Guinea pig party

Next week (Wednesday) we will be having a Guinea pig party as part of our end of year celebration and topic work. We are asking for contributions towards our party, if you are kindly able to share some food! Please see the attached list of suitable party foods that we hope to have for our… Read more »

Castle Trip

Today we went on our trip to Colcester Castle. We were very excited to see it, with some of being amazed to find it hidden behind some shops. We spent time looking at the exhibits (we found a reconstruction of a roundhouse just like the one we made in class) and tried on lots of… Read more »

Year 6 leavers

Class one had the honour to watch the year six children discus their favourite moments from their time here at school.

Year 6 leavers service

Today we joined together to share a special service with the year 6 pupils. The children shared some of their fond memories, led us in singing a range of their favourite hymns and received a bible and gift from the school. Thank you to all the team for supporting the pupils to organise this memorable… Read more »

Library challenge

Today we had a visit from Tiptree library to talk about the summer reading challenge, Mischief Makers! I hope you all have fun collecting the stickers, certificate and medal!

Maths Homework

This week I have set a different sort of homework. This is a reasoning activity involving measures taken from Cambridge University’s NRich Project. You may find it easier to use cups to re-create the problem and solve it. A group of eight children in Class 6 were measuring water using measuring cylinders. They coloured the… Read more »

Open evening of learning

Tonight the children had fun sharing their learning with their families. Thank you to all the staff for displaying activities throughout the evening and to all the parents for supporting the event. The children have made fantastic progress this year and we have really enjoyed celebrating their achievements together tonight!

Class 1 assembly

Today we shared our learning during our class assembly. We have been very responsible looking after our pet guinea pigs and ducks. Thank you Miss Mansell, Mrs Hanford and Mr Fox for making our learning so much fun!

Food for thought!

Today a team of Rota Kids visited Tesco’s to support Maldon Food Bank. Mrs Clarke was so proud of the children who collected food and cleaning products as part of their first charitable event. A big thank you to the team, Mrs Clarke and all the shoppers who supported the children in their venture!

Class 2 Trip

Hopefully you should have received the ParentMail message about our trip (more details here) taking place next week. To keep costs down, we are planning on taking the children to the castle via minibus in two trips. If there are any adults who would be happy to take their children to Colchester Castle, and join… Read more »