Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 3 Visits Epping Forest

  Wed 11 Mar 2026

  Today, the children went on a visit to Epping Forest, our local woodland which is home to plenty of tall trees and greenery. The children explored and compared the forest to the Amazon Rainforest. While at Epping Forest, children zoomed in to the area and thought about the importance of green open spaces.

  

• World Book Day

  Thu 05 Mar 2026

  We had a brilliant time dressing up as our favourite book characters today to celebrate World Book Day. From fairytale characters such as Little Red Riding Hood, to Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka, everyone was in character!

  

• Journalism Club meets Elena Morresi

  Thu 05 Mar 2026

  Journalism Club and some of the writers from year 6 took part in a brilliant live lesson today, meeting the journalist Elena Morresi. Elena is a video journalist at the Guardian. Elena currently works on videos which analyse the news. She has previously worked on breaking news. You can see a collection of her work here:

  https://www.theguardian.com/profile/elena-morresi

  Elena introduced herself and told us about her role as a journalist.  A member of the NewsWise team put our pupils' questions to Elena in an interview, as well as those from other schools from around the country.  At the end of the lesson, we did a fun fake or real quiz to put our fake news detective skills to the test!

   

  

• Year 4 Conducts Fieldwork at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

  In geography, the pupils in year 4 have started the topic of Earthquakes and Tsunamis. This week, they visited the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford to conduct their fieldwork. The children’s enquiry question was: What safety measures could be put into place in the event of an earthquake?

  The children had to make observations of the potential risks that there are in Stratford, if an earthquake occurred. They also had to identify what safety measures that they should put into place in order to minimise the risk. They all were thinking like geographers and were able to come up with great safety measures!

   

  

• Don't forget World Book Day! - Thursday 5th March

  Wed 04 Mar 2026

  Don't forget that this Thursday, 5th March, is World Book Day!

   

  Come to school dressed as your favourite character - who will you choose?

  

• Year 4 Sharing Assembly

  Tue 03 Mar 2026

  In this term’s sharing assembly, the year 4 children showcased what they have been learning about in school. We started things off by talking about our learning in English; they learned how to write a non-chronological report and they wrote one based on wolves. Some of the children reenacted how a wolf pack would hunt together to take down their prey. Next, they showed off their learning in Maths and how they have been measuring the perimeter of a shape. They then showed their beautiful artwork that they had created, using the technique of pointillism to create images of buildings in London. In Geography, the children spoke about how earthquakes and tsunamis are formed and how dangerous they can be. Finally, the children finished off the assembly by performing what they had learned in their music lessons, by playing “The best day of my life” on the ukulele. They performed really well and everyone was impressed with their assembly!

  

• GAV Workshop in Year 6

  Tue 24 Feb 2026

  We had a workshop with Growing against Violence (GAV).  This workshop built on what was discussed in our ‘So Social Media’ workshop that we had with them in year 5, and also the workshop that we had with Bob from Ambition, Aspire, Achieve, on being ‘Streetwise’. We worked on a definition of what a friend is, thought about how ‘gang’ members can appear like a friend but do not fall into the worked definition and heard from real life experiences of people who had formerly been gang members.

  

• Children's Mental Health Week

  Fri 13 Feb 2026

  The theme for Children's Mental Health Week 2026 is 'This is My Place', and our aim is to support the systems around children and young people to help them feel they belong. Children's Mental Health Week takes place every February. It was started in 2015 to give a voice to all children and young people and to raise awareness of children and young people's mental health.

  Across school this week in our PSHCE lessons, we have been learning and talking about the places we feel most comfortable in. It was a lot of fun because we made posters about what we enjoyed. This lesson made us feel welcome because it was very quiet and calming. 

  Written by a year 6 pupil

   

  

• Healthy Living Workshops

  Wed 11 Feb 2026

  Earlier today, we attended a workshop, run by medical students. We learnt about the healthy and unhealthy elements in our diet.  We also learnt that we should eat five portions of vegetables and fruit a day and drink 6-8 glasses of water. We also found out that white chocolate is unhealthier than milk or dark chocolate since white chocolate is fully artificial.This can affect your teeth and lead to diabetes. Also blue light on a screen is harmful, as it can affect your eyes.

   

  Written by a year 6 pupil.

   

  

• NSPCC Number Day Celebrations

  Fri 06 Feb 2026

  We had a wonderful time today celebrating Number Day across school. Children and staff came dressed up as numbers, while parents/carers enjoyed the morning in class with their children, participating in a range of number related activities. Later, all children showed off their baking skills in creating the sweetest treats imaginable! These will be sold after school today in the main hall after school, along with baked goods donated by our parents. All money raised will be donated to the NSPCC.