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

• Year 5 Football club has been cancelled on Monday 11th January.

  Sun 10 Jan 2010

• Friday 8th January - School is open BUT ...

  Fri 08 Jan 2010
  Despite the adverse weather conditions, it is our intention to be open today.  However, if you feel that the weather is making it unsafe to collect your child at the normal school finish time, you can collect your child earlier by going to the school office.  For those who have not recieved it, a copy of the latest newsletter (8/1/10) can be downloaded from the 'newsletter' section on the 'parents' tab.

• Quiz Club competition

  Fri 04 Dec 2009
  Congratulations to the four children who represented our school on Wednesday at Lawford Mead Junior School in Chelmsford. Earlier in the term, all the children in school had competed in a general knowledge quiz to select one child per year to represent our school in the first heat of the national competition.
  Unfortunately, on the day, Lauren in year 4 was needed as "The Pied Piper" in the school production due to illness. Emma, from year 3 must be congratulated at joining Sophie (year 6), Isobel (year 5) and Jake (year 3) at the last minute. The team performed very well and were awarded certificates for taking part. 
  I must admit that some of the questions were so hard, I didn't know the answers! Well done to all of them!

• Competition Winners!

  Fri 27 Nov 2009
  You may have heard about the exciting competitions we have had running at EFJS over the past few weeks - and now the time has come to announce the winners!
  
  
  Children in Need Poster competition!
  
  Thank you to Jasmine, Sophie and Charlotte in 6BG for organising this competition and helping, alongside everyone's donations, to raise £198.25 for such a worthwhile cause!
  
  WINNERS!

  
  
  Beth in 3S
  
  
  Natasha in 4P
  
  
  Amelia in 5H
  
  
  James in 6J
  
  SPECIAL MENTION
  
  
  Thank you to Jamie in Class 2 at EFIS for helping to support Children in Need with his fabulous picture of Pudsey!
  
  Anti-Bullying Week Competition
  
  Thanks to the school council for organising this poster/poem/rap competition and helping to make everyone aware of the dangers of cyber-bullying!
  
  WINNER
  
  Amelia in 5H
  
  RUNNERS-UP
  
  Heather in 6J
  
  
  Hannah in 4P
  
  
  SPECIAL MENTION
  
  An anti-bullying rap written by James and Tom in 6J
  Performed by Tom, Max and James in 6J
  Click the link below to listen!

  

• Edward Francis Girls Netball

  Tue 24 Nov 2009
  The Year 5/6 Netball team had their first match for the league on 16th November 2009. The match was against 'Glebe Primary School'. The girls played extremely well, especially as it was some of the girls first ever match! I am pleased to announce Edward Francis won 12 - 0! I was a very proud coach - Well Done girls! Miss Goldstone : )

• Anti-Bullying Week!

  Mon 16 Nov 2009
  This week at EFJS is Anti-bullying week, when we will be reminding ourselves of the things to do if we, or someone we know, are being bullied.  If you are worried about bullying at all, each class will have a 'question box' where you can ask your teacher a question, or give an opinion, in a discrete way. 
   
  The theme for this year's focus week is 
  
  CYBER BULLYING
  
  This is where bullying takes place via email, messenger sites and text message.
  
  COMPETITIONS
  
  The school council have set up the following competitions:
  * Poem - write a poem telling people about the dangers of cyber-bullying
  * Poster - design a poster, again, informing your peers about cyber bullying.
  Entries should be given to Josh or Liam in Year 6 by Thursday.
  
  NON-UNIFORM DAY
  
  We will be holding a 'purple' non-uniform day on Friday.  A letter has gone home this evening explaining this event.
  
  Any questions about anti-bullying week and the events and lessons we are holding, then please see your class teacher!

• Latest Football Win for Edward Francis!

  Sun 15 Nov 2009
  Edward Francis v Riverside School
  Football report by James and Connor:
  On the 10th November Edward Francis played their best game yet because by half time the score was 7 - 1 to Edward Francis!
  During the second half we had to play our football uphill but we still scored another 6 goals.
  The final score was 13 - 1 to Edward Francis.Goals scored

  Connor	3
  Jack	3
  Liam	1
  Max	2
  Josh	2
  Tom	2

• Fantastic Football Match Results!

  Thu 05 Nov 2009
  On Tuesday the 3rd November Edward Francis played a football match against Plumberow Primary School .It had kicked off and after 5 minutes we were dominating.

  Then seconds later from a great corner that had been cleared out, Charlie scored a  

  goal from 12 yards. It was 1-0 Edward Francis. Half time went and we were winning!!  

   

  The second half began but the lead didn’t last long as Plumberow Primary School scored and it went in the back of the net! We were unlucky!!!! After that Tom ran down the line and attempted a cross, and lucky for us, one of their defenders kicked it in the back of the net wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

  Two minutes later Charlie scored from about 20 yards into the bottom corner of the goal. Jack then took the ball on the volley and smashed it into the back of the net. Then Connor shot from 15 yards to make another goal in the top right hand corner. 

  We ended up winning 7 – 1 with three more goals having been scored by Jack, Tom and Connor.

  
  On Wednesday 4th November they played Northlands Primary School, Pitsea as part of the FA Jim Smith Cup league and won 7 - 0 
  
  On Thursday 5th November the boys played Downhall Primary School and won 4 - 1. This means they have won their group and will now proceed to the next round of the FA Jim Smith Cup League and will be playing Stanford-le-Hope School at home on Tuesday 24th November. The kick-off will be at 3.30 and all are welcome to watch and support.
  
  Well done boys for your hard work and enthusiam.

• 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!