12/03/2026
Science Week has been full of curiosity and collaboration at Clifton Lodge! 🔬✨
Our Year 6 pupils teamed up with the children in Early Years for a hands-on Science Week activity, exploring, experimenting and discovering together. The younger children loved learning alongside their older buddies, while Year 6 enjoyed sharing their knowledge and encouraging lots of great questions.
Now that their 11+ exams are finished, our Year 6 pupils visit Early Years twice a week to support with reading and classroom activities. It’s a wonderful opportunity for them to develop leadership and mentoring skills, while building special connections with our youngest learners.
Well done to everyone involved for making science so fun and inspiring! 🌱📚
Early Years buddy reflections from Year 6
Mrs Trivedi - "Year 6 have been helping out in Early Years since the beginning of the Spring Term. We help on Monday morning with their learning activities and then again we read to them on Thursday afternoon."
Keito –“First my buddy was not listening to me at all, but now that he is used to seeing me regularly he listens well and I am really enjoying the time I spend with him.”
Riko –“I like going to nursery and look forward to the sessions, my buddy is a good listener and we have a lot of fun together.”
Asher – “It’s really fun to connect with my buddy, even though his first language is different to mine. Reading with him is my favourite thing and I always try to use expression and animation to keep him engaged and involved.”
Shiori – “I really like playing with my buddy, and seeing that she is happy to see me too is great. I like helping her with the activities on Monday. This experience has helped build my patience.”
Hinata – “I love playing with my buddy and making this friendship, and I wish we could be downstairs all the time.”
Shuma – even though I have a very energetic buddy, I am enjoying the time down there and the connection I have made with him. At the start it was hard and felt like being in the bottom of the learning pit but now I am at the top, helping him.
Megumi – firstly, my buddy wasn’t talking with me, but now we have become quite good friends.
Billy – “At first it was a challenge to get my buddy to listen to me and concentrate on the activities we had to do but now I am happy he is my buddy and enjoy the time down there.”
Taiwo – “Having a buddy has been very challenging but rewarding, this is because I have learnt to accept that he may not always listen to me and I have learnt that sometimes I must be firm in a kind way. I am loving this experience very much.”
Blake – “I have enjoyed having a buddy, that listens well. At first I was a little impatient but I have learnt to be more understanding. My favourite part is the learning activities on Monday because I get to teach him new things and miss maths!”
Mrs Otero (Teacher) – “I have been super impressed with Miles and the way that he consistently interacts with his buddy, always in a kind and caring manner and demonstrating modelling how to complete activities, this was particularly evident in the rocket making activity.”
