Classes
A massive thank you to all who contributed to our Macmillan Coffee Morning, we were able to donate £80.00 to this worthwhile cause.
Hannah the Nurse came to talk to the children in Kingfisher Class about germs and the importance of washing their hands properly. We met different germs – cuddly toys!! Hannah had a special light to show the children what germs they had on their hands.
The Kingfisher Class had Mrs Hunter the Dental Nurse visit them. She told the children how to look after their teeth and what food is good and bad for them.
Kingfisher class walked around the village finding out what buildings and shapes they could see. They saw the Post Office, Vets, Garage and Church. They found circle, triangles, squares and rectangles.
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!
The children from Woodpeckers, Owls and Swans, recently had a morning dedicated to Tag Rugby. They took part in lots of different activities and games all linked to Rugby. A fun time was had by all.
As an end of term treat, the children enjoyed a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party courtesy of the PTA.
The ducklings have been an immense success with all the children and are now enjoying their moments of freedom on our pond! Catching them at the end of the day has proved very entertaining for anyone watching! Thank you to Mrs Martin for allowing to have them in school these last few weeks.
Year 6 are well under way to being ready to take their statutory tests in English and Maths in the week of May 11th. Please do encourage them to do the homework sent for the Easter holidays as it will be the starting point of the support club being run on Monday afternoons, starting on […]
On Thursday 12th February, I was fortunate enough to be able to join the Swans Class to watch the performance of Hansel and Gretel at the Mercury Theatre. It was an amazing experience and our children performing in the chorus were fantastic! Well done to you all. Our children in the audience were also wonderful—for […]