Author: Jacquelyn Pick

09 Feb Author Visit

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Year 4 had a visit from author Guy Jones who wrote one of their class texts 'The Ice Garden'. He talked about how he wrote stories and developed the characters....

08 Feb Superstars

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Y4 had a great time competing against other schools in the Superstars Event. Out of 250 children, Millie came in Bronze position, Esme in silver and Stanley and Darius in Silver and Archie came in 1st place. Well done to them all...

02 Feb Balancability

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Our EYFS and year 1 children took part in balancability sessions to help develop their core strength while having fun....

25 Jan Lunar New Year

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We celebrated the Lunar New Year with a great Chinese lunch. The year 6 children were lucky enough to be joined by several parents and families to share customs with them....

25 Jan Y3 Football

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Our year 3 mixed football team played in the Chelmsford Schools football tournament this week. They played really well and came 3rd. Well done to them all....

18 Jan Dance

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Children in years 1,3,4&5 have had some great creative dance session this week on themes of Romans, Fairy Tales, Frozen and Space....

18 Jan Flapjacks

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EYFS children used our new food tech room to make honey flapjacks. They were learning about bears and found out that the bear in their story loved eating honey....

10 Jan Colchester Castle

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Year 3 had great fun learning about The Romans in the playground and also at Colchester Castle....

02 Dec Maths Challenge

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Some of our year 5 & year children sat the National Primary Maths Challenge with questions designed to make them think mathematically....

24 Nov EYFS

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Our PTA presented a cheque to EYFS to help with the resurfacing of the outside learning area and new equipment. The staff have lots of plans for the space once the weather improves....

