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Our winner was from Brazil with 14 points! - [Keeping It Cool: Investigating Insulators](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/06/23/keeping-it-cool-investigating-insulators/) - In year 5 and 6 science we have been looking at the properties of materials and ways in which we can change them. As we discussed the differences between dissolving and melting we asked the question, 'which materials are the best insulators?'. Each group decided on their own method for testing a range of materials - [How Far Can You Hear?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/06/26/how-far-can-you-hear/) - In years 3 and 4 we have been studying sound. We asked the question, 'Does distance affect the volume of the sound?' and took to the playground on the hottest day of the year! Needless to say, we were not out there for long, but had a great opportunity to use sound meters to record - [Mudlarking!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/20/mudlarking/) - Our pupils had an exciting hands-on history lesson exploring the banks of the Thames through mudlarking. After learning about the rich history hidden beneath the river's shoreline, they searched for clues from the past, finding fragments and artefacts that tell the story of London through the centuries. A memorable day of discovery by the Thames! - [Monday Film Club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/12/monday-film-club/) - Silence on Set, Camera, Action! Monday Film Club have been learning to develop a scene. - [Chicks came to visit!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/06/chicks-came-to-visit/) - Sapphire class enjoyed a visit from two three-week old chicks called Nugget and Chickpea. We loved stroking their soft feathers and asking questions about them. - [Film club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/12/film-club/) - Written by Holly and Ethaan This term we are learning about... different shots in filming and being able to take initiative and be able to act and film different scenes each week and having an amazing product at the end of each week. We had a professional come in and teach us.Week 1: We were - [LCS Art Exhibition 2026](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/15/lcs-art-exhibition-2026/) - This week students have been enjoying showing their families their artwork at our annual exhibition. Each student chooses their favourite piece which are displayed amongst sketchbooks, sculptures, Design Technology projects and pieces from Year 1 and 2 art club. - [Year 2 self-portraits](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/08/year-2-self-portraits/) - Year 2 have been studying the portraits of artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo who painted faces made out of fruit and vegetables. This week we made self-portraits by assembling pictures of fruit and vegetables. We think they are just peachy! 😉 - [Year 1 self-portraits](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/09/year-1-self-portraits/) - In Year 1 we have been studying the artist, Guiseppe Arcimboldo. This week we made self-portraits using fruit and vegetable pictures. We think you will be 'pea-lighted' with our work 😉 - [Arcimboldo inspired portraits](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/05/08/arcimboldo-inspired-portraits/) - In Year 1 and 2 we are studying the artist, Guiseppe Arcimboldo. He used fruits and vegetables to create portraits. We decided to use real produce to create our own! Hopefully you will find them very 'ap-peel-ing' 😉 - [Watch this space...](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/04/28/watch-this-space/) - How exciting to see our successful Neighbourhood Grant application for the replanting of Tabard Street's flower bed in operation. Watch this space as gorgeous new plants begin to appear and perhaps learn some of the names of the plants with your children. If they are in the gardening club, they may know some of the - [Mini London Marathon 2026](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/04/27/mini-london-marathon-2026/) - Well done to all our LCS runners (and parents!) who took part in the Mini London Marathon on Saturday 25 April. A fantastic team effort and a great time was had by all! The whole school loved celebrating you and seeing your medals in assembly. - [International Day 2026](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/20/international-day-2026/) - It was wonderful to see the children dressed in a variety of colours, flags and national dress representing the many countries in our school for International Day. Many classes enjoyed visits from parents during the day speaking about their country of origin and enjoyed food from around the world. During the morning, Sapphire, Jasper and - [French Trip 2026 (part 1)](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/14/french-trip-2026-part-1/) - Day 1 On Monday the 9th March 2026, we arrived at school at 5am. Everybody handed in their passport and their G-HIC card. Then you would give your luggage to the coach driver, who would put your luggage in the hold of the coach. At 6am we got on the coach for around 1-2 hours - [French Trip (part 2)](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/15/french-trip-part-2/) - Day 3 On the third day of the French residential trip, Year Five and six headed to breakfast. We had lots of pastries including croissants and pain au chocolates, hot chocolate and orange juice. Obviously there was bread and jam with butter. A few people also had cereal. After breakfast we made our baguettes for - [LCS Film making Workshop](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/05/3462/) - On 5 March, Years 3 to 6 attended workshops about filmmaking and TV presenting. They had the opportunity to use professional cameras and audio equipment to make a short promotional film about LCS. It gave the children a flavour of what it might be like to work in the film and TV industry and made - [10 Sentence Story Challenge!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/20/10-sentence-story-challenge/) - Some of the excellent writers in Year 5 and 6 have been doing a 10 Sentence Story Challenge. Using a series of prompts, they wrote a short story in just 10 sentences. They then edited it and some took the opportunity to double it. The next step was to write some reading comprehension questions on - [Borough Then and Now](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/23/borough-then-and-now/) - As historians, we have been using photos to compare how Borough used to look to how it is now. To do this, we stood in the exact spot where the old photo was taken and took a picture of what is there today. Sometimes it was easy to tell where the old photo was taken, - [LCS Book Fair 2026](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/25/lcs-book-fair-2026/) - LCS was delighted to host our annual Book Fair just before Easter! An amazing selection of books were available to buy. Children enjoyed discovering new authors as well as well-known classics. A variety of beautifully illustrated picture books and intriguing novels flew off the shelves! Enjoy reading over the holidays! - [Gardening Club Gifting](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/17/gardening-club-gifting/) - Last week, Gardening Club enjoyed preparing a floral gift for Mother's Day, planting violas in jars. It was good to see children getting stuck in and not afraid to get their hands dirty. I'm sure the gifts were well received. - [Camera Obscuras](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/16/camera-obscuras/) - Year 3 and 4 have been learning about the history of photography. We started off by exploring the earliest attempts to project an image by building some camera obscuras. In the end we managed to get them to work at the park. Check out the images we managed to see through them. - [Year 1 and 2 Art Club ](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/11/year-1-and-2-art-club/) - In Art club, Year 1 and 2 made springtime artwork. We first made the spring flower background with watercolour paints and oil pastels. Next we used black markers to draw patterns on a chosen animal. We loved the finished product and want to display them at home! - [World Book Day 2026](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/10/world-book-day-2026/) - LCS celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as a whole host of characters from some of our favourite books. Our teachers dressed up too! We turned our classroom doors into giant books–have you read any of these? Can you guess the names of the characters in the photos? - [Author Helen Peters Visits LCS](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/03/03/author-helen-peters-visits-lcs/) - LCS was delighted to have author Helen Peters visit school during World Book Day week! Pupils enjoyed discovering more about the inspiration and research behind her books as well as learning about the process of getting ideas transformed into a published book! Students asked fantastic questions and loved meeting her to get their books signed! - [Pancake Perfection](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/26/pancake-perfection/) - Cooking club learnt to make pancakes just before we broke up for half term. They did a fantastic job at making the batter and taking total control at the cooking stage too. It was wonderful to then see some of them making pancakes for Shrove Tuesday over half term for their families, putting their new - [Reading together!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/26/3431/) - Year 5 read the Traditional Tales that they had carefully planned, written and published last half term in Literacy to Year 2 students this morning. The younger children were really inspired by the complete stories, full of description and interest. - [Thor Pendants!