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FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER  ISSUE 6:                                                              30.11.18 Open Morning On Monday the school held a very successful Open Morning for prospective families.  The pupils were a credit to us all, showcasing our school throughout the... Continue Reading

Teams from Year 5 and Year 6 represented the school at the Uttlesford cross country finals at Howe Green on Wednesday this week. The six girls and six boys from each class had both competed to win our family groups events earlier this term. We are very proud of all the children... Continue Reading

On Wednesday 7th November Sally and Joy visited Classes 1 and 2 as part of our topics on the local area and our school. Sally gave a PowerPoint presentation showing the history of Clavering primary school, which in the past was known as the Bottom School as it was for the younger... Continue Reading

Last week, each class took part in a different activity to mark the centenary of WWI. There were a range of areas explored and activities undertaken, such as life on the home front, poppy making and poem writing. We then came together at the end of the week for a special assembly... Continue Reading

FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER  ISSUE 5:                                                              16.11.18 Parent Forum Meeting Our Parent Forum meeting took place last week.  Representatives shared homework strategies that have been collated.  These are outlined below and a copy of... Continue Reading

Reception Class really enjoyed exploring the wood during their first visit to Forest School last week. They voted for their forest school name – Happy Hedgehogs!  We learned the rules to keep us safe and had lots of fun mixing potions as they had been reading the book... Continue Reading

Yesterday Class One had two special visitors, Tommy the Tortoise and Rosie the Hen, to support our English work on the story of ‘Dear Zoo’ and thinking about perfect pets. We learnt about how to care for them, particularly what they eat and how to touch/ hold them- especially the... Continue Reading

Years 3 & 4 had a fabulous time at Colchester Castle on Wednesday.  We saw lots of interesting Roman artefacts and had fun building roundhouses and a Roman temple.  We went beneath the castle where it was dark and smelly!  We were told lots of stories about the Roman... Continue Reading

On Wednesday 31st October years 2, 5 and 6 went to JFAN for a cross country event.  Everyone ran their hardest and represented the school well.  The years 5 and 6 boys’ and girls’ teams all got through to the next round of the tournament in 2 weeks’ time. Everyone ran extremely... Continue Reading

FORTNIGHTLY NEWSLETTER  ISSUE 4:                                                              2.11.18 Year 6 Bikeability Year 6 had a valuable and informative week on their Bikeability course with Mrs Wright and Mrs Palmer during the week leading up to half term.  The children... Continue Reading