Word Millionaires
Congratulations to our first two Word Millionaires of the year, Avy and Toju.
Lunar New Year
EYFS sat together for a meal where we tried noodles, rice, sweet and sour sauce and some prawn crack...
Football
Springfield Boys welcomed Barnes Farm for a league fixture. The boys played incredibly and never los...
Superstars
Our Y4 children enjoyed the Superstars event with other local schools.
Football
Springfield girls played their first league game against a very strong Bishop's team. They competed ...
Bear Hunt
EYFS have been reading 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' so we got our wellies on and acted out the story...
Beebots
In computing this week, Year 1 learned how to give direction commands to programme a Beebot. We test...
Recorders
Year 1 have started learning to play the recorder. So far we are beginning to master the notes B, A ...
Buggies
Y3 children have been learning how to use saws and bench hooks etc to design and build a buggy.
Playleaders
Our Playleaders successfully completed their training with the Chelmsford School Sports Partnership.
Three Little Pigs
Year 1 have been investigating the properties of different materials. They used their findings to di...
Spelling Bee
Our latest house Spelling Bee event was a great success. Well done to all the winners.
Romans
Y3 had a great day learning how to be a Roman.
School Grounds
Our grounds are looking good in the winter sun.
Church Visit
Year 1 enjoyed a lovely local walk to the church where they were warmly greeted by the Bishop. She s...
Little Edi
The Little Edi Charity were very grateful for all the donations.
Year 1 children had a fantastic time at the Chelmsford Athletics Centre for this year’s Teddy ’Lympi...
Rock Stars Day
Great excitement for our rock stars day with lots of times tables activities.
Tag-Rugby
Our Year 6s participated in a Tag Rugby tournament at Writtle College and came 11th out of the 20 sc...
EYFS
Our EYFS children have settled in well and are taking part in lots of exciting activities.
Play Leaders
Some of Year 5 have proudly stepped into their new roles as Play Leaders and they are already making...
Call of the Wild
Y1 children enjoyed an end of term visit to Call of the Wild Zoo.
Thank you
Our Springfield Ambassadors and House Captains have done a great job this year.
Rock Band
Parents were treated to another great Rock Band concert.
Reading
Reading club have been really enjoying their book and discussing the text.
Chocolate
Year 4 are reading a book called 'The Great Chocoplot', studying the Ancient Maya . Their two worlds...
Letters
Year 4 have been learning about letter writing. They chose a celebrity to write to and are very eage...
Preschool
Our sports leaders ran a fun and active sports day for Springfield Stars nursery.
Jamaica
This week EYFS children are learning about Jamaica. They have been investigating tropical fruit and ...
Tanka Poems
The Y4 children have create their very own Tanka poems. Once completed, they were able to hang them ...
Some children from our school choir performed as part of the Junior Music Festival at Chelmsford The...
Basketball
The year 5 basketball team took part in the first city tournament.
Fire Station
Y2 children enjoyed their visit to the fire station.
Dream Catchers
Some of the year 6 children have been making dream catchers.
Sunflowers
Year 2 have planted sunflower seeds. They have been busy digging, planting and watering.
Football
The boys football team played their final league game on Monday. Well done to them all for represent...
Cave Paintings
The year 1 children looked at prehistoric cave paintings and discussed what they noticed about the i...
Football
The girls football team played their final league game on Monday. Well done to them all for represen...
Balancability
EYFS children took part in balancability sessions.
Shopping
As part of year 3 maths work on money, they set up their own shops to buy and give change
Capacity
Year 2 have been finding out about capacity and how to measure the amount of liquid in a container.
Ducklings
There was a lot of excitement in year 5 this week with their new arrivals.
VE Day
The children enjoyed a VE Day picnic and learnt about why we commemorate the day.
Rounders
The rounders team went to The Boswells School for the city finals.
VE Day
Our choir enjoyed their visit to two care homes to entertain the residents with war time songs.
Scones
Y5 children baked scones to enjoy at their VE Day picnic.
Bake Off
The 'Great Springfield Bake Off' live final was won by overall Stanley in year.
Bake Off
Our Great Springfield Bake Off finals are in full swing.
Football Match
Springfield Boys travelled to Perryfields Primary for a football match. They played very well and p...
Spirit of the Wild
We had a visit from Spirit of the Wild. they will be back on1 May as part of the activity day run by...
Frittata
Year 4 have been making frittatas. They prepared and chopped all the vegetables and enjoyed tasting ...
Bake Off
The house captains very much enjoyed judging the Great Springfield Bake Off entries.
Church Visit
Year 1 visited our local church. They learnt about the story of Easter, looked at different types of...
Local Area walk
Year 3 went on a Local Area Walk to look at the different uses of land in Springfield and Beaulieu. ...
Dentist
EYFS had a visit from a dentist. They showed the children how to look after their teeth.
DT
Year 5 children have continued their bridge building DT project. Some groups have tested for weight ...
Hockey
Our hockey teams placed better than ever before in the city tournament. They finished 7th and 9th, p...
Football
Our girls football team played Tyrells Primary School in the league seeking our first win. They play...
Rock Band
Parents were treated to a concert by our Rock Bands.
Care Home
The children enjoyed their visit to Lawns Care Home to share stories.
First Aid
The children learnt about how to check whether someone is breathing, the number to call in an emerge...
Cross Country
Some of the children in KS1 were chosen to represent Springfield at the cross country races at Melbo...
Chess
Our chess team attended a tournament at Moulsham Junior School.
Football
Our year 3 football team played in the Chelmsford City tournament on . They played with skill and en...
Girls Football Team
Our girls football teams played at Bishops Primary School with enthusiasm and smiles despite getting...
Boys Football Team
Our boys football played their first league match at Bishops Primary School with enthusiasm and smil...
Superstars
Year 4 children enjoyed their Superstars event taking part in lots of different activities.
Lunar New Year
As part of our Chinese New Year celebrations, Y6 were invited to EYFS to share some Chinese food pre...
Y1 Dance
Y1 listened to a West African folktale and then created a dance in groups. The children enjoyed u...
Colchester Castle
Year 3 children had a great day at Colchester Castle finding out about Boudica and the Romans.
Challah Bread
