Woodpeckers

Christingle in the Church

by | 12 Dec 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Religious Education, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday, all the children went into their ‘Houses’ to create Christingle oranges, with the older ones helping the younger ones put sweets and raisins on cocktail sticks and sticking red tape around the middle. After lunch, the children carried their oranges, which included a glowstick, down to the church.  Rev. Rosalind conducted a service, which the parents joined us […]

Brightness Day

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

On Friday 27th November the JRSOs held a Brightness Day.  The children and staff came to school in their brightest clothes and raised money for ‘Children in Need’. There were winners from each class including Miss Kluge. There were also winners of the competitions that the JRSO’s arranged.  

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.

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.

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 […]

Sewing Club

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Extracurricular, Woodpeckers

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.

School Falls Silent for Two Minutes

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

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 […]

Harvest Gifts

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

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.