NEWS
March 2026
Y6 DT day underway - everyone has working gear mechanisms for their winter wonderland themed ferris wheels....photos of the finished products to follow later!
Year 3 had a wonderful day at Layer Marney Tower. They enjoyed exploring artefacts from the Stone Age, used their hunting and gathering skills to collect food and created some beautiful pieces of Stone Age art work.
Year 1 had a special visitor join them today to talk about life in the 1950s.
Thank you for coming to talk to the children and sharing your experiences!
In Y6 we have been experimenting with different types of pulleys and gear systems to feed into our designs and building of winter wonderland themed Ferris wheels next week.
Year 1 finished our unit on structures by applying everything we had learnt into constructing towers. We used different joins to link our towers together.
Year 4 had a very exciting time today meeting some wonderful creatures to support their Science learning. Thank you to Exotic Explorers for bringing them to see us!
Year 2 have been learning about healthy foods and enjoyed shredding, slicing, grating, chopping and ribboning vegetables to create a jam jar salad.
Year 4 have had great fun this week,
making and tasting pizza!
Year 3 had a wonderful day at Layer Marney Tower. They enjoyed exploring artefacts from the Stone Age, used their hunting and gathering skills to collect food and created some beautiful pieces of Stone Age art work.
Our Reception children enjoyed their first full day at school and particularly enjoyed their first time eating lunch in the dinner hall!
Year 6 had a fantastic time at Gunpowder Mills
- they have even been through an air raid!
Don't they look amazing!
Year 2 enjoyed celebrating National Writing day today by becoming authors and creating stories based on a nursery rhyme or traditional tale.
Year 6 have enjoyed making collaborative sculptures based on the work on glass artist Dale Chihuly
Clothes Bank totaliser - funds raised so far this academic year (DEC) 2025/2026 £210 Thank you!
Well done to the Year 6 girls who decided to run a cake sale to raise money for former pupil Harry. They raised an impressive £248.50 Well done girls!
PE Days
Reception - Thursday AM
Year 1 - Friday AM
Year 2 - Tuesday AM
Year 3 - Thursday PM
Year 4 - Tuesday PM
Year 5 - Wednesday PM
Year 6 - Monday PM
Our school has recently been awarded the Eco Schools Green Flag Award. Well done to our Eco Club children who have worked hard to make our school more eco-friendly, tidy and clean.
As part of British Science Week, Year 2 have had the opportunity to make their own slime! As you can see the children absolutely loved watching the reaction happen and then playing with their slime.
Stars Of The Week
The Deanes Community Bike Loan Scheme
This is an initiative in partnership with Active Essex and the Bikeability Trust, whereby The Deanes SSP has been able to create a community cycling hub with a stock of adult and junior bikes for local families to borrow free of charge.
We are ready to take bookings as from today, so contact us directly ASAP!
Please find attached a letter regarding the dance festival
