Blog Author: Mrs Carragher

Sasha and Zara from Metro Bank visited Year 5 today to talk about money. 

 Metro Money Zone provides children with fun, interactive school lessons on banking, saving and creating a budget.

The Year 2 children visited the Harold Hill Library yesterday and met Effua Gleed the author of The Snotty Dribbler, a heartwarming story about siblings.  Effua performed some multicultural stories for the children and read them a chapter from her newly published book.  

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Some of our pupils went to the Southbank Centre to listen to the London Philharmonic Orchestra play 'Firebird' a Russian fairy tale composed by Igor Stravinsky.

We ate lunch by the Thames - what a treat on such a glorious day!

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St Luke's went into the deep dark wood at Thorndon Park on Friday in search of Gruffalo's!

Thorndon Park is run by Essex Wildlife Trust.  Their aim is to protect wildlife through landscape conservation, education and discovery centres and campaigns that help to give wildlife a greater voice in…

St Martin's had a wonderful day exploring Eastbrookend Country park on Friday 5th May. They were developing their knowledge of plants and wildflowers and the lifecycle of a plant as part of their science curriculum.  They took part in lots of fun activities including hunting for wildflowers and…

After being focused during an assembly what better way to let off steam than a Friday dance!

St Edmund's have found a great way to re focus and produce better work for the rest of the day. Watch them boogie!

Reception have been celebrating the coronation and made sandwiches to enjoy during their coronation party.  The children had a great time making jam, cucumber, ham and cheese sandwiches and some had all the ingredients together!

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St. Catherine's had a wonderful day exploring Eastbrookend Country park on Thursday 4th May. They were developing their knowledge of plants and wildflowers and the life cycle of a plant as part of their science curriculum.  They took part in lots of fun activities including hunting for wildflowers…

This week, Year 4 learnt about Brazilian samba music and syncopation. They practised playing different syncopated rhythms and then created their own compositions.

In year 4, they have started a new D&T topic ‘Adapting a Recipe’. They made their first batch of Brazilian brigadeiros – they were delicious! Over the next few weeks, they will be designing their own brand, logos and packaging and making their own adapted version of the recipe. Each group’s…

Chess Club continued this week with children starting to learn some different openings and recording their moves. We are now at our maximum capacity of 30 children, and starting to get more competitive! After half term, we will be starting up a cup competition, but for now, our league table is up…

Year 5 really enjoyed their tour and workshop at the Globe Theatre in London today!