This week the students who take music and or LAMDA lessons got the chance to demonstrate their learning and skills in our Peri Assembly on Tuesday and Friday. It was great to see and hear a wide repertoire of live music and singing. All of the students were risk takers and demonstrated great confidence in their skills. It was great to see our younger students such as Emilio (Year 2) perform on the ukulele, and our older students such as Romilly (Y6) play the electric guitar and recite and perform a witty poem from memory.

Baking cookies at the Y3 Sleepover

Year 3 had their school sleepover last Friday. Everyone tells me that it was a great event for the students and that they were well-behaved throughout the evening and overnight. Special thanks to the Year 3 team who organised the event and well done to the Year 3 students – your next residential will be at Moat Mount for 2 nights!

Year 4, 5 and 6 were given the option of taking part in the Maths Junior Challenge recently. Over 3,700 schools took part. The challenge is designed to stretch participants and is based on an upper school level. I was very pleased to see so many students take part and be risk takers. Over 250,000 students took part nationally, including 25 Dwight Lower School students. Congratulations to them all and specifically to Kazuki, Kanta and Areg in Year 5 and 6, who got bronze and silver certificates putting them in the top 20% and 13% respectively.

Year 5 had a great day on Tuesday as they were joined by the actor, Adam Curtis and were given acting lessons featuring famous Shakespearean plays, particularly Macbeth. They enjoyed it and learnt the meanings of some of the Bard’s phrases. Next week the students will follow up with a DVD version of Shakespeare’s animated plays (PG) that I’m sure you will agree is a suitable way to develop their  knowledge and understanding of Shakespeare’s work.