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/11/thor-pendants/) - We’ve been getting creative whilst learning about the Vikings in Years 1 & 2. One of the Viking gods was called Thor and he had a magical hammer. People used to wear a Thor's hammer pendant, so we made some of our own. It was also interesting to find out that more and more people - [Year 5 and 6: Maths Quiz](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/05/year-5-and-6-maths-quiz/) - On Wednesday 4th February, twelve children from Years 5 and 6 took part in a nationwide Mathematics Quiz. LCS had 3 teams competing against 94 other teams from schools all over the country, such as Ibstock Place, Highgate, Gresham’s, and Birkenhead. It was a nerve-wracking morning during which the children were faced with 30 challenging - [Wonderful Weavers!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/24/wonderful-weavers/) - In project afternoon Year 1 and 2 are learning all about weaving. We went to the park to try some large scale weaving on a fence. One team created an underwater scene and another team created an autumnal forest. Can you spot which is which? - [Reading Partners](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/15/reading-partners/) - Reading Partners is such an enjoyable part of the week. Years 1 & 6 and Years 2 & 5 love to spend time together enjoying their books! - [Salvador Dali-The Elephants](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/15/salvador-dali-the-elephants/) - In Year 2 we made our own Dali inspired elephant paintings. We used watercolours for the sunset background then created our elephants. They had to have long, spindly, out of proportion legs like Dali's. We had fun posing for our photo and designing our own howdahs. We hope you enjoy them! - [Peter Thorpe Space Paintings](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/13/peter-thorpe-space-paintings/) - In Year 5 this half term, we have been studying the artist, Peter Thorpe. Most of his paintings are space related and he loves to paint rockets. We used his paintings as inspiration and then designed and created our own. Peter Thorpe's style was that the background is abstract whereas the foreground is more realistic. - [Year 3 Klimt inspired paintings](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/13/year-3-klimt-inspired-paintings/) - In Year 3 this half term we have been studying the work of Gustav Klimt. We studied two of his paintings, 'Adele Bloch-Bauer' and 'The Kiss', looking at the colours, patterns and style Klimt used. We then made our own version with a celebrity of our choice and used inspiration from both paintings. - [Digital Leaders](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/11/digital-leaders/) - On Tuesday 10th February, as part of Internet Safety Week, the Digital Leaders led our assembly. During the presentation, they outlined five key areas that children should be aware of when using the internet: false products, unreal prizes, game money, fake news, and illegal content. The children were reminded of the importance of checking information - [3D Shapes](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/06/3d-shapes/) - In Year 6, we have been learning about nets and 3D shapes. The children began by building simpler shapes such as cubes and tetrahedrons, and then challenged themselves to build more complex shapes, such as icosahedrons and even a rhombicosidodecahedron (a shape with 62 faces!) They had to be very careful whilst cutting out to - [Year 1 Salvador Dali inspired elephants](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/05/year-1-salvador-dali-inspired-elephants/) - In Art this half term we have been learning about Salvador Dali's surrealist art style. We looked at a painting called 'The Elephants' and made our own versions. We used watercolours, oil pastels and developed skills in drawing, cutting and painting. - [Y 3 Maths Explorers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/04/y-3-maths-explorers/) - Year 3 have been using lots of different resources in maths recently, including edible ones! We have enjoyed exploring measurement and fractions in physical ways. - [](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/04/3281/) - On Monday Year 1 and 2 explored and demonstrated our different musical talents. We have been inspired by our book Yeti and the Bird by Nadia Shireen to write a song that Yeti might sing to his friends in the forest. - [Viking Games!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/04/viking-games/) - In history we’ve been comparing our homes to Viking homes and thinking about what Vikings did with their families. It turns out that they liked to play board games too! This one is a bit like chess in that it required a lot of strategy and was great fun. - [Royal Society Readers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/03/royal-society-readers/) - The eco-council is getting off to a great start, reading 6 books that they are judging for The Royal Society's Young People's Book Prize. The aim of the prize is to promote the best science writers for this audience and encourage young people to read science books. So far, the judges have been wowed by - [Year 1/2 Art Club for Children's Mental Health week ](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/03/year-1-2-art-club-for-childrens-mental-health-week/) - This year the theme is "This is your place" and we thought about the idea of belonging. We belong to many things like our school, our class, our families, clubs, and things we love doing. Year 1/2 Art Club explored this by creating their own maps of special places and people where they feel they - [Children's Mental Health week in Onyx class](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/02/02/childrens-mental-health-week-in-onyx-class/) - In Onyx class, in PSHE, we thought about the theme of 'belonging' and how we belong to Onyx class. Each child designed their own puzzle piece and then we made the jigsaw together. At the end of PSHE we discussed how important exercise and having fun is for our mental health, so we finished our - [Brick Club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/28/brick-club/) - Some children from Year 1 are in Brick Club. They have been designing their own constructions. They have then given instructions to their team to see if their friends can build it just from their verbal instructions. It was very satisfying to find that our buildings did match the design exactly thanks to our great - [Researching the Universe!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/22/researching-the-universe/) - Year 5 and 6 have been using the enquiry skill of research this week. They have been finding out about famous solar scientists throughout history who have contributed to our understanding of the universe today, from Alhazen to Caroline Herschel to Edwin Hubble. Next week they are presenting their research to the class, a skill - [Wonderlab](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/22/wonderlab/) - Year 3 and 4 took a trip to the Wonderlab in the Science Museum and discovered so much about forces through hands-on investigations and had an opportunity to discover more about chemistry through the demonstration station there. The Wonderlab is an amazing space for our pupils to explore the interests they have and to ask - [Soaking it up!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/22/soaking-it-up/) - Year 1 and 2 have been looking at materials and their properties. It has been so much fun to get out scientific instruments that we don't use very often and learn to use them accurately. We have tested different brands of kitchen roll to see which is the most absorbent and we found out about - [Strange Beast in the Wood!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/21/strange-beast-in-the-wood/) - Year 1 and 2 went to the Wood and discovered evidence that a strange beast had been to visit. Fur, footprints and foliage led a trail to our new book Yeti and the Bird! We are going to discover more about his character and learn that you mustn't always judge a book by its cover! - [Safari silhouettes](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/19/safari-silhouettes/) - During the last two weeks in Art club we created an animal patterned background using oil pastels and watercolour paints. Next we made an animal silhouette that would match our background and stuck it on. What animals can you see? - [Keyboard skills in Year 2](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/15/keyboard-skills-in-year-2/) - Year 2 have been enjoying developing confidence with the keyboard and the basics of touch typing. We have been learning to log in and out securely. - [Royal Society selects LCS reviewers!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/12/royal-society-selects-lcs-reviewers/) - The Royal Society has chosen students from LCS to join their panel of judges for the Young People's Book Prize 2025. Panels of young judges, were selected from hundreds of schools, science centres, and community groups across the UK. LCS is delighted to take part in choosing the best book from the Royal Society's top - [Fun Forces!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2026/01/08/fun-forces/) - Now it might look like year 3 and 4 are just playing with toys whereas in fact they were investigating all the forces that are needed to make toys move. They used their brilliant knowledge from their Forces and Flight topic in Autumn to help them identify all the push and pull forces they needed. They - [Shape Makers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/06/2965/) - Year 2 have been learning all about shapes. They learned about what properties each shape has and made their own shapes out of string! - [Beautiful Birds](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/14/beautiful-birds/) - In Year 3 we have been creating birds through sketching and painting. We started by experimenting with shapes and textures using different grades of pencil. Our final project was to paint a bird on canvas using acrylic paints. - [Designing Gliders!