Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school.

• Special Visitors

  Tue 19 Dec 2023 Emma Morris

  We were lucky yo have a visit from some pupils and staff from Wetheringsett Manor came to visit the school. They had made hampers for some of the children. They had beautifully decorated the boxes and fundraisers for the food inside from supermarkets and donations.

  Later on we had a visit from Father Christmas who had been helped by the Friends of the School to have a gift for every child in the school.

  

• Christmas Hats

  Tue 19 Dec 2023 Emma Morris

  The pupils made some very imaginative paper hats for Christmas lunch.

  

• Christmas Lunch

  Tue 19 Dec 2023 Emma Morris

  The pupils and staff enjoyed Christmas Lunch . A huge thank you to all at Wetheringsett Manor, for providing it for us.

  

• Card making and wreaths

  Mon 18 Dec 2023 Emma Morris

  All the classes have been making cards and wreaths to take home today.

  

• Nativity

  Fri 15 Dec 2023 Mrs Sheeran

  It was lovely to welcome so many parents, relatives and guardians, some of who travelled up from Essex especially, for the Christmas Service on Friday.

  Lime class performed The Nativity and Sycamore and Chestnut read, sang, played the piano and performed Ruldolph the Red Nose on their brass instruments.

  We had a collection for the MAT charity this year, Save the Children, and the generosity  of all in attendance raised £54.82.

  Thank you to the Friends who provided refreshments. Also many

  thanks to the parents and guardians who sent such wonderful comments. The children all really gave their best performances.

  

• Lime Class making cookies for Save the Children

  Thu 14 Dec 2023 Mrs Sheeran

  Lime Class made shortbread biscuits for  the School Council to sell. To help raise money for Save The Children.

  

• Snow White Trip

  Wed 06 Dec 2023 Mrs Sheeran

  The children really enjoyed their visit to the panto-

  "Oh no they didn't!"

  "Oh yes they did!"

  

• Colchester Castle

  Tue 05 Dec 2023 Mrs Sheeran

  The children really enjoyed playing with toys and games at the Museum of Childhood.

  

• Sycamore Colchester Castle Trip

  Tue 05 Dec 2023 Mrs Plowman

  Sycamore Class enjoyed their trip to Colchester Castle. The children were able to consolidate and build upon their knowledge and learning from our Romans topic. We looked at artefacts and dressed up, had a storytelling guided tour of the Roman vaults and used our team building skills to build a Celtic roundhouse and a Roman villa. Well done, Sycamore Class! 

   

  

• Reading cafe

  Mon 04 Dec 2023 Mrs Plowman

  Mrs Plowman ran a packed reading cafe for parents and guardians, to come together with their children to spend an hour  sharing and enjoying books.

  Children completed a book taster menu, contributed ideas to our own 'Rights of the Reader' poster and cosied up with a book, hot chocolate and a gingerbread biscuit to finish the session. Thank you to all the adults who attended. 

  Some of the comments we received were:

  "Really enjoyed it, so important that reading is done at home and so glad the school does event like this"

  "Excellent! My favourite cafe so far."

  " A really wonderful experience to be able to share some lovely books with [my child}. Thank you for such a calm end to the school day"

  "Oh boy what a lovely hour. Such a treat to be involved"