This term Y1 are learning about Judaism and the celebration of Shabbat in RE. They made Challah brea...
Young Voices
Our junior choir enjoyed their experience at the O2 taking part in Young Voices
Sports Leaders
This week, we found out that our Sports Leaders have achieved the city standard of 'Bronze Ambassado...
Spelling Bee
Farah were the overall winners in our House Spelling Bee - well done to them and to the year group w...
Ho Ho Ho
A visit from Santa during Christmas dinner was very exciting.
Football
Springfield boys played a football match against Tyrrells on a blustery Monday night. Despite the po...
Basketball
Our year 6 basketball squad went to The Boswells School for their Primary basketball tournament. The...
Christmas Dinner
An amazing Christmas dinner with a personalised cake for each class.
Concert
Our end of term concert for our rock bands was a great success.
Insulation
Year 4 have been investigating which materials make the best sound insulators. They compared pairs o...
Teddy 'lympics
A Y1 team represented Springfield at the annual Teddy 'lympics. The children enjoyed lots of differe...
Buggies
Y3 have learnt how to measure and cut wood accurately while each making a buggy.
Football
Our boy's football team opened their league season at home against Broomfield Primary School. They p...
House Competitions
In the latest round of house sport competitions, Farah were the overall winners.
Piano
Y4 children had a look inside a piano to see what the strings and keys did.
Fire!
Y2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London. . They learnt about the materials used to buil...
Harvest
Some of our ambassadors helped to pack the harvest donations up ready to be taken to the food bank.
Speeding
The Safer Essex Road Partnership recently visited our year 5 children. The children went out with po...
Chopping Fruit
Year 1 have been making fruit salad as part of our DT 'healthy eating' topic. The children had to ch...
Let it Burn!
Y2 are learning about the Great Fire of London. They have been exploring the historical facts surrou...
Y2 Football
Children in year 2 attended an inter-school football tournament at Chelmer Park organised by Chelmsf...
Mental Health
The children all dressed in yellow as we supported World Mental Health Day and raised money for Mind...
Tag Rugby
Our Year 3&4 tag rugby team enjoyed their first tournament of the year.
Baking Bread
EYFS children have been baking bread ready for their turnip feast.
Girls football
Our new girls team enjoyed playing in their first tournament of the year.
Football
Our football teams played in the Chelmsford tournament, the first of the year. The boys team came 6t...
Springfield is 21
Happy birthday Springfield. We celebrated with cake.
PE Masterclass
Sone of our children went to The Boswells School for a teamwork and volleyball masterclass led by Gr...
Colour Run
The children enjoyed a fun colour run.
Muddy Run
Our staff team raised over £9K for Cancer Research after our 5K Muddy Run.
Samba
Year 3 children enjoyed a Samba session at Boswells as part of their work leaning about Brazil and t...
Sports Leaders
Our Y6 Sports Leaders did a great job of running events at Springfield Stars Preschool sports day.
Netball Finals
Our netball team succeeded in reaching the Chelmsford netball finals.
Archery
The children in EYFS have been finding out about Olympic sports. They tried archery with a bow bigge...
Melting Chocolate
Year 4 experimented with different states of chocolate and found out how quickly it changed from sol...
Traffic Survey
Year 2 carried out a traffic survey then created graphs to show their findings.
Sports Day
Great weather for sports day. KS1 winners: Attenborough, KS2 winners: Toone with the overall winners...
Mini Games
Year 2 children took part in the Chelmsford Mini Games.
Healthy Eating
Year 2 children have been learning about healthy eating. They tasted lots of new foods.
First Aid
Year 5 children took part in 1st aid sessions where, among other things, they learnt CPR and how to ...
Year 2 visited the Essex Fire Museum. They heard about fire safety, the Great Fire of London and tri...
Letters
Some of the year 4 children have received replies to the letters they wrote. They were very excited ...
Art
EYFS children used their observation skills to create artwork using natural objects. Before the rain...
Dance
EYFS children enjoyed dance and music with some African story telling.
Rounders
Our rounders team played in the city finals. They started slow but then gained momentum, playing gre...
Using Money
Y4 have been practising using cash as shoppers and as shopkeepers.
Bikeability
Year 5 children had the opportunity to take part in bikeability sessions learning how to ride their ...
Football Match
Oour girl's football team played Bishops Primary in a very competitive and skillful match. They won ...
Games
Y4 have learnt about electricity then they designed and made their own games using circuits and swit...
Wall Bars
Our wall bars in the hall have been replaced and updated. The children have enjoyed trying them out.
Letters
Year 4 children have been learning how to write a formal letter. They have each written, edited and ...
Football
Our boys football team played against a strong Perryfields team today in the league. They fought va...
Scooters
The children enjoyed an ultimate scooters display then took part in scooter workshops.
Zip Wire
Could you create a contraption to carry a creme egg along a zipwire?
Graffiti
Y6 created their own graffiti art work.
Tag Rugby
Year 2 played in our first KS1 Tag-Rugby tournament and finished 2nd in the city.
Balancability
EYFS, Y1&2 children took part in balancability sessions to help develop their core strength.
Football Match
Another football victory - our girls team came from behind to win 3-1.
House Sport
Our latest house sport winners were EYFS Attenborough,Y4 & Y6 TooneY1, Y2 & Y5 Mala...
World Read Aloud Day
We celebrated World Read Aloud Day by practising reading aloud clearly and sharing books.
Great Springfield Bake Off
Mr Lamb and the house captains enjoyed tasting and judging the Great Springfield Bake Off house comp...
Curling
Children in year 2 and year 5 took part in curling taster sessions.
Science Week
Our science day as part of British Science Week was good fun. We found out about such things as sund...
Hockey
Two of our teams played in the city hockey tournament coming 5th and 7th out of 32.
World Book Day
Some great costumes today to celebrate World Book Day.
Cream Tea
Y4 Polar Bears enjoyed a Cornish cream tea after reading The Mousehole Cat which is set in Cornwall.
Lunar New Year
We celebrated the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon with a Chinese feast.
Young Voices
Our junior choir had a fantastic evening performing with Young Voices at the O2 Arena.
Challah Bread
Y1 are learning about Judaism and the celebration of Shabbat in RE. The children had a go at making ...
Dancing
Y1, 3, 4 & 5 children enjoyed some more great dance sessions with Lorraine: Romans, Fairy Tales ...
