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The Stephen Perse Foundation, a family of leading independent co-educational schools in Cambridge and Saffron Walden, has been recognised in the Sunday Times annual Parent Power awards as the East Anglia Independent Secondary School of the Decade, to be published in full on Sunday, 29th November.
Children in Year 5 and 6 across the foundation recently enjoyed a hugely informative 'Google Meet' session with two of the world's most renowned Bionic people. Rob Spence - 'The EyeBorg' - joined us from his home in Toronto whilst Prof. Dr Bertold Meyer joined the meeting from his University in Chemnitz, Germany and told us of his life with his bionic arm.
This week Dame Bradbury's has been more lively than in recent weeks with the return of years 1 and 6 to school where they have adapted fantastically to the social distancing measures put in place. See below what all our year groups has been learning whether on-site or remotely.
It's the end of the first week of remote teaching - and what a productive week it has been! We are extremely proud of how both our pupils and staff have adapted to their new ways of working. Here are just a handful of the activities that have been happening over the last couple of days.
Since Monday normal school life at Stephen Perse has changed. Pupils across our schools have sat down at their dining room tables instead of school desks and teachers have grabbed their morning coffee from the quiet of their own kitchens instead of a busy staff room.
Dame Bradbury's welcomed our friends for an eventful Collaboration Day themed around our current topic, ‘Amazing Authors’.
Recently our Year 2 class had the challenge of making a balloon move along a piece of nylon thread.
On Friday 28 February, Year 4 visited the Museum of Computing in Cambridge.
Reception class really enjoyed their trip to Saffron Walden library.
In a Garden in China,” is a colourful story based upon the Chinese tale of The Willow Pattern Plate. This powerful play was brought to life by Year 5 students on the 11th February. The story follows the protagonist Koong-Se, daughter of the corrupt Mandarin, and her pursuit of true love and happiness, in opposition to her father’s aspiration for status and wealth.
Last term we had a special mission to help an explorer find the missing characters from her story.
Children at Dame Bradbury's were treated to a wonderfully entertaining talk by local author Anne Marie Howell whose latest novel, The House of One Hundred Clocks, has been published recently.
Pupils at Dame Bradbury’s linked their learning habits of collaboration and creativity to create posters about staying safe online during their House assembly on 19 February.
On the afternoon of 14 February, the Senior School Hall was a hive of activity as Years 1 & 2 presented their production of “The Bee Musical”. There was a real buzz of excitement as the lights dimmed and the production got under way. The audience were treated to an un-bee-lievable performance with colourful costumes and fantastically confident singing, acting and dancing. Well done to everyone that was involved!
Rosedale House and Dame Bradbury's enjoyed a choral masterclass from internationally renowned choirmaster, Dominic Ellis Peckham.
Year 3 visited two museums to broaden our knowledge of Ancient Greek life and mythology.
With a focus on healthy lungs, Dame Bradbury set to on a mission to raise awareness of rare lung diseases to support The Ruth Strauss Foundation.
Another very successful language taster day was held at Dame Bradbury’s, with children in Year 6 getting the chance to sample both German and Mandarin language lessons to supplement their already regular French and Spanish lessons at school.
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