Year 2 enjoyed our 'Baxter Bear' geography workshop, in which we explored the rainforest, met some creatures that live there, and provided our own soundtrack to the forest atmosphere.

"In the Year 2 Creative Maths Workshop, we joined straws together in simple two-dimensional shapes, then went on to create our own pyramids. We all wanted to bounce the big sphere around, but the teacher held it out of reach!"

"Around the world with Baxter Bear"
We enjoyed visiting France, Mexico, Spain and Brighton beach with Baxter Bear. We learned a few words in different languages and had fun travelling in different ways.

Well done and Thank you to those who helped raise so much for Red Nose Day

Goodies: £697.00

Coffee Morning: £224.70

Well done and thank you to all of those who entered our competitions at our most recent Open Day on 18th March.

Here are the winning entries from our competitions.

Gorillas – Are We Cruel?

Gorilla is eating and burping,
Filling its grey stomach
Scratching its head.

Gorilla sleeping and snoring
Guarding its young
Close to its chest.

Gorilla in cage
Banging its sides to get attention.

Gorilla sad and mad
Filled with rage
Punching its chest.

Gorilla in a van,
Shouting for help.

Gorilla for display,
Getting his freedom taken away.

Gorilla being laughed at,
Feeling really angry.

Gorilla angry,
Roaring when people stare.

Gorilla cramped in a cage,
Hoping one day he will be free.

Gorilla falling asleep,
Hoping this is a bad dream.

Vidip, Danielle, Jeevan, Zara & Ayesha

Parent Feedback
“The workshops have made M.J less scared about composition. Hopefully what she has learnt in the workshops will reflect in her assessments. The fact that you increased her enthusiasm means you are winning. Many thanks for offering the workshops!”
“It was really useful. We enjoyed the sessions, especially the games.”
“Excellent games for extending vocabulary knowledge.”
“It helped to stimulate ideas and helped her towards thinking.”
“The club helped him to extend his story by learning how to make it more interesting and exciting.”
“I found the sessions eye-opening in how we can help our children to expand their vocabulary and writing skills through playing a lot of board games, etc. I also gained various tips on how we can use synonyms and antonyms in general conversation when reading and many other ways.”

Child Feedback
“In the workshops I have learnt how to make my sentences longer and more interesting. This made my composition better.” – M.J
“I liked playing vocabulary games and circle games where we described our bucket.” – V.J
“I learnt how to write better stories.” – Z.A
“I liked the guessing game because it tested me on how good my imagination was.” – R.O
“My favourite activities were writing my own book, playing Bananagrams and guessing the animal without looking.” – R.O

The winners!

Year 4 are learning about Solids and Liquids in Science and Capacity in maths. They enjoyed a practical lesson on measuring and mixing liquids in different proportions and tasting their concoctions.

On Saturday 25th February the Chigwell School Art Exhibition was officially opened to the public for the next month.
The following pupils from our school were selected to exhibit: Ashwin, Nila, Vidip, Prina (Y6), Darsshini and Zen (Y5), Jingyi and Iman (Y4) and Misbah and Kyaan (Y3)

Click on a picture in the Eastcourt Section to view full-size.

Making Changes – Year 6  RE topic

We have considered the importance of thinking about the choices we make in life. Children have shared stories from different faiths and the world in general. They then designed games, combining the idea of choice and consequence.
A games morning is being held on 1st March for other Eastcourt children and parents to play the games. They will also be on display at our Open Day on 18th March, 10am-12noon. Do pop in to see them.
There will be work samples and latest results for parents to discuss with staff from all year groups, and challenges for children to enjoy, with a competitive element for those who wish to take part.