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Well done Brady!

Brady achieved this certificate last weekend whilst playing a round of pairs ‘Texas Scramble’ golf and winning his event. We are very proud of Brady with this achievement, keep up the excellent work and keep up the practicing!

Children in Need

Our Oaklands family had an amazing day supporting Children in Need! We had matching pink Pudsey onesies and Pudsey Bear hoodies, everyone went all out! A huge thankyou to our incredible children and parents—your efforts make a world of difference for this wonderful cause.

Saplings

To celebrate National Tree Month, we were extremely lucky to be gifted around 300 saplings, which the children were allowed to take home and plant. There was a choice of Scots Pine or Douglas Fir, with the Douglas Fir proving the most popular due to looking like a mini Christmas…

Year 5 visit The Royal Gunpowder Mills

Pupils in Year 5 enjoyed discovering what life was like in Victorian Britain and explored how changes to work, education and leisure shaped the world we live in today. Through an exciting and interactive performance, pupils met Henry Gaunt, a Victorian employee at the Royal Gunpowder Mills. They found out…

Class 1W’s Autumn Senses Walk

In class 1W, we were exploring Autumn objects. We took our learning outside, collecting conker shells, fallen leaves and tree bark. Children were invited to think about descriptive words for these items, describing the thick, oozy mud and spikey, colourful conker shells. We used our senses and gathered ideas, before…

Year 1 Walk Around Loughton

Year 1 went on a walk around our local area to look at all the different styles of houses we have in Loughton. They looked closely at all the different features and we learnt the names of them, such as bungalow, semi-detached and terraced. Lots of the children could identify…

Mr Joslin visits to discuss WW2

Year 6 were fortunate enough to have a very special visitor recently. We have been studying World War 2 and were covering the topic of Evacuees. Mrs Booth’s dad, Mr Joslin, spent an afternoon with us telling us all about how he was an evacuee during World War 2. He…