Year 3 went back in time with Portals to the Past. The children travelled on a journey from early Stone Age through to the Iron Age. The workshop was packed with stories and key events which were brought to life through role play and handling of real objects. During their journey, the children learnt about the Stone Age people and their early achievements. They soon moved through to the Bronze Age and were introduced to the Beaker pot community, who travelled far and wide and arrived in Britain. They learnt about tin and copper and making bronze tools. Their journey ended when the Romans invaded the Celts and leant about Queen Boudicca.

It was a fun filled day, enjoyed by all the children and their teachers. The workshop presenter said he was impressed with how well our children behaved and thought they were ‘receptive’.

Quantum Theatre came to perform in the hall to years 3 and 4. Their show was “The Adventure of the Missing Number”.

Our heroes, a cunning sleuth and his assistant, cannot understand why ‘Create the World’ Lego cards are becoming hard to find and keep disappearing from the shops.  When a strange new website appears, selling the top collectables at extremely high prices, the heroes put two and two together and begin to wonder if something more sinister might be behind it – could it be their arch-enemy Fibonacci?

The team used their theatrical skills to present concepts like place value, ordering 3 and 4 digit numbers, written methods for the four operations, estimating answers, using inverse operations and problem-solving.

Year 3 enjoyed their visit from Freshwater Theatre Company.
The children went on a quest for Roald Dahl and acted out scenes from The B.F.G.

Year 4 visited Seven Kings Gurdwara as part of their R.E. topic ‘Religions in our Neighbourhood’.
Children were shown round the main prayer hall and were given a turban demonstration.

We welcomed the Zamble African Dance company to Eastcourt on 12th October 2016.

All the children from, from Reception to Year 6, enjoyed the energetic music and dancing. The children quickly picked up the moves, the staff were a bit slower!

At the end of each day groups performed in front of each other. Our photos show Year 5 and Year 1 having a go!

Parents then joined in the spirit and organised an African food day, giving children the chance to try foods new to them - a hug success. The proceeds of £121 were donated to St Francis Hospice.

The theme continues on Open Day, 19th November 10 a.m. - 12 noon. Do come along to see our board displays and 3D models of animals in our own setting.

Year 2 went to Southend.

We walked along the sea-front and then onto the pier to look at the beach huts. We learned about what Southend was like in Victorian times and we talked about what seasides were like long ago.

On the day of our visit a pop-up museum had been placed on the sea-front. We saw many artefacts that had been found in the seas by Southend. We also dressed up in clothes at the little museum.

31 October 2016

Year 2 had a visit from ‘Professor Rachael’ from the Freshwater Theatre Group. We learned all about Materials by moving and becoming like the materials, and by thinking about their properties. We had to tell the Professor what materials we knew and we had to look around and find things made with different materials.