3rd December 2024 Concert Our end of term concert for our rock bands was a great success. 28th November 2024 Insulation Year 4 have been investigating which materials make the best sound insulators. They compared pairs o... 28th November 2024 Teddy 'lympics A Y1 team represented Springfield at the annual Teddy 'lympics. The children enjoyed lots of differe... 20th November 2024 Buggies Y3 have learnt how to measure and cut wood accurately while each making a buggy. 19th November 2024 Football Our boy's football team opened their league season at home against Broomfield Primary School. They p... 15th November 2024 House Competitions In the latest round of house sport competitions, Farah were the overall winners. 15th November 2024 Piano Y4 children had a look inside a piano to see what the strings and keys did. 22nd October 2024 Fire! Y2 have been learning about the Great Fire of London. . They learnt about the materials used to buil... 21st October 2024 Harvest Some of our ambassadors helped to pack the harvest donations up ready to be taken to the food bank. 21st October 2024 Speeding The Safer Essex Road Partnership recently visited our year 5 children. The children went out with po... 18th October 2024 Chopping Fruit Year 1 have been making fruit salad as part of our DT 'healthy eating' topic. The children had to ch... 17th October 2024 Y2 Football Children in year 2 attended an inter-school football tournament at Chelmer Park organised by Chelmsf... 10th October 2024 Mental Health The children all dressed in yellow as we supported World Mental Health Day and raised money for Mind... 9th October 2024 Tag Rugby Our Year 3&4 tag rugby team enjoyed their first tournament of the year. 9th October 2024 Baking Bread EYFS children have been baking bread ready for their turnip feast. 26th September 2024 Girls football Our new girls team enjoyed playing in their first tournament of the year. 26th September 2024 Football Our football teams played in the Chelmsford tournament, the first of the year. The boys team came 6t... 26th September 2024 Springfield is 21 Happy birthday Springfield. We celebrated with cake. 19th September 2024 PE Masterclass Sone of our children went to The Boswells School for a teamwork and volleyball masterclass led by Gr... 20th July 2024 Colour Run The children enjoyed a fun colour run. 18th July 2024 Muddy Run Our staff team raised over £9K for Cancer Research after our 5K Muddy Run. 18th July 2024 Samba Year 3 children enjoyed a Samba session at Boswells as part of their work leaning about Brazil and t... 5th July 2024 Sports Leaders Our Y6 Sports Leaders did a great job of running events at Springfield Stars Preschool sports day. 5th July 2024 Netball Finals Our netball team succeeded in reaching the Chelmsford netball finals. 1st July 2024 Archery The children in EYFS have been finding out about Olympic sports. They tried archery with a bow bigge... 21st June 2024 Melting Chocolate Year 4 experimented with different states of chocolate and found out how quickly it changed from sol... 21st June 2024 Traffic Survey Year 2 carried out a traffic survey then created graphs to show their findings. 21st June 2024 Sports Day Great weather for sports day. KS1 winners: Attenborough, KS2 winners: Toone with the overall winners... 13th June 2024 Mini Games Year 2 children took part in the Chelmsford Mini Games. 13th June 2024 Healthy Eating Year 2 children have been learning about healthy eating. They tasted lots of new foods. 4th June 2024 First Aid Year 5 children took part in 1st aid sessions where, among other things, they learnt CPR and how to ... 23rd May 2024 Year 2 visited the Essex Fire Museum. They heard about fire safety, the Great Fire of London and tri... 23rd May 2024 Letters Some of the year 4 children have received replies to the letters they wrote. They were very excited ... 22nd May 2024 Art EYFS children used their observation skills to create artwork using natural objects. Before the rain... 21st May 2024 Dance EYFS children enjoyed dance and music with some African story telling. 21st May 2024 Rounders Our rounders team played in the city finals. They started slow but then gained momentum, playing gre... 17th May 2024 Using Money Y4 have been practising using cash as shoppers and as shopkeepers. 9th May 2024 Bikeability Year 5 children had the opportunity to take part in bikeability sessions learning how to ride their ... 