Our classroom was full of festive cheer today as children — together with their parents — spent the afternoon creating handmade Christmas tree decorations! 🧵⭐
The children proudly used their sewing skills and it was lovely to see families working side-by-side, stitching, designing, and sharing in the holiday spirit. The ornaments turned out beautifully and the smiles said it all.
A huge thank-you to all the parents who joined us and made the afternoon even more special! ❤️🎅
This week we’re starting to get into the Christmas spirit in the form of art! We used watercolours to create a skyline scene, before drawing a nativity scene over it to form a silhouette outline. The children had a lovely morning creating this gorgeous artwork, listening to some Christmas music and getting into the festive spirit!
Today in 3TE, the children have been engaging with mathematics and art simultaneously by creating some beautiful reflective artwork. As you can see, they have indeed achieved some lovely creations!
Check out 5HJ’s rainforest-themed soft toys—bursting with vibrant colors and creativity! Not only are these cuddly creatures adorable but they’re also sewn by our talented children. The children’s sewing skills really shine through, making each toy extra special. Perfect for sparking joy and learning about the rainforest!
5HJ have become mini rainforest survival experts, writing guides full of clever tips for finding food, collecting clean water, and building safe shelters. It’s inspiring to see their survival strategies and beautiful illustrations come to life on the page!
During Hook Week, Year 6 have had a perfect opportunity to model our Craftsmanship & Quality character trait and what a job they did! They have worked incredibly with great focus, precision and a real eye for detail. In addition to this, the support, compassion, and teamwork on show was exemplary which ensured they all produced a fantastic individual piece of artwork which came together to form larger pieces inspired by our current expedition.
During Crew Week, Year 5 explored the question: “How can our crew be strengthened by acts of service to others?”
Drawing on our character traits of respect, compassion, and quality & craftsmanship, the children created beautiful gifts which were delivered to residents at The Laurels Residential Care Home. Both the children and residents thoroughly enjoyed spending time together — a heartwarming experience for all.
Amidst the soaring temperatures in London last weekend, something magical was happening at the Royal Opera House on Saturday 21st of June 2025. KS2 from NJS were taking part in “A Chance to Dance” inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland. Chance to Dance is an initiative provided by the Royal Ballet Company that tours England’s schools and creates the opportunity for children of all backgrounds, gender and social circumstances to experience the arts and wonders of dance, in particular Ballet. The initiative breaks down barriers, stereotypes and exposes children to dance culture, the joy of performing and expressing themselves through movement. Allowing them ownership of how they express themselves through co-choreography of their performance, understanding and developing the techniques of dance, who may never have otherwise, had the chance. Ultimately allowing children to just have fun and feel alive and enthused about dance and the arts.
Seven of our lucky NJS pupils, (all of differing dance levels and experience) earned a place on the programme and demonstrated musicality, passion and great storytelling in their section of the show which was “A Topsy Turvy Tea Party”. In their psychedelic t-shirts the children performed as a variety of animals who came to visit the tea party, which was a colourful, tie dye experience hosted by the famous, ludicrous character the Cheshire Cat.
Our pupils danced and performed beautifully in two showings, in front of their families, friends and paying customers of London. They did our whole campus and community proud and we are very excited to see if these children will continue to pursue their new or ongoing interest in ballet and the arts in the future! Well done Crew Norton, you were a joy to watch and what a fabulous experience and opportunity for you all to have, dancing amongst professional dancers in the elite and prestigious Royal Opera House. This will be something that our children will remember forever and Norton Campus would like to extend a huge thanks to the organisers of Chance to Dance and Miss Wendy from our local Hazelbiz Dance Academy and Miss Rachel, Miss Chloe and Miss Sian from Doncaster Legacy Company and of course Monique Jonas and Jacob Wye, the professional dancers that came to rehearse with and inspire our pupils.
What a wonderful day celebrating the 80th anniversary of VE day. Children dressed in the patriotic colours of red, white and blue and took part in a thought provoking Crew session, listened carefully during remembrance assembly and observed a minute silence. Lunch was a picnic or traditional fish and chip supper. In the afternoon, 5HJ created these stunning watercolour paintings of a Spitfire mid flight!
This week has seen Yr 5 embark on our new and exciting expedition ‘At The Coalface’. Check out our miners who really captured mining both past and present (we even had a few canaries).
After looking at the structure of a mining head, children were set the challenge of building one using wooden skewers, cocktails sticks and modelling clay. The outcomes were amazing and extremely well designed.
