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Leopard: Iona B For being such a sensible and adaptable member of our class. Iona has been an encouraging and reassuring friend to others during a busy week filled with exciting new activities! Well done superstar – we are very proud of you! |
Zebra: Jake T-W For showing great enthusiasm and confidence during his first swimming lesson this week! Well done superstar! |
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Lion: Esme L For being a super role model during our lesson inputs all week. You worked incredibly hard in geography, recording many fascinating facts about France, and in science you wrote a detailed description of how you look after your pet. Well done! |
Bear: Scarlett B For an amazing effort during whole class learning. You have been a wonderful role model, sitting beautifully, listening politely and engaging well with all areas of learning. |
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Otter: Alexis R For being a great role model in Otter Class. Alexis brings incredible focus to her independent activities and works so hard. She excelled in computing this week and wrote great facts about herself using Notepad. Well done Alexis! |
Seal: Amieka C For showing great improvements in her handwriting and taking real care with her writing. Amieka approaches all of her learning with a fantastic attitude, always giving her best effort and taking pride in everything she does. Keep it up! |
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Dolphin: Willow A For being a superstar learner, following all our STAR values and being a wonderful member of Dolphin Class – we are proud of you everyday, Willow! |
Giraffe Class For being absolutely amazing during our trip to Colchester Zoo. It was wonderful to see every single one of you so enthusiastic, engaged, and enjoying yourselves. From exploring the animal exhibits to showing such fantastic behavior, you represented our school brilliantly! |
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Turtle Class For being absolutely amazing during our trip to Colchester Zoo. It was wonderful to see every single one of you so enthusiastic, engaged, and enjoying yourselves. From exploring the animal exhibits to showing such fantastic behavior, you represented our school brilliantly. |
Panda: Ruby L For showing incredible resilience and determination when learning to tell the time, even when it got tricky! |
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Tiger: Remy F For trying your best, and working hard in our maths lessons! Well done Remy! |
Meerkat: Josephine M For working hard every day this week and showing superb focus and Resilience in every lesson, particularly in Maths and English. You should be incredibly proud of your determination to give your absolute best! |
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Rhino: Thomas B For consistently demonstrating outstanding maturity and a helpful nature, proving that you always strive to do your very best. |
Kangaroo: Aadharsh R For working hard and always having a positive attitude to his learning. |
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Koala: Finley T-W For throwing himself back into school life with so much enthusiasm! Since his return, he has focused beautifully on his work and has been asking fantastic questions to help his understanding. It is brilliant to have your energy back in the classroom, Finley! |
Penguin: Oscar P For working hard and persevering with leaning quarter past and quarter to on clocks this week. You have really strived to try your best. Well done! |
Dates not shown on previous issues are added in RED!
08/06/26 — Class Photographs
09/06/26 — Year 4 MTC
09/06/26 — Panda Class Catch-up Swimming Lesson
09/06/26 — Marvellous Men’s Sale
15/06/26 — Marvellous Men’s Sale (After School)
17-19/06/26 — Year 6 Bawdsey Manor
22-26/06/26 — Year 6 Secondary Transition Week
23/06/26 — Turtle Class Catch-up Swimming Lesson
24/06/26 — Sports Day Rehearsals – AM
26/06/26 — Moving on Day
26/06/26 — New EYFS Play & Stay Session 1
29-30/06/26 — Year 3 Skreens Park
30/06/26 — Giraffe Class Catch-up Swimming Lesson
01/07/26 — Sports Day
06/07/26 — KS2 Districts
08/07/26 — EYFS/KS1 PTA Summer Disco
08/07/26 — Year 6 Production to Parents & Younger Siblings at 1.30pm
08/07/26 — Year 6 Production to Parents ONLY at 6pm
09/07/26 —Year 1 Hyde Hall Trip
10/07/26 — Reports to Parents
10/07/26 — PTA: KS2 Summer Disco
15/07/26 — Year 6 Leavers Party
16/07/26 — EYFS Gruffalo Trip
17/07/26 — Year 6 Graduation at 9am
17/07/26 — Children break up today
Below are a list of letters, leaflets and posters uploaded to the website this week.
Letters sent this week
Class organisation – Academic Year 2026 – 27 05.06.26
Year 2 Local Area Walk – 01.06.26
Guidance on Fidgets – 27.05.26
Marvellous Men’s Sale – 25.05.26
Previous letters, leaflets and posters can be found on the school website Events & Letters > Letters & Parent Meetings
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We’re excited to share our ‘Sign of the Week’.
We are excited to share that we have begun the OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project to enhance the lunchtime experience even furtherfor your children. The aim is to provide more opportunities for creative and active play.
This section of the newsletter will keep you updated on our OPAL journey, including upcoming developments and ways you can get involved.
Also, if you are having a clear-out, please look out for our donation requests for resources to enhance the playground. Your contributions would be greatly appreciated!
As part of our exciting OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) journey, we are continuing to develop a rich and varied outdoor play experience for all our children—whatever the weather!
To help us make the most of our wonderful outdoor spaces even as the weather turns wetter and muddier, we are asking that every child brings a pair of wellies to school from September. These will be kept in school so that children can continue to enjoy outdoor play at lunchtimes and still return to lessons feeling clean, dry, and comfortable.
Thank you for your continued support as we build a happier, healthier, and more active playtime for all our children.
The OPAL Team
OPAL Play Project – Donations Wanted!
As you know, we are developing our playtimes through the OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) project. This exciting approach helps children develop creativity, teamwork and resilience by giving them access to a wide range of play opportunities.
To keep building on this, we’re looking for donations of the following items:
If you have any of these at home and no longer need them, please drop them off at the school office. Every little contribution helps us make playtimes even more exciting!
