[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A mixed group of Year 4, 5 and 6 children recently had the opportunity to take part in Haringey’s Got Primary Dance Talent. The competition took place at Hornsey School for Girls, where a number of primary schools participated in this annual event. Coleridge performed...
Recently at Coleridge we held a curriculum evening focussing on now we teach reading at school, from Nursery to Year 2. There were talks explaining the variety of strategies we use to teach decoding skills, along with the methods we employ to support the children...
Here are some images from our Learning Together days which we held earlier this month. On learning together days, parents and carers are invited to come into class and join in with lessons. [gallery masterslider="false" autoplay="true" loop="false" ids="3981,4002,4001,4000,3999,3998,3997,3996,3995,3994,3993,3992,3991,3990,3989,3988,3987,3986,3985,3984,3983,3982"]...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Newspaper Club, a group of Year 5 and 6 children who produce our termly newspaper The Coleridge, were very excited to visit the headquarters of The Guardian this week. The children took part in an educational workshop which involved researching, writing, editing and formatting their...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As part of our learning about Tudor times and the plays of Shakespeare, Year 3 visited the Globe Theatre. As we have been learning about play scripts in English, our workshop and tour were all about Macbeth. The children learnt about the history of the building and...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last week RA visited The Discover Centre in Stratford. First we took part in an ‘Anansi the Spider’ storytelling workshop in a room full of colourful lights. We then explored the centre and enjoyed climbing, sliding, drawing, reading and playing with props. After that, we got...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On Tuesday morning, Year 2 arrived at school to find that their classrooms had travelled back in time to the Victorian era. Children came in and sat at their desks and were surprised to find their teachers were a little stricter than normal. The children...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Children from the School Council recently went to the WHY? Festival (What’s Happening for the Young) at the Southbank Centre in central London. The children have been learning about what rights they have as children, and how they are protected by the United Nations...
It doesn’t seem that long ago when, as a newly qualified teacher, the blackboard was the central feature of my classroom. There wasn’t a day when I didn’t come home from school with chalk on my clothes or in what was left of my hair....