Easton Primary School Blog

Road safety Assembly

2011-04-04T05:00:00.000-07:00

Harry and Jordan are our Road safety Officers. On Thursday they held an assembly for Key Stage 2 about how wearing a bicycle helmet could save your life. They showed a video and talked to their audience about the importance of protecting your head against injury. The 'egg helmet' experiment at the end showed everyone just what a difference it could make.

Class 2 visit Norwich Castle

2011-03-10T14:38:00.000-08:00

Class 2 visited Norwich Castle this week. They got to spend some time looking at the collection of objects from ancient Egypt. They also enjoyed trying Roman and Saxon clothes for size. Putting a toga on is a lot trickier than it looks. We also learnt about the harsh treatment dished out to prisoners in the past in a guided tour of the dungeons. Stomach churning stuff. Once again the attitude and behaviour of the children did the school proud. Well done everyone.

Christmas Play

2010-12-16T03:31:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to everybody for such a spectacular Christmas production!

Our First Concert

2010-12-14T07:57:00.000-08:00

Children in Year 2 have been having recorder lessons. Many thanks to Mrs Grogan has come in every Tuesday afternoon to teach our budding instrumentalists. Today was there first concert. They gave us all a run through the pieces they have been practising.

Autumn Term 2nd Half 2010

2010-10-18T03:08:00.000-07:00

School Term Dates for 2010/2011

2010-10-18T02:59:00.000-07:00

TERM DATES FOR 2010/2011

AUTUMN
Thursday 2nd September 2010 to Friday 17th December 2010
(Half Term: 25th – 29th October 2010)

SPRING
Wednesday 5th January 2011 to Friday 8th April 2011
(Half Term: 21st – 25th February 2011)

SUMMER
Wednesday 27th April 2011 - Friday 22nd July 2011
(Bank Holiday: Monday 2nd May 2011)
(Half Term: 30th May – 3rd June 2011)

Non-Pupil Days

Wednesday 1st September 2010
Friday 8th October 2010
Tuesday 4th January 2011
Tuesday 26th April 2011
Friday 24th June 2011
Monday 27th April 2011
Monday 27th June 2011

Newsletter 15.10.10

2010-10-18T02:44:00.000-07:00

2010-10-05T05:45:00.000-07:00

Years 5 and 6 had the most wonderful time in Derbyshire.

The walk

In class 3 we went on a wonderful walk.

We started with Lose Hill, which

was 1,563ft. When we got half

way up we felt exhausted, but thanks

to the help and encouragement of our teachers and guide we reached the top and had a mars bar. We were so proud of ourselves achieving our goal. By Harry

CHATSWORTH FARM

One of our favourite parts at Chatsworth farm was

the tunnel leading to the amasing play park.

There was Archemedies Screw, which we controlled

to pull the water out of the stream.

After a really good team effort, we managed to

make a small moat/river. It was a fantastic start to the trip.

There were also many LOVELY animals.

our favourites were the guineapigs (we all got to hold

one). One was very naughty and ran away, but thank-

fully they found him. By Jordan

Derbyshire

2010-09-22T07:06:00.000-07:00

Just to update you, Mrs Porter-Hardy has been in touch to say everyone is having a fantastic time. The weather is lovely. All the children have been fantastic. They survived a Peak District trek and have been rock climbing. The aim is to wear them out as much as possible; and so far it is having the desired effect...on Mrs Hunt!

Derbyshire Visit

2010-09-21T07:49:00.000-07:00

Class 3 have safely arrived in Derbyshire and are having a great time. They enjoyed a visit to Chatsworth House yesterday.

Newsletter 16.07.2010

2010-07-19T07:49:00.000-07:00

School Play

2010-07-08T06:44:00.000-07:00

Only a few days to go before our big Summer event 'Scheherazade'. This years event will be taking part on Tuesday 13th July at Easton Farm Park. The children have been practicing very hard and it promises to be another fantastic event from the children of Easton School.

Sports Week

2010-07-08T06:36:00.000-07:00

The children of our school received a taster session last week in golf and yoga.
We had an instructor in from Ufford Park who was able to show every student how to hit a golf ball in the correct manner. We had many promising student's that could go on further with this sport.
Jo King, who has been running a yoga class this term at the school, came in and everyone got a chance to experience some yoga. Many of the student's said how relaxed they felt after leaving the session.

