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  1. Eagle House was founded in 1820 [3] at Brook Green, Hammersmith. In 1860 it moved to a house named Brackenbury's at Wimbledon, then in 1886, after a major fire, [4] moved to its present home at Sandhurst. [5] [6] In 1930 a severe outbreak of chicken-pox and measles reduced the school's numbers from twenty-nine to five, but the school soon ...

  2. 14 likes, 0 comments - eaglehousejuniorschool on December 2, 2021: "Congratulations to Kingfishers for winning this term section shout !!!"

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    Kingfishers are diminutive birds about the size of a robin though with a large head and bill they weigh almost twice as much. Dense water resistant plumage and powerful wing muscles enable them to dive and emerge from water with prey. Most young kingfishers do not survive their first winter but adults can live to 7 years old in favourable condition...

    Kingfishers are widespread, residing in almost any water body where there is prey. Commonly using rivers, canals and lakes, Kingfishers will also visit small brooks and I’ve even seen one at my garden pond. Diet ranges from fish to aquatic invertebrates, newts, tadpoles and even froglets. Anywhere there is a healthy water body with life in it a kin...

    Kingfishers are active all day but if a good meal is caught this can be succeeded by a couple of hours of quiet digestion or preening. Usually this is in a shady thicket and the bird can be hard to see. Like many small predators though they must eat regularly so they will be hunting again soon enough and will return to productive locations time and...

    Kingfishers excavate tunnels in river banks or other suitable locations such as the root plates of fallen trees. Each brood can include several chicks with exceptional clutches of ten being recorded. After only a few days out of the nest the parents become very aggressive towards their young driving them away from the territory. Most of these will ...

    If there was one top tipto seeing kingfishers it is really to recognise their call and listen out for it. They are vocal little birds and their single or sometimes two note whistle is high pitched, loud and carries far. If you look quickly in the direction of that call when you hear it your chances of kingfisher views are greatly increased. Good lu...

  4. House Teams. At Hornbill School we have four houses to which children are assigned when they enter Year 1 or join the school. They are Kingfisher, Broadbill, Fantail and Eagle. The house names represent birds that are native to Brunei and Borneo. This was discussed with our school council members in 2024

  5. Boarding House Handbook | 1. The information in this Booklet is correct as at April 2020. The School reserves the right to make changes where deemed necessary. 00 School Aims. 01 Welcome to JIS Boarding. 02 Boarding Ethos & Practice. 04 Osprey House. 06 Eagle House. 08 Kingfisher House.

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  7. Feb 7, 2020 · "It's the real world. If students are learning about trees and photosynthesis you can be beside a tree and leaves and talk about the process that's going on and look at the different colours of ...