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/15/designing-gliders/) - In science we went to the park to fly our gliders and see if they met our design criteria. The gliders had to fly for 3 meters and fly through a 1m squared window opposite. We had designed our gliders based on the results of an investigation into 'what makes the best wing?' The gliders - [WrapUp London 2025](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/27/wrap-up-london-2025/) - The Eco-council dropped off another collection of donated winter coats this year for WrapUp London. They are a charity who distribute coats to other charities and projects supporting vulnerable people in our city. This is the 4th year in a row London Christian School has been a part of this wonderful work. We were so - [The Story of the Croissant](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/20/the-story-of-the-croissant/) - In French lessons, the children of year 6 have been learning about icons of France. This half term we were learning all about the story of the croissant from its beginnings as a celebration of Viennese victory and its journey across Europe with Marie Antoinette. We finished off with a well deserved tasting session! - [We-Do Club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/18/we-do-club/) - In Lego We-Do club the children have been collaborating well to create and programme their characterful robots to respond to the world around them. - [Road Safety Training](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/20/road-safety-training/) - The EYFS children enjoyed learning how to be safe on and near roads. We pretended to be vehicles on the road, lollypop people and pedestrians using a zebra crossing. We learnt to say 'Stop. Look. Listen' before crossing a road and to always hold hands with our trusted adults. We also learnt that we should - [Learning about Bessie Coleman](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/18/learning-about-bessie-coleman/) - Year 3’s topic has been Flight and in History we have been learning about the history of flying. One of our key individuals was the African American stunt pilot Bessie Coleman who often performed wing walking! The children wrote newspaper articles imagining they were reporting on one of her shows and then they performed a - [Wartime Britain](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/18/wartime-britain/) - Year 5 has been experiencing what it would have been like to live in London during World War II. They used a war time recipe to cook their own ration cake in a mug. The vast majority of children thought it was delicious and ate the lot! - [Roman Adventures in Borough](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/17/roman-adventures-in-borough/) - Year 1 and 2 have been on a mini adventure around Borough looking for evidence of Romans. We discovered the place where archeologists dug up an engraved stone, an old Roman road, a stained glass window of a Roman Christian martyr and half a statue of Minerva that has been repurposed as Alfred the Great! - [Happy Readers!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/06/happy-readers/) - Every Thursday Year 6 reads with Year 1 and Year 5 reads with Year 2. The children love working together (and we love it too!). Interacting like this across ages and stages develops so much more than literacy skills! - [Periscope Detectives](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/13/periscope-detectives/) - Year 5 and 6 were set a new task today by DC Charlotte Briars in the investigation of a theft at a secondary school nearby. A periscope was found at the scene of the crime and the pupils investigated what material would make the worst reflector in order to eliminate one of the suspects. They - [Peel an apple, pass it on!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/12/peel-an-apple-pass-it-on/) - One of the great things about cooking club is all the skills our chefs already come to the table with and their willingness to learn new skills. As we made apple and blackberry cake today, one pupil learnt how to safely use the peeler we have at school. He immediately passed on that skill to a - [Bug Hunt!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/12/bug-hunt/) - All the rain we have had recently was brilliant for our invertebrates hunt this week with years 3 and 4. We had a wonderful time finding all the living things in Tabard Gardens and were able to use a classification key to identify some of the invertebrates we didn't know. We found millipedes and centipedes and true - [Signs of Autumn](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/11/12/signs-of-autumn/) - As we study the seasons, years 1 and 2 have been on an Autumn walk in Tabard Gardens. We spotted so many signs of autumn like colourful leaves, conker husks and even mushrooms and berries. We used Autumn Leaf Detectives sheets to help us identify our local trees through their leaves and seeds which we - [Sound Collectors](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/15/sound-collectors/) - This week Amethyst and Emerald Class have been exploring the poem The Sound Collector by Roger McGough. We were inspired to go and collect some sounds in Tabard Gardens for our own version of the poem. Here are some of the sounds we collected! The crunching of the leaves The oozing of the sap The - [British Library Trip](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/09/british-library-trip/) - Written by Aria, Ethaan and Evelyn How we got there: (by Ethaan) On Thursday 9th of October we set off to go to the British library. Before we set off we went to the toilets and got ready. We got into our partners and groups to begin our journey to the British Library. We started - [Keeping things afloat!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/09/2690/) - Year 5 and 6 have had a great half term combining science with engineering. We have followed the engineering process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve to make floating platforms according to a design criteria. It was wonderful learning about buoyancy and density to help us to choose the best materials for our platforms. When - [Monarchy Challenge!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/10/07/monarchy-challenge/) - KS2 has been challenged to learn all the kings and queens of England / UK in order. Lots of them have already managed it and collected their little prizes of an appropriate sticker. We’ve discussed at length the exclusion of Jane and Matilda from many lists. The children have been reordering some monarchs who keep - [Abstract Artists](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/09/30/abstract-artists/) - In Year 1/2 Art club we looked at an abstract artist called Reggie Laurent. He is known for his vibrant, colourful paintings that use a mix of geometric and organic shapes. His signature style involves starting with a black canvas, adding white geometric and organic shapes, filling them with bright colors and patterns, and then - [Roman Roads](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/09/25/roman-roads/) - In history, years 1 and 2 have been exploring how the Romans engineered their roads. We have tried out their techniques for getting roads straight and made some 'tasty' roads to help us discover how they made them in layers. We’ve also used sources to meet some of the people who used the roads to - [LCS Residential 2025](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/24/lcs-residential-2025/) - Written by Ethaan, Aria and Ornella (Year 5) How we got there On the day of the residential we went to school with all of our luggage. At approximately nine o’clock we put our bags on the coach and we set off. We were on the coach for about 2 hours and when we - [Striking Coastal Features](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/09/17/striking-coastal-features/) - In Years 3 and 4 we have been learning about the coast. Who knew that art and geography could have such amazing links?! We used clay this week to explore and describe forms of coastal erosion on headlands, which we had learnt about the week before. Didn't they make earth-shaking sculptures? - [Our Local Plants](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/09/17/our-local-plants/) - In Year 1 today we took a trip to Red Cross Gardens to meet Barney who works there. He showed us around the plants and taught us how to tell if a plant is a tree, a shrub, an annual or perennial! We loved touching the plants and smelling their fragrances and finding out their - [Home Language Lessons](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/27/home-language-lessons/) - Year 6 wanted to teach something of their home languages with the other year groups. They prepared a brief lesson introducing a few words and phrases and practiced them with Years 1-6. The class teachers said the children were all really engaged and the Year 6s did a great job. Between them they gave lessons - [Beans!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/18/beans/) - In Years 1 and 2 we have been growing beans above our heads! Yes, no joke, these beans have been growing hydroponically (in water) to find out what plants need to stay healthy. We discovered that seeds DEFINITELY need water and that the amount of light they receive affects their growth. We grew a bean - [Amazing mazes!