9th May 2024 Football Match Oour girl's football team played Bishops Primary in a very competitive and skillful match. They won ... 3rd May 2024 Games Y4 have learnt about electricity then they designed and made their own games using circuits and swit... 3rd May 2024 Wall Bars Our wall bars in the hall have been replaced and updated. The children have enjoyed trying them out. 3rd May 2024 Letters Year 4 children have been learning how to write a formal letter. They have each written, edited and ... 29th April 2024 Football Our boys football team played against a strong Perryfields team today in the league. They fought va... 22nd April 2024 Scooters The children enjoyed an ultimate scooters display then took part in scooter workshops. 28th March 2024 Zip Wire Could you create a contraption to carry a creme egg along a zipwire? 28th March 2024 Graffiti Y6 created their own graffiti art work. 18th March 2024 Balancability EYFS, Y1&2 children took part in balancability sessions to help develop their core strength. 18th March 2024 Football Match Another football victory - our girls team came from behind to win 3-1. 14th March 2024 House Sport Our latest house sport winners were EYFS Attenborough, Y4 & Y6 Toone Y1, Y2 & Y5 Mala... 14th March 2024 World Read Aloud Day We celebrated World Read Aloud Day by practising reading aloud clearly and sharing books. 14th March 2024 Great Springfield Bake Off Mr Lamb and the house captains enjoyed tasting and judging the Great Springfield Bake Off house comp... 14th March 2024 Curling Children in year 2 and year 5 took part in curling taster sessions. 14th March 2024 Science Week Our science day as part of British Science Week was good fun. We found out about such things as sund... 14th March 2024 Hockey Two of our teams played in the city hockey tournament coming 5th and 7th out of 32. 14th March 2024 World Book Day Some great costumes today to celebrate World Book Day. 14th March 2024 Cream Tea Y4 Polar Bears enjoyed a Cornish cream tea after reading The Mousehole Cat which is set in Cornwall. 12th February 2024 Lunar New Year We celebrated the Lunar New Year and the Year of the Dragon with a Chinese feast. 31st January 2024 Young Voices Our junior choir had a fantastic evening performing with Young Voices at the O2 Arena. 23rd January 2024 Challah Bread Y1 are learning about Judaism and the celebration of Shabbat in RE. The children had a go at making ... 18th January 2024 Dancing Y1, 3, 4 & 5 children enjoyed some more great dance sessions with Lorraine: Romans, Fairy Tales ... 18th January 2024 Athletics It was an action-packed afternoon for some of our Y6 children at the Sports Hall Athletics Competiti... 18th January 2024 Creative Writing Some of our Y5&6 children at their Creative Writing Day. They met the author Seth Burkett who gu... 9th January 2024 Year 2 finished their ferris wheel DT project today by attaching passenger pods. 19th December 2023 Spelling Bee The House Spelling Bee results are in and here are our KS1 and KS2 champions. Malala were the overal... 6th December 2023 Volleyball Some of our year 4 children attended The Boswells School for a fitness and volleyball masterclass le... 24th November 2023 Police Workshops The children have taken part in Police Workshops where they found out what police officers do and ho... 20th November 2023 Children in Need A surprise visit by Pudsey and BBC Essex caused a lot of excitement. 16th November 2023 Insulation This afternoon Year 4 were investigating a range of materials, trying to decide which was the best (... 16th November 2023 Vicar Visit Y2 had a visit from Reverend Caroline. She explained how Christians prepare for Christmas and the ch... 16th November 2023 Roots to Food Y3 and Y4 children took part in Roots to Food cooking sessions. They created and tasted a Rogan Josh... 10th November 2023 House Sport All the year groups fought fiercely in their first house sport competitions of the year. Wins were s... 10th November 2023 Remembrance Remembrance work going on this week in EYFS. The children all marked the minute silence impeccably i... 1st November 2023 House Points Our new container for collecting house point tokens has arrived. 20th October 2023 Rock Stars Our annual dress as a rock star day was a great success. 