News Whitehorse Manor Junior School

On Wednesday, Year 4 visited the Shree Ganapathy Temple in Thornton Heath to support their learning in RE.

This half term, year 3 have undertaken a cross-curricular exploration of dinosaurs. 

One of the advantages to being part of a Multi Academy Trust is that all staff are part of a much bigger team than they would be in a single ‘standalone’ school. 

Today, the author Banji Alexander visited Whitehorse Juniors to talk about his new book- Lockdown Looms: Reggie’s Birthday Party.

As you are hopefully aware, the deadline for applying for a secondary school for your child to attend in September 2023 is fast approaching. 

Last week, children in Year 6 prepared and delivered speeches to put themselves forward to represent their house as a House Captain.

Congratulations to the selected pupils from Year 3 and 4 who took part in the Croydon Schools’ Cross Country event at Lloyd Park on Tuesday 4th October.

Last week, Year 3 were studying the fantastically evocative poem called ‘From a Railway Carriage’ by Robert Louis Stevenson. 

We have been busily selling raffle tickets and hosting a cake sale, in order to raise money for the very worthwhile charity Macmillan Cancer Support.

Year 5 have had a busy but fantastic start to the year so far!

Hopefully you have all seen the fantastic Disney movie – The Lion King! 

Author and storyteller, Chitra Soundar, is hosting an interactive session this Saturday at 2pm at the Salvation Army in Thornton Heath.

Our current Thematic topic in Year 3 is a local area study about Crystal Palace. 

Our new year 3 cohort has had a fantastic start to their Key Stage 2 career. 

There have been sixty one Kings and Queens of England in the last 1200 years but none has been monarch longer than Queen Elizabeth II, who died yesterday at the age of 96.