Memories of 2023-2024

The fantastic cast of KSJ's Year 6 production of Robin Hood and the Sherwood Hoodies. 

The rain finally stopped for our Sports Day yesterday and great fun was had by all!  

Year 3 had a fabulous sunny day on the coast at Walton-on-the-Naze, to undertake fieldwork for their geography and science learning.  They had the opportunity to climb the tower for a 360 degree view of human and physical geographical features, hunt for fossils on the beach, see coastal erosion...

We have been incredibly proud of our Y2 cheerleading team. Ava, Bella, Elsa and Lana from Year Six have been running their own cheer club at lunchtimes and the Y2 children performed to the rest of the school. They showed their core values of confidence and resilience. The routine was stunning a...

Day 2 - More fun in France!

The children in Year 6 in school this week have had a brilliant time!  They have had a special visit from James Thorlby who is a French-trained baker.  The children learnt all about the processes involved in baking and enjoyed making (and eating!) croissants, cherry clafoutis and apple Qua...

The Year 6s on our French residential have had a smooth journey and are enjoying the ferry journey to France! 

A very exciting morning in Year 1 with the launch of our new topic - Treasure Seekers. Overnight we had a visit from the Jolly Rogers who left us a treasure hunt. We had to follow the clues around the school which led to some very exciting treasure. They left us our new topic book - The Pirates Nex...

Year 3 had a fantastic day at West Stow Anglo-Saxon village, despite the rain. The children enjoyed handling artefacts, discussing what their purpose could be, how they were made, what they were made from and then discovering if their theories were correct.  The museum and Anglo-Saxon village w...

Red Squirrel class enjoyed their class assembly retelling the story of Mrs Armitage on wheels. 

Jaguar class have been studying lifecycles and we have enjoyed watching our caterpillars grow and developed. We were very excited to release them on Thursday.

Turtle class enjoyed a wonderful time in the forest. They climbed trees, swung on the rope swing, made mud soup, whizzed down muddy slopes and spotted lots of bugs!

Jaguar class had a wonderful DT experience researching and making pizza dinners this week.  We started by investigating different side salads and looking at pizza sauces, before taste testing a range of pizzas!  Then we designed and planned our healthy pizza dinners to inclu...

Last Friday our gala squad attended the Uttlesford Finals in Great Dunmow (having already won the first heat at the Lord Butler Leisure Centre).  The children all swam brilliantly, and we are so pleased to announce that both Year 3/4 and 5/6 won their events overall.  This means they are t...

A few photos from our trip to the Aerozone recently.  The children had a wonderful time role-playing different airport jobs, watching the planes take off and land, and meeting the airport firefighters.  They asked a lot of interesting questions and should be able to tell you a few things a...

More fun and activities from Kingswood day 2.

We have all had a superb time at Thetford, enjoying the adventure park and having our lunch before travelling on to Kingswood. Bedrooms are all allocated and the children have settled in. They have started their first evening activities. All are well and happy.

Year 3 had a fantastic trip to Cambridge Mosque to broaden their understanding of Islam, as part of their Religious Education curriculum.

Jaguars enjoyed sharing their learning about their Victorian topic including the recent trip to Audley End.

We had a wonderful time at Colchester Castle. The Early Years children thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the medieval artefacts and exploring the castle grounds - we even got to go up to the roof! We had a story tour from a knight and servant telling us about the castle as a home in the past and complet...

Year One had an amazing time at the farm. We enjoyed meeting and cuddling lots of animals. The children fed lambs, horses, goats, donkeys, llamas and alpacas. We also bottled fed the lambs and milked the cow named MOOTILDA. What a great day!

On Tuesday 19th March 2024 Orangutans visited forest school. It was a great afternoon with whittling, toasting hot cross buns, rolling tyres and playing on the rope swing. The children all had a lot of fun and were extremely well behaved. 

On Thursday 14th March selected Year 6 children took part in the Uttlesford Partnership Netball tournament, with both teams doing incredibly well coming 7th and 1st!  The winning team beat St Thomas More in the final 9-0.  Well done to all involved and huge thanks to Bernae for a...

The children had an exciting couple of days to celebrate World Book Day. This year we decided to focus on book  illustrators and illustrations.