19th October 2023 Phonics Breakfast There was a good turn out for our Y1 Phonics Breakfast for parents. 16th October 2023 My Happy Mind Children have been learning how to do happy breathing as part of our My Happy Mind project. Paren... 16th October 2023 Great Fire of London Year 2 children have been learning about the Great Fire of London. They learnt how fast the fire spr... 16th October 2023 Tag-Rugby Our Y4 and Y6 tag-rugby teams were in action this week for the first time. 9th June 2023 Poe-Tree Y4 have been writing tanka poems this week in English. In Japan, it is tradition to hang poems and w... 8th June 2023 Activity Day Year 6 children enjoyed archery and pitching tents. 8th June 2023 Mini Games Year 2 represented Romania in the mini games this week. They took part in various sporting activitie... 7th June 2023 Wilderness Foundation The Year 1 children enjoyed their trip to the Wilderness Foundation,. 7th June 2023 First Aid Year 5 have been learning basic first aid - using bandages and how to resuscitate. 25th May 2023 Litter Picking Y2 have been litter picking in the local community. They were amazed by the amount of litter they fo... 23rd May 2023 African Dance EYFS children enjoyed creating their own African dances. 23rd May 2023 Netball Tournament Our netball team played in the local tournament. 22nd May 2023 Indian Dance Y6 enjoyed a day of dance. They created their own mini dances on an Indian theme. 18th May 2023 Smoothies As part of their science work on healthy eating, year 3 children chopped all the fruit to make smoot... 16th May 2023 Rounders Our first city rounders tournament and the team played with teamwork and resilience, getting better ... 11th May 2023 Victory A solid victory for our boys football team, they followed all tactics and beat Tyrells Primary Schoo... 7th May 2023 Royal Tea Party EYFS children baked cakes and decorated their classrooms then enjoyed a Royal Tea Party. 7th May 2023 Coronation Crowns EYFS children created their own coronation crowns then acted out the coronation. 5th May 2023 Letter Writing Y4 have written formal letters to famous people who have inspired them and posted them. Fingers cros... 4th May 2023 Coronation Quiche Y1 children used our new food tech room to make and bake Coronation Quiche. 28th April 2023 Reading Breakfast It was great to have so many parents and grandparents join us for our EYFS & Y1 reading breakfas... 24th April 2023 Celebration Meal The children enjoyed a celebration meal for Eid. 21st April 2023 Scootering The children were all treated to an extreme scootering display.Y4&5 got the chance to try some o... 21st April 2023 Graffiti Art Y6 have studied graffiti art and artists and created their own piece to represent themselves. 21st April 2023 Dentist Visit Y3 had a visit from a dentist then tried disclosing tablets to see how well they brushed their teeth... 19th April 2023 Netball Another win for our netball team. They beat Perryfields Juniors 7-0 30th March 2023 Money Sense The children have taken part in money sense sessions led by HSBC Bank. 29th March 2023 Skreens Park Year 2 enjoyed exploring and pond dipping at Skreens Park Activity Centre. 17th March 2023 Bridges EYFS have been investigating bridges. They constructed bridges, built them taller, made them longer,... 14th March 2023 Baking cakes Our food tech room is being well used. Some of our children learnt how to bake cakes. 14th March 2023 Cross County Both our KS1 and KS2 cross country teams were in action this week. Our KS2 team came a very respecta... 10th March 2023 Frittatas Year 3 finished their Spanish food vocabulary topic by writing ingredients for and making Spanish fr... 27th February 2023 EYFS in Space The EYFS children loved finding out about space. They have built, made rockets & thrown rockets ... 23rd February 2023 Champions Our Tag-Rugby team traveled to Boswells for a Chelmsford Schools tournament. Our children were amaz... 10th February 2023 Girls Football Well done yet again to our girls football team for further success. They travelled to Colchester Uni... 9th February 2023 Author Visit Year 4 had a visit from author Guy Jones who wrote one of their class texts 'The Ice Garden'. He tal... 8th February 2023 Superstars Y4 had a great time competing against other schools in the Superstars Event. Out of 250 children, Mi... 2nd February 2023 Balancability Our EYFS and year 1 children took part in balancability sessions to help develop their core strength... 