Athletics
It was an action-packed afternoon for some of our Y6 children at the Sports Hall Athletics Competiti...
Creative Writing
Some of our Y5&6 children at their Creative Writing Day. They met the author Seth Burkett who gu...
Year 2 finished their ferris wheel DT project today by attaching passenger pods.
Spelling Bee
The House Spelling Bee results are in and here are our KS1 and KS2 champions. Malala were the overal...
Volleyball
Some of our year 4 children attended The Boswells School for a fitness and volleyball masterclass le...
Police Workshops
The children have taken part in Police Workshops where they found out what police officers do and ho...
Children in Need
A surprise visit by Pudsey and BBC Essex caused a lot of excitement.
Insulation
This afternoon Year 4 were investigating a range of materials, trying to decide which was the best (...
Vicar Visit
Y2 had a visit from Reverend Caroline. She explained how Christians prepare for Christmas and the ch...
Roots to Food
Y3 and Y4 children took part in Roots to Food cooking sessions. They created and tasted a Rogan Josh...
House Sport
All the year groups fought fiercely in their first house sport competitions of the year. Wins were s...
Remembrance
Remembrance work going on this week in EYFS. The children all marked the minute silence impeccably i...
House Points
Our new container for collecting house point tokens has arrived.
Rock Stars
Our annual dress as a rock star day was a great success.
Phonics Breakfast
There was a good turn out for our Y1 Phonics Breakfast for parents.
My Happy Mind
Children have been learning how to do happy breathing as part of our My Happy Mind project.Paren...
Great Fire of London
Year 2 children have been learning about the Great Fire of London. They learnt how fast the fire spr...
Tag-Rugby
Our Y4 and Y6 tag-rugby teams were in action this week for the first time.
Poe-Tree
Y4 have been writing tanka poems this week in English. In Japan, it is tradition to hang poems and w...
Y6 Residential
The year 6 children had a great time on their residential trip.
Activity Day
Year 6 children enjoyed archery and pitching tents.
Mini Games
Year 2 represented Romania in the mini games this week. They took part in various sporting activitie...
Wilderness Foundation
The Year 1 children enjoyed their trip to the Wilderness Foundation,.
First Aid
Year 5 have been learning basic first aid - using bandages and how to resuscitate.
Litter Picking
Y2 have been litter picking in the local community. They were amazed by the amount of litter they fo...
African Dance
EYFS children enjoyed creating their own African dances.
Netball Tournament
Our netball team played in the local tournament.
Indian Dance
Y6 enjoyed a day of dance. They created their own mini dances on an Indian theme.
Smoothies
As part of their science work on healthy eating, year 3 children chopped all the fruit to make smoot...
Rounders
Our first city rounders tournament and the team played with teamwork and resilience, getting better ...
Victory
A solid victory for our boys football team, they followed all tactics and beat Tyrells Primary Schoo...
Royal Tea Party
EYFS children baked cakes and decorated their classrooms then enjoyed a Royal Tea Party.
Coronation Crowns
EYFS children created their own coronation crowns then acted out the coronation.
Letter Writing
Y4 have written formal letters to famous people who have inspired them and posted them. Fingers cros...
Coronation Quiche
Y1 children used our new food tech room to make and bake Coronation Quiche.
Reading Breakfast
It was great to have so many parents and grandparents join us for our EYFS & Y1 reading breakfas...
Celebration Meal
The children enjoyed a celebration meal for Eid.
Scootering
The children were all treated to an extreme scootering display.Y4&5 got the chance to try some o...
Graffiti Art
Y6 have studied graffiti art and artists and created their own piece to represent themselves.
Dentist Visit
Y3 had a visit from a dentist then tried disclosing tablets to see how well they brushed their teeth...
Netball
Another win for our netball team. They beat Perryfields Juniors 7-0
Money Sense
The children have taken part in money sense sessions led by HSBC Bank.
Skreens Park
Year 2 enjoyed exploring and pond dipping at Skreens Park Activity Centre.
Bridges
EYFS have been investigating bridges. They constructed bridges, built them taller, made them longer,...
Baking cakes
Our food tech room is being well used. Some of our children learnt how to bake cakes.
Cross County
Both our KS1 and KS2 cross country teams were in action this week. Our KS2 team came a very respecta...
Frittatas
Year 3 finished their Spanish food vocabulary topic by writing ingredients for and making Spanish fr...
EYFS in Space
The EYFS children loved finding out about space. They have built, made rockets & thrown rockets ...
Champions
Our Tag-Rugby team traveled to Boswells for a Chelmsford Schools tournament. Our children were amaz...
Girls Football
Well done yet again to our girls football team for further success. They travelled to Colchester Uni...
Author Visit
Year 4 had a visit from author Guy Jones who wrote one of their class texts 'The Ice Garden'. He tal...
Superstars
Y4 had a great time competing against other schools in the Superstars Event. Out of 250 children, Mi...
Balancability
Our EYFS and year 1 children took part in balancability sessions to help develop their core strength...
Lunar New Year
We celebrated the Lunar New Year with a great Chinese lunch. The year 6 children were lucky enough t...
Y3 Football
Our year 3 mixed football team played in the Chelmsford Schools football tournament this week. They ...
Dance
Children in years 1,3,4&5 have had some great creative dance session this week on themes of Roma...
Flapjacks
EYFS children used our new food tech room to make honey flapjacks. They were learning about bears an...
Colchester Castle
Year 3 had great fun learning about The Romans in the playground and also at Colchester Castle.
Maths Challenge
Some of our year 5 & year children sat the National Primary Maths Challenge with questions desig...
EYFS
Our PTA presented a cheque to EYFS to help with the resurfacing of the outside learning area and new...
Football Finals
Our girl’s football team qualified for the Essex County finals by becoming Chelmsford City champions...
Bake Off
Our Great Springfield Bake off finals were a great success. Well done to Catherine our overall winne...
Crime
Y4 had a visit from the police today to launch their work on Crime and Punishment.
Rock Stars Day
The children dressed as Rock Stars and spent the day completing times tables activities.
House Sport
House Sport competitions were enjoyed across the school. Pocock and Grylls had great success winning...
Grand Opening
Our brand new Food Tech room was officially opened this morning by distinguished guest Mrs Fish who ...
Champions
Inspired by the Lionesses, our girls football team are City Champions and on to the next challenge ....
