by Minch Academy(2) | Sep 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
This year Minchinhampton Academy was invited to talk at the Education for Sustainability panel discussion at the WOMAD Festival. Our year 6 representatives were given some tough questions but rose to the challenge and not only showed how much they’d learnt but...
by emiles | Jul 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
Nursery have continued to spend a lot of time outside, exploring and investigating. The children have displayed a lot of interest in nature and their surroundings and there has been lots of lovely collaborative play. This week we have said a sad farewell to our...
by emiles | Jul 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
by emiles | Jul 22, 2022 | Uncategorized
We have had quite the animal adventure this week in Aqua Class! On one afternoon we were lucky enough to spot a hedgehog taking shelter in the shade right next to our classroom! We got it a bowl of water and watched it as it woke up and made it’s way along the edge of...
by emiles | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
Indigo Class have been busy bees this week! We have been learning all about honeybees in particular. In addition to learning about the jobs that bees do and the problems we would have if honeybees became extinct, the children have all drawn a careful anatomical...
by emiles | Jul 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
In groups, we made fighting vehicle robots to push each other off a sumo circle. We made them out of cardboard and paper. The expert, called John, gave us the electronics: a circuit, wires, a transmitter, a receiver and a remote control. I really liked it. It was...
