I am still buzzing from Friday night and our amazing experience at Young Voices. Young Voices is an organisation which has been running for the last 24 years, enabling children to perform in arena concerts as part of a 5000-8000 strong choir. Over two million children have taken part over the years and Eastcombe Primary […]
Would you rather be an amazing dancer or an amazing singer? Why?
We have had a fantastic first week back! The week started with an INSET day. The staff spent the time developing our curriculum and planning great learning opportunities for the children. We also reviewed the structure and content of our Thursdays and Fridays. We are really pleased with how this is going; the children have […]
Welcome back to a new year and the return of Would you rather Wednesdays. This weeks question for you to discuss is: Would you rather winter or summer? Remember there is no right or wrong answer, we are promoting healthy discussion and opinion sharing! Happy chatting.
Owl Class visited the Saatchi Gallery in London to see the Tutankhamun exhibition. It was an amazing experience! The children loved looking at the artefacts from Tutankhamun’s tomb, it was hard to believe that these beautiful objects are more than 3000 years old!!
This week has been a lovely one with children really enjoying their learning and contributing to the community. We started the week with our Christmas tree light switch on and the unveiling of the stained glass windows. This was a lovely event bringing community members of all ages together. We ended the week in a […]
This weeks burning question is; Would you rather time travel or read minds? Eastcombe Primary School – promoting the development of oracy skills.
What a wonderful evening we have had! Carol singing, lighting the Christmas tree and revealing our stained glass windows. It was lovely to see so many families, friends, neighbours, villagers, ex pupils, prospective pupils, Governors, staff and children joining together in song and celebration. Our windows will be lit each evening during December, please come […]
Eastcombe Primary Schools pulls together to raise money in a fantastic way! I am writing this thinking about how wonderful our Christmas Bazaar was yesterday and reflecting on the recent quiz night. These events combined raised a huge amount of money for the school and brought the community together to have fun, share laughter and […]
This week Hedgehog class have had a real focus on our Science unit of work: Forces and magnets. During the lessons, children have been carrying out a series of different investigations in pairs. In the first lesson, we introduced what a magnet is and the children carried out an activity to prove that a magnet […]