Food Tech
Some of our Y6 Ambassadors exploring the brand new Food Tech room for the first time ahead of the of...
Residential
Year 6 children had great fun on the residential at Mersea Outdoor Centre.
Sport Leaders
Our Sports Leaders were assessed for the city wide 'Bronze Ambassador' award with massive success ...
Y2 Art
Flick joined Year 2 at the pond as they sketched and focused on water reflection as part of our Clau...
Pizza Express
As a thank you for being such fabulous Ambassadors and House Captains this year, y6 had fun morning ...
Y6 Activity Day
Year 6 children enjoyed an activity day in school of archery, pitching tents, tug of war and water b...
Y5 Science
As part of a science investigation, the year 5 children worked together gathering accurate measureme...
Art Gallery
There was some great art work on display in our Y4&5 art gallery. Everyone enjoyed looking at th...
Creatures
Y5 are learning about habitats and life cycles. They were surprised by some unusual visitors.
Balancability
EYFS and Y1 children have been practising on strider bikes to build up their core strength,.
Lunchtime Equipment
A massive thank you to our PTA for the lovely new playtime equipment. As Ella-Rose said, "We are all...
Wilderness
Y1 children visited the Wilderness Foundation to do some pond dipping and search for life in the pon...
Pond Dipping
Y1 children had great fun pond dipping and searching for creatures which live in our pond.
Forensic Science
Who broke into the safe? Y5 used forensic science skills such as fingerprints, footprints and DNA to...
Lego Workshops
Y1 children enjoyed building Lego structures today at their Lego Workshops.
We Stand With Ukraine
We have taken some time today to think about the people suffering in Ukraine. We Stand With Ukraine.
Dino Visit
EYFS had a visit from a T-Rex and her baby dino. They also took part in excavation activities.
Y1 Recorders
Year 1 children have started to learn to play the recorder. Mrs Esser took them outside for their fi...
World Book Day
It was great to see so many children (and staff) dressed as their favourite book characters today. T...
Thinking Day
It was great to see some of our children (and staff) looking smart in their brownies, beavers and sc...
Spanish frittatas
Year 3 Seals made Spanish frittatas today as part of learning about Spanish culture.
Football team
Our football team played their first match in their brand new kit, thanks to our PTA. The score was ...
Colchester Castle
Y3 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Colchester Castle to learn about the Romans as part of their top...
This is a GOOD school!
Some of our Springfield Ambassadors have been celebrating our GOOD Ofsted outcome.
My Heritage
This term's home learning project of 'My Heritage' has been great. Some fantastic work is being brou...
Millie's Million Steps
Millie in Y6 took part in The Million Step Challenge and raised over £130 to support Diabetes UK. Sh...
Autumn Days
Y1 children were looking at seasonal changes this afternoon and used art to record their findings in...
Under the Sea
Our art project in Y4-6 is underway with creativity, team work and papier maché all over the school...
Harvest
Some of our Ambassadors packed up all the donations to be taken to Chelmsford Food Bank. Thank you t...
The Enormous Turnip
Our EYFS children harvested turnips and other vegetables and made a stew inspired by the Enormous Tu...
Winners!
Our girls football team are the champions! They finished the local schools tournament with a 100% re...
Play Leaders
Some of the Y5 children have applied to be play leaders. They have a clear idea on the role, how the...
Athletics
On a rainy afternoon Y6 competed in a range of track and field events and finished the day in 2nd pl...
Springfield's Burning
Year 2 have been finding out about the Great Fire of London. They built Tudor style houses then watc...
Learning Outdoors
EYFS children have been busy outside, gardening and learning in their outdoor classroom.
Football
The year 5 and 6 boys and girls football teams went to Great Baddow High School for the Chelmsford S...
Engineering
Deacon has been making robots which move and light up - an engineer in the making.
Y3 Dance
Y3 enjoyed being creative in their dance sessions linked to their work on the Ancient Egyptians.
Viking Dance
Y5 children enjoyed creating Viking themed dances with our visiting dance teacher.
Flick
'We have a dog called Flick who makes everybody smile. Flick is very important, she love...
Y1 Life Skills
Year 1 have been learning about emotions in life skills. Today we all tried something new - jugglin...
Reading Area
It was lovely to see our EYFS children out in the sun listening to a story in our new outdoor readin...
Cookery Club
It was fruit pizzas on the menu at cooking club this evening.
Y3 Spanish
Y3 have just started learning Spanish and really enjoying it. They have learnt how to say hello, goo...
Trojan Horse
A new term and Y6 were straight into action having fun in drama re-enacting the legend of the Trojan...
Japanese Baking
Year 5 loved baking Japanese Mushi-Pan. They used their teamwork skills to measure out the ingredie...
It's Coming Home
We were all supporting England today dressed in red and white with football tournaments and lots of ...
Y6 Camp Day
Y6 adventure day on the field with tent pitching, archery and a water fight.
Sports Day
Well done to our Sports Leaders and House Captains who supported our sports days with enthusiasm.
Horses!
We have had great fun riding horses, elephants, a giraffe and even a unicorn this week.
Art and Nature
Year 5 children have been creating clay work inspired by the nature in our school grounds.
Y5 Sports
Year 5 children took part in a virtual sports competition against children inform other schools.
Y4 Art Exhibition
Some fantastic year 4 art work on show today in our art exhibition.
Tadpoles
Year 1 children have been exploring our pond and discovering how frogspawn becomes tadpoles and how ...
Chick Update
With more chicks hatching, there is a lot of excitement in year 5.
Chicks!
We have our first chicks! There was great excitement in year 5 this morning as three chicks have hat...
Which came first?
We have 11 chicken eggs inside an incubator in Y5 which are set to hatch at some point this week. We...
Say Yes
Good luck to year 5 parents - the children planned, wrote, edited and published letters to persuade ...
Learning Outside
The pond area is looking particularly great at the moment. Y1 children had a great time listing whic...
New Books
The year 1 children who have been doing lots of reading at home this term were all given a book of t...
Spring
Y4 enjoyed pond dipping in the sun and used charts to identify what they found.
Red Nose Day
The staff and children are dressed up as super heroes and raising money today for Red Nose Day.#...
Gardening
Y4 children have been busy planting trees to surround our pond area.
Cave Art
Some fantastic cave art creations in the year 5 bubble as part of their work on the Stone Age
