Category: Form VI
Remembering War
In a cross curricular link with History, Form VI have been thinking about war. We looked at the work of war artist Paul Nash and the girls worked in his semi-abstract style to create these very emotive responses.
Buckingham Palace
Form VI had a fantastic day at Buckingham Palace, exploring a special exhibition about Queen Victoria and the Royal Mews, where they admired the four ton Gold State Coach. The girls were complimented on their exemplary behaviour.
ISA Draw Your School Competition
Jennie – Form VI – Second place KS2 We were very excited to learn that Jennie’s beautiful pen and ink drawing of St Hilda’s won second place in the recent ‘Draw Your School’ Competition. Well done to Jennie!
Art Success at Ayot
Congratulations to a member of Form VI for taking the first prize in the Ayot St Lawrence Children’s Art competition at the weekend. The theme for the competition was ‘Summer Holidays’ and the pupil created a lovely piece or artwork incorporating painting and collage techniques. Our Form VI pupil was presented with her prize at…
Form VI Visit France
The girls in Form VI spent a wonderful week in Normandy having lots of fun and improving their French. We visited the Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry and a Goat farm, bought our lunch at a local market, enjoyed French food and took part in lots of outdoor activities. Lots of memories to treasure…
Form VI Silk Paintings
We have been working on our collaborative silk painted panels in Art. In a cross curricular link with R.E. We have focused on Hindu Gods. The girls have made three large scale silk panels each depicting different elements from our theme. The panels will be framed and will appear around the school soon. They look…
Magistrates Day
The girls in Form VI enjoyed a very informative and entertaining morning when two local magistrates ran a workshop at school. The girls learnt about how our justice system works, thought about the effects of crime on victims and took part in a mock trial.
Maths Problems? No problem for Form VI!
Form VI were posed the following problem: Explain how the thirteen pieces making up the regular hexagon shown in the diagram can be re-assembled to form three smaller regular hexagons congruent to each other. It took Sophe and Izzy less than 15 minutes to solve the problem – can you do the same? Their solutions…
Form VI trip to Maria’s!
To celebrate the hard work that Form VI girls have put in over the last academic year (and earlier) we went to Maria’s for a treat after swimming on Wednesday. Milkshakes and waffles all round!
Form VI Apple Store Visit
Form VI had a fun afternoon visiting the Apple Store this week. The girls had a chance to explore using Apple pencils on an iPad, using them to write code words following instructions from their partner. They were then introduced to Sphero, a programmable robot. Initially, the girls had to program Sphero to create a…