Bikeability

2010-07-08T06:31:00.000-07:00

The children in class three have been involved in a 'Bikeability' course this past week. The course is a two day event and the children are taught everything from how to make sure their bike is safe to how they can be safe whilst on the road.
The children will get a certificate at the end of the course with a pass in level one or two.

Zoo visit

2010-07-08T06:22:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday 30th June the whole school went on an enjoyable visit to Colchester Zoo. The children were able to walk around the zoo and learn about many interesting animals. Some of the student's had never been to a zoo before so this was a real experience for them.
While at the zoo each class had an education talk by a member of the zoo staff. Class one heard about mammals, class two learnt about why animals need to have camouflage and class three learnt about African animals.
At the end of the visit one student said it had been one of the best days ever.

Sports Evening

2010-07-08T06:13:00.000-07:00

Our annual sports evening was a great success again this year. The overall winners were the England team with Argentina close behind. There were many events this year from the track 'egg and spoon' to 'standing long jump' in the field events.
The ESA put on a splendid BBQ and raffle which helped raise money towards the school.

Newsletter 17.06.10

2010-06-23T02:05:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our Sports Evening

2010-06-23T01:49:00.000-07:00

Welcome to our sports day 2010

You may recall the changes we made to the sports day format last year which proved very successful. As the changes were in line with government initiatives, as well as our own beliefs, we have decided to follow the same format this year, incorporating a more competitive edge into sporting activities, whilst retaining a team spirit. We will also be incorporating a number of athletics skills that the children learn about in their P.E. lessons

Below is a brief outline of how the event will run:

All the children have been organised into 7 teams with each team having representatives in from each class

The team were asked to work together to pick two people from each class to represent the team in each event. All children had to take part in a minimum of 4 events.

There are 4 track and 4 field events. In each event there will be two rounds for each class. Children will compete against other children from their class on behalf of their team. Points will be scored for 1st -3rd places although all children will get one point for their team for taking part in each event. (Class 1 won’t be taking part in the shot or javelin events)

The bell will ring at the end of each round and a new field / track event will be set up. At any one time there will only be 7 runners and 1 child doing a ‘field’ activity. Scores will be updated at the end of every round if we can!

We hope to include relay races, an under 5s race and a parent egg and spoon race at the end – so start warming up!

We have put chairs out for parents in what we thought was the best place.

Unfortunately we haven’t been able to solve the fact that the children need to be slightly away from the events so that we can get them in the right place at the right time. This means that we need you to cheer and support the children as much as you can when they are taking part.

Drinks and a barbeque are available and the school council will be selling ice creams for 50p later on in the evening. I do hope you are able to support us and that you enjoy the event.

Cheryl Singleton

Sex Education

2010-06-23T01:48:00.000-07:00

22 June 2010

Dear Parents

As part of the curriculum we will be teaching sex education later in this term to all pupils in years 5 and 6. We will be using a resource produced by Channel 4 entitled ‘living and growing.’ There are three main units to this programme and the DVD is available for you to view at home prior to the lessons commencing should you wish to know exactly what is being taught.

All parents have the right to withdraw their pupils from these sessions should they wish to. Any parents wishing to do so should inform the school in writing.

During lessons pupils are told to keep all discussions to within the lesson or to discuss it with parents at home should they wish to. The children will be informed that during the lessons we will endeavour to answer most of their questions, however there may be some questions that we feel are more sensitive and the child will be asked to take that to their parents.

The DVD is available from the office; we ask that you return it the next day so that anyone who wishes to see it is able to do so.

The first session on sex education will be delivered to Years 5 and 6 by the School Nurse on Thursday this week between 2pm – 3pm.

The school nurse will be available to all parents at school from 3pm onwards on Thursday afternoon 24th June to discuss any issues with her. An appointment is not necessary as this will be run as a ‘drop in session’.

Many thanks.

Cheryl Singleton
Headteacher

Music Tuition

2010-06-23T01:46:00.000-07:00

MUSIC TUITION FROM SEPTEMBER 2010

Dear Parents

Pupils who will be in years three and four in September will have the opportunity to learn to play the flute for the whole of the academic year which will be funded by the school.

These pupils will also have the opportunity to learn the violin but there will be a charge for these additional sessions. Numbers will be limited as priority will be given to those pupils who will then be in years 5 and 6 who are currently having lessons. The lessons will be 20 minutes long and will take place weekly. A whole term of lessons will cost £26.00. Parents will need to commit for one term but all musical instruments will be loaned free of charge as part of this agreement for as long as they decide to take lessons.

