News Whitehorse Manor – Brigstock Site

This week the children in Year 3 published their own chronological reports about their visit to see the Cave People at EPS. 

Our current literacy learning is based around the works of Shakespeare with a focus on the Scottish play, ‘Macbeth’. 

Many of you would have noticed our new living willow tunnel. 

As a partner borough of the Mayor of London’s Pan-London Anti-Idling programme ‘Idling Action London’, Croydon Council invited Whitehorse Manor Junior School and the Brigstock Annex site to host Air Quality workshops.

Another fantastic book week at Brigstock.  Children enjoyed visits and talks by authors and poets and Year 5 had particular fun during their ‘reading cafe’ sessions.

With recent higher numbers of COVID cases across the UK the SLT of the Pegasus Academy Trust has put in place some new precautionary measures to keep us all safe as we enter the last weeks of term. 

This week the children in Reception have been looking at the book ‘Granny went to market’. 

Over the last couple of weeks, Year 6 have been studying the text ‘Varmints’ by Helen War and Marc Craste. 

The last year has taught us not to take for granted the simple joy of hearing laughter along our corridors, the pounding of feet across our playground and the sight of 30 children all in one room!

Hello to all of our Pegasus families wherever you are reading this. 

Following the Prime Minister’s announcement today (Wednesday 30th December) and the publication of the accompanying guidance it is now clear that Croydon schools, including our schools within the Pegasus Academy Trust, will not reopen on 5th January as planned. 

This year we took to the virtual universe to bring you a Christmas Junior Production. 

As we come into the Christmas season many parents may be considering buying tablets or laptops for their children which will allow them to access social media sites.