Wind in the Willows 2The children have had great fun in co-writing and preparing for our end of term entertainment. We chose to focus on the comparison...
From this to thisOn our way back from the 'going out' organised to interview a Chinese herbologist, the girls bought a beautiful white rose for Rowan to...
The Power of DandelionsHaving reflected on the balance of work in her folder, one of the children wanted to do more work in botany and decided to study...
Wind in the Willows literallyA walk down to the Thames at the end of our 'back garden', on an extremely blustery and bracing afternoon to make sketches to inform the...
Henley River and Rowing MuseumWe've been working on a big project that will culminate in our end of Spring term entertainment. It's brought together work in art,...
Making everyday objects beautifulTo prepare for our museum visit where we have the opportunity to tour the current downstairs exhibit, we discussed the work of William...
The real reason evolution started..The 2nd Great Story in Montessori elementary is the Timeline of Life. This has prompted a great deal of sharing of fossil collections...
The weather is trying Spring on for sizeWe have been taking music lessons from Uschi, one of our wonderful volunteers. It was a stunning Spring like afternoon and we decided to...
The Coming of the UniverseThe Great Stories are the vital lynchpin of a Montessori Elementary setting - they provide the umbrella under which other learning can be...
STAMP, STAMP, STAMP!...... 'See Me In My Trainers' A few of the boys have become enamoured by Michael Rosen poetry and are not just learning, reciting and...