Dear parents and carers, What a first week back! Children have begun their next English unit of Poetry, begun high-level work on written division in Maths, undertaken artist research on Edgar Degas in Art, acted as settlers choosing ideal settlements sites in Geography, beginning to look into the beliefs and history of Buddhism in RE and, to top it all, planning, creating, rehearsing and delivering a 'Find your Superpower' themed PSHE group project to every other class in the

If your child is taking part in the dance festival, and further to our letter dated 16th December, a reminder that tickets went on sale at 12noon on Wednesday 7th January. They can be booked via phone at the box office for the Palace Theatre, or via this link. https://trafalgartickets.com/palace-theatre-southend/en-GB/event/dance/primary-dance-festival-tickets Thank you

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If your child is taking part in the dance festival, and further to our letter dated 16th December, a reminder that tickets go on sale at 12noon today. They can be booked via phone at the box office for the Palace Theatre, or via this link. https://trafalgartickets.com/palace-theatre-southend/en-GB/event/dance/primary-dance-festival-tickets Thank you

Following the move from ParentPay to ArborPay, effective from 6th January, all payments for the residential trip have now been transferred to ArborPay with immediate effect. To date, including the initial deposit of £50.00, a total of £440.00 should have been paid by 28th November. We appreciate your support in ensuring that payments are bought up to date. A further £97.50 is due by 27th February 2026 and the final payment of £97.50 is due by Friday 1st May 2026. Thank yo

Dear parents and carers, We hope you and your children have had a wonderful winter break, and the team look forward to welcoming students back to school tomorrow! Wrap up warm, it's due to be a cold week! Spellings Spellings this week are words with the '-ably' suffix: reasonably comfortably considerably noticeably adorably valuably dependably believably changeably tolerably Homework As usual, homework is due this coming Friday - tasks were set over the break, but we apprecia

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Dear parents and carers, Year 6 have had an exciting second-to-last week of the Autumn 2 term. Alongside heading towards our Dutch Resistance Newspaper Report writing in English, and our work on volume of 3D shape in Maths, we've also had the opportunity to watch the EYFS Nativity dress rehearsal and had an engaging and thought-provoking presentation from PC Hill & PC Lamb on anti-social behaviour, and ways to stay safe in the community. Really powerful! Some notes below for

Good morning As Hockley have cancelled the match this afternoon, if your child was playing in the team please collect your child as normal or, if they have permission to walk, expect them home at the normal time. On behalf of Hockley we apologise for any inconvenience.

Dear parents and carers, Some notes on spellings for next week: Spellings Due to the INSET day this week, we will do our weekly spelling test on Monday 8th with the following words: pamphlet graph photo physical pheasant phone dolphin sphere alphabet elephant Then, the new spellings for next Friday's test will be: according awkward conscious dictionary familiar individual neighbour profession sacrifice system Wishing you a lovely weekend, Mr Wade & Mr Bird

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A polite reminder of the minimum payment schedule below. Including the initial deposit of £50.00, a total of £440.00 should have been paid by 28th November. A further £97.50 is due by 27th February 2026 and the final payment of £97.50 is due by Friday 1st May 2026. Thank you for your attention to this. £97.50 by Friday 28th February 2025 £97.50 by Friday 30th May 2025 £97.50 by Friday 5th September 2025 £97.50 by Friday 28th November 2025 £97.50 by Friday 27th February

The 2 Johns will be back on Thursday 11 December, 8.00pm with one of their popular online sessions. This is your chance to hear the latest insights, tips, and must-know updates to help keep children safe online — just in time for the holiday season. Save the date and register now by scanning the QR code via  this link ONLINE SAFETY - An area of huge concern for parents, particularly in KS2. If you've been to a '2 Johns' workshop or roadshow before, you'll know how valuable t

Morning everybody - happy Friday! We have had a fun-packed week this week with lots of exciting activities dotted throughout! On Monday, the children were completing their printing projects in art, as well as getting festive with our Christmas hoop creations! On Wednesday, we used augmented reality to explore the Great Exhibition in our history lesson and then yesterday, we had our exciting DT Workshop, where Bricks4Kids came in and led the children through the process of cre

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Due to unforeseen circumstances, Wrens has been cancelled today. Kindly collect your child at the normal time or book into Night Owls. The session has been added on for Tuesday 9th December. We apologise for any inconvenience. Tuesday Tuesday 3.30pm 5.00pm WRENS (Y1,2,3) Y1,2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Family room & outdoors/The Burrow 16/09/25 –02/12/25

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Wrens will be cancelled tomorrow. Kindly collect your child at the normal time or book into Night Owls. The club will now run until Tuesday 9th December. We apologise for any inconvenience. Tuesday Tuesday 3.30pm 5.00pm WRENS (Y1,2,3) Y1,2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 Family room & outdoors/The Burrow 16/09/25 –02/12/25

A polite reminder of the minimum payment schedule below. Including the initial deposit of £50.00, a total of £440.00 should be paid by 28th November. A further £97.50 is due by 27th February 2026 and the final payment of £97.50 is due by Friday 1st May 2026. Thank you for your attention to this. £97.50 by Friday 28th February 2025 £97.50 by Friday 30th May 2025 £97.50 by Friday 5th September 2025 £97.50 by Friday 28th November 2025 £97.50 by Friday 27th February 2026 £9

Dear parents and carers, A brilliant week as always for Year 6! In English, we've planned and drafted our latest hot tasks based on our class book Codename: Kingfisher; in Maths we've delved into the depths of multiplication, including decimals x integers; in Science we learnt about Charles Darwin, his Galapagos finches and his theories of evolution and natural selection; in PE we had a special rugby taster session and in DT we designed our own all-terrain vehicles ahead of o

Unfortunately, due to illness the club has been cancelled. Children should attend school at the normal time or be booked into breakfast club. Silver Dragons apologise for any inconvenience and will be in direct contact regarding any reimbursement/credit due. The final session for the club will be Friday 28th November.