World Book Day
Creativity at its finest - some fantastic books scenecs created for this year's World Book Day
Blue Peter Badges
A very well done to Scarlett in Y6 and Stanley in Y2. They have been awarded their Blue Peter badg...
Just a box
It is surprising how much fun you can have with a cardboard box and a little imagination.
Fun in the Snow
Fun in the snow at school.
Lyon's Court
Some of our children in Y4,5 & 6 visited Lyon's Court Care Home in their bubbles to sing to the ...
Santa Visit
Santa took time from his busy schedule to do a distanced visit at school today.Thank you to Mr B...
KS2 House Competitions
Key Stage 2 have also been busy, in Year 3, Rounders was won by Grylls, Year 4 Netball by Dyson, Yea...
KS1 House Competitions
We are proud to announce this terms House Sport winners.In EYFS Tails was won by Dyson, Year 1 B...
Flick
Meet Flick our new school puppy. You will see her around school and when she is bigger she will be w...
Y1 Remembrance
Year 1 children in Dolphins created this picture after they learnt about poppies and Remembrance Day...
Y2 Houses
Year 2 have been busy building Tudor Houses linked to their work about the Great Fire of London. The...
National Fitness Day
National Fitness Day at Springfield Primary and the children enjoyed 'Skip Hop Challenge'. They all ...
Lockdown Legacy Garden
The children have been enjoying our new Lockdown Legacy garden. Thank you to our PTA for all their h...
Our Pond
Our pond area is looking great and the children are once again able to use it it spot wildlife.
Reading Pathway
Miss Denyer, Mrs Anderson, Mr Mayes and Mrs Esser were very busy in school over the summer and durin...
EYFS Outside Area
The EYFS staff have been busy during the summer transforming the outside area.
Thank you
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Sport Relief
The children and staff supported Sport Relief by wearing sports kit and running the 'Sport Relief Mi...
Champions!
Winners of the Chelmsford Schools Year 3 Mixed Football competition. Springfield returned to Baddow ...
World Book Day
The children have come out in force today dressed as their favourite book characters for World Book ...
Bookworm Winners
Each half term we use a random name generator in assembly to select four names from all those who ha...
Yasmin's Homework
Y4 are learning about the Ancient Maya and Yasmin researched and found facts about Mexico for homewo...
Y3 Money Sense
Our year 3 children took part in a Money Sense workshop with Nat West Bank to help them learn about ...
House Sports
From our most recent house sports events the winners were EYFS Pocock, Y1 Hawking, Y2 Grylls, Y3...
Tea Party
Y5 Rhinos came into school on a Sunday to lay on a tea party for some elderly guests. The children p...
Hair Cut
After school tonight, Miss Brickley had some of her long hair chopped off which will now be sent awa...
Y1 Art
Y1 children have created and built houses linked to the Three Little Pigs. Today they painted their ...
Y3 Football Winners
Our team of mixed Y3 boys and girls took part in a football tournament; they came top of their group...
Y4 Superstars
Our Y4 children took part in the annual Superstars event at Chelmsford Sport and Athletic Centre, Me...
Chinese New Year
Our EYFS children celebrated the Chinese New Year by tasting different foods, creating dragons and l...
Cricket Day
Y6 children took part in a ROAR for Diversity Day with Essex Cricket and Colchester FC. Our visitor...
Lyons Court
A group of year 3 children visit Lyons Court Care Home each week to read to and share their work wit...
Benchball Champions
This week we entered a team in the Boswells Benchball competition for the first time. Our team gave ...
Y4 Animation
Y4 children are learning to create stop go animations.
Hokusai
Y6 have created art work inspired by Hokusai linked to their class reading book 'Kensuke's Kingdom'.
Chinese New Year
A very creative salad for lunch today along with sweet and sour chicken, rice and prawn crackers for...
Play Leader
Oliver in Y5 is our first Play Leader to have reached the grand total of 50 play leader duties. Well...
Litter Pick
Some of our ambassadors have been in action again this week, this time they gave up their break time...
Story Telling
EYFS and Y1 children were treated to a special story teller as part of their work on Fairy Tales.
Curling
Our Y3,4&5 children tried out curling today.
Y6 Martial Arts
Y5&6 had a martial arts taster day which they thoroughly enjoyed.
Oh yes it was!
The children enjoyed a fantastic pantomime this morning - Beauty and the Beast. Thank you to our PTA...
EYFS Christmas
The EYFS children looked great in their Christmas jumpers.
Christmas Lunch
The fun that is Christmas lunch has just started with turkey, crackers and some very excited childre...
EYFS
EYFS children have been using their brand new interactive white board to support learning.
Hanukkah
Year 6 learnt about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah by tasting different foods.
Balancability
EYFS and Y1 children have taken part in balancabilty sessions to help develop their core strength.
Archery
We always like to try something new. Some of our children tried their hand at lacrosse and archery ...
Theatre Workshops
Y3 and Y5 children took part in musical theatre workshops this week based on The Lion King.
EYFS Shopping
EYFS have been learning about money and using their very own shop which accepts both cash and card p...
Learning Outside
Lots of our learning will take place outside this term. Year 3 took part in a treasure hunt around t...
Y4 Puppets
Y4 told the story of Rama and Sita using their own shadow puppets and scripts they had written thems...
Dare to be Different
The children look fabulous today in green and crazy hair. We are supporting REMAP.
Y3 Ancient Egyptians
Y3 arrived at school dressed as Ancient Egyptians ready to take part in Egyptian related activities.
Y6 Ancient Greeks
There are Ancient Greek warriors around the school today with year 6 taking part in the Ancient Gree...
Y4 Mighty Oak
Some of our year 4 children took part in an activity with The Mighty Oak Company in preparation for ...
Harvest
Some of our ambassadors bagged and boxed up all the harvest donations ready to be taken to the food ...
Viking Day
Year 5 Vikings are preparing for battle during their day of Viking related activities.
EYFS Gardening
EYFS children have been busy tending to their vegetable garden and also planting crocus bulbs
Y6 Creativity
Olivia and Evie are pictured with their homework creations. Olivia has made an edible character from...
Fire Fire!
The Great Fire of London happened on the school field today. The children had built houses to repres...
Y1 Wilderness Foundation
Y1 had an excellent day at the Wilderness Foundation. They made dens, hunted for bugs, did some pond...
Football Tournament
Our girls and boys football teams took part in a local football tournament this week. A special ment...
Y2 Houses
