School Life
- 01/11/23
The Perils at Peddler’s Cove
Class 8b play, 'The Peril's at Peddler's Cove'. A strange array of guests are invited to spend the weekend at Peddler’s Cove- a house on the privately owned Peddler’s Island. Who invited them remains a mystery. Tension rises as the “guests” get picke...Read Full Story - 19/10/23
Fir Tree Puppet Show
In Fir Tree Kindergarten recently, Saskia presented a puppet show of the story 'Meshenka and the Bear'. It is a story about a girl named Mashenka who ignores advice to not wander too far away from home and gets lost while berry picking. She finds a bea...Read Full Story - 19/10/23
Class 7b Main Lesson "The Life of the Prophet Muhammed and The Golden Age of Islam"
Class 7b have recently completed a main lesson on "The Life of the Prophet Muhammed" and "The Golden Age of Islam". Whilst learning about the Prophet, they were visited by the school's afternoon care teacher, Fadellah Khettabi. Fadellah spoke to the class about the 5...Read Full Story - 13/10/23
Class 3 Trip to Tablehurst Farm
Under the halcyon burn of autumn sun, Class 3 walked from school to Tablehurst Farm, where farmer Peter Brown - who has run the farm for 30 years, serving the community with all his energy - welcomed us. It was an exceptionally fun day out. Baker Lily took us behind the scenes of the F...Read Full Story - 11/10/23
Class 6a's Trip to Hadrian's Wall
Class 6a recently visited Hadrian's wall on their week-long school trip. The children did brilliantly, walking over 20 miles and they were rewarded with great weather. The class were lucky to visit the famous Sycamore Gap just two days before the tree was sadly felled. They worked together on...Read Full Story - 05/10/23
Michaelmas
After the Michaelmas Festival last week, we all went out into the School grounds and everybody engaged in physical work, putting the land and waning energies of the Summer to bed for the Autumn and Winter where they lie under the surface. Individually, we mirror this by diverting our energ...Read Full Story - 05/10/23
Class 7b Perspective Drawing
Class 7b have just finished their 'Perspective Drawing' Main Lesson block. Examples of some of their work below.Read Full Story - 29/09/23
Class 5a Sand Art.
Class 5a children created their own Rangoli patterns using sand as part of their Ancient India block. After creating the patterns, they destroyed them by using a brush in silence. This was part of letting go of something. They discussed how it felt to let go of something they had made...Read Full Story - 22/09/23
A glimpse into Saplings
Here is a little glimpse of the special connection between Amelia and Stefania and the children of Saplings.Read Full Story - 21/09/23
Class 9 Summer Holiday Art and Crafts
Over the summer holidays, students from Class 9 were tasked with "doing something creative and artistic", such as painting, photography or model making. They produced some exceptional work that was technically excellent and thought-provoking. Joel made large card models of co...Read Full Story - 20/09/23
Class 6a Tree Journals
Class 6a students have been keeping tree journals for the past year, from September 2022 to September 2023, observing and recording changes in a tree near their home and the surrounding environment. Here are a few pages of their work.Read Full Story - 19/09/23
Read for Good
Michael Hall School is delighted to be bringing back our annual Readathon at the end of this month (September) for a third year. As a school we support the charity ‘Read for Good’ in this activity. The Readathon begins on 25th September and runs for two week...Read Full Story