For those pupils currently in years 4 and 5 who wish to continue, or take up music tuition in September, please complete the form below.

This is a great opportunity and we hope your child can take part. Places will be confirmed at the end of this term and payment will be due the first week back in September.

A reminder to all current year 6 pupils – please ensure you have your instrument in school by to be returned to County.

Please return to the school office by Monday 5th July.

My child ____________________________ currently in year ___________ would be interested in taking up violin / flute or continuing with violin / flute* lessons. I understand that these lessons will incur a fee or £26.00 per term for each instrument.
* Please delete as appropriate and indicate clearly which instrument you are selecting.

My child no longer wishes to continue with music tuition. I confirm I will return the instrument to school by Friday 9th July 2010.

Signed_____________________________________________

Sports Evening 2010

2010-06-10T07:27:00.000-07:00

Dear Parents

SPORTS EVENING WEDNESDAY 23RD JUNE 6PM

Our annual sports evening will take place on the above date. Children are to go home at 3.15 as normal on the day and return to school at between 5:45 and 5:55 wearing school PE kit ready to start the games at 6:00. As in previous years there will be team events as well as some races. The Easton School Association (ESA) will be organising the barbeque and drinks as well as two raffles – one for parents and one for pupils. (Please keeps an eye out for a flyer from the ESA looking for raffle prizes and helpers!!). We will have a licence for this event so alcohol will be on sale. Parents may take photographs of their child during the event.

Yours sincerely

Mrs C Singleton
Headteacher

Sports Day June 2010

2010-06-10T07:24:00.000-07:00

Newsletter 28 May 2010

2010-06-10T07:11:00.000-07:00

Newsletter 14 May 2010

2010-05-14T06:20:00.000-07:00

2010-05-06T06:42:00.001-07:00

Hot News!

Election Day!

Here at Easton School, we held an election to vote for our 1st ever school prefects. We held a secret ballot during assembly. Our newly appointed prefects are Thomas and Aron.

Congratulations and Good Luck

Newsletter 30.4.10

2010-05-06T04:10:00.000-07:00

Victorian Museum visit

2010-03-25T06:28:00.000-07:00

Class 3 went to Stowmarket Museum of life to learn more about the Victorians. As part of the day we all dressed up as Victorian children, took Victorian names and then spent an hour in aVictorian classroom. The children loved it and even wanted to change their classroom and lessons into Victorian style ones!

Some people tried on the 'Dunce hat' and some people were told off for scruffy hair or wiping their nose on their sleeve!

It was a great day

Road safety

2010-03-25T06:13:00.000-07:00

Easton road safety officers are: Jordan and Libertie.

A couple of weeks ago there were some road safety officers who came to our school for an assembly. They asked some questions about road safety and if we got an answer right we got a prize. The man then told us that there was going to be a competition and that it was to either to do a poem, story or poster about being on the road. After assembly we both went outside to have a go with a speed camera. It was very fun and we enjoyed it. What you had to do is to find a car going by then you point the camera at the car, find the red dot and press the red button until it bleeps.Then it will show you how fast they are going. We got the speed of a pigeon that was at 19mph!!!!!!!!!!

We also made are own competition were we made a catchy phrase these are our first, second and third. Written by Libertie and Jordan.

Our fun Library

2010-03-25T05:10:00.001-07:00

We love going into the library because we like to read. We’re very lucky as we can always find books that we enjoy. Our favourite books are, The Famous Five and The Secret 7, we have so many books to choose from. Our library is very colourful, we’ve got lovely soft carpet and very soft comfy cushions to sit on.

Written by Adam and Jono

French Week

2010-03-25T04:57:00.000-07:00

French week.

In French week, class 3 had to make French role plays to show the rest of the class. We got into groups and looked in lots of French dictionaries for words we could use.
We did lots of different themes. We did animals and numbers etc.

In toast club we had lots of French foods like croissants and hot chocolate.

Class 1 made ‘croquet monsieur’ which is cheese and ham on toast. Class 1 also learnt a French song called Frere Jaques and made some French flags.

Also class 2 did french signs in the school of what the room are in French.

Written by Mark and William.

