Katherine Semar Schools News Feed - Events of 2025-2026

PE Spotlight

Mon, 18 May 2026 14:11:16 GMT

What an inspiring PE Spotlight afternoon at Katherine Semar this week. We were absolutely thrilled to welcome colleagues from across the Saffron Academy Trust for an afternoon dedicated to celebrating excellence in Physical Activity and sharing the very best of our practice.

Caythorpe Residential - Day 3

Fri, 1 May 2026 16:03:28 GMT

The final day of fun for year 4

Caythorpe Residential - Day 2, Pt 2

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:34:40 GMT

Caythorpe Residential - Day 2

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 21:06:13 GMT

The second day of year 4's residential gets off to a bright start.

Caythorpe Residential - Day 1 Pt 2

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:19:10 GMT

Year 4's first day at Caythorpe draws to a close.

Caythorpe Residential - Day 1

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:14:26 GMT

Year 4 start their residential journey to Caythorpe.

Early Years Showcase

Thu, 30 Apr 2026 20:11:40 GMT

Our talented Early Years team were selected to share the practices which give Katherine Semar pupils the best start to their school careers. Read more here:

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.