Category: School Events

Bikeability – (Road and Travel Safety)     On the week beginning Monday 12th October 2020, 24 pupils from Year 5 were invited to participate in level 1 and 2 cycle training provided free by Cycle Confident. The lead instructor for the whole week was Louie Lister with co-instructor Alex Lively, both experienced instructors working …

  Essex has started a club called ‘Bangladeshi Ma’ (Bangladesh Mothers). This club has just been running for a few weeks and we wanted to share our successes so far. The mothers attending these club sessions have already built a strong relationship with each other. This has had a great impact on their social and …

  Mother Tongue Day – A Celebration of Culture On Thursday 27th February, we celebrated Mother Tongue Day. The children and staff wore traditional clothing that celebrated and embraced their cultural heritage. The whole school was transformed into a sea of vibrant colours and beautiful prints. The children shared songs and poems in their mother …

On Thursday 13th February, Children in Reception had a thrilling visit from the Education Group. They brought their fossils along for the children to experience paleontology. During the morning, they got the chance to enhance their learning of their current Dinosaur topic. During this workshop the children worked alongside a dinosaur expert and they had …

Year 4 On Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th October, 20 pupils from Year 4 were invited to participate in level 1 cycle training provided free by Cycle Confident. The lead instructor for the 2 days, Michael Striesow, has been to Essex before so knows how our school works. As part of the level 1 training, …

      Maths Day at Essex Primary School is all about promoting a love of maths and enabling children to see maths as a practical and fun subject where to process of solving a problem can be as important as the solution itself.     In order to embrace geometry, we held a maths …

On Friday 24th May children at Essex Primary School took part in London History Day. It was an event endorsed by the Mayor of London. We had a whole school assembly in which we discussed the importance of looking at our local history and advised children on places they could visit with their families for …

Great Fire Of London Experience! What an adventurous journey year 2 took, to learn about the Great fire of London! The year 2 children attended an engaging and practical workshop in the school where they learned about the events of the Great fire of London. They were transported to the challenging, but vibrant, streets of …

Children from Year Five recently enjoyed another ‘Essex In Touch’ community outreach session. In this ‘good neighbours’ initiative, our pupils invited elderly members of our local community to the school for cake and conversation. As one of our keen young participants remarked, “I really enjoyed the session because I got to talk to lots of …