Wake and Shake

2010-03-25T04:54:00.000-07:00

The wake and shake competition

On the March 1st 2010 Easton school went to the wake and shake competition.
Wake and shake is a sort of dance mixed with exercise. In Easton school there were two teams the one I was in was called ‘the spy’s’ we had to go on first but with all of our hard work we came fourth.
By Josh and Simon

Table tennis

2010-03-25T04:49:00.000-07:00

Table tennis table

In school we have saved enough money to buy a table tennis table we are going to roll it out at lunch time and at sports club and flexi club. We paid extra so it can also go outside we also bought 4 bats so two people could play at the same time.

Topic work

2010-03-25T04:48:00.000-07:00

Puppets

In class 3 our topic is Puppets. We have been designing puppets, writing story endings and making our puppets. We watched Pinocchio to get an idea of the scenes and then we rewrote the story.
To make our puppets we had to plan out what kind of puppet it was going to be, what it was going to look like and what things we would need part of that was what colour it would be.
Our topic is sadly nearly over. We are very glad to do it and we thank Poppy for coming up with the idea.
Georgina and Cecily

Personal survival in swimming

2010-03-25T04:44:00.000-07:00

Personal Survival Challenge
In swimming we had to do our personal survival challenge
First they had to tread water for approximately 1.5min.
Second they swam 50m.
Next they did the help position for 1 to 2mins!

Swimming gala

2010-03-25T04:43:00.000-07:00

The swimming gala

On the Monday 22nd of March a squad of pupils went to a swimming gala at Deben pool. We competed in 13 races all together, including freestyle relay and 25m breast-stroke. We came fourth out of eleven! A great achievement for our school.

By Alex .

Otley Trip

2010-03-25T04:41:00.000-07:00

Otley College

On Tuesday the 23rd of March, class 3 went
to Otley College for a range of varied outdoor activities.
Some of the activities that we did during the trip were:
Archery, Bush craft (which included building shelters using natural materials), Icebreakers and a blindfold trail.
We had a great time at Otley College.

By Ella and Ellen

The Royal Visit

2010-03-25T04:26:00.000-07:00

The Royal visit
On the 9th of February 2010 Class1 were invited to meet the queen’s daughter- in- law, Sophie. They were there to see the play barn be opened by the countess of Wessex, Sophie. The countess of Wessex officially opened the ‘Go Barmy play barn’ at Easton Farm Park with the help of our Easton school pupils. Some of the children were lucky enough to get to talk to her; also Charlotte Gibbon gave Sophie a bunch of flowers, such an honour.
By Charlie Chapman & Willow Butler

Spring term dates

2010-03-12T07:54:00.000-08:00

Dates for the rest of the term
15 March New reception parents meeting 3:20
16 March Electricity safety talk Class 3
Class 2 assembly 2:45
22 March Am Yr 5/6 swimming gala
Pm wake and shake winners to Hartismere School
23 March Year 5/ 6 Otley college outdoor activities
30 March Class 1 assembly 2:45

Army Helmets

2010-01-21T06:49:00.000-08:00

The topic in class 2 is 'Fight, Fight, Fight' which is looking at the different wars throughout time. To get the children in the 'right place' they have made 'Time Travelling Helmets'. These have been made by covering a balloon in paper mache, waiting for it to dry and then painting it in their own design. Once the paint was dry the bottom part of the balloon was cut off leaving a fabulous bowl shape. Now everytime the children need to go' back in time' they place their helmets on. All the children love this way of travelling in time.

Snow days

2010-01-21T06:43:00.000-08:00

Thanks to the winter weather the cheldren at school have had great fun out in the snow. They have managed to build snowmen, a snow fort and have snowball fights. A great time has been had by all, especially when the children had a snowman building competition followed by a cup of hot chocolate.

Christmas Performance

2010-01-21T06:34:00.000-08:00

'Humbug sees the light' was the latest performance by the children at the school. Thanks to Wickham Market School we had a fabulous location for all the parents, Grandparents and friends to come and watch all the budding actors.
All the children participated and they all said what fun they had had rehearsing and then performing for thier family.

Indian Dance and Mosiac day

2009-10-26T05:34:00.000-07:00

The whole of Easton School took part and participated in a fun packed day of Indian dancing and Mosiac making with the help from Peter and Suzanna who kindly spent the day with us.