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/07/03/amazing-mazes/) - Year 1 Brick Club has been working hard as a team to create marble mazes. The children collaborated so well discussing their plans and adapting them as they built. One group included bridges, treasure and lava, while the other team worked hard to create patterns. It then required a lot of concentration to get the - [Outdoor Classroom Day ](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/13/outdoor-classroom-day/) - LCS joined the global movement to get children learning more outdoors. We joined over 12,500 children across the world to learn outdoors. Our students took maths, English, Science and explored outside in what was, fortunately, a beautiful spring day. We believe that by learning outdoors, we can foster a connection with nature, enhance physical health, - [Rainforest Dioramas](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/07/17/rainforest-dioramas/) - Year 4 worked together in teams to create Rainforest Dioramas this half term! We discussed what to include and designed how to bring alive the Forest Floor, Understory, Canopy and Emergent layers! We even made clay animals to enjoy the habitat! Great teamwork, creativity and friendship was shown by everyone, well done Year 4! - [French Patisserie Week](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/26/french-patisserie-week/) - In French, the children of Year 4 have been imagining they are in France enjoying delicious French pastries of their own creation. They have been ordering and describing their fruit-filled éclairs. C'était délicieux! - [Cooking up a Storm!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/19/cooking-up-a-storm/) - On Tuesday 17th June, Year 5 visited Thames Christian School for a cookery class. The children enjoyed using sharp knives to chop, marinating chicken and frying it up in a pan to make a stir fry. - [Dissecting Flowers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/19/dissecting-flowers/) - Years 3 and 4 have been learning about the parts of flowers. We dissected different flowers to identify their parts. Some were much easier than others! We also discovered how amazing and varied God's creation is yet how all these flowers' parts have the same purpose. - [Fun with Statistics](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/10/fun-with-statistics/) - In Year 2, we started learning about statistics in maths. To bring some excitement to the topic, we visited Tabard Gardens to play a throwing game which involved lots of tallying. Everyone had a go at filling in a tally chart as other team members raced against the clock to throw bean bags into hoops on the - [Creating Arcade Games from Scratch!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/09/creating-arcade-games-from-scratch/) - Scratch Arcade was an event run by the Digital Leaders showcasing games that students from years 3 to 6 had made using the block based coding programme Scratch. These games ranged from a Space Invaders game, to a tank game and a game that you simply needed to click to progress. All visitors seemed to - [Greek Animals](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/07/17/greek-animals/) - In history, Amethyst and Emerald classes have been enjoying learning about Greek gods and goddesses. Inspired by the story of Troy and the tale of Khelone, we have created our own Greek vases and coins. Can you spot Hera and her peacock, Zeus and his eagle, Khelone as a tortoise, Athena’s owl and Discord’s golden - [Designing Habitats](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/04/designing-habitats/) - Year 1 and 2 enjoyed learning about habitats in Project Afternoon. They worked in groups to design their own habitat, thinking carefully about what plants and animals might be found there. Next they wrote a list of the items they hoped to use. The following week, each group got busy as they used paint, recycled items, tissue paper and - [Blow painting](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/04/blow-painting/) - In Year 1 and 2 Art club we created cartoon germs (some would say aliens) with watered down poster paint and straws! We dropped the paint onto the card and then using our straws we blew the paint in different directions to create a shape. We then drew googly eyes of all different shapes and - [Gingerbread!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/06/04/gingerbread/) - Year 6 is studying local history. This week we were learning all about Frost Fairs on the Thames and were rather sad that they no longer happen. In order to soften this blow, we experienced some of the frost fair activities in our classroom by printing our own souvenir tickets and making our own warm - [Mathemagician!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/25/mathemagician/) - Written by Year 5 In March, a maths magician called Andrew Jeffrey came to our school and performed some amazing magic tricks. One of the tricks was that he picked a three digit number and then added it to another three digit number which was the same number but backwards. Before all of this he - [Book swap 2025](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/20/book-swap-2025/) - We had a wonderful Book Swap event on Tuesday 20th May! Every class had the opportunity to bring a book or £1 and take a new-to-them book home. What a great way to reuse the wonderful gifts we have been given and to bless someone else with a good read. Even the books left over - [Engineering like Brunel!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/16/engineering-like-brunel/) - Children in Years 3 and 4 have been recreating some of Brunel’s engineering breakthroughs by conducting their own experiments. Here they are testing the theories he used in sinking the Rotherhithe shaft and building the Maidenhead bridge. They have also come up with some of their own designs for the competition to construct a bridge - [Slippery Surfaces](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/07/slippery-surfaces/) - Today in science, Years 3 and 4 took our learning outside. We were asking the question: 'Which surfaces are the most slippery?' We used force meters (Newton sticks) to measure the amount of force used to pull a shoe on different surfaces in the park. It was so informative and fun! We were working on - [Bikeability!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/06/bikeability/) - On Tuesday 6th of May, Year 6 started a week long Bikeability workshop. Bikeability is a course put on by the local council to help local children feel more confident cycling on roads Eddie The class was split into two groups, and each group cycled for about an hour and a half each - [LCS fundraiser for Cancer Research](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/02/lcs-fundraiser-for-cancer-research/) - On Friday 2nd May, Student Council organised a fundraiser for Cancer Research. We held a non-uniform day and a bake sale. The bake sale raised £346 which then added to donations online made £1659! Thank you so much to everyone who helped the day be a complete success! - [Bridging the gap](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/05/02/bridging-the-gap/) - Having learnt about strong shapes last week, Years 3 and 4 sought to put that knowledge into practice as they made their own bridges in science. We engaged in the engineering process as we designed, created, tested, analysed and improved our bridges to carry a load. Some of their designs carried up to 2.5kg! - [Dressing Up For World Book Day 2025](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/07/dressing-up-for-world-book-day-2025/) - LCS celebrated our love of reading by dressing up as a whole host of characters from some of our favourite books! Can you guess the name of the characters, books and authors featured in the photos below? We can’t wait for the Book Fair to visit LCS later in the month! - [Music Showcase 2025](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/12/music-showcase-2025/) - Our annual Music Showcase took place on Wednesday 12th March. It was an enjoyable and varied concert. Highlights included a sprighlty saxophone solo from Eddie, a reflective guitar piece from Bertie, pianistic fireworks from Sinead, and an original composition for viola and piano by Nicolas. The string ensemble performed well, too. Thank you to the - [Webber Street Food donation](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/21/webber-street-food-donation/) - Thank you to everyone who donated food for the Webber Street Day Centre, working with the homeless in and around Waterloo. Eco-council struggled to carry it all there was so much! Webber Street is very grateful and really appreciates LCS's ongoing support. - [Fire of London](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/14/fire-of-london/) - As their topic for this half term, Years 3 and 4 have been learning all about the Fire of London. They have studied how the events unfolded and used Samuel Pepys’ diary to discover how it felt to have lived through it. They also enjoyed trying to work out who was responsible for the damage - [Designer Biscuits](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/21/designer-biscuits/) - In French, Year 6 has been studying Coco Chanel and learning how to describe clothes. One of Year 6 had the idea of designing clothes for biscuits! We had great fun with icing and then described the clothes we had designed and identified the outfits from each others’ descriptions. - [Author's Visit](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/12/authors-visit/) - LCS was delighted to have author Rachel Chivers Khoo visit school during World Book Day week! It was a fun-filled afternoon, with pupil’s enjoying discovering more about the inspiration behind Rachel’s books The Wishkeeper’s Apprentice and The Magician Next Door! Students asked fantastic questions and loved meeting her to get their books signed! - [World Book Day Class Doors](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/12/world-book-day-class-doors/) - These are some of the classroom doors that were decorated as part of World Book Day! - [Aztec Poo!