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

• Thinking Skills Extension Activity

  Thu 15 Oct 2009
  Sixteen children from year 3 to year 6 took part in an extension activity this afternoon with Mrs Granby. They worked in groups to solve two problems. One was about a man who had been kidnapped and was being held in a house they had to identify from clues and the other problem was a secret code sent by an agent that they had to decipher. The older children led the groups and all the children contributed well and didn't give up although the code was very difficult to break. The children's comments were very positive at the end of the afternoon:
  
  "I thought this was pretty hard but great! I would love to do it again because it was a different skill from what we usually learn."
  
  "I really enjoyed the workshop today. It was fun. I enjoyed working as a group. It was very mind-twisting!"
  
  "I enjoyed today. My favourite activity was the Shapes Puzzle at the end because it was challenging."

• A Successful Save the Children fun walk!

  Mon 12 Oct 2009
  The sun came out for most of the afternoon while both children and parents enjoyed walking the 26 laps of the school field to raise funds for the Save the Children Charity.
  A large amount of children dressed up to the theme of "Around the World" - photographs to follow shortly.
  Children should now collect their sponsor money and return it to the school before half term so that medals can be ordered and so that School Council can make the decision of what to buy for the charity. Hopefully there will be enough for a classroom and some extras!
  Well done everyone!

• Save the Children fun walk

  Mon 05 Oct 2009
  Today's Save the Children fun walk has been postponed due to the adverse weather.  We will try again next Monday afternoon - 12th October.

• Eurotalk Semi-finalist

  Sat 03 Oct 2009

  Congratulations to Edouard in year 6 for reaching the semi-finals of the Eurotalk Junior Language Challenge.
  Along with fifteen other children from Edward Francis from years 3 - 5, Edouard gained high enough points when learning Greek to go forward to the semi's. He then had to learn Korean during the Summer holidays and came a respectable 16th out of the 30 children in the London area semi-finals. He was presented with a medal (and an ice-cream from Mrs Granby!) Only 300 children got through to the National Semi-finals so well done!

   

• Year 3 Scarecrow Competition

  Sat 03 Oct 2009
  For four lunchtimes, the majority of year 3 children worked with Mrs Granby and Miss Jeffreys to create two scarecrows; Henry VIII and the young Edward Francis!
  Their bodies were made by stuffing plastic carrier bags with shredded paper while their arms and legs were made by stuffing tights with straw. Their heads were pillow cases stuffed with straw.
  They were made to enter a competition at the Holy Trinity Church in Rayleigh who were having a flower festival to raise money for their tower. 
  On the day, we attached the scarecrows to wooden frames and pots were put by them for visitors to vote for their favourite by putting spare pennies in. Our scarecrows came second and third. Henry raised £10.96 and Edward raised £10.93, so well done to all the year 3's.