The children learnt about the Indian culture and dancing, all the children really enjoyed the dancing and fully participated in it as you can see from the Photographs above.

In the picture on the left the children are learning an Indian Prayer and in the picture on the right girls are putting the finishing touches to their mosiacs.

School Garden

2009-10-23T07:18:00.000-07:00

On Friday afternoons groups of children have been weeding, watering, sowing seeds, and finding lots of exciting bugs! They have harvested tomatoes, beans, carrots, potatoes, and other vegetables, and tidying up for the winter. The soil is very sandy and needs lots of muck and compost to help grow better vegetables next year.

Art Club

2009-10-23T07:06:00.000-07:00

Children from years 1 to 4 produced an aquarium each and a Hallowe'en picture over 6 weeks of Art Club in the first half of term. They enjoyed painting the inside and outside of the aquaria and making fish, mermaids, seaweed, waves and other objects to populate them.

Football tournament at Thomas Mills High School Oct 09

2009-10-18T08:37:00.000-07:00

A fun packed morning with great football

Easton School football team went to Thomas Mills High School to compete with other schools in the area, wonderful football was played by all teams, we played extremely well managing to get to the final. We came a very respectable 2nd, well done Easton and a very well done to Wilby for winning the tournament, thank you to all involved in the tournament for an action packed morning.

2009-10-09T12:53:00.000-07:00

Sikh afternoon

2009-10-09T10:05:00.000-07:00

We set up the class as a Sikh Gudwhara and played out a typical visit of worship.

We covered our heads and took off our shoes. We learnt how they bow and how they sit males and females separately.

After the ceremony we had a sample of a sweet that the Sikh people often eat after worship. Nicole and a few children made the sweets.

Grandparents in for lunch

2009-10-09T03:16:00.000-07:00

On Thursday the children invited their grandparents in for a traditional roast lunch. The event was a great success and everyone loved our school dinners!

Flute

2009-06-30T07:16:00.000-07:00

Class 2 went to Thomas Mills High School today .They performed with their flutes , percussion and danced in different groups with lots of other schools . Flute Lessons will be carrying on at Easton School next term.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2009-06-30T07:07:00.000-07:00

We are nearly there! Songs are being sung every where and words are nearly perfect. Costumes tomorrow,its all coming together.Please come and enjoy the performance on thursday 9th July at 7pm. Lets hope for good weather as its an outside performance.

Swimming Gala

2009-06-30T07:00:00.000-07:00

Some of year four ,five and six entered the swimming gala ,held at Leiston swimming pool.We were fantastic!There were four teams ,the support given to each other and the team spirit shone through.An afternoon enjoyed by all.

Easton's Got Talent

2009-06-30T06:49:00.000-07:00

Each year Easton School holds a talent show.This years rehearsals are being held at the moment .The talent is their and a schedule is being put together . There are Dancers of all kinds, singers,and many other performers waiting to show their talent .More news about this soon.

Felixstowe school trip

2009-06-30T06:26:00.000-07:00

On friday the 12th of June the whole school went on a trip to Felixstowe beach. The whole school studied sea side subjects, class3 did coastal erosion ,class2 studied The local area and class 1 studied seaside history. [then/now]

Sports day

2009-06-30T06:16:00.000-07:00

We all had fun at this years sports day on thursday the 25th of June.We all had animal named teams that competed.
The teams where horses, jaguars, penguins, cobras, lions, panthers and tigers and the winner was cobras.

Dance East came to Easton

2009-06-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

Today Caroline Mummery came to school to teach class 3 'contact' and 'lifts'. The children had a great time learning how to lift each other in the correct way without injuring thier backs. They are hoping to use these new techniques in the summer play.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

2009-06-01T06:47:00.000-07:00

After many fabulous auditions the final cast has been chosen for our latest summer play. This year we will be pulling out all the stops for our performance of 'A Midsummer Nights Dream'. We are hoping you will support us by coming along with family and friends on July 9th and joining us with a picnic.

Class 2 go to Norwich Castle

2009-06-01T06:28:00.000-07:00

Class 2 had a very successful trip to Norwich Castle in May. They spent the day learning about the history of the castle, Romans and Egyptians ready for their next class project. The children had the opportunity to visit the dungeons in the castle and soon realised it would not be a nice place to be.
"I liked the shop because there was lots of different things there and I bought four crystals to share with my family".
"I liked the room we went in at the end. It reminded me of the hall in the Harry Potter films. It had secret rooms at the top when you went up the stairs to the large balcony, one of the best days ever".
These were a couple of the comments from Henry and Oliver.

