The author Margery Allingham, who lived in Tolleshunt D’Arcy and has one of our school houses named after her, was born on the 20th of May. Can you find out what the names of her fictional detective and his sidekick are? Which house in the village did she live in and is it still there?… Read more »

Our mental synchronizationCan have but one explanation YouAnd IWere just meant to learn… (not quite the lyrics but I’m feeling the Disney at the moment!) Some fantastic learning already coming in! Keep looking throughout the day for updated photos.

Good morning on a sunny day, Here are a few maths teasers to get you moving, how many can you do in your head? 36, 75% of this, -16, x by itself, triple it, + 58 = 108, divide by 12, x by itself, x 3, – 131, 3/8 of this = 11, x 13,… Read more »

As some of you may know, this would usually be the time for the Hay Festival. The Hay festival is a literature festival that happens in Wales each year and is host to a range of authors/ writers who talk about and read extracts from their writing. Due to the current circumstances, this year’s Hay… Read more »

A whole new week, A new fantastic point of view… Look at the great learning you’ve been getting up to already! You have been very busy and I can see you enjoyed the lovely sunshine over the weekend.

Another week of exciting learning ahead of us! I’ve tried to include a few challenges that you can do with other members of your family so have a go and tell me how you got on. Don’t forget all of the other things that count as learning, cooking, helping with shopping, reading for pleasure, the… Read more »

In response to popular demand I’ve set some more MyMaths. Take note of the advice that I’ve given in the activity section and have a good try at your given tasks. If you get really stuck then please send me a message via the school office and either I or Miss Scotchford will send some… Read more »

It was lovely to see so many of you again and a few new faces joining us. The meeting timed out when there were still a couple of people who had not finished asking questions or making comments so please send these through to the school office along with any work that you would like… Read more »

Happy Friday everybody! You’ve had such an amazing week of learning and we’ve enjoyed so much seeing all the photos you’ve shared with us. Keep them coming but make sure to have a nice, relaxing weekend! That way you’ll be ready for our last week of learning before half term begins.

I’m really looking forward to seeing lots of you at our zoom meeting at 10.30 with some of your lovely work. Here’s a cheesy challenge: complete the wordsearch below and then find out where the different cheeses are made. Some of them are named after the place they come from and others you’ll have to… Read more »