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Latest News
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Day 2 of Y5's wonderful adventure!
Thu 20 Jun 2024Everyone slept well and after a hearty breakfast, the morning was spent finding long horn cattle in the forest and shelter building!
The afternoon was for investigating smaller creatures!
Tonight after dinner, there will be camp fires to build and marshmallows to toast!
Everyone is having a marvelous time and the sun is shining!
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Y5 arrive at The Hive!
Wed 19 Jun 2024Y5 walked over 20,000 steps today! They have settled into their pods with their friends. The sun is shining and they were busy playing and awaiting the call for dinner, as they were " starving" after their busy day!
Ms Lampard and Miss Bruford wished them a lovely evening and good night's sleep and look forward to seeing them again in the morning!
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Cooking club begins!
Wed 19 Jun 2024Our school has been encouraging children to create their own clubs and the children have really been enjoying taking part in other children’s clubs. Very recently, two girls have started a baking club for year six children to take part in. With a little (or a lot) help from the school cooks, Tracey and Laura, the club is a success! They made apple donuts the first time and really enjoyed making them,
“It was lots of fun and the cooks were really friendly! I learnt so much about cooking and chopping!” stated Emma in year six.
“The baking club was an amazing experience, I learned so much with the help of our lovely chefs,” said Zhion in year six.
“I’m so thankful that our school has finally introduced a baking club! It gives us children an opportunity to learn an important skill that we can use throughout our lives.” Emmeline, another Year 6 pupil, quoted.
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Marvellous Men!
Fri 14 Jun 2024Ahead of Father's Day on Sunday 16th June, Reception children invited marvellous men that they love to come to an afternoon of activities followed by a cuppa and cake in the infant hall today! Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father, as well as fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. We were delighted that so many Dads, Grandads, Uncles, and big Cousins could attend to have fun with reception!
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Quadkids Athletics competition
Fri 14 Jun 2024Quad kids is a fun team competition based upon the athletic events of 75m sprint, 600m run, standing long jump and howler throw. Pupils from Y3 to Y6 competed at the Pool and Track in E17 on Tuesday 11th June this week and today, pupils from Y2 competed! Y2's competition was sadly slightly shortened due to the pouring rain!
Miss Efreme reported that our children behaved impeccably and showed a great sporting attitude!
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Y6 Activities week!!
Tue 04 Jun 2024Day one of the Y6 activities week started with a visit to the London Aquarium! A fabulous day was had by all! Day two was a sky high trampolining day! Day three saw all the children visiting London Zoo. Thanks to Mr Cushway, one of our regular volunteers, the children have a very special zoo experience as Mr Cushway is also a regular volunteer at London Zoo, and so he can share many extra insights into the day to day working of the zoo. He also knows so much about the animals! Once back from the zoo, Y6 enjoyed a BBQ on the school field. This year Miss Bruford and Ms Lampard did the cooking! Much fun and many games were played!
Day five is jam packed - Tower Bridge, The Tate and then a boat ride on the Thames! Y6 are really experiencing all that London has to offer and thoroughly enjoying being out and about together!
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Dinosaurs arrive at the juniors!
Tue 04 Jun 2024A huge thank you to the Parents' Association for arranging and paying for a fantastic dinosaur experience for the infant site classes!
The dinosaurs arrived at the junior hall and the infant classes bravely tiptoed over to see what was going on!
They learnt lots and even had a dinosaur dance!
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Reception visit The Hive!
Fri 10 May 2024Reception children loved their school visit on Thursday and even got to hold a snake! The Hive formerly Suntrap Forest Centre is an environmental education hub in the heart of Epping Forest. It provides day and residential visits that are open all year round. The Hive is an innovative environmental education service.
The Hive Timeline
• Founded in 1894
• Originally built as a children’s tuberculosis sanatorium
• Used as a maternity hospital during the Second World War
• In the 1950s, temporarily converted into flats for families in need
• In 1967, the London Borough of Waltham Forest bought the Hive for £500 to create a centre to provide environmental education for every child in the borough- In July 2019 a 4.5 million pound redevelopment programme commences with a deadline date of 2020
- In 2017, The Suntrap celebrated its 50th anniversary, acknowledgments included a hand-written note of congratulations from Sir David Attenborough
- In 2022, a new name was given to Suntrap. It is now The Hive.
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Y2 visit William Morris Gallery E17
Thu 09 May 2024The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is housed in the Georgian villa that was his childhood home, and it presents the world's largest collection of his work through award-winning displays! Y2 loved their visit and even got to try some print making in the style of William Morris. They were commended by the staff at the museum for their excellent behaviour and manners!
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It's nearly time for SATs!
Fri 03 May 2024This week Y6 have been working exceptionally hard preparing for their SATs.
The week beginning Monday 13th May 2024, pupils in Y6 across the country, will take the key stage 2 (KS2) national curriculum tests – commonly known as SATs.
These tests, alongside teacher assessment of English writing and science, are used to measure school performance and to make sure individual pupils have the support that they need as they move into secondary school.
The tests are in English grammar, punctuation and spelling, English reading and mathematics. They take place every morning from Monday through to Thursday.
The rest of the junior site have been very quiet and thoughtful whilst the tests take place as the children sit in the shared activity area, so that they don't disrupt the Y6 as they practice ahead of the actual week of testing. It has been a good practice for everyone! We wish Y6 all the best in the real ones, they have worked so hard and deserve to do well.