Decorating of Class 3

2009-06-01T06:20:00.000-07:00

Class 3 has been beautifully decorated over the past few weeks and the children are thrilled to bits with the new colours. The colour scheme is much more refreshing and makes the room feel even bigger. New furniture has been purchased to finish the room off and make it the perfect learning environment.

2009-05-13T06:48:00.001-07:00

dragon

2009-05-13T06:09:00.000-07:00

class 2 had a special visitor.Echo the red bearded dragon came to school.we had to be very quiet as she did not like lots of noise.Echo is Jordans pet dragon.Jordan and his dad kindly brought her to school.The children got to feel her skin and learnt how to look after her.

New activity room

2009-03-27T06:52:00.000-07:00

Our activity room has recently been redoveloped. All the cuboards and sinks were taken out and new ones put in. A carpet was put in the middle on the floor and the walls painted. A cooker was put in and a table at a later date. Brand new trays were put in ,fridge and new surfaces. As well, new lights were put in.

By Jeremy and Jack
Activity room when finished

School garden

2009-03-27T06:34:00.000-07:00

Latey we have had a school garden built inside our school grounds. Soon we shall be placing a wooden fence around it to make shore that unexspected wildlife and school children do not effect it. In the summer the children will be growing vegetables inside of are new plots.

Alex Su and Aron

New furniture

2009-03-27T06:30:00.001-07:00

lately we have been getting new furniture for outside! Most of them have a game on the top.

As you may know there is a space game where you use counters and you have to move around the board to win!

There is also a chess board

which is very popular in this school

By Alex sm & William R.

Alberto giacometti art in class 3

2009-03-25T07:30:00.000-07:00

In art we have been focusing on Alberto Giacometti stick- like figures. First we posed in actions for each other and drew us, but as stickman form in our sketch books. Next we got into groups and chose our favourite design to make. We made them from masking tape,craft sticks and craft rock.

By Alex Su, Alex Sm and Jeremy

Alice,Ben,Kyan,Ellie and Elizas model

New Shelter

2009-03-25T07:12:00.000-07:00

We are having a new shelter built outside. This will protect us from rain and sunshine and will be a great outside classroom. We look forward to using it loads as soon as it is built.

2009-02-12T05:52:00.000-08:00

The Activity room with the painting and decorating in progress.

In art club the children are making puppets.

Activity room progress

2009-02-05T06:59:00.000-08:00

The children and staff at Easton are all excited about building work which is going on in the activity room.
The room was emptied and the builders moved in.Hopefully in a few weeks it will all have been finished and being used by everyone.It is changing each day,and looking much brighter and more modern.

clubs are being enjoyed by the children,these include cookery club,art,P.E,and choir, all still ongoing.

Activity Room

2009-02-05T06:36:00.000-08:00

this is the progress in our activity room

Whole School walk

2008-12-18T05:35:00.000-08:00

After a filling and delicious Christams dinner the whole school went on a walk around the village. If only it had been snowing.......

Christmas Production

2008-12-18T05:30:00.000-08:00

All the children were involved in the wonderful performance of 'Will Santa get shot down?' This heartwarming play was based on the true story of two families in London in World War II and is centred on the true meaning of Christmas. The children performed wonderfully under the direction of our dedicated teachers. There were solo performances on the violin as well as with singing and dancing. We hope to put a short film of a part of our performance on the blog after Christmas.

Guy Fawkes

2008-11-07T08:22:00.000-08:00

Make A Guy For Easton Festival

Well done to all the familiies who made a Guy for the Easton Fireworks show at the Farm Park. Here are a few examples. The Chapman family won it with the long haired guy! They recieved a free family pass to the event.

Multimedia Day

2008-11-07T06:37:00.000-08:00

Year 4 and 5 have had a 'mutlimedia day' today and have been practicing using photographs and sound recordings in presentations. Watch this space for some of the children's comments on their work.

"Changing rooms at Easton School"

2008-11-04T06:56:00.000-08:00

Our activity room is the lastest room that we are about to restructure and improve.
We have great plans for this room which include a kitchen area with a full size oven and work surfaces, a painting/craft area, soft cushions to sit and read quietly on and a table for group work.
We plan to post pictures regually and keep you updated on the progress of this fabulous project, so watch this space for all the latest pictures and updates.

