Clarendon ran a Christmas Spelling Bee in every year group. Each class had a winner who then competed in the final with the winners from the other class in their year group. 

"The Spelling Bee was quite hard, but it was amazing watching others spell out words that they had practised."
"It was a great experience. I had so much fun doing it - I loved it!"

Congratulations to everyone who took part!

Year 4 Science Dome

We were lucky to be joined by Team GB athletes Tommy Ramdhan and James Arnott, who came in to discuss their careers so far and how they got to their positions. Tommy won gold as part of the British 4 x 100 metres team at the 2022 European Athletics Championships. James was born with Erb’s palsy, a condition that causes restricted movement in his left shoulder, and won silver at the Commonwealth Games in 2018. 

Back to the Stone Age!

All the classes have started their books by different authors and are enjoying them. It will be interesting to find out how the stories develop and what happens to the main characters.

As part of Take One World, Year 6 went to the New Forest Wildlife Park. When there, we looked at lots of different animals that had been helped by it. Many animals had been rescued and are now thriving here including otters, wolves, foxes, deer, wild boar and badgers. The children loved the wallabies bouncing past them and seeing the bison cantering up the field was a sight to be seen.  As well as looking at the conservation aspect of the park, the children also produced their own sketch maps relating to various animal enclosures. It was a fantastic day and it was lovely to see the animals looking so well; as well as, the interest shown by all the children for the importance of conservation.