Year 4 visited the Science museum where they spent time exploring the Making of the Modern World exhibit and the Pattern Pod, as well as visiting the IMax to watch ‘ Our Beautiful Planet’. The programme showed the pupils footage from inside the international space station, helping them to find…
It was lovely to welcome a sea of daddies, grandfathers and mummies to our outdoor stay and play. The children loved spending time with you on the various activities on the field and in Wild Woods. Constructing with crates, guttering and pipes definitely proved as exciting as the soaking of…
At Oaklands, the children in Year 6 have taken part in an enterprise project. Organising themselves into teams, they created businesses, with each group receiving a small start-up fund. The children had to create business plans and marketing strategies, as well as detail any income and profit they made. After…
1W enjoyed a visit from the Reading Ambassadors, who read to the pupils with intonation, expression and enthusiasm. It is a wonderful opportunity for pupils in the older years to get to know our younger pupils. Our class get access to a variety of stories, developing their vocabulary and a…
1C have been reading the sequel to one of their favourite books this year: ‘Look Up!’ by Nathan Bryant. It is called ‘Clean Up!’ and this time the main character, Rocket goes to visit her grandparents in the Caribbean, only to be dismayed by the rubbish left on the beach…
We are incredibly proud to share that our school placed 4th out of 13 schools at the recent West Essex School Sports Partnership Swim Gala – an outstanding result! What makes this achievement even more impressive is that many of the other schools competing were 3- or 4-form entry, with…
2Z have thoroughly enjoyed their D&T project of sewing hand puppets this half term. The children learned how to complete a simple stitch and challenged themselves to conquer any muddled ones! The children decorated their puppets to look like animals and enjoyed performing shows with them when they were completed….
Year 2 visited Barleylands farm and learnt how to make a bread roll using wheat from the farm. The children went on a tractor ride around the farm and were lucky to be able to see a bird of prey show and feed some of the animals.
Year 3 enjoyed using circular looms to create their own colourful weavings. The children carefully swapped strands with each colour using the under and over technique to build simple but effective patterns. It was a great opportunity to develop their fine motor skills and explore creativity through textile art!
Year 5 are very busy working on Maths, English, Reasoning and plenty of assessment tests. The children have developed their problem-solving skills by working in groups to solve a wide range of challenges. Grasping the idea of different approaches to a problem has helped pupils appreciate other views and has…
