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On Wednesday we hosted the U11 District Netball Rally. 12 other schools were invited to take part in the annual tournament.  Our Year 5’s played older girls and held their own and qualified for the quarter finals. Sadly they were defeated in a closely fought match. Our A team, played extremely well and even though they had an injury we got through the finals and narrowly lost the final.

On Wednesday 23rd February Lower Two set off to Chelmsford as they were going to Wagamama as a continuation of the following topics; healthy eating and instructional writing whilst enjoying the diversity of a cuisine originated from Japan.  On arrival, Lower Two were given an informative explanation of the types of delicious and nutritious food and drinks served at Wagamama. We were then split in to 2 groups, each group took turns tasting different types of vegetables and noodles and watching how they make the fresh juices. They all then sat down together to enjoy their own choice of dish from the menu - YUM YUM! [...]

On Wednesday 22nd February a mixed team from Lower and Upper 1 as well as a team from  Lower and Upper 2 to the District Tag rugby tournament at Old Brentwood’s Rugby club. All the children had a great time and played extremely well. Lower and Upper 1 managed to reach the final having won all their matches in the group stage and semi-finals. They met Brentwood in the finals which proved to be a very tight contest and at full time the result was a two all draw. The organisers rightly decided they would both by crowned District champions. [...]

Children from Pre-Reception upwards and staff gathered together to mark the beginning of Lent in our Ash Wednesday service, which was led by Fr Gary. The service reflected on repentance, thinking of others and preparing ourselves for the joy of Easter, with Fr Gary highlighting the three aspects that we need to focus on during the coming weeks: prayer; doing something extra to help others and giving something up. Upper Two assisted in leading the liturgy and read beautifully and the younger children responded enthusiastically to Fr Gary’s homily. The school community received ashes on their foreheads with the words, [...]

On Tuesday 21st February, we held our annual Pancake races. The children had a great time with the final placings between the houses being St Andrew’s 1st, St. George’s 2nd, St. Patrick’s 3rd and St. David’s 4th.

Upper Two had a fantastic day at school on Thursday. Continuing on from their wonderful trip to Harry Potter Studios last month, the children were lucky enough to experience their very own Harry Potter experience here at school. Upper Two started with their Coding workshop with Professor Elangodore in the hall where they got to use their interactive wands and find their way through the Harry Potter coding world. The children then came together in class where Mrs Macdonald had transformed the classroom into a real-life Hogwarts Classroom. There were four stations for [...]

Yishai from Upper One travelled to Nottingham to take part in the ISA Table Tennis Tournament. Yishai along with 18 other competitors (most of whom were 2 years older) played for a cup, a bowl, and a trophy. A hard-fought contest Yishai was successful in his efforts and we are thrilled to share that he won the bowl and came 3rd in the group. Huge Congratulations Yishai!

On Thursday 2nd February we took a mixed team of girls and boys from Lower 1 to play in a friendly football tournament at Alleyn Court. The children had a wonderful time and played some great football ending up winning 4 matches, drawing one and losing one. Well done team!

On Tuesday 31st January we took a team from Upper and Lower 1 to participate in the Brentwood district football tournament. The girls played very well managing to win their pool and progressing through to the semi-finals. This proved to be a very tight contest, with the score staying 0-0 at full time and after extra time. Unfortunately, St. Helens went through due their better results in the pool stage. The girls proceeded to the 3rd/4th place play off, which we won and finished the tournament in 3rd place out of 17 schools. A great achievement for our first ever girls football [...]

Upper 2 had an absolutely magical time on their visit to the Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studios in Watford. The children thoroughly enjoyed their tour which began in the Great Hall, the doors of which were opened by our birthday boy, Ismail. From there the children loved finding out all about how the films were made including props, costumes and special effects such as green screen technology. After a slightly terrifying wander through the Forbidden Forest and a visit to platform 9 ¾ the Upper Twos had their lunch which for most came with an accompaniment of delicious Butter Beer. [...]