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/03/aztec-poo/) - Children in Key Stage 1 had a lot of fun discovering what the Aztecs grew in their floating gardens by analysing the remains of food found in some ‘original’ Aztec poo! Our resident expert historians in Years 5 and 6 came to help us find evidence and identify the food that the remains were from. - [Aztec Weaving](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/21/aztec-weaving/) - In our history lessons we have been comparing the lives of Aztec (Mexica) children to our own. There are some similarities but lots of significant differences. We discovered that they used a cloth and chili to clean their teeth, buried baby teeth in mouse holes, had their ears pulled and wore very different clothes to - [French Dobble!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/21/french-dobble/) - Some children from Year 6 had a happy time practicing their French by playing French Dobble. There was a lot of pressure to remember colours and numbers and shapes and get the words in the right order as quickly as possible! - [Stress Testing](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/04/25/stress-testing/) - This half term in Years 3 and 4 we are looking at forces and engineering, particularly bridges. This week we tested different shapes of beams - flat, triangular, circular - to see which shape holds the greatest weight. The arch and triangles were so strong - we can't wait to use them in our bridge - [Decimal War!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/25/decimal-war/) - Year 4 have been learning all about decimals and today we played Decimal War! We had to use our playing cards to create the largest (or smallest) decimal number possible. We also had to use strategy by choosing an action of keep, swap or steal to try and outwit our partners! We tried this with - [Our Amazing Bones](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/25/our-amazing-bones/) - Reminding ourselves of the bones of the human skeleton in Year 3 and 4 was great fun this week. We discovered that your femur would definitely make your arms too long, your scapula is not the same as your ankle and more importantly that the skeleton plays vital roles in holding your body upright, movement, - [Easter Holiday Reads](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/04/23/easter-holiday-reads/) - Year 3 and 4 had fun talking about their Easter holiday reads today! We enjoyed hot chocolates during this special edition of Book Club. It was fun discussing our books and we went on a book scavenger hunt too! What will you read next?! - [Building Bridges](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/04/28/building-bridges/) - Year 3 and 4 enjoyed a visit from Network Rail engineer Chris. He told us about his journey from being a primary school student like us, to becoming a Civil Engineer. We were inspired! He taught us about lots of different types of bridges and how his team helps keep bridges safe. He set us - [Aztec Wool Paintings](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/03/21/aztec-wool-paintings/) - In Year 2 we looked at some examples of Aztec and Mexican wool paintings. Typically they were of nature including birds, flowers, trees, leaves and the sun. Year 2 designed their own painting and then using a variety of coloured string they glued it on in a controlled fashion. They did a fantastic job as you - [Run LCS, Run!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/04/29/run-lcs-run/) - Several students from LCS took part in the TCS London mini marathon on Saturday 26th April. This was an opportunity to join in with the amazing atmosphere of the London marathon taking place the next day and to run one mile around St. James' Park in Central London. The event was extremely well organised, and - [Roman Face Cream](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/04/30/roman-face-cream/) - Year 6 are following the story of Borough through the ages. When looking at the Romans we found out that a pot of Roman face cream was discovered by archaeologists underneath the apartment block opposite school. It even has fingermarks in it! Inspired by this we experimented with proportions to try to recreate the face - [Year 1 and 2 Eco Club Helpers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/10/year-1-and-2-eco-club-helpers/) - In Year 1 and 2 Eco Club, we have been thinking about how we can combine our love for our local green space, and our school value of service. As a result, when the weather has been good and not too cold, we have been litter picking in Tabard Gardens. On our most recent litter - [Big Questions!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/13/big-questions/) - On 13 Feb, Years 5 and 6 had a visiting astronomer, Dr Matthew Bothwell from Cambridge University. We learnt that his speciality is studying galaxies. He answered every one of our challenging questions, sometimes with "We don't yet know". This was so exciting to find out how much about the universe there is still to - [Stomping Around In Drama Club!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/26/stomping-around-in-drama-club/) - In Drama Club we have been learning about the production of "Stomp" and have been creating our own performances including music with brooms, bins, rulers, paper and cups! We even created a thunderstorm with our voices and bodies! As a summary, and in honour of the six nations we decided, in the final drama club, to create - [Yes Chef!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/10/yes-chef/) - Our chefs at cooking club are so competent that they are now running the show! Each week a different pupil is head chef, overseeing the sous chefs in their team, being in charge of the recipe and giving tasks to each as they progress. This week they successfully made and iced lemon cupcakes, keeping their work surfaces clear - [Adventurous Astronauts](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/10/adventurous-astronauts/) - Over the last two weeks, Year 2 have created a piece of art based on space. In the first week, we created a spacescape using sponges, paints and splattering white paint. This week we drew an astronaut and then cut it out and stuck it on. We hope to go on some fun adventures! - [John Kelly inspired sculpture](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/05/john-kelly-inspired-sculpture/) - In Year 5 and 6 art we have been looking at the artist, John Kelly. He took inspiration from paper mache cows that were made in World War 2 to camouflage airfields from Japanese bombers. We made our own cow sculptures using milk bottles, ModRoc and paint. - [Egyptian time](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/05/egyptian-time/) - As part of their learning about space, Year 2 has been discovering how the Ancient Egyptians used the sun and the shadows it created to divide up time. We discussed the limitations of a sundial and thought about how you could tell the time at night. The class had great fun making their own Egyptian - [ModRoc volcanoes!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/30/modroc-volcanoes/) - In Year 3 we have been using Modroc to create volcano sculptures. We had a really good time learning how to use this material; to mould,... - [Volcanic eruptions](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/07/volcanic-eruptions/) - In Year 3 we have been drawing and painting volcanoes. We used oil pastels to create our volcano and then we used paint to create the... - [Sculpting volcanoes](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/07/sculpting-volcanoes/) - Year 4 have been learning to use malleable (mouldable) as well as rigid materials to create sculptures. We created explosive volcanoes! - [Book Cover doors](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/01/book-cover-doors/) - The challenge of decorating our classroom doors as book covers returned! As we celebrated World Book Day 2024, the children collaborated and created colourful, super-sized versions of stories they love. Do you recognise these front covers? Which ones have you read? Which one will you read next? - [Book fair returns to LCS](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/02/28/book-fair-returns-to-lcs/) - We were delighted to have the The Kew Bookshop visit LCS again this Spring! Children and adults enjoyed discovering new authors as well as picking up well-known classics. Intriguing novels and fascinating non-fiction books flew off the shelves! It has been enjoyable to hear book recommendation conversations happening between the children. Thank you for supporting - [Circus, circus, circus!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/02/21/circus-circus-circus/) - As an introduction to the book Year 3 and 4 are studying in literacy, they were invited to a Circus show on Tuesday 20th February. Liam and Dhilan describe their experience: “The music played as Year 3 and Year 4 came in. First the Strongman lifted the extremely heavy weights and the Clown Couldn't. Next, - [Eager Weavers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/02/20/eager-weavers/) - Year 1 and 2's Project Afternoon focus is all about weaving! We visited the astroturf to do some large scale weaving in the fence. We played the ‘under/over’ game with balls to get an idea of how to weave. We learnt some specialist vocabulary too; weaving, woven. Then in teams we got weaving! We used - [Sound Out!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/04/16/sound-out/) - Two musical events took place in the last week of Spring Term. On Tuesday, we had a guest speaker at our music assembly; conductor, composer and arranger Michael Andrews. He shared about his experience conducting an orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall, and told us a little bit about how conducting works and how a - [Once upon a time...](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/20/once-upon-a-time/) - Our trip to the British Library Year 1 and 2 visited the British Library; the home of millions of books. We attended a workshop called Once upon a Time: Make a Story! The children explored the library with our guide, the King's Library was especially impressive! We took part in imaginative play to generate ideas. - [Camera obscura](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/20/camera-obscura/) - Years 3 and 4 have been looking at the history of the camera. We experimented with different sized apertures when we made our own camera obscuras from shoe boxes to see images created on screens. We noticed that they worked much better on bright sunny days. - [Light bulb moments!