Hockey Awards
Jess (Year 4) has received an accolade from her club (Canterbury HC) at the annual awards where she was presented with the Player of the Year award and a trophy. She is pictured here with her sister, Megan (Year 6), as they both also got medals on the same day for winning a club tournament (Polo…
Printing workshop with Artist James Paxton
James Paxton has kindly taken the time this term to run a relief printing workshop with 12 lucky Year 6 students. James is a parent at the school and is a practising artist. He used to work as a secondary Art teacher and he studied print making at university.
James ran the project over two…
Football Match v Chartham Girls
"On Thursday, the Bridge Girls football team played an away match against Chartham. It was a tough match to watch and play, because their defenders were strong and tried their hardest not to let any goals in. Although it was cold and muddy, we managed to score a goal followed by another in the…
Football Team - Girls
The girls’ football team had another away match on Tuesday and played against Wincheap Primary School. Mrs Corall and I were jumping up and down excitedly on the sidelines along with some parents and children who had kindly come to watch the game. The girls had a steady start and had a few shots…
Dodgeball Tournament - Year 6
A short time ago, 14 children from Year 6 took part in a District Dodgeball tournament. They all had a great time and cheered each other on as much as they could. Here are some quotes from the children:
"Some Year 6 children went to a Dodgeball tournament; it was so much fun and we all enjoyed…
DT - Chairs
Year 6 have finished making their chairs! They look amazing and hopefully their target customers will find them appeal too.
Throughout the term, pupils have been exploring materials, techniques and structures; they have made initial designs inspired by influential designers; made prototypes…
Prototype chairs - Year 6
Our focus on Design Technology continues this term and the Year 6 chair project progresses well. This week, the pupils have been making prototypes of their chairs from paper straws, paper and masking tape. These models give the children an opportunity to test their designs, structures, and…
Chair Design - Strong shapes and WW2
Our focus this term is Design Technology. Our DT projects consist of four steps – explore, design, make and evaluate.
Year 6 are designing chairs (Action man sized) for John Lewis this term. To begin, the pupils explored strong shapes within structures. We looked at the work of architects and…
Y6 Tag Rugby Competition
On Tuesday 12th October, Y6 took part in a Tag Rugby competition at the Canterbury Rugby Club. This is a popular competition and was attended by 17 teams from the Canterbury District so our children certainly had a very active day! Our 3 teams played extremely well and improved each time they…
Green Flag Award
At the end of Term 6, our school was awarded the Green Flag. Our current Year 6 children worked extremely hard last year to encourage everyone to look after our world and our school. The children carried out weekly litter picks, emptied and checked recycling bins to ensure we were recycling the…
Year 6 colour pastels drawings
Year 6 have been practising their observational drawing skills and working from cultural objects from around the world. The objects included masks from Africa and Indonesia as well as puppets from South-East Asian countries. Within our gallery below you will see Year 6 pupils' large (A2)…
Folkestone Triennial Trip
The Folkestone Art Triennial is a project run by Creative Folkestone and is the largest exhibition of newly commissioned work presented in the UK. Artists are invited to use the town as their gallery, utilising public spaces to create art that reflects issues affecting both the town and the wider…