On Wednesday the children in Forms III-VI enjoyed a visit from the author Tom Palmer. Tom answered some very sensible questions about his books, which centre around his own interests; football, rugby and history. He spoke about how long it takes him to write his books and where he gains his inspiration. His book ‘Armistice…
What a fantastic, whacky, colourful day we had on Thursday for Waterloo’s Charity Day raising money for Cancer Research UK. The children came into school fashioning the whackiest hairstyles going. We had coca cola bottles in hair, mermaids, butterflies, all the hair dye you can imagine and a crazy amount of glitter! After lunch we were treated…
On Monday the children from Form IIL spent the afternoon at Elmbridge Retirement Village in Cranleigh. The children (and teachers) thoroughly enjoyed their first visit to Elmbridge. They had a carousel of different activities to complete with the residents, focusing on our ‘Kings and Queens’ topic. They made crowns, wrote about what they would do…
This week saw the first session of the new Community Service Club which is linked to leadership development at Longacre. Following a link provided by one of our governors to a club for the elderly that meets each Wednesday at Blunden Court in Bramley, some of our Year 6 pupils headed off with Mrs Hall-Palmer to do…
Longacre has opened a new wellbeing space for pupils and staff as part of the school’s focus on mindfulness and mental health. The ‘Bear Hut’, so called after the bear that features in the school’s logo, opened at the start of the term and is already proving popular with Longacre pupils. Funded by the Longacre…