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  • 15/06/22

    Kids Theatre Week

    Kids Week: Free Theatre Tickets for children 17 and under. Official London Theatre have released free tickets for children 17 years of age and under to see West End shows in London. To purchase tickets please follow the link below. https://officiallondontheatre.com/kids-week 
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  • 20/05/22

    Essex Year of Reading

    Where will your book take you?
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  • 01/04/22

    Defibrillator Fundraising

    Thank you for your continued support to help us fundraise for our defibrillator. So far we have raised £700. 
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  • 25/03/22

    Mothers' Day Raffle

    Thank you if your donated or purchased a raffle ticket for the Mothers' Day hamper. Congratulations if you won a hamper. We have attached some photos below of the hampers.
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  • 16/03/22

    Red Nose Day Song

    This year for Red Nose Day, children will be learning the song 'Put a Nose On It'. The children will be learning this in their assemblies but we have uploaded the song below for children to learn at home.
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  • 09/03/22

    Defibrillator Fundraiser Update

    Thank you to everyone that has donated so far, we will be looking at more fundraising activities after the Easter holidays.
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  • 04/03/22

    World Book Day

    On Thursday 3rd March, children and staff dressed as their favourite book characters and adjectives.  We gave prizes to the children with the most creative outfits, of course the prize was a book from the Little People Big Dreams Collection which are very popular with children in our school...
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  • 11/02/22

    Defibrillator Fundraiser

    We want to thank you for any money donated towards the school purchasing a defibrillator.   Our thermometer of how we are doing with this fundraising is now outside the school office for you to see. If anyone has any other ideas of how we can raise money, please do share these ideas with u...
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  • 04/02/22

    Chinese New Year

    This week our Early Years classes have been completing some activities around Chinese New Year. The children walked around the school showing the other classes their Chinese dragons and masks. The children enjoyed a Chinese meal to learn about other cultures cuisines. They also made traditional C...
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  • 04/01/22

    We're Hiring!

    We currently have a couple of vacancies. Teaching Assistant with Midday Duties SEN Assistant with Midday Duties Please find the adverts and job descriptions below.
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  • 04/01/22

    Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year! We hope you had a well rested and safe holiday. Children return to school on Wednesday 5th January.  
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  • 04/12/21

    Year 6 Recorded Newsletter

    We are trying a new thing this week. We have asked some Year 6 children if they would like to read the newsletter aloud and be audio recorded. This means you can click on the video and listen to the newsletter being read aloud.
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