Good morning, everyone! Today, Mr Walker celebrates the life of Charles Darwin who was born 212 years ago last week. He is probably the most famous botanist who has ever lived, and his book 'On the origin of Species' set out the theory of Evolution and the idea of Natural Selection.

He also happens to be a very distinguished and famous old boy of Shrewsbury School...... just like Mr Walker!

Good morning, everyone! Today, Mr Walker celebrates the life of Charles Darwin who was born 212 years ago last week. He is probably the most famous botanist who has ever lived, and his book 'On the origin of Species' set out the theory of Evolution and the idea of Natural Selection.

He also happens to be a very distinguished and famous old boy of Shrewsbury School...... just like Mr Walker!

Good morning. Today, Mr Pike talks to use about the importance of remaining positive, of looking after each other and knowing that when we do return to school, we shall have learned new skills and will be able to face the future with confidence. Have a lovely day!

Good morning. Today, Mr Pike talks to use about the importance of remaining positive, of looking after each other and knowing that when we do return to school, we shall have learned new skills and will be able to face the future with confidence. Have a lovely day!

This week in P3 we are back in class learning about boats.  As part of our learning we are finding out what sinks and floats!

Read more here.

This week in P3 we are back in class learning about boats.  As part of our learning we are finding out what sinks and floats!

Read more here.

Spring has sprung! The sun is out, the snowdrops are beginning to poke through the ground and we start to have new hope for what lies ahead over the coming months.

Place your fabulous Spring photos in the Challenge Team on MS Teams!

Spring has sprung! The sun is out, the snowdrops are beginning to poke through the ground and we start to have new hope for what lies ahead over the coming months.

Place your fabulous Spring photos in the Challenge Team on MS Teams!

Nursery has been full of smiles and excitement today. The children have been having so much fun reconnecting with staff and friends and settling back in. The sun is shining and it’s great to be back!

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Nursery has been full of smiles and excitement today. The children have been having so much fun reconnecting with staff and friends and settling back in. The sun is shining and it’s great to be back!

Read more here.

Good morning, everyone! Today, the Headmaster talks about two amazing feats that took place over the weekend. Firstly, there was Jasmine Harrison, aged just 21, who became the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile journey from Spain to Antigua in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes -- a new world record for the youngest female to row solo across any ocean. An amazing achievement indeed.The second was the landing on Mars by Perseverance, after a seven month journey from Earth, and is now exploring the surface of Mars, looking for evidence of life. The pictures it has sent back are amazing.Good luck to Form 8 who start their mock Common Entrance exams and we hope the Pre Prep enjoy being back at school at last!

Watch it here.

Good morning, everyone! Today, the Headmaster talks about two amazing feats that took place over the weekend. Firstly, there was Jasmine Harrison, aged just 21, who became the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean after completing a 3,000-mile journey from Spain to Antigua in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes -- a new world record for the youngest female to row solo across any ocean. An amazing achievement indeed.The second was the landing on Mars by Perseverance, after a seven month journey from Earth, and is now exploring the surface of Mars, looking for evidence of life. The pictures it has sent back are amazing.Good luck to Form 8 who start their mock Common Entrance exams and we hope the Pre Prep enjoy being back at school at last!

Watch it here.

Rory and his friend Hamish from The Grange CC have started their own cricket podcast 'Cow Corner Cricket'. Listen to it here - well worth a listen!

www.youtu.be/h3rAGRn0MZQ

Rory and his friend Hamish from The Grange CC have started their own cricket podcast 'Cow Corner Cricket'. Listen to it here - well worth a listen!

www.youtu.be/h3rAGRn0MZQ

]In P2 this week we learnt the words used to describe weight and the units used when weighing. We were surprised to see that 100g of pasta looked very different to 100g of hama beads! We learnt how to use weighing scales to measure ingredients and baked our own banana muffins. We even had the extra challenge of doubling the ingredients for our chocolate chip cookies. We had to be careful to get it right otherwise our cookies wouldn’t be very chewy! Continuing with our culinary theme, we used jaffa cakes (even oreo biscuits!) to learn the names for the different phases of the moon. This proved to be immense but sticky fun! Most interesting was, of course, the new moon which involved no jaffa cake at all. I guess we better eat that one then!

We cannot wait to return to school on Monday; everyone is very excited, children and teachers alike!

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]In P2 this week we learnt the words used to describe weight and the units used when weighing. We were surprised to see that 100g of pasta looked very different to 100g of hama beads! We learnt how to use weighing scales to measure ingredients and baked our own banana muffins. We even had the extra challenge of doubling the ingredients for our chocolate chip cookies. We had to be careful to get it right otherwise our cookies wouldn’t be very chewy! Continuing with our culinary theme, we used jaffa cakes (even oreo biscuits!) to learn the names for the different phases of the moon. This proved to be immense but sticky fun! Most interesting was, of course, the new moon which involved no jaffa cake at all. I guess we better eat that one then!

We cannot wait to return to school on Monday; everyone is very excited, children and teachers alike!

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Write a 50 word story, one the topic of 'Exercising'. Prizes to be won, and adults can enter too.

Each month we’ll provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you. The competition includes four categories: adult writers, all-age Gaelic writers, young writers 5-11 and young writers 12-18. The entries will be judged by a panel and the four winning stories will be published on our website roughly two weeks after the closing date. A prize will be awarded to a writer in each category. These prizes will be different from usual due to current distruption to office and postal services, but we're very happy to offer the below.

Start date: 27 January 2021, 09:00

Closing date: 23 February 2021, 23:55

Click here to enter.

https://www.scottishbooktrust....

Picture prompt.

Write a 50 word story, one the topic of 'Exercising'. Prizes to be won, and adults can enter too.

Each month we’ll provide a prompt to get you started, but where the story goes from there is entirely up to you. The competition includes four categories: adult writers, all-age Gaelic writers, young writers 5-11 and young writers 12-18. The entries will be judged by a panel and the four winning stories will be published on our website roughly two weeks after the closing date. A prize will be awarded to a writer in each category. These prizes will be different from usual due to current distruption to office and postal services, but we're very happy to offer the below.

Start date: 27 January 2021, 09:00

Closing date: 23 February 2021, 23:55

Click here to enter.

https://www.scottishbooktrust....

Picture prompt.

It was lovely to see so much fun had at home on Shrove Tuesday. So many wonderful Pancake stories; hope they tasted as good as they looked!

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It was lovely to see so much fun had at home on Shrove Tuesday. So many wonderful Pancake stories; hope they tasted as good as they looked!

Read more here.