This year John Hampden had a very different Artsweek experience due to the pandemic and keeping our school Covid safe. We still had Artsweek but at a later date and without our usual army of helpers. Artsweek this year was in class, each class timetabling their own week of artisitic activities ranging from silk painting
Reception
Place of the Pyramids: Ancient Egypt
This term our topic has been ‘Place of the Pyramids: Ancient Egypt’. The children started the term with a flight to Egypt, getting their passports stamped! We then found out more about Ancient Egypt; we learnt about the food Egyptians used to eat, about the pyramids, about some of the Ancient Egyptian Gods and in
Ancient Egypt
In Reception this term we are learning all about Ancient Egypt. We started our topic last week with a flight to Egypt. The children all created their own passports in the morning session and then used them to board the Egypt Air flight to Cairo, Egypt. They had announcements from the pilot throughout the flight
Tree of Reflection
Our beautiful ‘Tree of Reflection’ is in progress! Every child has created a pebble – based on their own personal reflection of ‘Lockdown’. Staff and friends of John Hampden have created knitting and crochet to add even more colour. We would love to add some more pebbles, knitting and crochet pieces to our tree over
Receptions Tree of Reflection Pebbles
The children designed their own pebble for the whole school tree of Reflection. They then used acrylic paints to turn their drawn designs into a beautifully decorated pebble. Here are a few to see …
Comic Relief and World Down Syndrome Day
In Reception, Friday 19th March was a busy day! We joined the rest of the school and wore red clothes and donated to the Comic Relief charity and also had our odd socks on to mark World Down Syndrome Awareness Day on 21st March. We learnt about both events and took home a poster to