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Testimonial – Jessica Palmer Montena

When our daughter, Maya, graduated from The New School and started attending Nottingham, we knew it would be a transition for her. It was her first experience with public school. How would she do with so many new teachers, passing from class to class with over a thousand other students, and keeping up with the Read More >>

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The Art of Density & Viscosity

This fall students in seventh & eighth grade participated in a science class that explored density and viscosity.  Our class started with viewing a short video on density with water, oil and syrup. Students were then asked to come up with ten questions they had and then narrowed them down to the best three. Students shared their Read More >>

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Poetry Poetry Poetry

The oldest students were part of a poetry unit this fall where they had to study the work of three different poets. Many chose lyricists. They were asked to select three poems for each poet or lyricist to study. Next they had to write an analysis on this body of work. We asked students to Read More >>

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History and Lincoln

  Students in the upper grades this fall started a unit on the Civil War.  Before we delved into this history topic they were asked three questions to respond to individually and then discuss as a group.  They were asked: What is history? Who Cares? Why study it? Some of their responses were: Events leading Read More >>

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Zoo to You

This year we were very fortunate to get a donation of a program called ZOO TO YOU which brings zoo animals and personnel to our school every other month for the year. As a team we began to think about how to make the most of these experiences.  We decided to build off of these Read More >>

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Cursive Refresh

This fall, students in grades 4-8 participated in a cursive class that reviewed (and sometimes retaught) all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.  There was much discussion and practice with our lowercase letters: clock climbers, kite strings, the loop group, and hills & valleys. There was some difficulty and triumph over the “bridge Read More >>

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Read-Aloud at Reading Time

Once a week our youngest students gather together for their own read-aloud during the school-wide reading time. Some of them are just beginning to learn to read. Others have developed some reading skills and are just beginning to read independently. They all enjoy listening to a good story together, sharing their thoughts and questions about Read More >>

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Declaration of Independence

In the fall of 2019, students in grades 4 and 5 were part of a social studies unit studying the Declaration of Independence. First they reviewed the 13 colonies and read books about the Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord and the ride of Paul Revere. They considered what made the people living in the Read More >>

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Mystery Powders

Starting in September 2019, all the fourth and fifth grade students were part of a “Mystery Powder” unit. The unit started with the shocking news of a “robbery” at the Temple up the road! Left at the scene of the “crime” was a white powder as the only evidence. All the students were engaged in Read More >>

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Bees

  Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students.  They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees.  This year we did a short unit to finish up our look at bees Read More >>