In the New Year, we are looking to build a Reading Army to help support our EYFS children with their reading practise in school. Regular reading is incredibly important for young children. It helps to develop language, confidence, comprehension, and a love of books, all of which are key foundations for learning across the curriculum. Spending even a short time reading with an adult can make a huge difference to a child’s progress. We would love to hear from parents, grandpare

A reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday 17th December, is Christmas dinner day, Christmas jumper day AND we will be filming our festive video!   If you have not pre-ordered a Christmas dinner for your child, unfortunately our catering provider has now begun preparing for tomorrow's service and is unable to accept further requests for meals (so please remember to provide a packed lunch for them).  Christmas jumpers should be worn over school uniform - this is NOT a non-uniform day

........ please be aware that Thursday's menu will be the Friday choices (week 1) on the attached.

With photos from EYFS and Year 1 plays/concerts.

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End of Term Updates As we approach the end of the term, please see a few important updates below. PE and Independence Skills Over the Christmas period , please support your child to practise taking off and putting on their own shoes and socks . Next term, our PE focus will be dance and gymnastics , and for some lessons the children will not be wearing shoes. Developing this independence will really support smooth transitions during PE sessions. Spare Clothes If your child has

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

What a productive and exciting week we've had. The Christmas countdown is officially on! This week... We've packed a lot into the last few school days before the festive break! Design & Technology (DT):  We became junior engineers! We tested our catapults to see just how far we could project our small balls of tin foil. There was some fantastic measuring and tinkering! English:  The children have been busy finalising their set of instructions about their magical potions, gett

A reminder that the primary school (Reception) admission round opened on  Monday 10 November 2025 , for parents of children to apply for a Reception school place for the academic year that starts in September 2026.  Even if you already have a sibling at school, you will still need to apply if you have a child due to start Reception next September. The statutory national closing date for applications is  15 January 2026 .Applications can be made online via  www.essex.gov.uk/ad

It's getting so close to the end of term. The children are continually working hard. This week we have published our Fairy Godmother stories in English and we are all so proud of them! We have learnt about muscles in Science and in RE we have produced a great artistic response to our knowledge of the Holy Trinity; designing a stained glass window. Well done to all the children for completing their 144 challenge this week. We have seen a great improvement in the number of tim