British Gymnastic’s Core Proficiency Gymnastics Award scheme. PE teacher Mrs Charlotte Jago, said: “The children were so…

6th March 2019

Our youngest students met the Science department’s stick insects – and some were brave enough to hold them. Gad’s Science Technician Mrs Knight talked to the three and four-year-olds about the tropical bug’s natural habitat of trees and bushes. The Nursery children were fascinated to find put that stick insects mimic sticks, branches or leaves…

28th February 2019

Our Year one class has been learning to tell the time this morning. Each of the five to six year-olds used a mini timepiece to show o’clock and half past times and took turns to answer questions about what the sides of the clock and hands represent. Class teacher and Head of Kindergarten, Miss Victoria…

8th November 2018

Our Kindergarten students take turns to help lay the dinner tables for the other children. Today, our ‘Catering Assistants’ were Poppy and Evie, who both agreed it’s fun to help others… before joining their friends and tucking into our homemade steak pie, followed by profiteroles!

31st October 2018

Our Nursery children are always busy playing, making and doing and today they took part in a special spooky craft workshop, to celebrate Halloween. The 3-4 year-olds created creey potions, sparkly playdough shapes and critter collages but the highlight was baking pumpkin ginger bread.  

16th October 2018

Gad’s Nursery, Kindergarten and Junior children came together to celebrate harvest time, with a concert and presentation of donated food to a local outreach charity. Students as young as three performed songs, poems and readings about what harvest means to them and to people all over the world. The older students presented a series of…