Memories of 2023-2024
- 28/03/24
EY Visit Colchester Castle
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...Read Full Story - 28/03/24
Katherine Semar Junior School choir & orchestra - Spring Showcase
On Friday 22nd March, the choir and orchestra presented a showcase of pieces to the Junior school, and later, to parents. This was a lovely opportunity to perform and share what they have been working on this term with Mrs Wheeler. The orchestra played confidently, and the choir gave the audience a...Read Full Story - 22/03/24
Year 1 Visit Boydells Farm
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!Read Full Story - 22/03/24
Orangutan Class Assembly
Please enjoy the photos of the recent Orangutan class assembly in which they showcased all they had learnt about the Victorians this term.Read Full Story - 22/03/24
Orangutans at Forest School
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.Read Full Story - 18/03/24
Year 5 Science Fair
On Tuesday a group of Year 5 children attended the Big Bang Science Fair at Herts and Essex School. After a term of hard work choosing, planning and investigating at an after-school club, the children presented their work to hundreds of secondary children and adults and judges from STEM.Read Full Story - 15/03/24
Uttlesford Partnership Netball Tournament
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...Read Full Story - 15/03/24
Hockey Squad Success!
Ten players from the hockey squad represented Katherine Semar in a hockey tournament on Wednesday 13th March at JFAN. 17 teams entered, and we came 1st in our group round, which put us into the final play-off, which consisted of the top 8 teams. We then played against 3 schools...Read Full Story - 11/03/24
World Book Day
The children had an exciting couple of days to celebrate World Book Day. This year we decided to focus on book illustrators and illustrations.Read Full Story - 08/03/24
Year 5 Visit to Audley End
Year 5 visited Audley End to complete their learning on Victorians in History this term. The children (and staff) dressed up in Victorian attire and everybody looked great. We received compliments from members of the public and visitors of Audley End throughout the day on the children's outfits...Read Full Story - 08/03/24
Mothers Day Visits
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!Read Full Story - 08/03/24
Jaguar Class at Forest School
Jaguars made the most of their forest school session on Tuesday - mud sliding, fire lighting, hot cross bun cooking, tyre rolling, rope swinging, den building, bark rubbing and lots and lots of fun! We were impressed by their team work and imagination.Read Full Story - 04/03/24
Year 4 Trip to Hindu Temple
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...Read Full Story - 04/03/24
Gym & Dance Display
The Gym and Dance display at Saffron Hall on Tuesday was amazing! Well done to all those children who participated. We would like to say a HUGE thanks to Mr Gilkes and Mrs Cadwallader who worked with the children. It was so lovely to receive so many lovely emails letting us know how much...Read Full Story - 01/03/24
Year 2 Great Fire of London Assembly
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.Read Full Story