Welcome back to the second half of the Autumn Term. 

Thank you to all of those parents, who attended parents evening. It was great to meet you. 

Well done to those children who completed the homework for Autumn I and handed it in. 

Please look at the updated homework sheet for Autumn II. Work needs to be handed in by 18th December.  

We are coming to the end of our Tendring ambassadors project and are looking forward to the celebration event on Tuesday 12th November.  Ticket are available for the afternoon session for any parents who would like to attend. Please contact the school office for details.

Any help and support that you can give the children with reading, maths and homework tasks will make a huge difference to their progress.  Thank you in advance.

There lots of events happening in school in the run up to Christmas, so please keep an eye on the website and newsletters for information about  Children in Need Day, The Book Fair, Christmas Jumper day, the School Disco and the Christmas Fair. 

Miss Hagan

We have now had our final visitors in from the Tendring Ambassador Project.   

Tom a local cartoon artist came in to work with us on designing and drawing comic strips.  

Then on 5th November,  we had a visit from Anita Belli a local author, who helped us to write some poems about animals from the Chinese Zodiac.  ( Post to follow) 

Our World War Two topic

This term, we have been learning all about the key events in WWII and the impact that this had on the lives of people living on the Home Front here in Britain. 

We created our own 3d models of a WWII garden, including and Anderson Shelter.

We studied the events of The Blitz in cities like London and Plymouth and created these collage picture of The Blitz over London. 

Tendring Ambassadors

Over the last 3 weeks we have had visit from 4 workshop leaders as part of the Tendring Ambassadors Programme.  Firstly a visit from Colchester United for a session on hate crime and how to try not to judge people by their appearance.

Then we were joined by Lera, a local lady from The Ukraine, who now lives in Tendring. She told us all about the history of Ukraine, their customs and tradition. We then talked about the impact that the war is having on the people in Ukraine. We made some sunflower cards - the sunflower being  a symbol of Ukraine.

Next we took part in Chinese Calligraphy  Workshop.  We learnt a little about the history of china, their beliefs and language. We then got to try some of our calligraphy.

Our third sessions was  visit from a local musician from Sierra Leone.  He told us all about growing up in Africa. He brought along his Djembe drum and taught us some African songs. 

Naze Tower Trip 

We had a lovely day out at The Naze Tower. The weather was amazing and we learnt lots about the Naze and its use a military base during World War Two.  We started by walking along the beach, collecting  shells and rocks

Once we arrived a the tower the lady spoke to us about it's history since it was built in 1720. 

Then we climbed up to the top of tower to see the clear views of Walton and The Backwaters.

Finally we completed the World War II trail to find the remaining Pill (lookout) boxes.