R O U N D
Friday 8 May, 2026 FAN COURT
Summer term house captains
We are delighted to announce our house captains for the summer term:
Esher - Bebe
Longcross - Julia
Norwood - Amelia
Radnor – Crystal
Well done to our summer term house captains and everyone in year 2 who prepared a presentation!
SCHOOL COUNCIL - SUMMER TERM
CelebrationASSEMBLIES
17 April 2026
We enjoyed our first summer term celebration assembly on Friday 17 April and would like to congratulate the following children who received star of the week.
⭐Chester, Arlo, Dougie, Blake, Inaya and Nadia⭐
Well done to our musicians Blake and Isla!
ESHER
24 April 2026
Bebe, our Esher house captain did a super job at leading the first house celebration assembly of the summer term. Her motto is “Follow the golden rules and dream big”
Thank you Bebe!
⭐Margot, Violet, Lily, Zoha, Isla and Elliot⭐
Well done to our musician Siena!
CelebrationASSEMBLIES
LONGCROSS
01 May 2026
Julia, our Longcross house captain did an amazing job at leading her first house celebration assembly of the summer term. Her motto is “Be kind, work hard, take care and we will make the best team.”
ll d d hank you Julia!
⭐Freddie, Kiera, Cressida, Ethan, Nan and Bebe⭐
Well done to our musician Thomas!
to our musicians Lana and Aoife!
NOWOOD
08 May 2026
Amelia, our Norwood house captain did a wonderful job at leading her first house celebration assembly of the summer term. Her motto is 'Be kind, work hard and shine bright!'
Thank you Amelia!
⭐Jack, Lilly, Georgie, Honor, Molly and Crystal⭐
Well done to our musicians Lottie and Penelope!
ClassASSEMBLIES
Hedgehogs Class Assembly – Friday 01 May
13 March 2026
Well done to Hedgehog Class for their wonderful class assembly about dinosaurs and Mary Anning. They learnt their lines, a poem and two songs which they performed with confidence. They are all super stars!
Leela, our Radnor house captain did an excellent job at leading the house celebration assembly on 13 March. Her motto is “be kind, work hard, take care and shine bright.”
Thank you Leela!
Well done to our musicians Blair and Emilia!
Badgers Class Assembly – Friday 08 May
A huge well done to Badger Class for their fantastic class assembly this morning, they retold the story of King Midas to support our Arts Week. The children performed brilliantly and showcased their hard work. We also enjoyed the dance!
LAMDA EXAMS
A huge congratulations to George, Oscar and Dina who have each achieved a distinction in their LAMDA exams.
We are incredibly proud of their accomplishment. They have shown great dedication, putting in many hours of practice, and their hard work has truly paid off, this is a wonderful achievement!
Thank you to Mrs Watson-Lobo for her support throughout their journey.
PARENT DROP-INS
Thank you to all the parents who attended one of our parent drop-in events this summer term.
We hope you enjoyed spending time in the classroom—looking at books and displays, taking part in an activity with your child, or visiting our wonderful outdoor area. It was lovely to see so many children with big smiles on their faces!
Year 1 – Tuesday 21 April
Year 2 – Wednesday 22 April
Reception – Tuesday 28 April
Nursery – Wednesday 29 April
NURSERY ANIMAL MAGIC WORKSHOP TRIPS & WORKSHOP
THURSDAY
Nursery had a fantastic opportunity to meet some very exciting an the ‘Animal Magic’ workshop.
They had a brilliant time meeting a bearded dragon called Sammy; macaw; two African hedgehogs named Sonic and Spikey Mike; th some guinea pigs (which we had the chance to feed crunch armadillo; Gregory the snake; and Phoebe the barn owl. They also unusual insects, including an African giant millipede, a Java fire-leg millipede, and an Australian stick insect.
The children were amazed to see all of these animals up close, and they took great care with each one holding and stroking them very gently.
It was wonderful to see the children listening with interest to new information about the animals and asking some excellent questions. It was brilliant to see the children (and the animals!) having such a lovely time… it really was magic!
RECEPTION PAINSHILL PARK VISIT
TRIPS & WORKSHOPS 29 APRIL
What a wonderful time Reception had visiting Painshill Park. They had been invited to try out the new ‘den area’ which our school has sponsored. Badger and Hedgehog classes enjoyed using the large den frames to build their own dens using logs and branches. After, they were challenged with decorating their creations and making an inside space with logs. They enjoyed skipping through the flower meadows as different mini beasts and had great fun hunting for real ‘beasties’ in the forest school area. Thank you for asking us, Painshill!
YEAR 1 CLAREMONT GARDENS TRIP
06 MAY
Starlings and Robins had a lovely time exploring Claremont Gardens and were excited to use our secret gate to gain access. Their brief was to hunt for sculptures around the grounds and use iPads to take digital photographs of what they found. The children used the different camera functions to create wonderful pictures of their discoveries. Please do come and take a look at their work in the Charity Art exhibition in a couple of weeks.
FAN COURT EVENTS
MINI LONDON MARATHON 2026 FOR SCHOOLS MONDAY 27 APRIL
13
February 2026
Run, run as fast as you can ... to celebrate the annual London Marathon the Junior school created their own ‘mini marathon’ around our very own green triangle. The children were challenged to see how many times they could travel around the triangle in a given time frame. We are hoping this will be an annual event! Thank you to Mrs Marijnen and Mr Ferguson who spoke to the children beforehand to share their London marathon experiences and show their well-deserved medals – inspiring!!
ARTS WEEK
5-8 MAY
An exciting and creative week was enjoyed by all the children in Fan Court. We started the week with an Arts assembly all about mythology and Greek art. Our focus painting, A Muse (Calliope) by Cosimo Tura has been such a wonderful stimulus for so much learning. Children have enjoyed a variety of activities such as creating mosaics, visiting Claremont Gardens, making Greek inspired cuisine, creating medusa head bands, Greek dancing and so much more! We are looking forward to our Charity Art exhibition on Friday 22 May to show all our families what we have been up to!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Friday 12 May
Friday 15 May
Makers Club Care Home Trip Reception The Look Out Discovery Centre Trip
Friday 15 - Saturday 16 May Year 2 School Sleepover
Saturday 16 May Good as new uniform sale 9 30 - 11 00am
Monday 18 May
Tuesday 19 May
Friday 22 May
Thursday 4 June
Tuesday 9 June
Wednesday 10 June
Thursday
Friday 12 June
Tuesday 16 June
Saturday 20 June Gala Day
Tuesday 23 June
Wednesday 1 July
Thursday 2 July