25th January 2023 Lunar New Year We celebrated the Lunar New Year with a great Chinese lunch. The year 6 children were lucky enough t... 25th January 2023 Y3 Football Our year 3 mixed football team played in the Chelmsford Schools football tournament this week. They ... 18th January 2023 Dance Children in years 1,3,4&5 have had some great creative dance session this week on themes of Roma... 18th January 2023 Flapjacks EYFS children used our new food tech room to make honey flapjacks. They were learning about bears an... 10th January 2023 Colchester Castle Year 3 had great fun learning about The Romans in the playground and also at Colchester Castle. 2nd December 2022 Maths Challenge Some of our year 5 & year children sat the National Primary Maths Challenge with questions desig... 24th November 2022 EYFS Our PTA presented a cheque to EYFS to help with the resurfacing of the outside learning area and new... 17th November 2022 Football Finals Our girl’s football team qualified for the Essex County finals by becoming Chelmsford City champions... 17th November 2022 Bake Off Our Great Springfield Bake off finals were a great success. Well done to Catherine our overall winne... 7th November 2022 Crime Y4 had a visit from the police today to launch their work on Crime and Punishment. 3rd November 2022 Rock Stars Day The children dressed as Rock Stars and spent the day completing times tables activities. 3rd November 2022 House Sport House Sport competitions were enjoyed across the school. Pocock and Grylls had great success winning... 29th September 2022 Grand Opening Our brand new Food Tech room was officially opened this morning by distinguished guest Mrs Fish who ... 29th September 2022 Champions Inspired by the Lionesses, our girls football team are City Champions and on to the next challenge .... 28th September 2022 Food Tech Some of our Y6 Ambassadors exploring the brand new Food Tech room for the first time ahead of the of... 7th July 2022 Residential Year 6 children had great fun on the residential at Mersea Outdoor Centre. 6th July 2022 Sport Leaders Our Sports Leaders were assessed for the city wide 'Bronze Ambassador' award with massive success ... 6th July 2022 Y2 Art Flick joined Year 2 at the pond as they sketched and focused on water reflection as part of our Clau... 6th July 2022 Pizza Express As a thank you for being such fabulous Ambassadors and House Captains this year, y6 had fun morning ... 6th July 2022 Y6 Activity Day Year 6 children enjoyed an activity day in school of archery, pitching tents, tug of war and water b... 6th July 2022 Y5 Science As part of a science investigation, the year 5 children worked together gathering accurate measureme... 24th June 2022 Art Gallery There was some great art work on display in our Y4&5 art gallery. Everyone enjoyed looking at th... 20th May 2022 Creatures Y5 are learning about habitats and life cycles. They were surprised by some unusual visitors. 16th May 2022 Balancability EYFS and Y1 children have been practising on strider bikes to build up their core strength,. 9th May 2022 Lunchtime Equipment A massive thank you to our PTA for the lovely new playtime equipment. As Ella-Rose said, "We are all... 26th April 2022 Wilderness Y1 children visited the Wilderness Foundation to do some pond dipping and search for life in the pon... 21st April 2022 Pond Dipping Y1 children had great fun pond dipping and searching for creatures which live in our pond. 24th March 2022 Forensic Science Who broke into the safe? Y5 used forensic science skills such as fingerprints, footprints and DNA to... 22nd March 2022 Lego Workshops Y1 children enjoyed building Lego structures today at their Lego Workshops. 11th March 2022 We Stand With Ukraine We have taken some time today to think about the people suffering in Ukraine. We Stand With Ukraine. 8th March 2022 Dino Visit EYFS had a visit from a T-Rex and her baby dino. They also took part in excavation activities. 8th March 2022 Y1 Recorders Year 1 children have started to learn to play the recorder. Mrs Esser took them outside for their fi... 3rd March 2022 World Book Day It was great to see so many children (and staff) dressed as their favourite book characters today. T... 23rd February 2022 Thinking Day It was great to see some of our children (and staff) looking smart in their brownies, beavers and sc... 21st February 2022 Spanish frittatas Year 3 Seals made Spanish frittatas today as part of learning about Spanish culture. 