Y2 children have made models houses that would have been in London around 1666. Let's hope they do n...
Y2 Drama
Year 2 children took part in a drama workshop to tell the story of the Great Fire of London.
School Song
Some of our year 5 and 6 children have written a school song which they performed to the rest of the...
Roald Dahl Day
The children (and staff) across the school look great in their character costumes as we celebrate Ro...
Y1 Fruit & Veg
Year 1 children have been picking the fruit and vegetables they planted last year in the EYFS garden...
Egyptian Sausage Rolls
Y3 have been making sausage rolls that look suspiciously like Egyptian mummies with Mrs Fish one of ...
Y6 Residential
Year 6 children are on their residential at Stubbington Activity Centre on the south coast. Their fa...
Springfield UP
Some of our year 3 children regularly visit Lyons Court Care home as part of our Springfield UP Proj...
Winners
Pocock were our house points champions this year.Y2 Badgers won the Attendance Award.
Bake Off
The 2019 Bake Off Finals are in full swing with Paul Hollywood (looking a bit like Mr Lamb) in charg...
Sunflowers
EYFS have tended to and grown some very tall sunflowers. The children were intrigued to see two bees...
Mayan Temple
Jessica in Y4 has made a fantastic model of a Mayan temple using small tiles. Well done Jessica (and...
400m Winners
Our 400m winners from the finals on Sports Day were presented with their medals this morning.
Out for Lunch
Mrs Pick and Miss Denyer took the Ambassadors and House Captains out for lunch to thank them for the...
Sports Day
Mr Saward's drone was out again this week capturing all the activity from Sports Day.
Pond
Y1 children have been out again investigating what they can find in living in our pond.
Sports Day
Butterflies
Y2 Butterflies class have been growing their own butterflies. They watched the butterflies emerge fr...
Bake Off Winners
Fergus, Jessica, Freddie, Kyla, Charlotte , Lyla and Olivia are our first Bake Off winners as judged...
Strawberries
Rocco and Lydia-Jean from EYFS with their second harvest of strawberries they have grown.
EYFS Garden
Our new EYFS outside area is taking shape. The children have been enjoying their new mud kitchen and...
River Model
Dilmi in year 6 made this fantastic model of a river using some resources she gathered on the school...
Y2 Fruits Kebabs
As part of their work on healthy eating the year 2 children made fruit kebabs. They tried lots of ne...
Y6 Clay
Year 6 were using clay this afternoon. They learnt different techniques to build their models and cr...
Young Persons’ Conference
Some representatives from School Council joined local schools at the Young Persons’ Conference at Hy...
Y6 Day at Colchester United FC
Our year 6 children spent the day at Colchester United FC on a collapsed curriculum day. They took p...
Y2 Mini Games
Year 2 children took part in the Chelmsford Mini Games along with children from many other local sch...
Y3 Church Visit
Year 3 children recently visited the local library and local church. They found out what items are c...
Y4 Dyson Boxes
Children in Y4 to 6 have been using Dyson Design Process boxes to inspire them to design and investi...
Y6 Crucial Crew
Y6 children visited Chelmsford fire station for Crucial Crew workshops where they learnt about safet...
Bake Off
Children in Y1-6 are invited to enter our first ever House Bake Off.
Y5 Cheesecake
Year 5 children have been baking again with Mrs Fish, one of our governors and grandparents. This we...
Bikeathon
Springfield Medical Centre held a bikeathon to raise money for our defibrillator. Some of our year 5...
Defibrillator Collection
Year 5 children were out in the playground after school collecting money towards our new defibrillat...
Y5 Coding
Y5 have been learning to code, creating simple programs and also to debug code.
EYFS
Every day is exciting in EYFS. The children have been learning Makaton, about dinosaurs and what cre...
Y1 Capacity
Y1 made the most of the good weather to learn about capacity using water outside. They had a lot of ...
Y2 Performance Poetry
Year 2 children have been writing and performing poems. They created actions and different voices to...
Y6 Challenge
Y6 were challenged to be creative, use teamwork and be resilient to build a tower from spaghetti and...
Y3 Town Planner
Y3 had a visit from a local Town Planner as part of their local area work. They learnt how towns are...
House Winners
Our second house sports competitions have taken place in each year group. Here are our house captain...
Y5 Healthy Eating
Y5 have been using the 'eatwell' plate to plan for a balanced and healthy diet. They then planned th...
Library
Our new library is open! Each class is having an induction session then are free to borrow books. Th...
Y6 Afternoon
Y6 finished off their SATs week with an afternoon of fun (and cakes) on the field in the sun.
Top Table
Our first KS2 Top Table diners had lunch with Mr Corder.Children who always follow our lunchtime...
Bug-ingham Palace
We have a great new addition to our pond area - the amazing Bug-ingham Palace. The new bug hotel was...
Shark Day
This week Y1 Sharks celebrated Shark Day by making made shark fin book marks, they sang some shark s...
Library Letters
We have had some great entries for our creative library letters. There is still more time to get you...
It's no yolk!
We have had almost 60 entries for our new 'Decorate an Egg' House Competition. Thank you to all the ...
Y5 Stargazing
Year 5 children came back to school when it was dark and enjoyed looking at the night sky through te...
Freddy's Rocket
Freddy in year 1 was so inspired by his reading book that he followed the instructions to make his v...
K'nex
Our second K'nex workshop was enjoyed by children and parents alike.They had the opportunity to ...
Y5 Science
Year 5 children visited Boswells as part of our Science Week. They had a great time experimenting in...
Keira’s Solar System
Keira in year 5 was so inspired by her work on space that she has made a solar system cake with bisc...
World Book Day
The children (and staff) dressed up as their favourite book character today to celebrate World Book ...
Our house captains led their first house assemblies this week and did a great job. Pictured are Dys...
Dads' Afternoon
Almost 200 children spent the afternoon sharing their work and taking part in activities with their ...
Brownies
The smell of chocolate brownies wafted round the school today as some of the year 5 children were pr...
Chelmsford City FC Match
Some of our children (and staff) made use of the free tickets to attend the Chelmsford City match ag...
Ice Eggs
Year 4 have been learning about insulation and temperature.Linked to the Ice Palace book, they w...
Y4 Superstars
Our year 4 children took part in Superstars at Melbourne Sports and Athletic Centre with children fr...
A Chair for Baby Bear
As part of their science work on properties of materials, year 1 children worked together to design ...
Y6 Problem Solving
