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The children in gardening club have been enjoying preparing the soil, potting up seeds and nurturing their young plants before planting in our outside area.  This week they were excited to pick lettuce leaves to taste before choosing a sweet-pea flower to take home.  We hope that, by picking the flowers, more flowers will be encouraged to grow. 

Year 2 had a fantastic trip to The Discovery Centre! We took part in lots of different activities - pond dipping, catching bugs in a butterfly net, seesaw, finding bugs in the trees and Lunch! The rangers were fantastic and we found lots of different animals. 

Our Reception children have been learning the story of The Hungry Caterpillar using Talk 4 Writing. It’s inspired them to look in the environment for caterpillars and butterflies; a trip to our forest area was perfect for this. Look at that tiny caterpillar! 

Reception were very lucky to have a STEM session with Engineering for Kids. They learnt what a windsock is for, how it works and then they made their own. We took them to the playground so they could test them. What a brilliant experience!

Our recent Science Day was a fantastic celebration of curiosity, creativity and all things scientific. The day featured impressive science-themed costumes, thrilling experiments, and an unforgettable science show that had students buzzing with enthusiasm. 

A major highlight was the thrilling science show hosted by The Royal Society, titled "Explosive Food!" This dynamic performance showcased fascinating experiments involving everyday food items. Children were captivated by jaw-dropping demonstrations.  

Throughout the day, classrooms turned into mini-labs where children took part in hands-on experiments. These interactive sessions encouraged students to think critically, ask questions, and explore science in a fun and engaging way. 

To finish the day, we invited families to join us for a special Community Show. With dramatic launches and powerful demonstrations, it was a brilliant way to bring everyone together and end the day with a bang - quite literally! 

The day was a wonderful mix of learning and fun, leaving everyone inspired and more curious than ever about the world of science.  

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.