17th January 2022 Colchester Castle Y3 thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Colchester Castle to learn about the Romans as part of their top... 8th December 2021 This is a GOOD school! Some of our Springfield Ambassadors have been celebrating our GOOD Ofsted outcome. 7th December 2021 My Heritage This term's home learning project of 'My Heritage' has been great. Some fantastic work is being brou... 3rd November 2021 Millie's Million Steps Millie in Y6 took part in The Million Step Challenge and raised over £130 to support Diabetes UK. Sh... 2nd November 2021 Autumn Days Y1 children were looking at seasonal changes this afternoon and used art to record their findings in... 2nd November 2021 Under the Sea Our art project in Y4-6 is underway with creativity, team work and papier maché all over the school... 21st October 2021 Harvest Some of our Ambassadors packed up all the donations to be taken to Chelmsford Food Bank. Thank you t... 18th October 2021 The Enormous Turnip Our EYFS children harvested turnips and other vegetables and made a stew inspired by the Enormous Tu... 14th October 2021 Winners! Our girls football team are the champions! They finished the local schools tournament with a 100% re... 11th October 2021 Play Leaders Some of the Y5 children have applied to be play leaders. They have a clear idea on the role, how the... 8th October 2021 Athletics On a rainy afternoon Y6 competed in a range of track and field events and finished the day in 2nd pl... 7th October 2021 Springfield's Burning Year 2 have been finding out about the Great Fire of London. They built Tudor style houses then watc... 7th October 2021 Learning Outdoors EYFS children have been busy outside, gardening and learning in their outdoor classroom. 1st October 2021 Football The year 5 and 6 boys and girls football teams went to Great Baddow High School for the Chelmsford S... 28th September 2021 Engineering Deacon has been making robots which move and light up - an engineer in the making. 27th September 2021 Y3 Dance Y3 enjoyed being creative in their dance sessions linked to their work on the Ancient Egyptians. 27th September 2021 Viking Dance Y5 children enjoyed creating Viking themed dances with our visiting dance teacher. 27th September 2021 Flick 'We have a dog called Flick who makes everybody smile. Flick is very important, she love... 27th September 2021 Y1 Life Skills Year 1 have been learning about emotions in life skills. Today we all tried something new - jugglin... 24th September 2021 Reading Area It was lovely to see our EYFS children out in the sun listening to a story in our new outdoor readin... 22nd September 2021 Cookery Club It was fruit pizzas on the menu at cooking club this evening. 20th September 2021 Y3 Spanish Y3 have just started learning Spanish and really enjoying it. They have learnt how to say hello, goo... 3rd September 2021 Trojan Horse A new term and Y6 were straight into action having fun in drama re-enacting the legend of the Trojan... 15th July 2021 Japanese Baking Year 5 loved baking Japanese Mushi-Pan. They used their teamwork skills to measure out the ingredie... 10th July 2021 It's Coming Home We were all supporting England today dressed in red and white with football tournaments and lots of ... 10th July 2021 Y6 Camp Day Y6 adventure day on the field with tent pitching, archery and a water fight. 26th June 2021 Sports Day Well done to our Sports Leaders and House Captains who supported our sports days with enthusiasm. 11th June 2021 Horses! We have had great fun riding horses, elephants, a giraffe and even a unicorn this week. 10th June 2021 Art and Nature Year 5 children have been creating clay work inspired by the nature in our school grounds. 10th June 2021 Y5 Sports Year 5 children took part in a virtual sports competition against children inform other schools. 28th May 2021 Y4 Art Exhibition Some fantastic year 4 art work on show today in our art exhibition. 21st May 2021 Tadpoles Year 1 children have been exploring our pond and discovering how frogspawn becomes tadpoles and how ... 29th April 2021 Chick Update With more chicks hatching, there is a lot of excitement in year 5. 