Memories of 2023-2024

Last Friday our gala squad attended the Uttlesford Finals in Great Dunmow (having already won the first heat at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre).  The children all swam brilliantly, and we are so pleased to announce that both Year 3/4 and 5/6 won their events overall.  This means they are t...

A few photos from our trip to the Aerozone recently.  The children had a wonderful time role-playing different airport jobs, watching the planes take off and land, and meeting the airport firefighters.  They asked a lot of interesting questions and should be able to tell you a few things a...

More fun and activities from Kingswood day 2.

We have all had a superb time at Thetford, enjoying the adventure park and having our lunch before travelling on to Kingswood. Bedrooms are all allocated and the children have settled in. They have started their first evening activities. All are well and happy.

Year 3 had a fantastic trip to Cambridge Mosque to broaden their understanding of Islam, as part of their Religious Education curriculum.

Jaguars enjoyed sharing their learning about their Victorian topic including the recent trip to Audley End.

We had a wonderful time at Colchester Castle. The Early Years children thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the medieval artefacts and exploring the castle grounds - we even got to go up to the roof! We had a story tour from a knight and servant telling us about the castle as a home in the past and complet...

Year One had an amazing time at the farm. We enjoyed meeting and cuddling lots of animals. The children fed lambs, horses, goats, donkeys, llamas and alpacas. We also bottled fed the lambs and milked the cow named MOOTILDA. What a great day!

On Tuesday 19th March 2024 Orangutans visited forest school. It was a great afternoon with whittling, toasting hot cross buns, rolling tyres and playing on the rope swing. The children all had a lot of fun and were extremely well behaved. 

On Thursday 14th March selected Year 6 children took part in the Uttlesford Partnership Netball tournament, with both teams doing incredibly well coming 7th and 1st!  The winning team beat St Thomas More in the final 9-0.  Well done to all involved and huge thanks to Bernae for a...

The children had an exciting couple of days to celebrate World Book Day. This year we decided to focus on book  illustrators and illustrations.  

We have had a fantastic time this week with our mums visiting each class.  We hope you enjoyed observing your child in class as well as joining in special activities with them - we know the children had a great time!

Year 4 pupils enjoyed a highly educational, if somewhat soggy, trip to visit a practising Hindu worshipping temple.  As part of the visit, pupils learnt about the self-sufficiency of the site (relying on produce from the on-site farm), had the opportunity to feed the cattle and ride on an oxen...

Polar Bear class had so much fun sharing this term’s learning by performing a Great Fire of London assembly. Thank you to all parents and carers for their help with learning the words and providing costumes. 

Okapi class celebrated their learning about Vikings with a short play and some songs.

Our Year 5 & 6 Choir had the most amazing experience on Monday evening performing at Young Voices as part of the world’s largest choir at London’s 02 Arena.  The children (and parents who attended in the audience) all had an amazing time.  It was an incredibly long and tiri...

Early Years attended a little city workshop on Friday. There were lots of real-life role-play opportunities where the children could develop their oracy skills as well as using real life contexts for maths, reading, writing and physical development. 

We started our topic this half term by taking part in a Treasure Hunt. We had to find 9 clues that contain facts about our topic and then use the letters within the clues to find the hidden treasure. We found some wine, cheese and a diary buried in the ground. We can’t wait to find out what th...

On November 28th, Grey Falcons had their second visit to the forest. In contrast to their first, it was a beautiful sunny winter’s afternoon. The campfire was to be lit and great fun was had creating sparks especially by Lorcan (see photo) and Joshua and the campfire was quickly alight. Soon...

The children had a fantastic time visiting Father Christmas today.  Father Christmas always enjoys coming to this school so that he can meet our amazing children and spend some time in his Christmas grotto, which is so stunningly created by Dan Vinson.  Thank you, Dan, it is amazing...

The Year 3, 4 and 5 Christmas production this year was “How Christmas Came to Be” by Andrew Oxspring and Ian Faraday. This festive and entertaining production was fun to perform and gave the children lots of opportunities for acting and singing.

Flame Robins had a wonderful time at an even muddier Forest School. They ran, slid, skidded, swung, whittled, used flints for making the fire, chased, explored and built dens.  They even had the opportunity to shape and cook some 'stone age' oat cakes.  Well done, Flame Robins, you...

We would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who helped at or attended our Christmas Fayre last week. We hope all the children had a wonderful time – it was fantastic seeing their excitement and happy faces. We were amazed when we totalled up our Christmas Fayre takings to discover we...

Flame Robins and Grey Falcons had a fun and very muddy time at their first Forest School session of Year 3.  They tested their resilience in ascending muddy slopes, sliding down, helping each other carry logs, making dens, whittling spears, splashing in puddles, and fighting off dragons (see if...