Our Nature Clubbers have scoped out the Eco-Garden area, researched mini-beasts and discussed building materials. This week we intend, weather permitting, to assemble our individual insect units and put them into the large frame in the Eco-Garden. Each unit is made of a recycled milk carton or drinks bottle with one end removed and then packed with insect friendly material. No metal, glass or plastic is going to be used inside our bug pods. As you can see, lots of though has gone into our choice of maerial.

This morning, Miss Hunn and Mrs Brown had the pleasure of taking our year 5 and 6 runners to the Northern Gateway Sports Park for their cross country event.  We came away with a medal, some top 10 finished and some super speedy children. We were both so proud of all of the children. They showed all of our school values in abundance! They cheered others along to the finish line, kept themselves going being resilient.  Both of us were so proud of the children, they were true role models.  Here is a photo of our fabulous team!

 In this season of mists and mellow fruitfulness we have been looking for some of the potential inhabitants of our nascent insect home. Armed with nothing but a British insect identifier our intrepid bug botherers looked under all the really rotten logs in the Eco Area. 10 out of the 20 species were identified!

 On Tuesday, Year 6 attended the war memorial in Kelvedon, where we had a service for Armistice Day. We showed our respects and remembered those who have fallen by reading poetry that we had written, sharing prayers, a two-minute silence and laying the Kelvedon St Mary's wreath.

 Although a soggy morning greeted us, the rain didn't dampen our spirits as we prepared for another action-packed morning of activities. After a warming breakfast of pastries, sausage baguettes and toast, we headed off in our groups to complete the final two activities of the trip. Those children tackling the aerial trekking and zip line had to show a huge amount of resilience and determination to overcome any fears, on top of the unrelenting wind! A particular highlight of the trip, according to the children, was the Bush Craft activity which allowed them to collect the correct sticks and learn the skills to create their own fire. Each group celebrated their fiery achievements with a much welcome mug of hot chocolate and a toasted marshmallow. Perfect on a drizzly day like today! Well done to all the children for demonstrating many of our schools' core values throughout the trip, and giving the adults many smiles and much entertainment. We hope they return with many happy memo...