Katherine Semar Schools News Feed - Events of 2025-2026

Lynx Museums Trip

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:05:53 GMT

Lynx class thoroughly enjoyed their visit to the Sedgewick Museum of Earth Sciences and the Museum of Zoology in Cambridge, on Thursday 16th April.

Year 3 & 4 Swimming Gala

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:21:16 GMT

On Friday, 17th April, our year 3/4 squad swam to victory in this round of their gala competition.

Gymnastics and Dance Festival

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:00:20 GMT

Squads from years 3 & 4 and years 5 & 6 participated in the Gymnastics and Dance Festival at SWCHS on Tuesday evening; see more here:

Leopards' World Book Day

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:54:16 GMT

Fun, fiction and fancy-dress collided at Katherine Semar on World Book Day; see how the Leopards marked the occasion:

Orangutan Forest School

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:48:26 GMT

Orangutan class had a great time monkeying around at forest school! See more here:

Year 5 Victorian Trip

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 14:44:45 GMT

Year 5 landed their Victorians topic with a fantastic trip to Braintree Museum, read about the day here:

Public Speaking Festival

Mon, 2 Mar 2026 13:58:58 GMT

Katherine Semar hosted representatives from local schools, and the Deputy Mayor, for this year's Public Speaking Festival. Read more about the occasion here:

Okapi Class Assembly

Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:05:55 GMT

Okapi class brought their Vikings topic learning to life for family and friends in their class assembly. See more here:

Elephant Class Assembly

Fri, 6 Feb 2026 15:13:22 GMT

Year 4 parents were invited to see their children bring their topic learning to life this week, starting with the Elephant Class Assembly. See more here:

William Morris Trip

Fri, 6 Feb 2026 14:59:33 GMT

Year 5 enjoyed a trip to the William Morris Gallery; discovering more about the designer and his work, as well as trying their hands at Morris-inspired designs of their own. Read about their day here:

Young Voices

Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:23:29 GMT

Our Young Voices choir became stars for the night when they performed at the O2 Arena on Monday 19th January. See more here:

Year 3 Roman Day

Fri, 9 Jan 2026 15:15:02 GMT

Year 3 marched into the spring term as Radical Romans for a day to launch their new topic. Read about their fun-filled day here:

Team Holly 'Christmas Recipe'

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:02:57 GMT

The Infant school cooked up a festive celebration, enjoyed by friends and family - see the Team Holly cast here!

'Angels' Christmas Production

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:53:07 GMT

On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me; one amazing production! See photographs of the Team Angel cast for 'Five Gold Rings' here.

Autumn Reading Award Assembly

Fri, 19 Dec 2025 15:36:41 GMT

A celebration of reading and readers – see more here:

Year 1 Toy Museum

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:13:32 GMT

What did children play with in the past? Year 1 discovered the answer with help from our local museum:

Junior Christmas Lunch

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:10:30 GMT

The festive season has begun at Katherine Semar with our Junior School Christmas Lunch. See some of the happy diners here:

Year 1 Topic Launch

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:03:37 GMT

Year 1 have launched into their new topic - Toys - seeing some of their grown-ups' favourite childhood playthings. See more here:

Superhero Day!

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:11:59 GMT

Red Squirrel and Skylark classes marked the end of their first half-term in Year 1 with their Superhero topic land. Read more here:

Young Shakespeare Theatre Company Visit

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:01:39 GMT

"Is this a dagger I see before me?"
Year 4 and 5 enjoyed a visit from the Young Shakespeare Theatre Company - read more here:

Grey Falcon Forest School

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 14:47:34 GMT

If you go down to the woods today... You might see Grey Falcon class enjoying their first Forest School session! See more here:

Remembrance Day Assembly

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:30:18 GMT

Year 6 have lead a series of special assemblies, linking their learning about WWII with the importance of Armistice Day, culminating with Puma Class on Remembrance Day. See more here:

Early Years Owl Raptor Visit

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:20:08 GMT

Early Years are flying into their second half term at Katherine Semar with some special visitor - find out more here:

Year Five Topic Land

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:11:13 GMT

Year 5's learning about volcanoes came to an explosive conclusion when they had the opportunity to see the models, built at the start of term, erupt! See more here:

Year Three Topic Launch

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:00:24 GMT

Year 3 travelled back to the Stone Age to launch into their new topic, 'Sticks, Stones and Bones'. Read more here:

Year 3 Class Assembly

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:45:26 GMT

Our Year 3 classes rounded off their first half term in the junior school with successful class assemblies. See more here:

Year Two visit the zoo!

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:25:34 GMT

Arctic Wolf and Polar Bear classes visited Colchester Zoo to enrich their science learning; read about their day here.

Summer Reading Challenge

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 14:20:17 GMT

Many of Katherine Semar's young readers participated in the town library reading challenge over the summer; read more about their success here.

Year 3 & 4 Girls' Football Festival

Mon, 6 Oct 2025 15:06:27 GMT

Katherine Semar recently hosted an interschool football festival, encouraging girls to engage with the sport. Read more here:

Skylarks Forest School

Mon, 6 Oct 2025 14:59:01 GMT

Skylark class have enjoyed their time at forest school this term, see some of the highlights here.

Year Six in School

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:44:47 GMT

It has been a fun-filled week for the members of Year 6 who remained in school. Read about their activities here.

Norfolk Lakes Day 5

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 11:28:43 GMT

As the residential visit draws to a close, here are the last few photos of the trip.

Norfolk Lakes Day 4

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 19:08:47 GMT

Read about our fourth day at Norfolk Lakes.

Buddy introductions

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 14:19:41 GMT

Our new Early Years children meet their Year 6 buddies for the first time.

Norfolk Lakes Day 3

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:47:39 GMT

Year 6 residential photos from the third day.

Norfolk lakes Day 2

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:20:59 GMT

It's water day! Lots of boat and raft related fun!

Norfolk Lakes Residential Day 1 (Part B)

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 20:36:12 GMT

Evening photos from Norfolk Lakes

Norfolk Lakes Residential Day 1

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:31:27 GMT

Year 6 head off to Norfolk Lakes residential centre.

Year Five's First week

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 14:46:24 GMT

The new Jaguar and Orangutan classes make an enthusiastic start to their first term!

History Off the page

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:29:17 GMT

Year 6 travelled back in time to experience life as World War II evacuees. Read more here.

year three 'Down Under' launch

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:01:59 GMT

A mysterious delivery leads Year Three on a journey of discovery. Read more here.

Sorting hat assembly

Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:43:09 GMT

This year's new Junior pupils are sorted into their houses. Read more here.

Leopards and Lynx visit the Henry Moore Foundation

Mon, 8 Sep 2025 14:19:24 GMT

Leopards and Lynx visited the Henry Moore foundation. Find out more here.

Year 6 Pumas visit the Henry Moore Foundation - Art topic launch

Wed, 3 Sep 2025 16:06:11 GMT

Year 6 pumas visited the Henry Moore Foundation as part of their Art research on the artist.