New Playhouse in class 1

2008-11-04T06:31:00.000-08:00

Our eagerly awaited surprise in class 1 has arrived and the children are thrilled. Our two story 'super dooper' play house has enabled our children to carry out their role play to the full.
Since the children arrived on Monday morning there has been so much excitement and anticipation while they wait for their turn to play within the house.
The other two classes haven't been forgotten as they will also get an opportunity to explore the new structure in class 1.
When the children were asked what they thought about the house they said" it was brilliant"
Many of the children said they also liked pretending the house was something else like a hospital or fire station.
Mrs Payne said "since the writing table had been allocated at the top of the house it has never had so much use"
We hope all existing children and future children to Easton School will get many hours of fun in this very exciting space.

The football match

2008-10-16T07:05:00.000-07:00

On Monday 13th October class 3 went for a football match. We played against Dennington. The whole team did a fantastic performance, we had an fantastic time even though we lost. Ben and Alex scored, Ben scored twice and Alex scored once. Everyone at the football match had a go, it was near the end when Thomas hurt his foot.
Even though we lost we all had a fantastic time.
By Alex Sullivan

EDF Energy Talk

2008-10-16T06:45:00.000-07:00

On Thursday 16th October class 3 had a talk about EDF energy and all the dangers that electricity has. They also talked about what cables EDF energy use under the ground and on top of the electric poles. The two men brought in helmets for us to try on to show us how these are used to protect their heads.
We all thought this was a very interesting and educational talk.
By Aron

Sewing Club

2008-10-03T06:07:00.000-07:00

We have now been running our sewing club for three weeks and what a great success it has proved to be. The children have all had a choice of what they would like to do from a' Christmas stocking' to a 'place mat'. When ask what she liked about the club, Laura said "It's really good and I like making things". Hopefully this club will go from strength to strength.

Slippers

2008-10-02T05:29:00.000-07:00

Class 3 have been busy making slippers for themselves or a relative this month. The pupils have used a variety of methods and materials to come up with some highly creative slippers. Careful consideration had to be given to comfort, safety and design when making the slippers. The children will be weraing them in school during the coming week.

Harvest time

2008-10-02T05:21:00.001-07:00

Harvest time is upon us and this year we were able to take our first harvest from the school garden. We have gathered runner beans, tomatoes, chard, broad beans and also apples and blackberries from other places in the school grounds.

The garden now has fully working gutteridge and waterbutts and phase two of the development is about to get underway. We hope to as add another planting bed and places bark chipping in all the walkways as well as install efficient composting systems.

Derbyshire trip 2008

2008-10-02T05:10:00.000-07:00

Residential trip

Last week all of class 3 went to the Peak Centre in Derbyshire. The whole week was amazing with every child in the class walking the hills and rock climbing. Here are some photographs of our fantastic week away.

These children are playing in the cascade fountain at Chatsworth house and in the second photograph they are standing at the top of Mam Tor.

Library Launch

2008-07-22T06:09:00.000-07:00

Our school Library has been revamped and was officially launched on 17th July. We were lucky enough to have Kathy Henderson join us for the afternoon. Kathy Henderson has wrote a number of children's books and the children were able to talk to her about the books and her life as an author. She also did a talk about the first ever book and showed children stones that she had borrowed from teh British Museum with teh first writing carved on them. Pictures from the event were in The East Anglian newspaper on Saturday 19th July.

Tempest takes Easton by Storm!

2008-07-16T03:48:00.000-07:00

Our musical version of 'The Tempest' was a fantastic success with all the parents and families enjoying a lovely summer evening a the children performed outside. All 68 children played thier part and the end result was fantastic. Well done everyone. Romeo and Juliet next year?

Playground Games

2008-07-03T02:43:00.000-07:00

We have bought some new equipment for the playground.

The school council are in charge of how the games are used and they opted to try a class 'bucket of euipment' system. We will discuss how successful this has been at the end of the term but indications are that it has been a great success.

Garden July 2008

2008-07-03T02:32:00.000-07:00

The garden has progressed hugely since it was started in April. We had hoped this year just to grow a few things to 'wet people's appetite' for gardening. It seems we were successful! Lots of landscaping and building work as well as planting has taken place and the garden is really taking shape.