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/13/light-bulb-moments/) - Year 3 and 4 put their knowledge of circuits, electricity and electrical conductors into practice today. Having discovered what conducts and insulates from electricity, the children made the steady hand game, where a wand is passed around a wire carefully without touching it but if it makes a connection, the circuit is complete and a - [More than just your 5 a day...](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/12/more-than-just-your-5-a-day/) - In Year 3/4 our cross-curricular topic is photography. In Art, we studied the photos of an artist called Edward Weston and created our own black and white images of fruits and vegetables. - [Trip to a Gurdwara](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/11/trip-to-a-gurdwara/) - On the 28th February, Year 5 and 6 went on a trip to a Gurdwara (a Sikh temple). The upper KS2 students are studying Sikhism in R.E. (religious education). Before the excited students set off, the teachers had to check our lunches to make sure we didn't have meat, fish or eggs as many Sikhs - [Year 1's Number Maze](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/06/year-1s-number-maze/) - In Year 1 we have been thinking about numbers all the way up to 50. We had to find a route through this number maze using our knowledge of one more and one less - if we chose the wrong number we had to start again! We used number lines and 100 squares to help - [French trip highlights](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/05/french-trip-highlights/) - On Tuesday 5th March, we (Years 5 and 6) arrived at school very early with half an hour to relax before finally setting off on the journey that we had been waiting for since the beginning of the calendar year, to settle at last, for 3 nights, in Ebblinghem, northern France. This trip was mainly - [Spot the squirrel!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/03/04/spot-the-squirrel/) - Whilst in the park drawing our class tree, a Liquidambar, Year 2 spotted a squirrel with eyes larger than its mouth! The squirrel found a discarded apple and tried to carry the whole thing up the tree for lunch! We had a wonderful moment of watching the agility, strength and perseverance of squirrels. God gives - [Cork flowers](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/22/cork-flowers/) - Eco-council have been getting ready for their sale at sports day. They have had great fun making more of their wonderful babybel candles but have branched out to recycled cork flowers for necklaces and brooches. - [The great outdoors!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/19/the-great-outdoors/) - Look at how our outdoor classroom is coming along. Do go and visit our new outdoor classroom in the nature area in Tabard Gardens. We have already started to use it as our base for science lessons but can't wait for it to become a space for any lesson in the curriculum to take place. - [Chess champs!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/16/chess-champs/) - 17 May 2024 | School candidate master Tom today won the school chess championship for the second successive year. He scored 5/5 in the nineteen-player tournament. In second place was candidate master Luca from Year 4, scoring 4/5. Third equal were candidate master Francesca Year 6 and school grandmaster Diiya 6, both with 3 ½ - [Lessons in blogging](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/15/lessons-in-blogging/) - In Year 1 we have been learning about Blogs. We made a checklist of what to include in a Blog after visiting the LCS Blog online. We decided we needed to include: the date, a title, who it’s by, an explanation, questions, a chatty style, facts, quotes and pictures. We hope you enjoy it! - [Eco council on target](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/14/eco-council-on-target/) - Eco-council has been working on 3 targets this year: global citizenship, waste and water. The water team has been working really hard on this assembly to help children to understand the dangers of glitter and why we are trying to eliminate it from London Christian School. This sports day, we are selling Babybel candles to - [Masterchefs!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/08/masterchefs/) - At cooking club this week we really pushed the boat out and in 45 minutes the pupils managed to make and eat black bean chilli fajitas! Chopping onions and peppers like professionals, adding just the right blend of spices and being adventurous in their trying of new flavours, they greatly impressed us with all they - [Poetry day!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/02/poetry-day/) - The whole school enjoyed poet Joshua Seigal's visit to LCS. It was a fun-filled and creative day! Engaging assemblies and imaginative workshops with him helped us all become poets. The poetry has been flowing from the pens of the youngest to the oldest. - [From source to mouth](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/01/from-source-to-mouth/) - Years 3 and 4 learnt about the features of a river by making a giant river themselves! They structured materials wonderfully to create a river flowing from the source to its mouth, adding in some features they knew plus many that were new to them. What a great job! - [Lighthouse fun](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/01/lighthouse-fun/) - In project afternoon Year 1 and 2 made Paper Cup Lighthouses! We created these fun smallworld lighthouses using a paper cup, masking tape, a plastic cup and a flameless candle. We decorated our paper plates to become an island! The children loved this creative way we immersed ourselves in our first story of the half - [Bikeablility rocks!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/04/30/bikeablility-rocks/) - By Reya Gratiot Year 6 On the 29th of April, Year 6 started a course called Bikeability that taught them how to ride safely on roads. The whole thing lasted a week with two groups taking one two hour lesson a day. Group 1 consisted of 7 pupils: James, Maximilian, Max, Maia, Reya, Sophia and - [Researching the greats!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/04/30/researching-the-greats/) - In Years 3 and 4 we have been researching some famous scientists and inventors using the internet and good old fashioned books! Each group will become the teacher in the weeks to come as we learn from them about the scientists and inventors before trying out an experiment related to their discovery. - [Roman beauty secrets!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/04/24/roman-beauty-secrets/) - This term Year 6 is exploring Borough through time. They have been examining the archaeological evidence to discover what we know about the Romans who settled here. One of the discoveries from Tabard Square was a pot of what historians think is face cream. Using similar ingredients, Year 6 have been experimenting to recreate it. - [Holding back the oceans](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/06/16/holding-back-the-oceans/) - In science with Years 5 and 6 we separated the sea...not Moses-like but scientifically. We are looking at materials and their properties and the different methods you need to use to separate them. The pupils had to plan a method for separating water, salt and sand using 2 different methods, depending on their properties. One - [Pitching it just right](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/06/16/pitching-it-just-right/) - One of our favourite parts of a science lesson in Years 3-6 are our two-minute scientist slots. Each week, a student acts as our professor, having researched and prepared a presentation on a question they are curious about. This week, our professor researched "Can some men sing high notes and some women low notes?" and - [Making waves!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/06/09/making-waves/) - As a starter to our topic of sound in Years 3 and 4 we have literally been making waves - sound waves. We've learnt that the vibrations of objects are what causes sound waves that are then heard by our ears. It was amazing to SEE the sound waves ripple through the water as we - [Cracking salads](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/29/cracking-salads/) - Cooking club was all about salad! We boiled eggs and learnt what happens to egg white in water when an egg cracks! We created beautiful salad toadstools in a salad garden. Surely, an appetising salad for anyone. - [Pivotal moments](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/26/pivotal-moments/) - Is it a catapult? No, It's science! In year 1 and 2 we have been learning about simple machines and today we made levers to make work easier. We enjoyed investigating where the best place was to put the pivot to make work easiest...and no weights got thrown across the room in the process! - [Book of colours](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/23/book-of-colours/) - In RE in Year 1 we have been learning about Islam. In our last lesson of the half term we read this beautiful book 'Golden Domes and Silver Lanterns' then created our own book of colours that reminded us of objects special to ourselves and our families. Year 1 has been wonderfully thoughtful and respectful. - [Veggie art](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/23/veggie-art/) - Year 1 had a lot of fun creating self-portraits using real fruit and vegetables! We continued to be inspired by artist Guiseppe Arcimboldo. We discussed the art form sculptures and where we might have seen a variety around London. Then had a go at creating a fruit and vegetable sculpture of our faces! Do you - [Our Mudlarking Trip](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/05/23/our-mudlarking-trip/) - Year 3 and year 4 got changed into their mudlarking boots, and then we went to the toilet. When the rain started to drizzle, we left our school, London Christian School. We made our way to Millennium Bridge while talking with our partners. We made our way over the lengthy bridge, while some of our - [Dominoes](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/16/dominoes/) - In History, Year 5 has been exploring the causes of World War One. They have been putting the events leading up to the war in chronological order and seeing how one led to the next because of the alliances in place. They then made a visual representation of this domino effect. It was tricky, but - [Aliens Love Underpants!