For their writing focus Toucan Class are reading ‘The Marvellous Fluffy Squishy Itty Bitty” by Beatrice Alemagna. To complement this we went on a town walk looking at all the different types shops we could find. The children were very well behaved, and we also had time to learn a […]
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Panther Class went on a walk up the High Street this morning to make observations on food retail outlets as part of STEM Week!
Thank you to the PTFA for paying for the whole school to go to The Empire Theatre to see Toy Story 4 this afternoon. There was popcorn for everyone, and a snow machine too!
The children had a fantastic time at Brightlingsea until the rain came. Well done to all the children who were wonderfully sensible and well behaved throughout the day, and thank you to all the adults who went along to make the trip possible.
This week we were delighted to welcome poet Matt Abbott to school to write poetry with children across the school. On Wednesday he worked with Year 6 and they have written a collaborative poem which will soon be shared in video form and be put on display in the school. […]
On Friday afternoon over 100 pupils from Foundation to Year 6 chose to spend their Golden Time session on a walk into town to see the Remembrance Day poppy displays outside Holy Trinity Church, in the Public Gardens, and at the front of the library. Pupils and staff will be […]
Such a great day at Brightlingsea and the Cage staff applauded our “polite and well behaved children”. Well Done Everyone! Here are some of the photos that were taken on the day and haven’t already been posted to the site.
Yesterday morning the whole school visited the Empire Theatre in Halstead for our annual Christmas cinema trip. We were excited and honoured to be watching ‘Santa Claus – The Movie’ – the first cinema event at The Empire in over 12 years! The staff were brilliant and the whole venue fantastically […]
Class HT have had a fantastic day at the Essex Police Museum and will be back in school for the normal collection time.
Class DR have arrived safe and sound at the Essex Police Museum! Everybody is looking forward to an interesting day! Hopefully nobody will misbehave and be left in the cells!
By the time Flamingo Class got to Halstead Park it was heavy rain and we were getting very wet. After a 15 minute break sheltering under the bandstand we decided the rain wasn’t going to stop so we headed back to school. Of course, by the time we reached the school […]
Mrs King has e-mailed us some photos from the Gecko Class visit to Hollytrees. (More to follow…) They’re having a great time! (After posting this page I noticed that some of the images are squished as thumbnails and on their side when full size. This is due to the camera […]
It has been so good to see our children settle so quickly after the Summer break. Our Year 6’s are stepping up into their new role as leaders around the school – a visitor this week (on Wednesday) was full of praise for our children and they way they work […]
Year 1 had a fantastic day today, looking at old and new toys and how the Victorians used to live. The weather was even good to us and allowed us to play in the sand area at lunch. They were so well behaved even John the workshop leader praised them […]
A reminder to Gruffalo Class that it’s our trip to Hollytrees Museum this Friday, 6th March. Please all come into school in school uniform with a rucksack to carry either your lunch from home or pre-ordered lunch from school. You will need to bring a drink with you, but please make […]
We are delighted to have the author Jonkers coming into school on Wednesday 25th of February. Jonkers has written the book ‘Jimpy’ and will be sharing some of this book with us on the day and doing workshops with all of the Key Stage 2 children. Children will have the […]
Here are some of the photos from Tuesday afternoon where two more groups of children from across the school worked with Sophie. The rest of the children will take part during Wednesday before everything is brought together in the hall in the afternoon. There will be more photographs, and videos, from […]
All the children in the school are working with artist Sophie Fox during the course of today and tomorrow. The groups are all mixed up with random groups of children all ages working together. Here are some of the photos taken so far – there are more to follow!