Gosh…the rain and hail on Monday!  It was so loud on the roof of the fire circle it was impossible to be heard – the children thought it was incredible though!  When was the last time you were under a tarp / tent in a downpour?

Lower School children have had their genuine (ish) cave painting experience this week…both ends of the tunnel have been blanked off with timber and blackout curtains making it pitch-black…the walls have been covered in paper and images of stone-age cave-art…spooky cave sounds have been playing on a Bluetooth speaker.

The brave children armed themselves with appropriately coloured paint, a horse-hair paint brush, some charcoal and a little piece of sponge…they then entered the cave by the light of a small, flickering candle, settled themselves and then added their stone-age artwork to the walls of the cave! 

There have been some incredible pieces produced and the children have told us how amazing they found the experience to be.  Some said they wanted it to be even scarier…so we’re thinking of getting Mr Hull dressed as a cave bear next time!

When not down the cave, the children also made representations of Stone Age memorials or learned about and made Stone Age barrows, into which they entombed real bones!

Upper School Children have started their sessions with a leaf ID challenge, before moving onto Greek pottery, Rota board manufacture and the sewing of the clothing for their Odyssey puppets. 

After a busy week of SATs assessments, our year 6 children have spent the day at Drum Hill at the Amber Valley School Sports Partnership's wellbeing day. Here the children met with other year 6 children from the local area and experienced some fantatsic activities to celebrate all their hard work. They all represented the school brilliantly and had a fantastic- but tiring- day. 

Well done to the boys and girls who received recognition in today's Achievement Assembly for their hard work, achievements and positivity throughout the week.

This week, year 6 children from all over the country have been working hard to complete their Statutory Attainment Tests (SATs) which are designed to assess everything that they have learned over their time in Key Stage 2 in reading, grammar and punctuation, spelling and mathematics. 

The children at KJS have really taken these assessments in their stride and given it their all to show off all of the learning and hard work that they have put into their time with us. We are all really proud of how focussed and mature the children have been throughout this week. We think that you have all been brilliant!

Well done, year 6!

The boys and girls have been fascinated by the new additions to the Kilburn Junior School Team, a brood of newly-hatched blue tits in our nest box. 

Both parents have been busy feeding their 6 youngsters and they are progressing well.

Look out for further updates as the young family grow.