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/09/aliens-love-underpants/) - In Art club, we have been enjoying the story, 'Aliens Love Underpants'. We designed a pair of underpants for our alien using coloured pencils and drew an alien using oil pastels. We had a lot of fun sticking on multiple eyes- some with as many as 15! - [Hot lunches at LCS!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/05/hot-lunches-at-lcs/) - The new term marked the first day of hot lunches at LCS. With the kitchen in the new hall fitted just in time, Apetito delivered the first meals. Their team also helped us out for the first couple of days and they will be back next week to see how we are getting on. Nat - [Fun categories](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/02/fun-categories/) - In Year 2 we started looking at materials and their properties. We have been using amazing scientific vocabulary like flexible, reflective and rigid. We have even sorted materials into different categories depending on their properties, even when some materials fitted into both categories! - [History Timeline](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/06/30/history-timeline/) - Year 6 has been having fun learning about the history of the United Kingdom. They have been acting out how its constituent countries have been pushed together and pulled apart by various forces. They have been using their timeline skills to plot the key events that have been significant in determining the strength of these - [Fencing Tournament](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/06/20/fencing-tournament/) - On Friday 21st June, six students from Year 4 to Year 6 took part in an inter-school Fencing tournament. There were 9 schools altogether, and LCS placed 5th. The children had a wonderful time, and we are very proud of them for taking part. - [Shadow puppet workshop](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/04/shadow-puppet-workshop/) - On Monday Years 3 and 4 had an exciting visit from the Little Angel Theatre. We participated in a shadow puppet workshop to kick off our topic this term of Light and Darkness. During the workshop we learned about the terms opaque, transparent and translucent, and experimented with what happens to images when we get closer to - [Solids, liquids and gasses!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/10/15/solids-liquids-and-gasses/) - It's been great to look at solids, liquids and gases this half term and how they behave so differently. This week we sorted their properties into Venn diagrams and identified some properties that were the same and some that were unique. We proved some of them that we were less sure of by testing out - [Changing states – in chocolate!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/10/13/changing-states-in-chocolate/) - How better to learn about changing state with years 1 and 2 than melting and cooling chocolate! We did some great predicting of what we thought would happen to the solid chocolate when we put it on heat and even designed some amazing machines that would melt and cool chocolate while we waited for our - [Year 2 Visitors](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/10/13/year-2-visitors/) - In Year 2 we have been learning about Christianity in RE. We have had two visitors in the last three weeks to tell us about different aspects of the Christian life. Rhiannon came in to share with us what being in a Christian family looks like, and Mr Ammoun shared about his job as a - [Egyptian hedgehogs?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/10/08/egyptian-hedgehogs/) - Years One and Two have set off on a journey up the Nile. We have been examining some ancient sources and have been inspired to recreate them in our classroom. So far we have made some ‘lucky’ blue hedgehogs, we have engineered some shadufs which were used by the Egyptians to irrigate the land and - [Make 10!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/10/08/make-10/) - Year 2 have been working hard to use the 'make 10' strategy, using number bonds to add efficiently. They enjoy practising new methods using physical resources. Great teamwork, Year 2! - [Where is Dogger?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/30/where-is-dogger/) - On Monday, Year 1 and 2 got a letter from the character Dave in Shirley Hughes' Dogger. He needed some help finding his beloved toy and wondered if we had seen any clues as to his whereabouts. We set off around LCS to search and we found lots of evidence that Dogger had been here! - [The heart of the matter](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/30/the-heart-of-the-matter/) - Years 5 and 6 were lucky enough to handle and dissect pigs' hearts in science. We had an amazing time studying the veins and arteries, cutting into the heart and discovering the 4 chambers. We used our new-found knowledge to act out a human circulatory system in the playground, describing where the blood was in - [Parent visit to Year 2](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/30/parent-visit-to-year-2/) - In RE we have been learning about Christianity. As part of our learning, we invited Rhiannon in to talk to us about being part of a Christian family. She told us about her family, showed us some photos of her church family and shared about the Christian festivals of Christmas and Easter. We loved having - [Project afternoon](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/29/project-afternoon/) - Year 1 and 2 have been busy in Project Afternoon! We used eco-friendly biodegradable packing peanuts to construct igloos, which we learnt about in Geography as part of our 'Homes around the World' topic. Year 1 and 2 had great fun using lots of LCS learning characteristics: experimenting, collaborating, organising and persevering! They reflected on - [Solid reasoning](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/25/solid-reasoning/) - Look at our brilliant conclusions. This week in Year 1 we tested various materials to see which would be best for a roof. We only tested for one property - waterproof - and found various materials that were waterproof but we identified the rock as being the best material for a roof rather than cling - [Alien invasion!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/24/alien-invasion/) - In Year 1/2 Art club we made alien spaceships. We have been reading the book 'Aliens Love Underpants' and were inspired to make our own. It took us two weeks to paint our alien and decorate our spaceships. - [Easy to digest?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/22/easy-to-digest/) - The digestion system is not a pretty thing as Years 5 and 6 discovered in science this week. They enacted the stages of digestion by using a plastic bag as the stomach where biscuits, banana, orange juice (stomach acid) and water were mixed together, then emptied those contents into a pair of tights (small intestine) - [Science in the park!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/09/22/science-in-the-park/) - Year 3 and 4 took their learning outside for science this week where we predicted and tested which solids would dissolve in a liquid. We were intrigued by flour which looked as though it had dissolved so we are leaving that for a week to see what happens to the mixture. Watch this space! - [Cooking club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/05/cooking-club/) - In Cooking Club, we like to balance out our weeks - one sweet followed by one savoury - and we have decided to make a new soup each term. This term, we made leek and potato soup which was simple and delicious. Some of us were not that keen, but seeing as Miss Vivyan is - [Christmas crafting](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/04/christmas-crafting/) - Year 2 have been getting ready for Christmas by making cards. Mrs Steward manned the superglue whilst the pupils chose buttons and sparkly circles to create some fantastic designs! - [](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/03/1363/) - Year 2 were to delighted to have their class treat after earning 10 class merits. Various suggestions were made by the children, but the vote went to 'pyjamas and teddies'. Year 2 had a great time wearing their pyjamas or comfy clothes for the day and they especially enjoyed reading with their teddies in the - [George's Marvellous Medicine Day](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/28/georges-marvellous-medicine-day/) - By Kieran and Winnie Year 4 Last week Year 3 and 4 were reading 'George’s Marvellous Medicine' by Roald Dahl. On Monday both classes had an unexpected visit from Grandma. She was barging her way through the students, looking for her grandson George. The pupils had an idea: to make her nice again. Year 4 - [Patterns in maths!