28th April 2021 Chicks! We have our first chicks! There was great excitement in year 5 this morning as three chicks have hat... 26th April 2021 Which came first? We have 11 chicken eggs inside an incubator in Y5 which are set to hatch at some point this week. We... 24th April 2021 Say Yes Good luck to year 5 parents - the children planned, wrote, edited and published letters to persuade ... 13th April 2021 Learning Outside The pond area is looking particularly great at the moment. Y1 children had a great time listing whic... 25th March 2021 New Books The year 1 children who have been doing lots of reading at home this term were all given a book of t... 23rd March 2021 Spring Y4 enjoyed pond dipping in the sun and used charts to identify what they found. 19th March 2021 Red Nose Day The staff and children are dressed up as super heroes and raising money today for Red Nose Day. #... 18th March 2021 Gardening Y4 children have been busy planting trees to surround our pond area. 5th March 2021 Cave Art Some fantastic cave art creations in the year 5 bubble as part of their work on the Stone Age 4th March 2021 World Book Day Creativity at its finest - some fantastic books scenecs created for this year's World Book Day 22nd February 2021 Blue Peter Badges A very well done to Scarlett in Y6 and Stanley in Y2. They have been awarded their Blue Peter badg... 12th February 2021 Just a box It is surprising how much fun you can have with a cardboard box and a little imagination. 10th February 2021 Fun in the Snow Fun in the snow at school. 17th December 2020 Lyon's Court Some of our children in Y4,5 & 6 visited Lyon's Court Care Home in their bubbles to sing to the ... 14th December 2020 Santa Visit Santa took time from his busy schedule to do a distanced visit at school today. Thank you to Mr B... 27th November 2020 KS2 House Competitions Key Stage 2 have also been busy, in Year 3, Rounders was won by Grylls, Year 4 Netball by Dyson, Yea... 27th November 2020 KS1 House Competitions We are proud to announce this terms House Sport winners. In EYFS Tails was won by Dyson, Year 1 B... 15th November 2020 Flick Meet Flick our new school puppy. You will see her around school and when she is bigger she will be w... 15th November 2020 Y1 Remembrance Year 1 children in Dolphins created this picture after they learnt about poppies and Remembrance Day... 7th October 2020 Y2 Houses Year 2 have been busy building Tudor Houses linked to their work about the Great Fire of London. The... 25th September 2020 National Fitness Day National Fitness Day at Springfield Primary and the children enjoyed 'Skip Hop Challenge'. They all ... 20th September 2020 Lockdown Legacy Garden The children have been enjoying our new Lockdown Legacy garden. Thank you to our PTA for all their h... 20th September 2020 Our Pond Our pond area is looking great and the children are once again able to use it it spot wildlife. 8th September 2020 Reading Pathway Miss Denyer, Mrs Anderson, Mr Mayes and Mrs Esser were very busy in school over the summer and durin... 4th September 2020 EYFS Outside Area The EYFS staff have been busy during the summer transforming the outside area. 23rd March 2020 Thank you No words needed 14th March 2020 Sport Relief The children and staff supported Sport Relief by wearing sports kit and running the 'Sport Relief Mi... 11th March 2020 Champions! Winners of the Chelmsford Schools Year 3 Mixed Football competition. Springfield returned to Baddow ... 5th March 2020 World Book Day The children have come out in force today dressed as their favourite book characters for World Book ... 2nd March 2020 Bookworm Winners Each half term we use a random name generator in assembly to select four names from all those who ha... 2nd March 2020 Yasmin's Homework Y4 are learning about the Ancient Maya and Yasmin researched and found facts about Mexico for homewo... 2nd March 2020 Y3 Money Sense Our year 3 children took part in a Money Sense workshop with Nat West Bank to help them learn about ... 25th February 2020 House Sports From our most recent house sports events the winners were EYFS Pocock, Y1 Hawking, Y2 Grylls, Y3... 16th February 2020 Tea Party Y5 Rhinos came into school on a Sunday to lay on a tea party for some elderly guests. The children p... 14th February 2020 Hair Cut After school tonight, Miss Brickley had some of her long hair chopped off which will now be sent awa... 11th February 2020 Y1 Art Y1 children have created and built houses linked to the Three Little Pigs. Today they painted their ... 