The children in the Lower School enjoyed a visit from the Sugar Plum Fairy on Monday. They watched quite entranced as she danced a ballet solo up on her pointe shoes. Then, she taught them a dance from The Land of Sweets, which they performed with great confidence. Wonderful dancing, Lower School!

In true NHP style, our parents came out in full force to support our annual Christmas Book Drive as part of the NHP Foundation’s Radius Programme. This year, we were collecting books for the children at Oxford Gardens Primary School. Thanks to the generosity of our parents, each one of their 302 pupils from Nursery…

Inspired by the holiday-themed towns in Tim Burton’s ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’, 7KP have been writing richly descriptive pieces of work on the theme of ‘Christmas Town’. Their stories were written to interest and delight Year 3 pupils, and on Tuesday they had the opportunity to share their stories with 3K and 3E. They had…

On Saturday, our wonderful Parents’ Association transformed NHP into a Winter Wonderland for our first Christmas fair since the pandemic! All items from the stalls and activities went directly to the NHP Foundation, raising a huge £9,070. The organising team of Evie B, Lisette VP, Clodagh B, Lauren J, Susie C, Elizabeth C, Delphine R,…

Our Year 3s had a blast today at Whipsnade Zoo. They discovered more about how to conserve the habitat of their favourite animals and the importance of environmental awareness.

The Notting Hill Children’s Community Choir (NHCCC), the NHP Foundation’s choir, made their debut public performance on Sunday 27th November at the Music House for Children Carols by Candlelight concert at Bush Hall. It was a fantastically festive evening full of carols, Christmas cheer and a special appearance from Santa himself. The choir, made up…

Our senior choir were amazing at Tommy’s Carol Concert on Tuesday night! They performed two pieces Jubilate Deo by Jay Althouse and Cantamos by James Desjardins.  They sang beautifully, from the heart, with passion and joy and big smiles on their faces.  It was impossible not to be utterly charmed by them! The concert was…

On Wednesday, we kicked off our in-house Christmas performances in style with Y3’s Pantoland – a mash-up of different pantos and eclectic music choices.  The children rapped and danced with rhythm to ‘Ice, Ice Baby’ – from memory, a first at NHP – and sang Christmas hits from years gone by with style and panache….

NHP was delighted to welcome ‘The Puzzle Company’ yesterday to put the NHP children’s thinking skills through their paces! From Reception to Year 8, the children had to use many of the NHP habits to tackle the ‘Smart Thinker’ puzzles placed before them.

First of all, thank you to the weather gods who arranged for the deluge of rain to fall either side of our time at Celtic Harmony, leaving us to bask in beautiful, autumnal sunshine for most of the day. The children were treated to a feast of Celtic activities as part of the ‘Warrior Day’….

To continue their focus on British history in lessons, Year 2 took a trip to the Museum of London today. They spent the day exploring through the galleries and partaking in a range of immersive activities which included performances, storytelling and object handling. They had an excellent day seeing history come to life!

On Monday, pupils and staff came to school in odd socks to mark the start of National Anti-Bullying Week. This year’s theme was ‘Reach Out’, encouraging children to speak out if they are being bullied and to stand up for others if they see bullying behaviour taking place. Children have been discussing this in their…