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/25/patterns-in-maths/) - Year 2 have enjoyed investigating 2D and 3D shapes. We found lots of useful patterns to help us remember the vertices, edges and faces of prisms and pyramids. Hands on learning always helps, so we made 3D shapes with blu tack vertices and cocktail stick edges. Some shapes were trickier than others! - [Imperial War Museum](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/20/imperial-war-museum/) - On Wednesday 20th November, Years 5 and 6 visited the Imperial War Museum. This was a valuable experience supporting learning that Year 5 had carried out on the First World War with Mrs Croft and more generally building their awareness of the impact of the war on all those involved. We were rightly saddened to - [Lines of latitude](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/19/lines-of-latitude/) - In years 3 and 4 this week, oranges have been transformed into globes in order to learn about the lines of latitude. We discovered that the lines of latitude dictate some of the climates we expect - tropical climate in between the tropics where the globe has direct sunlight. Polar climate at the Arctic and Antarctic - [Chasing Shadows](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/14/chasing-shadows/) - What's a shadow exactly? Can you change the shape and direction of a shadow? These were the questions we were asking in science this week that jumpstarted our fair test. Years 3 and 4 investigated the difference it made to the size of a shadow if they moved an object closer to or further from - [Cubist sketches](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/13/cubist-sketches/) - In Year 5 and 6 we are studying the art movement, Cubism. One of the main artists in this movement was Pablo Picasso and we looked at his painting, 'Still Life with a bottle of rum'. Using this as inspiration, we drew our water bottle or a wine bottle using charcoal pencils. We used techniques - [Playful pufferfish](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/12/playful-pufferfish/) - In Year 2 art, we are linking our learning to the science topic of water and habitats. We made pufferfish using the technique of printing with a fork. We had a fun time printing and loved using different expressions on our pufferfish. - [Cooking club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/12/cooking-club-2/) - In cooking club we try to be a little adventurous with our creations. This year so far we have made pineapple upside down cake and pizzas, thanks to the new kitchen at London Christian School. This week we got very sticky making sushi. We had a range of healthy fillings and even made our own - [Book club](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/11/book-club/) - During the holidays Year 4 were given a challenge: to read a book they have never read before and complete a book review. This week we have been sharing our book reviews and discussing what we liked or disliked about the books. We had hot chocolate with marshmallows and enjoyed a whole lesson of talking - [Shapes in Sapphire](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/06/shapes-in-sapphire/) - We have been learning about shapes in Sapphire class. We found triangles, squares and circles and matched them to shape trees. - [Tudor miniature portraits](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/06/tudor-miniature-portraits/) - In Art last term we looked at Tudor portraits. Rich people used to carry miniature portraits around of their loved ones and we made our own. Some of us look rather regal don't you think? - [WrapUp London!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/04/wrapup-london/) - Thanks to everyone who brought in their winter coats to donate to WrapUp London - an organisation that donates winter coats to charities and families that need them. Eco-council has counted them up and the grand total is... 28 coats! - [People from the past](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/11/04/people-from-the-past/) - Year 2 enjoyed finding out about people from the past as individuals shared their holiday research projects. We learnt about the Boy King Tutankhamun, Henry VIII and a great-grandfather who flew with the Thunder Tigers. Well done to those who presented their discoveries so confidently and clearly! - [Year 1/2 Religious Education trip](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/09/year-1-2-religious-education-trip/) - On Monday 9th December Year 1 and 2 students visited St. Helen's Church Bishopsgate to study the features of a church. Matt, the St. Helen's Childrens' Worker, helped us look around the church and complete a quiz. Next, we were asked to find Christmas story costumes that were hidden around the church. Those of us - [Cubist collage!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/09/cubist-collage/) - In Year 5 we have been studying Cubism. Using different materials, we made a cubist collage of musical instruments. We loved the freedom to create our own collages! - [Colour mixing](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/06/colour-mixing/) - In Year 2 we used white and black paint to change the shade of blue paint and created an underwater world. We cut sea creatures out of black paper and stuck them on. We love the swirly patterns and the creatures swimming up to the light. - [Police inspection!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/05/police-inspection/) - A few weeks ago the Early Years children enjoyed a really informative visit from some police officers who patrol our local area. They told the children all about their days and that a major part of their role is to help people in various different situations. Two officers were in uniform and the other two visited - [UV radiation testing](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/30/uv-radiation-testing/) - Aeronautical engineering here we come! Year 5 and 6 have been investigating solutions to the problems of UV radiation on the space... - [Tudor hobbies](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/29/tudor-hobbies/) - Year 3 has been discovering what people of the Tudor Court did for fun. We tried out skittles, blackwork sewing, and the dice game... - [Sticky and tricky?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/29/sticky-and-tricky/) - Children from Jasper and Sapphire have had a busy after school club. We've been finding out about different animals and how they sleep.... - [Southwark Cathedral](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/27/southwark-cathedral/) - On Monday 20th January, a group of children in Years 5 and 6 had the privilege of attending an organ recital at Southwark Cathedral. The... - [Studying the Big Bang theory](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/23/studying-the-big-bang-theory/) - Studying the Big Bang Theory in Years 5 and 6 has been mind blowing and so we thought we would observe the expanding universe theory in... - [3,2,1... go!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/21/321-go/) - As part of our computing learning in Year 1 the children are preparing to make rockets! We have been learning that sequence is one of the... - [TFL Worksop](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/16/tfl-worksop/) - By Florence, Year 6 On Wednesday 4th of December, in the afternoon, a TfL (Transport for London) worker, called Debo, came in to give... - [Pentominoes!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/15/pentominoes/) - In Maths today, Year 4 were using pentominoes to create their own, original shapes. They worked out the area and perimeter of these. We... - [Discovering Tutankhamun!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/15/discovering-tutankhamun/) - Year 1 and 2 have been imagining what it would have been like to discover Tutankhamun's tomb like Howard Carter. Because he died so... - [Rock stars](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/15/rock-stars/) - Years 3 and 4 were marvellous scientists today, testing our rock collections for their different properties. They measured drops of water... - [Seeing in the dark?](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/07/seeing-in-the-dark/) - Today in Year 2 we were asking scientific questions. We came up with some great ones like 'What would it be like if the Sun disappeared?... - [Year 5 - John Kelly inspired art](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/15/year-5-john-kelly-inspired-art/) - John Kelly is an artist who took his inspiration from William Dobell who made paper mache sculptures of cows to camouflage airfields in... - [Coding with Year 1](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2024/12/11/coding-with-year-1/) - Year 1 enjoyed an hour of coding fun with help from Year 5 'Digi Leader' Ethaan! - [Moon landing!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/05/moon-landing/) - Year 1 has been learning all about space. In history we have been landing on the moon! We pretended to walk down the ladder and make... - [Children's Mental Health Week ](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/04/childrens-mental-health-week/) - In Year 1 and 2 Art club this week, we looked at 'Islands of Personality' from Inside Out. The children had to choose four islands of... - [Year 3 and 4 Pizza Express Trip](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/02/04/year-3-and-4-pizza-express-trip/) - By Winnie and Celeste Today Years 3 and 4 went on a very exciting school trip to Pizza Express! Each person made their own Margherita ... - [Visiting author on 5 March](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/30/visiting-author-on-5-march/) - We are excited to announce that children’s author, Rachel Chivers Khoo , will be visiting the school on Wednesday 5th March 2025! Rachel... - [Rock bottom!](https://www.londonchristianschool.com/2025/01/30/rock-bottom/) - Year 3 and 4 hit rock bottom this week, or rather bedrock I should say. 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