A Greener School

2008-07-03T02:23:00.000-07:00

Focus week - caring for the environment

This week has been our focus week looking at how the school and all the people who use it can be 'greener.'

Class 1 have been focusing on wildlife and gardens and have been tending their vegetables as well as focusing on the abundant wildlife in our school grounds and how we can take care of it. They also made mini gardens (see photo above)

Class 2 have been looking at the three 'R's' Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They have managed to get some free recycling bins for all the classrooms and have produced leaflets to help their parents become recyclers.

Class 3 have investigated the idea of carbon footprints and have each made a pledge to try and reduce theirs for the week. Little things count and the pledges range from cutting the hours of TV they watch to switching off lights when they leave a room.

A clothing bank has been permanently installed in the school car park and the community have been invited to use it whenever they need to. Our school garden is being developed at a much quicker rate than we could have hoped for thanks to willing and very able parents.
We also had a visit from the county waste service and they got involved in making paper with the children as well teaching them about composting and doing some weaving work using old bicycle wheels!

As a school we did an audit of what we can do to be as green as possible then we gave ourselves a traffic light score. There were a lot of green and amber but a few on red. This will give us our targets as a whole school and will ensure that the focus on caring for our environment doesn't disappear.

Bowling

2008-07-03T02:10:00.000-07:00

Bowling at the Village Bowling Green

Years 5 and 6 have enjoyed lawn bowls at the village bowls club. A grant gained from the High Sheriffs award, through the Suffolk Foundation enabled the school to buy some junior woods for the children to use. Members of the bowls club have been tutoring the children and next week we hope to have the score boards out for a mini tournament.

Sports day 2008

2008-07-03T00:49:00.000-07:00

Sports Day

All our children took part in, and thoroughly enjoyed our school sports evening. We had a fantastic turn out of mums, dads, friends and grandparents to watch the games. The summer evening was complimented by a barbeque and liquid refreshments very kindly set up by the Easton School Association (ESA)

Choir sings out!

2008-06-19T03:35:00.000-07:00

Well done to the choir. They performed a wonderful selection of summer songs to the school today including 'Lovely Summers day' and Louis Armstrong's 'What a wonderful world.' They were really fantastic and have worked really hard this term with their singing leads Mrs Hunt and Mrs Payne.

2008-05-23T03:08:00.000-07:00

Class 2 have been learning about co-ordinates and how to read and write them. They created their own battleship game and challenged a partner. They had lots of fun!

The beginning

2008-05-07T08:51:00.000-07:00

Class 1 and 2 have made a good start planting a variety of flowers and vegetables ready to put into the new raised beds. The children will be keeping watch over the new shoots and will have to take care of them so that they are at their best when replanting into the soil.

The beginning

2008-05-07T08:39:00.000-07:00

Teacher Blog Training!

2008-05-07T08:24:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday 7th May all the teachers learnt how to post information on our Blog! Watch this space..........

Outside Shakepeare production - July 2008

2008-05-07T05:44:00.000-07:00

Auditions have taken part for the parts in our summer production of The Tempest. This will be performed by the whole school with pupils in years 5 and 6 taking on the bigger roles.

Healthy School Launch

2008-05-02T08:24:00.000-07:00

We will be working towards Healthy School Status from April this year. For further information click here and continue to watch this space

Derbyshire Information Evening

2008-04-30T06:04:00.000-07:00

There will be an information evening for all parents of year4 and 5 pupils on Tuesday 6th May starting at 6:30pm.

Click here to go to the Peak Centre website where we will be staying in September

Click on the rock climber to see more photographs

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Wake and Shake

Table tennis

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Otley Trip

The Royal Visit

Spring term dates

Army Helmets

Snow days

Christmas Performance

Indian Dance and Mosiac day

School Garden

Art Club

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Sikh afternoon

Grandparents in for lunch

Flute

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Swimming Gala

Easton's Got Talent

Felixstowe school trip

Sports day

Dance East came to Easton

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Decorating of Class 3

dragon

New activity room

School garden

New furniture

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New Shelter

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Activity Room

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Christmas Production

Guy Fawkes

Multimedia Day

"Changing rooms at Easton School"

New Playhouse in class 1

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EDF Energy Talk

Sewing Club

Sponsored fun run

Slippers

Harvest time

Derbyshire trip 2008

Library Launch

Tempest takes Easton by Storm!

Playground Games