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Pupil Achievements

Pre-Prep Golden Awards Reception Proud Clouds Ava P, James B and Emmy R Year 1 Golden Awards Saffiyah N and Sebastian W Year 2 Golden Awards Mollie A and Juliet C Year 3 Golden Awards Lily H, Roxy J and Hugo P Pre-Prep 5Rs Awards Resilient Rhino Hannah M, Massimo C, Luke B, Teddy T,…

Burns’ Night Extravaganza

Years 7 & 8 dusted off their tartan and threw themselves into a fantastic Burns Night celebration. The haggis was ‘piped’ in and toasted formally with Burns’ Address and a tipple (apple juice in shot glasses). They enjoyed a wonderful Burns Night supper and poems were recited. Ms Topliss read Tam O’Shanter and Mrs Bradbury…

Year 4 Art – Surreal Imagination

Year 4 had their curiosity sparked when they studied some of Magritte’s surrealist creations.  They have started to create a surrealist story and will be adding chapters throughout the term. The children were then challenged to choose one of their characters and have produced some fabulous glazed ceramic sculptures.

All Eyes on French

It was all eyes on French in Year 3! This term in languages, children in Pre-Prep have been learning French.  Year 3 have been familiarising themselves with greetings and feelings and have been practising these in their lessons.  They have been creating their own mini dialogues independently, with a little help from their “googly eyed”…

Nursery News

We’ve been very creative at Nursery this week: we’ve had sea creature craft, discovered dinosaurs and created some impressive hairstyles in our role play area.  We’ve also spent time looking at healthy living and read lots of our favourite stories. Babies  We have been busy enjoying activities based around our weekly themes of sea creatures…

Letter from the Head…

Dear Parents, It has been great to walk around last week and see the children hard at work. I spent some time as a TA in Year 3 and enjoyed their morning skills session; this is something that I wholeheartedly approve of from the Science of Learning, the revisiting of different spellings, handwriting development and…

Year 1 Ice Balloons

Year 1 had great fun exploring ice balloons in their science lesson this week. After using our senses of touch and sight, we shared our ideas about what we thought was in the balloons and how they were made. After agreeing that they were made out of ice we talked about what would happen to…

From the Headmaster…

Dear Parents Two weeks in and the energy has heightened as the sun has re-emerged. Wednesday was very special in a number of ways, not least because the sun came out seemingly for the first time this term, but because we had the first upper prep football fixtures for two years. All the football matches…

Pupil Achievements

Pre-Prep Awards Golden Awards Reception Proud Clouds Jake B and Bear S-C Year 1 Golden Awards Noah W and Clemmie C Year 2 Golden Awards Gabrielle J and Rhaman S Year 3 Golden Awards Eivissa M 5R Awards Resilient Rhino Oakley M, George S and Joseph R Reflective Rabbit Vincent K, Flora B, Isabella C…

Oh Yes They Did!

Last Thursday Years 1, 2 and 3 had a trip into Colchester on a double decker bus! We looked at the castle and the war memorial before setting off down Colchester High Street in search of more towers, turrets and heroes. Along the way we absorbed the sights, sounds and smells of the busy town….

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