Y6 worked through challenging maths problems using reasoning skills.They also used team work and...
EYFS Chinese Tasting
EYFS children learnt about the Chinese New Year and created dragon pictures. They tried some differe...
Chelmsford City FC
Some players and the mascot from Chelmsford City FC visited to talk to the children about how they c...
Chinese New Year
Y1 &2 children really enjoyed Chinese New Year dance sessions today. They learnt how the dragon ...
Goldilocks in EYFS
EYFS have been reading Goldilocks. They made and tasted some porridge to help out Goldilocks out but...
Y1 Superheroes
As part of their work on Superheroes and linked to the Supertato book, year 2 have made 'super fruit...
Clay Birds
After reading the Ice Palace book, year 4 children created clay ice birds. They will be painting the...
Y5 Maths
Year 5 working together in maths to solve problems and use reasoning skills all about prime, square ...
Three Little Pigs
Y1 learning how to use a thermometer linked to the Three Little Pigs story.
Bird's Eye View
A bird's eye view of carols on the playground.
Christmas Cards
Y5 getting arty creating Christmas cards
Ancient Egyt
Year 3 children have been busy setting up their own Ancient Egypt exhibition.
Christmas Dinner
The children enjoyed a great Christmas dinner today with carols and crackers and lots of noise!
Christmas Jumpers
Christmas jumper day today in aid of Save the Children
Music Concert
The children were treated to a mini concert performed by some of our musicians.
Playleaders
Our playleaders are from years 5 and 6 and they support their peers and our midday staff to help...
EYFS Elves
Christmas has come to our EYFS classrooms and the elves are busy beavering away.
Shadow Puppets
Y4 have been creating shadow puppets as part of their work on light and sound.
Y5 Road Safety
Our year 5 children took part in road safety workshops to help them keep themselves safe when out an...
Y1 Art
Dolphins have been creating self portraits as part of their work on friendship..
Ancient Egypt
Y3 took part in an Ancient Egypt day. Their outfits looked great and they learnt a lot about how the...
Y3 Otters
Y3 Otters enjoyed the colours and sounds of their Ancient Egypt related dance session.
Y2 Drama
Y2 Bees have been acting out part of their book to help understand the plot during reading lessons.
EYFS Dance
The children in EYFS thoroughly enjoyed their Diwali related dance and story telling sessions.
Royal Letter
Last year Y5 wrote to Harry and Meghan and sent their newspaper reports about the royal wedding. Th...
WW1 Exhibition
Some of our children attended the opening of the exhibition this morning.
WW1 Exhibition
Our art and written work from KS2 children is now on display in Chelmsford Museum. Please go along a...
Community Centre Opening
Some of our Y5 children were invited to the official opening of the Beaulieu Community Centre today ...
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Our Macmillan Coffee Morning is open until 10am, please come and join us.
Y1 Funny Bones
Y1 children had great fun creating 3D funny bones art linked to their class story.
Rhino Day
Y5 Rhinos celebrated World Rhino Day by finding out about rhinos.Freddie said, "World Rhino Day ...
Golden Oldies
A group of Golden Oldies joined us in school today to sing songs from WW1 and they also talked to th...
More fantastic trenches
More fantastic trenches from Zack, Harley and Olly in year 3.
Life in the trenches
Another great model of a WW1 trench by Bobby
In the trenches
Ruby in Y4 has made a fantastic trench model as part of her homework.
Poppy Workshops
Y4,5&6 children took part in Poppy & Poetry workshops which finished with a performance of t...
Y6 WW1 Research
Some of the Y6 children have been finding out about a soldier from the Essex Regiment. This is the a...
Badger watching
It’s nearly 10pm and we’re all still wide awake. The badger hide was great fun. We had to be very qu...
Y6 at Stubbington
When Mrs Pick arrived at Stubbington this afternoon, everyone was asleep.
Pizzas
Y6 children in school made pizzas and brownies and thoroughly enjoyed their lunch.
Y6 Residential
Y6 children enjoyed their time on the beach this afternoon and are looking forward to a wildlife sho...
Grylls Winners
of our football tournament and overall house point winners for the year. Well done Grylls!
House Captain & Ambassadors
are enjoying an afternoon cream tea to say thank you for their hard work this year.
Brazilian Afternoon
RAF Centenary
Our KS2 children celebrated the RAF flypast today in a unique way.
RAF Fly Past
It's not every day the RAF hold a fly past to celebrate their centenary over your school field.
A drone's eye view
Harry the Heron
is now in place to protect our wildlife from invaders!
Infant Sports Day
Infant Sports day winners were Dyson.
Infant Sports Day
Infant Sports Day is currently in action on the field
Sports Day Winners
Pocock are our KS2 Sports day winners. Well done to them all!
Sports Day
KS2 sports day is in full swing this morning.
Y3 Hanningfield Reservoir
Y3 had a great day pond dipping today.
Y1 Growing
The children in year 1 have been busy growing vegetables.
Y5 Brazilian dance
Y5&6 children have taken part in Brazilian dance sessions today.
Brazilian Dance
Samba music can be heard all over the school as the KS2 children take part in dance sessions. Photos...
Y4 Symphony Orchestra visit
Y2 Samba
Year 2 children have been busy practising their samba moves.
Inflatable run
Joshua and Hayden in year 4 took part in a 5k inflatable run to raise raising money for Max’s ongoin...
Y1 Flotsam
Finley, Leon, and Lola who are working together on a presentation to share with the class on Flotsam...
Y4 Capacity
EYFS Hedgehogs
have been warming up their samba moves using our 5 a day programme. Children can access it at home v...
Badminton
The children in Y1-6 have taken part in badminton taster sessions today
Y4 studying pond life
Y3 posting their royal letters of congratulations
Y1 parachute fun
Sharks developing their teamwork skills using the parachute
Y5 Kwik Cricket
Our Y5 teams enjoyed the kwik cricket event this afternoon
Royal Wedding Celebration
The children look fab today in the red, white and blue or wedding outfits. The enjoyed a wonderful p...
Y2 Bees at Danbury Park
Another great day at Danbury Park today, this time for Bees.
Y3 Cake Sale
The year 3 cake sale raised £154 tonight. Thank you to everyone who donated and bought cakes.
Y2 at Danbury Park
Y3 creating PowerPoints on pondlife
Y4 cricket with the sports coach
Y6 enjoying post SATs fun
Lyla & Madison releasing tadpoles into our new pond
Y6 Boats
Y6 science exploring boat design
Taking a pc apart
Some of the year 6 children have been exploring what you can find inside a computer
Y5 at Danbury Park
Year 5 children had a great day working in the sun at Danbury Park.
Y3 Homework
Luke & Vaishnavi with their creative homework.
Hayden and Holly in Y3 cycled 15 miles for J’s Hospice
They both had a great time and didn’t walk once. Well done to them both!