Posts By: Catherine Hollis

Year 5, thoughtfully created a variety of Christmas themed artwork, last week. The children looked at the skills they needed for each option and the materials available, before deciding which ones to create. They were careful and enthusiastic during their work and considered their audience. The children are very proud of their achievements, and rightly… Read more »

Dear Parents, The footbridge leading from Parker Close to the school site was inspected on Friday 4 October. The bridge has deteriorated since a previous inspection in April this year. Of particular concern are the timber guardrails on both sides, which are severely rotten in several places. The guardrails are at risk failure if reasonable force is… Read more »

The children of Maidenbower Junior School were thrilled to take part in the recent art installation at three bridges station. They enthusiastically researched and sketched their design ideas based around the theme of transport, creating some beautifully innovative scenes. We looked at the previous work of Lionel Stanhope, visited the station to get a feel… Read more »

We have many proud moments in our school year. One of our proudest is The “Anne Newson” Award Assembly. This Award is dedicated to the memory of a former Governor who, at an early age, passed away due to illness, some years ago. We honour her bravery, her resilience and her positivity by giving this yearly award to one child… Read more »

Well done to our Year 3’s for putting together an amazing display of all their learning for the Roman era, work was displayed via art, writing, electronic presentations and quizzes and was enjoyed by all the other year groups, our new Year 2 children who will be joining us in September, and all parents, grandparents… Read more »

The school has recently achieved the Autism Awareness Award which demonstrates that provision for pupils with Autism meets national standards intended to support equality of access for ASC children. The Award sets the school apart from other providers, giving recognition of the fact that inclusive approaches are fully embedded throughout the year groups. We attended… Read more »

Artwork in MJS has taken on an Easter theme at the request of our most recent commission, Treasure Chest Softplay in Crawley!   The children were given a choice from different stimulus and were able to use a variety of materials and methods to bring the template to life. The artists were asked to think… Read more »

We have been celebrating World Book day at Maidenbower Junior and are enjoying the vast array of costumes and dressing up, and the wonderful imagination of our children and parents, we have Harry Potters, Wally’s, Disney, animals, PT Barnum’s,  Boys in dresses, Tom Gates, and so many many more, here is a few of the… Read more »

The children have transferred their creative skills to Christmas this term and have designed and created some beautiful works of art. The children thought carefully about what passengers would like to see on their travels and developed new skills as they produced these inspiring pieces. You will find these on a variety of Fastway 100, Fastway… Read more »

Some of our Year 5 girls have been very busy making and selling Pom Poms to pupils, in order to raise funds for Breast cancer, we love their initiative and talents, and they sold all their pom poms (to staff as well!), well done girls for raising £40 in total, an amazing amount.