There is now a gallery of self-portraits at Notting Hill Children’s House. After watching the teachers do their own, the children sat down with mirrors to look at themselves as they drew themselves.
News & Events: School
The Hampstead parents organised the site’s Summer Fair last week to celebrate the end of the academic year. The fair had food and games stalls, art and craft tables, a raffle sale and even face painting! The Elementary children organised a cultural show that included violin recitals, gymnastics showcase, dance, a magic show, storytelling, and finally the […]
The Bayswater Elementary classroom had a very different Special Visitors Day. They invited the children from the Children’s House to visit them to see the work and material in the elementary classroom.
The children at Hornsey Rise have created a Gallery of 50 Observations as their final 50 at 50 pledge for the year! The 50 drawings are based on what they have observed in their Children’s House and showcases the rich and vibrant environment: pizzas made in the new oven, butterflies from the cocoons they have […]
The Hampstead Upper Elementary children had an interesting session on weights and measures with Professor Justin Benesch from the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. The children learnt about how and why the ‘kilo’ came to be a unit of measurement, the master kilogram, weighing things with gravity and how something might have a different weight […]
Parents from all school sites, current and past members of staff, and school alumni came together at the Summer Garden Party to celebrate 50 Years of the Maria Montessori School. Lynne Lawrence, Director of Training and Schools, welcomed everyone and took them through the school’s history, from when the first Children’s House was established at Hampstead in 1964 […]
The children at Hampstead Elementary spent a day at the Hampstead Heath looking for 50 plants and animals. After making notes, taking photos of birds and collecting samples of plants, the children are now researching further and are working on compiling their findings in a small booklet. Another 50 at 50 pledge completed!
The Elementary and Children’s Houses at Hampstead had their Special Visitors Day recently. The children invited their family and friends to visit their classroom and showed them their favourite material and what they enjoy doing in class.
Children at Hampstead Elementary made fresh Ricotta cheese at school this week. Carefully following a recipe, milk was boiled and citric acid added to curdle it. After cooling, the cheese was scooped into small draining baskets and stored in the refrigerator, ready for tasting the following day!
The children at our West Hampstead site baked 50 Finnish star pastries before school closed for half term. They learnt how to fold in the corners of a square piece of puff pastry to make the star shape. The centres were filled with dollops of jam before being sealed and baked. Another completed 50 at 50 pledge! […]
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