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Marcus in Year 6 has been selected as one of only 139 young artists to have artwork exhibited in the 2019 Young Artists’ Summer Show at the Royal Academy of Arts. Marcus’ work ‘Wandsworth Roofscape” was chosen from over 6200 artworks submitted for consideration f0r the show. The Young Artists’... Summer Show will recognise artworks made by talented young artists from ages 7-19 years. The selected artworks will be exhibited at the Royal Academy or online with special prizes also awarded.

To celebrate the end of the academic year, Year 1 enjoyed a day out together visiting Hobbledown Farm. The pupils had the opportunity to take part in a story time session. They also enjoyed seeing and handling small animals, and learning more about them during a workshop. At the end of the visit the pupils got the chance to play on the large adventure playground together.

On the first day back after half-term, the Lower Years children enjoyed making giant bubbles during an assembly organised by Jonah and Helen, our science technicians. Everyone had a go at shaping different sized-bubbles using various wands: it was mesmerizing to see all these colourful bubbles floating... around. Jonah explained the science behind bubble making and the different solutions he had made to see which one would work best. He shared the magic receipe with the children so they can experiment at home!

Hampton Court House hosted a family picnic on Sunday 9th June in the school grounds. The Friends of HCH organised free ice-cream and face painting as well as some incredible rowing and Olympic Lifting demonstrations from the team at Molesey Boat Club. Families and the local community were able to view... the whole-school art exhibition which was installed in the art rooms at the front of the school. The Year 6 entrepreneurs sold various produce and snacks as a culmination of their Stride Enterprise project this term.

Children in the Lower Years had a fantastic opportunity to learn about musical instruments originating from the far corners of the globe. Starting with Africa, travelling through India, China, Japan and Australia, the pupils explored a vaiety of new, exotic sounds by playing the instruments, dancing and taking part in games. It was an unforgettable day of music making at HCH.

On Wednesday 15th May, Year 4 enjoyed a trip on the train and underground to South Kensington to visit the Natural History Museum. The group attended two workshops in the morning, the first was an interactive show about volcanoes and earthquakes while the second sesion gave the pupils the opportunity... to become a scientist for an hour. The students were able to touch, measure, draw, smell and study a collection of different species with a range of specialist equipment. After a picnic on the grass at the front of the museum in the beautiful sunshine, the pupils went back to visit the life floors and look at the various exhibits about volcanoes and earthquakes.

Children from Pre-Nursery to Year 4 took part in the sponsored run on Wednesday 22nd May to raise money for the first school in France to be set up within a refugee shelter, in Ivry-sue-Seine. This camp has welcomed families since 2015 and the school helps the children to learn French and adapt to French... culture. The children generally stay between two weeks and two months in this school before finding a more permanent place to stay and integrating into a public school. Unfortunately, the children’s shoes are usually in very poor condition when they arrive at the refugee shelter, having travelled far from Africa or the Middle East to escape war and famine.