Burning down houses (Y2)

Year 2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London, which took place in 1666 and began in a bakery on Pudding Lane. To bring their learning to life, the children worked together to build their own houses out of boxes, inspired by the wooden buildings in London at the time. We then recreated […]

Stepping back 2,000 years! (Y4)

This week, Year 4 were lucky enough to be able to visit a real Roman temple, which is fortunately just down the road! We visited London Mithraeum, which was discovered during the rebuilding of the city post WW2. A Mithraeum is a special temple dedicated to the Roman god Mithras. Followers of Mithras were very […]

Run, rugby and resilience!

31 children from Year 4 and 5 were lucky enough to be selected to take part in a special event, teaching girls from schools all over Southwark the basic skills needed to play rugby. The event took place at Burgess Park and we were initially disappointed to find that it was a very rainy afternoon! However, all the children […]

Culture Day

Culture Day at Michael Faraday is a great way to showcase our wonderfully diverse community and this year we did it in style! From Nigeria to Albania, the Uk to Singapore, from Algeria to South America; we represented different nations from across the world and celebrated our differences. Children enjoyed a range of activities with […]

Love, Drama and the Globe (Y6)

Year 6 enjoyed an unforgettable trip to the iconic Shakespeare’s Globe as part of our Writing topic on Romeo and Juliet. The children were thrilled to step inside the famous theatre and imagine what it would have been like to watch one of William Shakespeare’s plays over 400 years ago. During our tour, we explored […]

Hands-on Science! (Y5)

Year 5 have been getting hands-on in Science! They dissected a range of flowers to explore how plants reproduce, carefully identifying and learning the function of each part. The children then became young scientists, setting up an investigation to grow their own mint plant clones using cuttings. They’re excited to observe how new plants can […]

Mary Seacole Comes to Visit! (y2)

Year 2’s are learning about Mary Seacole and her amazing achievements. Mary came to visit us and told us the story of her life. We joined in with singing, acting and listening as she shared her adventures. We learned how Mary travelled to many different places around the world and how she helped people who […]

Fantastic World Book Day!

We had a fantastic World Book Day, with staff and children alike dressing up as their favourite book characters. It was wonderful to see so much creativity and excitement across the school as we celebrated our love of reading. In a world where children are increasingly surrounded by the internet, social media and AI, it […]

FUll STeam ahead (Y4)

Year 4 have had a really busy start to the new half term, putting our practical skills to the test! Our DT project this week has been about kit cars. We built not one, not two, but three different prototypes to test different materials and manufacturing methods in order to make an informed decision before […]

Blitz builders (Y6)

In year 6, we have been learning about World War Two in our history lessons. During a recent trip to the Imperial War Museum, we were amazed to see a life sized Anderson Shelter that was used to provided some safety during air raids. We were inspired to make our own using a range of […]