Oh I do like to be beside the seaside….the only problem being I wasn’t chosen to go with Year 5 today as they set off early on their Geography trip to Clacton. Bucket and Spades were replaced by clipboard and pencil as the children will be working on their coastal studies. More next week upon […]
Today is Ralph Sadleir’s birthday, well…sort of. Never-the-less we celebrate it with vigour and enthusiasm, with our picnic lunch and traditional sports day afternoon. It was my first experience of this momentous day in the school calendar and it is fair to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it – in no small part thanks to […]
Everyday this week I have greeted Miss Bickerstaff; whom has the misfortune to share an office space with me; the same way ‘Is it Friday yet?’ not because I didn’t want to be here but because like most people around school I was shattered! However this morning Miss Bickerstaff greeted me with the news it […]
It is hard to believe that we are nearly at half way in the Summer Term, the Staff even had a twilight training session on planning for the next academic year on Tuesday night! Although nearly over there is still lots to come. This week’s curriculum focus has been geography: this term Year 5 are […]
What a week – in so many ways!! The main event was Wednesday’s triumph in the Wix Trophy Finals, making our Year 6 boys football team county champions. Our semi-final was against Haberdashes Boys and despite nerves stopping the boys playing to their usual exceptional standard, they controlled the game and were creating numerous chances. […]
Today I held a very positive Assembly about a very emotive subject – bullying. Your children should be bringing you home a leaflet all about it and how we as a school are moving forward. As well as a change in policy there is also an exciting opportunity for our Year 5 and Year 7 children […]
A warm (well it has been most days) welcome back to everyone, I hope you had a good Easter: whether you were away; enjoying family time; or just eating chocolate eggs!! The summer term always seems so far away at the beginning of an academic year but then is upon you and over before you […]
It’s finally here – the end of term, the end of my second term and how time has flown – the Year 5’s are nearly 6’s; the Year 6’s are almost starting Key Stage 3; the Year 7’s are practically Year 8’s; and…well the Year 8’s have virtually, sadly…well…gone!! But enough of the near future […]
The school is definitely less crowded with some of our big Year 7’s away on their residential trip to France however we are certainly just as busy!! The remaining Year 7’s have had an exciting and varied curriculum. Assemblies this week came from S6 on why to avoid being a couch potato and A6 on […]
A belated hello from this(last) week’s Blog. Unfortunately I was out at the National Middle School’s Conference on Friday, it was an interesting day where lots of plans for the future were discussed. Last week saw lots of activities organised by Mrs Bingham for National Science Week, culminating with the House Quiz. As part of […]
