On Tuesday 18th June, the Early Years and KS1 has their annual Sports Day. The children were all very excited to take part. There were various races including balancing the beanbag on your head and the pancake race. They all had lots of fun. Thank you to the Year 6…
Year 2 had an excellent trip to Colchester zoo as part of their learning about Africa. It was amazing to see the African animals up close (but not too close!) There they saw their favourite African animals eating, resting, climbing. The biggest shock was how big they all were! The…
The pupils in Year 6 and Year 7 had a very creative day working with visiting sculptor Darcy Turner. They used wire to sculpt various objects: a cat, unicorn, shark, trophy and pig. The children had to work collaboratively with great perseverance in order to make their finished pieces. The…
The grounds of Coopersale Hall School provide a wonderful outdoor classroom area that can be utilized by many different subjects. Year 3 students have been learning about right, acute, and obtuse angles. They explored the grounds with their clipboards, searching for both man-made and natural angles. They drew and labeled…
On Thursday 20th June, Year 7 travelled to the Epping Forest Field Centre, High Beech. The centre provides students with the opportunity to apply their geographical and scientific knowledge and skills to the natural world. Our day began in the classroom with a safety talk. We then grabbed our clipboards…
Year 1 has been greatly inspired by their topic of the seaside in their art lessons. They have been busy making rock pools and lighthouses. The rock pools were created within cardboard bowls, where the children blended paints to create the sea. They also used natural shells for texture and…
Upper Kindergarten classes came together to perform songs based on their topic work throughout the year, along with some of their favorites. Mrs. Doherty was really impressed with how well the children played their instruments and performed the actions. She was particularly amazed by how perfectly the children burst their…
Year 3 have been learning about the water cycle in their geography lessons. They have discovered that the water cycle includes evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. As part of their learning, the children created dioramas to illustrate the water cycle. Miss Gilbert and Mrs Biddle were very impressed with their…
The children were happy to welcome everyone to their class assembly. They shared the story of “Penguin on Holiday,” as they had been learning about the seaside and beach as part of their topic work. Penguin wanted to go somewhere different, not the rainforest or the city, but somewhere tropical….
As part of their History topic, Mrs Graves kindly took the Year 2 classes on a historical tour of the school. The children were excited to visit the attic, up the secret staircase to discover where the servants of the house once slept. They learned about how the servants would…
