Babies This week the babies have enjoyed a range of sensory, exploratory activities. We have made good use of our tuff tray, using our senses to explore pasta, rice, salt and oats. The children seemed to enjoy this tactile experience very much, while a lot was taste-tested too! We learnt to identify different colours with…
Pre-Prep Golden Awards Golden Awards are made weekly to individuals in each class based on the Golden Rules. The following children received a Golden Award during Week 10. Reception Eddie L & Joe PYear 1 Charlotte M, Isaac L, David B & Joseph RYear 2 Edan J, Benjamin B, Emily W & Beatrice WYear 3 Zachary A-B, Hannah J,…
Dear Parents As we look ahead to the final week of the school year I wanted to clarify arrangements for the end of term celebrations. Sadly, we will not be able to be together for these events but hope that the technology will enable us to create a sense of community nonetheless. A pre-recorded Pre-Prep…
Dear Parents What a wonderful week in school! We have had around 76% of the pupils in school from Years to 8 and an increasing number at the nursery and Pre-R. The atmosphere in both settings has been lovely and the children have demonstrated such wonderful qualities as patience and understanding; even the littlest ones. …
Year 8s began the first of their Challenge Week tasks this week – the Dyson Bridge Building Challenge. Among experiments to test how far pasta can be bent before it breaks, one pupil, to remain nameless, asked if spaghetti can be softened enough to make an arch by cooking it on a teacher’s car bonnet! In the second of…
Some of the Year 4 pupils in lessons this week!
Year 3 have been busy focusing on poetry in our English lessons. We reflected on our unique experiences of Lockdown and then wrote some fantastic poems to record this historical time in our lives. Here are just a few from our talented poets!
This week the children in Year 2 have been enjoying learning about traditional outdoor games. Our classmates at home have been researching and playing games their mums and dads used to play, while at school we have been having fun with socially distanced games in the sunshine!
BabiesWith the weather being so beautiful and hot this week, the babies have enjoyed a lot of water play outside to keep cool, using their hands to splash and swish the water and to squeeze water squirters. They have also had fun popping bubbles, painting and playing in the indoor sand tuff tray. BluebellsBluebells have…
ChessCharlotte G has continued playing chess through lockdown! She played in the Megafinal last weekend, and won 4 out of 6 games to qualify for the national Gigafinal. She is also playing for Colchester Juniors in a national clubs tournament this weekend. Well done, Charlotte!
