Egyptian Day
Junipers and Rowans classes had a fantastic Egyptian Day this week immersing themselves in the ancient past. The children travelled back to the time of Pharaoh Akhenaten where they were tasked with helping to prepare the new temple for the Pharaoh. Throughout the morning, the children learnt the skills needed to prepare bodies for the afterlife. They learnt how to make mummies, protection amulets, write their names using hieroglyphics, create tomb art, make bread, make model slaves and more! In the afternoon, the children put on a feast to welcome the Pharaoh to his new temple. The children put on performances of ancient stories including the story of the gods Osiris and Isis and the wax crocodile fable. Throughout the day they even caught temple thieves, stopped a murder plot against the Pharaoh and told the future with a storytelling bull. The children thoroughly enjoyed exploring the past and developing their knowledge and skills.
We had a lovely time dressing up and doing different activities for World Book Day!
Our Reception children, were very lucky to have Michelle Noble-Jones, the author of Manu the Orangutan come and share her story with us. Being an author is Michelle’s hobby, her main job is working for Essex Police. The children found it fascinating that she could have two jobs. She also told them about her trip to Borneo that inspired the book. Here’s the link to the book if you’d like to find out more;https://pegasuspublishers.com/books/michelle-noble-jones/manu-the-orangutan
Nursery were exceedingly lucky to have Tony from Braintree Library come and visit them. He brought in Book Start packs for each child and then read two stories for them. The Gruffalo was definitely a popular choice! Tony mentioned that Braintree Library are encouraging more and more people to come in and spend some time there, they have a lot going on and it can be a fun place to visit. It's not the 'quiet place' that it used to be!
Year 1 had a fantastic day at Hedingham Castle recently.
We had a great time completing our Reindeer Run this morning.
We had a fantastic Christmas lunch cooked by the catering team - it was delicious!
As part of our topic work we were able to experience fossil hunting just like the fossil hunter we have been learning about - Mary Anning. We looked very carefully for the fossils and made sure we dusted them carefully with the brush. We then made rubbings from the fossils using crayons and paper.
John Bunyan Primary and Nursery School were represented at the service and laid a wreath in remembrance of all the fallen soldiers.
In science this week, Year 2 have been learning about teeth and how to keep our teeth healthy. They have found out that we should not have too much sugar and we need to make sure we brush our teeth regularly and correctly. We brushed our teeth and then used disclosing tablets to find out how well we cleaned our teeth. A lot of mouths turned blue and red and then purple!
Cedars have really settled well into year 2 and are having great fun learning lots of new skills and knowledge.
The staff had their own sports day after school on Monday. It was great fun and sometimes very wet!
Thank you to Mr Taylor and Mr Stoneham for organising.
Spruces had great fun cooking the spring rolls that they designed today. Each class in the school has been assigned an Olympic team (ours is China). We have been finding out about the country and in D & T we designed a dish from China we would like to make. We all voted and spring rolls came out the top. We used lots of different vegetables and sauces and cooked them in an air fryer - they were delicious!
The wholes school took part in The Big Sing on Friday 21st June 2024 - we sang "Lean on me" together with other schools at 2.30pm. Here are some photos. Mr Huxter kindly took some videos.
Years five and six joined two PSCO's today to take part in a Positive Action Roadshow which has been organised by Essex Police.
The children joined many other schools to find out about the Police role and different aspects of the law.
On Wednesday 5th June, we held a celebration of Maths and Times tables on Times tables Rock Stars day across the whole school! All the children and staff dressed up as rock stars; sporting wigs, sunglasses, tattoos and make up!
Foundation Stage and Year 1 children and staff came to school dressed as number blocks and participated in a range fun and practical maths-based activities. They made mega mazes, played number games and dominoes, completed a number hunt, practised their half and quarter fractions and listened to counting songs.
Year 2 played on TTRS for the first time, practising their tables and playing against their friends.
Year 3-6 completed different maths activities in their classes.
All the children in KS2 took part in a TTRS arena battle in their class to find the fastest person. These children then battled against the other winners from their year group in front of all of KS2 and year 2 in the afternoon. Children in years 2 - 6 also took part in a Battle of the Bands to see which class could collect the most TTRS points in the day.
Year 3 winner: Alex M.
Year 4 winner: Jimmy W.
Year 5 winner: Olivia K.
Year 6 winner: Jack A.
The day was a huge success and the joy on the children’s faces was a joy to behold.
Congratulations to all competition winners and to those children voted 'Best Dressed' in their class.
We all had a wonderful time on Thursday during science day. The children were able to experience lots of different experiments and had great fun. Year five looked at how skittles react with warm water, tried to make slime but it was not very successful - better luck next time. We also completed the Mentos & cola/lemonade experiment - we found that the diet cola and lemonade were the most successful.
Year 5 had a fantastic day on Friday at the Science Museum. We were very busy and visited most of the exhibitions at the Museum. We especially enjoyed the Wonder Lab. The children were extremely well behaved especially on the bus back when we got stuck in traffic!
