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.
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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!
Some children went to take part in Braintree's Eco-Event
The students had to create a planet saving idea as part of the event. They had the idea to create flowers that would hold sugar water as a way to help the bee population around our school. They presented their idea alongside 9 other schools at the event. We were awarded £150 and won a lovely book all about bees.
Reception recently had the pleasure of visiting a charming farm in White Notley - Gemma's Farm. This was a delightful experience, thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Here are some of the children as they boarded one of the minibuses that took us to our destination. We were very excited!
The farm is not only home to the animals you would normally expect to see on a farm, like pigs and chickens but also some more exotic animals in need of a home like meercats and even a porcupine!
On our arrival the children lined up to have their buckets filled with feed for the animals and it was then their job to make sure no animals went hungry. There were also jobs like watering and egg collecting before being able to get up close and personal with the recently born animals like chicks, lambs and rabbits.
The weather was kind to us, and all children behaved respectfully whilst meeting and then taking care of the animals - a truly unforgettable day - Well done Reception team and Thankyou to Gemma's Farm - we hope to return!
On World Book Day each class decorated their classroom door - they look fantastic!
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As promised - Where's Wally!
We all had great fun celebrating World Book Day today. There was some fantastic costumes and Where's Wally was everywhere! Photos to follow.
We all had a visit from Engineering for Kids in assembly yesterday. Some of the children were able to take part in a building session - they had great fun.
Great fun was experienced in KS1 at the recent Reindeer Run in KS1. They raised an incredible amount of money!
The children in Year 1 recently enjoyed a visit to Hedingham Castle to support their learning about Castle life.
They explored the buildings and grounds, made sketches, followed maps and had a fantastic day.
Spruces really enjoyed sharing their books and reading with Elders on Friday. We hope to make it a weekly event!
Year 5 had a great time in dance with Leon this half term!
They completed a dance to the song 'Consider yourself' from the musical Oliver and found out about the different jobs children did in Victorian times.
Oaks visited Colchester Castle this week with the rest of Year 4. They had a fanstastic day exploring The Iron Age, The Roman Takeover and The Roman Heyday. The children went into the Roman vault under the castle and they were shown the Roman temple that was originally built before Bouddica and The Celts burnt it down. They were then shown how the castle was built and what would happen if the Celts refused to do their job. We also had a go at building a Roman villa or an Iron Age roundhouse so we could compare the differences. Finally the children walked around the museum to collect information in their packs.
Some children from John Bunyan Primary School took part in Remembrance Sunday by laying a wreath of poppies on the War Memorial in the public gardens.
Year five have been using chemistry to learn about chemical irreversible changes in science. We learnt that you can make Casein plastic from white vinegar and warm milk and this practise was started in the 1900's! We also found out that chemical changes cannot be reversed but they can be a bit smelly!
