Mrs Bilner
When Swans class were walking back to school after singing to the community, eagle-eyed Archie spotted a little creature on the path. After realising that she was too small to be out alone, Mrs Bilner brought the little hedgehog into the school and kept her warm. All the children had the opportunity of seeing ‘Silver’ […]
Mrs Bilner & Mrs Marshall took Swans Class to the Parish Rooms to sing carols to the community. They sang numerous carols both traditional and new ones to the community who were enjoying their Christmas lunch.
This year, we are collecting gifts for the Salvation Army. Donations can include new items for men, women or children; suggestions are chocolates, ‘smellies’, socks, gloves, new toys and books, colouring books and pencils; your donations can be brought into school either unwrapped or wrapped (if wrapped, please add a little note to say what is inside!). We […]
We are learning some basic skills in sewing club, including Miss Jones. We are having lots of fun, even when we keep having to re-thread the needle. Lots of patience needed all round.
Over the past few weeks in our whole school and class assemblies, we have been learning about Remembrance Day, the significance of ‘poppies’, the courage and bravery of those who worked and still work in the Armed Forces and the work of the British Legion too. At 11.00am on the 11th November, the whole school […]
Wednesday Evenings see 26 Owls and Swans, accompanied by Mr Bassett and Mrs Bilner, take to the slopes at the Suffolk Ski Centre. Lots of them are learning how to ski, how to ‘snow plough’, turn and stop safely. Others are perfecting their skiing skills on the main slope.
We received this certificate from the Colchester Foodbank saying ‘thank you’ for our food donations. Your kind contributions for our Harvest Assembly helped to provide 134 meals for people less fortunate than ourselves.
A massive thank you to all who contributed to our Macmillan Coffee Morning, we were able to donate £80.00 to this worthwhile cause.
Saturday Evening saw the Annual Community Firework Event taking place at the school. Live music, a hog roast, fantastic firework display, roaring bonfire and many hundreds of people of all ages attending, helped to create a happy, positive and vibrant atmosphere in the school grounds. Many thanks to those involved in organising the evening, helping out on […]
Our new School Council were recently elected. One of their first decisions was deciding on the ‘Theme’ and ‘Names’ for the ‘House Groups’. It was decided, after much discussion, that the names of the Houses will be ‘Foxes’, ‘Badgers’, ‘Hedgehogs’ and ‘Otters’.
Four boys from the Swans class were selected to take part in a recent Table Tennis Competition and whilst they didn’t make it to the final, played really well and were proud to represent the school.
As part of their topic based on ‘Food’, Woodpeckers Class visited Pizza Express in Colchester to learn all about what happens in a restaurant and they even got the chance to make and eat their own pizzas!