National Storytelling Week
Next week is NATIONAL STORYTELLING WEEK – a celebration of oral storytelling, reading and writing for pleasure. Children will be reading more stories in class and assemblies this week and…
Minster News
Minster Junior Newsround – January 2026
Welcome to Minster Junior Newsround and our January edition. In this months news, the children tell us about our current value, some science news, forthcoming trips, sports news and…
Year 6 on The Arctic Fox!
Year 6 have been researching about and producing amazing writing on The Arctic Fox. The fact files, written by our young authors are full of interesting as well as surprising…
Year 5 Maths and English
Year 5 have had a very busy week. In English, children have been exploring the fabulous book “Hidden Figures” where they have been role playing and writing in the first…
Year 4 Writing Techniques
This week, the children have been writing using persuasive techniques (rhetorical questions, commands, hyperbole and emotive language) and using the present perfect tense. Their writing has been based on the…
Year 3 visit Horniman Museum
The Year 3 children visited the Horniman Museum to take part in an exciting workshop called Prehistoric Britain. They revisited what they had learned last term, and it was wonderful…
We are the Champions!
A huge congratulations to our amazingly gifted and talented children who now have the great honour of being named the Champions of Croydon at Sportshall Athletics! Our extremely dedicated team…
Minster Church Gathering
On Tuesday, the whole school gathered together at the Minster Church to celebrate being part of a community. We took time to reflect on the importance of the Christmas message…
Benjamin Franklin House
Green Hub visited the Benjamin Franklin House, where they learned about his life in Georgian England and the many accomplishments he achieved.
Year 5 Computing
This week in Computing, children learnt how to programme different commands and algorithms to power LED lights and a motor. They created a programme on a computer screen by moving…
Year 4 look at the Amazon Rainforest
This week, Y4 children have been describing & giving examples of a biome. They used atlases to find the location & identify features of the Amazon rainforest.
Year 3 Science: ‘Body and Movement’
This week, we have been investigating bones as part of our ‘Body and Movement’ science topic. We have also been reading about earthquakes. Unfortunately, this week, we did follow the…