Month: September 2019

Tom Palmer Author Visit

30th September 2019

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…

Whacky Hair Day for Cancer Research

30th September 2019

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…

Elmbridge Retirement Village

20th September 2019

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…

Community Service Club Visit

13th September 2019

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…

‘Bear Hut’ opens at Longacre

10th September 2019

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…

APRIL OPEN MORNING

Experience life at Longacre as we open our doors on Saturday 20th April for a family Adventure Day.

Tackle the Climbing Wall, get creative with our LEGO STEM kits, discover Forest School, or head to Nursery and discover how we lay the foundations for learning at our Stay and Play session.

To RSVP, please visit our Open Day page here.

 

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