News & Events
Form I Trip to Brooklands Museum
The Form I children visited Brooklands Museum this term as part of their ‘Wings & Wheels’ topic. They were fascinated to see the displays of old vehicles, from ‘Daisy’ the first car to ride round the Brooklands track, to Formula 1 racing cars. They saw every type of bike from penny-farthings to speed racing bikes…
Reception Trip to South Downs Planetarium
In February the Reception children blasted off on their rocket (coach) to the South Downs Planetarium. The children were all star-struck when entering the big dome and they sat beautifully to watch the night sky appear above their heads. They learned about star constellations, the solar system, the International Space Station and the Moon and…
Churcher’s College Rugby Sevens Tournament
In February Longacre took part in the Churcher’s College Rugby Sevens tournament. Little did we know when we stepped off the bus just how dramatic an afternoon it was about to be. Longacre were placed in Group A. This included Churcher’s A, The Royal School, Oakwood, Prince’s Mead and PGS B. The Under 11 A’s…
Charity Day for Mane Chance Sanctuary
For our Hastings Charity Day in February the children came to school dressed as cowboys, cowgirls, jockeys, horses, donkeys and even a llama (!) to raise money for our chosen charity, The Mane Chance Sanctuary. After an assembly about the charity’s work, the children all took part in a hobby horse derby in the Palmer…
Author Sophy Henn visits Longacre
Author and illustrator Sophy Henn visited us on Tuesday and did a series of excellent presentations to the children up to Form IV. Nursery joined in with her when reading her ‘Ted’ stories, whilst Kindergarten & Reception were treated to her wonderful ‘Where Bear’ & ‘Super Duper You’ books. Both groups were then shown how…
Longacre Pupil Wins English Heritage Short Story Competition
Huge congratulations to Rupert B in Year 5 who has been chosen as the overall winner of the English Heritage ‘Tell Us A Story’ short story writing competition. Rupert has won some amazing prizes including a three night stay in an English Heritage cottage for his family, an annual family membership, an illustration of his short…
National Schools Indoor Series
The ski-season has started! On Monday, Longacre took part in the first ski race of the National Schools Indoor Series at Hemel Hempstead. Will P, Dexter R, Joe S and Thomas S represented Longacre along with 210 other children from junior schools from around the country. The race is run over two legs using the…
Tom Palmer Author Visit
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
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
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…
