Year 3 have been focusing on performing poetry and we had some lovely demonstrations of that talent in our KS2 assemblies. The pictures below show pupils practising in the Living Classroom and their audience listening to their every word!

Well done to Year 2 and Year 5 pupils who performed in the Music Festival at the Rose Theatre in Kingston on 6 June. The theme for the Festival was ‘Hidden Treasure’ – the performances were very good and a real credit to the school. The pupils were dressed for their performances with Year 2 pupils in pyjamas and dressing gowns and Year 5 in forest colours of green, brown and grey … they not only sang well but looked good too!

Thank-you to parents who came along to support the choir.

A number of Stanley pupils recently entered the Orleans House Gallery Picture Play- Pixel Art competition and we were delighted to hear that Eve from Maple Class in Year 2 won the completion with her entry of a Bee Hive.

The organisers said: “We were really impressed with Eve’s design based on the theme, her written blurb and how she pixelated the image - it’s really beautiful!”

The prize for winning the competition is a free creative workshop for Eve and her school class to turn the final design into a stop frame animation. Maple Class are looking forward to creating this animation which will be on display at the Picture Play exhibition opening in July.

Not only did we get the overall winner but also had another pupil, Woody also from Maple Class, who has been selected as highly commended and his work will also be on display in the exhibition.

Well done to both Eve and Woody and we hope Maple Class enjoy their workshop.