Classes

Road Safety Training

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Kingfishers, Parents, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s trained the children in Woodpecker and Kingfisher Class on how to cross the road correctly. The children really enjoyed using the road and pretending to be cars and pedestrians.

Kingfisher Class Assembly

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Achievements, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents, School Events, Visitors

The children in the Kingfisher Class performed their assembly on Friday. The work they showed was on the theme of ‘Ourselves’.  They named body parts, they spoke about the visit from Sue Hunter the Dental Nurse, they showed collages of their favourite foods, said the letters sounds of the alphabet and sang the ABC song. […]

Owls Trip to Colchester Castle

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Owls, Trips

On Thursday the Owls made the short trip to Colchester to visit the Castle. The children have been learning about the Romans for the past two weeks in class and greatly enjoyed their visit. We had the opportunity to try on different Roman costumes, build a Roundhouse and creep around the gloomy dungeons. The trip finished […]

Traffic Survey

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Community, Curriculum, Kingfishers, School Events, Trips

Kingfisher Class walked to the village green to conduct a survey of the traffic. The children were very excited and waited patiently for vehicles to go pass, listening carefully. When they saw a vehicle they made a mark on their chart. They saw cars, lorries, vans and buses. When they got back to school the […]

Dinosaur Captured On Camera!

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Woodpeckers

This week has been a very exciting time for Woodpecker class who discovered that there had been a Triceratops rampaging round the school over the weekend. Miss Kluge showed the class CCTV footage of a Triceratops in the school car park and the children produced some fabulous stories based on what they had seen. The children weren’t afraid because they had […]

Woodpecker Class Share ‘Wow Work’ With Friends and Family In Class Assembly.

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Achievements, Classes, Parents, Woodpeckers

  This week was the turn of Woodpecker Class to share some of their favourite work from the term in their Class Assembly. The children showed the rest of the school and parents the firework pictures they had made; sang the ‘Days Of The Week’ song that they had been learning, performed their class poem […]

Christmas Craft Club

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Extracurricular, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Christmas Craft Club started on Monday 16th November. As you can see from the photos, the children had great fun making a whole range of Christmas-themed items, including beautiful cards and letters to Santa.

Transport Challenge Afternoon

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Community, Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Parents, School Events, Visitors

Today the children in the Kingfisher class and their family member took part in the transport challenge afternoon. They designed their vehicle and used lots of recycled materials to create it. When they had finished they had to evaluate their vehicle.  The children really enjoyed the afternoon and I think the adults did too! The […]

Anti Bullying Week

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

This week was Anti Bullying week which meant it  was a very important week for our Anti Bullying Buddies. On Monday the Buddies led the Whole School Assembly introducing our first ever ‘House’ competition! Each House had the afternoon to design a poster promoting ‘Good Friendships’. It was great to see all Key Stages working […]

Brightness Day

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Community, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

The JRSO’s have planned  a ‘Brightness Day’ on Friday 27th November 2015 to inform children how important it is to be safe and to be seen, in the winter months. Please encourage your child to come to school in the brightest clothes they have, we are asking for a donation of £1 per child for […]

Christmas Gifts

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

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 […]

Kingfisher class visit Hall Farm

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Curriculum, Facilities, Kingfishers, Trips

Today Kingfisher class walked to Hall Farm to do the farm trail. We were able to follow a map which Ann had drawn for us. Edward kindly took us around and we saw lots of different animals. We were even followed by a goat, Miss Jones thought she had a new child in her class! We […]