On Thursday 15^th February, the school had their first ever John Bunyan Football Course Day. The weather was perfect - the day ran even better.

With thirty-six children attending, the day was filled with skill development, competitions and ended with a six-team World Cup tournament. There was great progress in the children’s skills and the winning team (Holland) came out victorious.

The children and staff had a great day and there were many photos and memories captured of the day.

The school is looking to build on the success of the first one by hosting another day in the Easter Holidays.

In science week, year six had great fun trying to make blood. We found out the composite of blood and used Cherrios, vegetable oil, red food colouring, marshmallows and sprinkles to make our own. We had to work out exactly how much we would need of each to make it as accurate as possible. Later on in the week we also found out about blood donation, the different types of blood groups and why they are different.   

Year 3 have had a great time in Science Week. On day 1 we investigated which material would help us grow seeds the best, although we had a great time making the slime, it was not a good variable for our test as the seeds died. We also looked at how light reflected in a straight line and also how shadows form using the sundial. At the end of the week, we used Alka-Seltzer tablets to create rockets. We observed the chemical reaction of them in water then tested this by using film canisters and watching them blast into the air. We were going to measure how high they went but we didn't have a measuring device long enough. It was a great week!

On Wednesday 21st February eight KS1 children went to a tennis festival at Essex golf club.

They participated in lots of activities to get them moving, thinking and working in teams.

The children were great ambassadors for the school and were given a tennis ball to take home to practice their skills.

Well done!

On Tuesday 20th February 18 year 5/6 children went to Ramsey Academy to participate in the indoor athletics final.

They faced three other very competitive schools who had all won their heats to get to the final.

The competition was very close and all the children showed great character and spirt and came third overall!

Well done!