10th February 2020 Y3 Football Winners Our team of mixed Y3 boys and girls took part in a football tournament; they came top of their group... 4th February 2020 Y4 Superstars Our Y4 children took part in the annual Superstars event at Chelmsford Sport and Athletic Centre, Me... 31st January 2020 Chinese New Year Our EYFS children celebrated the Chinese New Year by tasting different foods, creating dragons and l... 30th January 2020 Cricket Day Y6 children took part in a ROAR for Diversity Day with Essex Cricket and Colchester FC. Our visitor... 30th January 2020 Lyons Court A group of year 3 children visit Lyons Court Care Home each week to read to and share their work wit... 30th January 2020 Benchball Champions This week we entered a team in the Boswells Benchball competition for the first time. Our team gave ... 24th January 2020 Y4 Animation Y4 children are learning to create stop go animations. 24th January 2020 Hokusai Y6 have created art work inspired by Hokusai linked to their class reading book 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. 24th January 2020 Chinese New Year A very creative salad for lunch today along with sweet and sour chicken, rice and prawn crackers for... 21st January 2020 Play Leader Oliver in Y5 is our first Play Leader to have reached the grand total of 50 play leader duties. Well... 21st January 2020 Litter Pick Some of our ambassadors have been in action again this week, this time they gave up their break time... 10th January 2020 Story Telling EYFS and Y1 children were treated to a special story teller as part of their work on Fairy Tales. 9th January 2020 Curling Our Y3,4&5 children tried out curling today. 6th January 2020 Y6 Martial Arts Y5&6 had a martial arts taster day which they thoroughly enjoyed. 19th December 2019 Oh yes it was! The children enjoyed a fantastic pantomime this morning - Beauty and the Beast. Thank you to our PTA... 18th December 2019 EYFS Christmas The EYFS children looked great in their Christmas jumpers. 13th December 2019 Christmas Lunch The fun that is Christmas lunch has just started with turkey, crackers and some very excited childre... 13th December 2019 EYFS EYFS children have been using their brand new interactive white board to support learning. 11th December 2019 Hanukkah Year 6 learnt about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah by tasting different foods. 25th November 2019 Balancability EYFS and Y1 children have taken part in balancabilty sessions to help develop their core strength. 22nd November 2019 Archery We always like to try something new. Some of our children tried their hand at lacrosse and archery ... 20th November 2019 Theatre Workshops Y3 and Y5 children took part in musical theatre workshops this week based on The Lion King. 15th November 2019 EYFS Shopping EYFS have been learning about money and using their very own shop which accepts both cash and card p... 6th November 2019 Learning Outside Lots of our learning will take place outside this term. Year 3 took part in a treasure hunt around t... 25th October 2019 Y4 Puppets Y4 told the story of Rama and Sita using their own shadow puppets and scripts they had written thems... 25th October 2019 Dare to be Different The children look fabulous today in green and crazy hair. We are supporting REMAP. 24th October 2019 Y3 Ancient Egyptians Y3 arrived at school dressed as Ancient Egyptians ready to take part in Egyptian related activities. 22nd October 2019 Y6 Ancient Greeks There are Ancient Greek warriors around the school today with year 6 taking part in the Ancient Gree... 19th October 2019 Y4 Mighty Oak Some of our year 4 children took part in an activity with The Mighty Oak Company in preparation for ... 18th October 2019 Harvest Some of our ambassadors bagged and boxed up all the harvest donations ready to be taken to the food ... 11th October 2019 Viking Day Year 5 Vikings are preparing for battle during their day of Viking related activities. 10th October 2019 EYFS Gardening EYFS children have been busy tending to their vegetable garden and also planting crocus bulbs 9th October 2019 Y6 Creativity Olivia and Evie are pictured with their homework creations. Olivia has made an edible character from... 7th October 2019 Fire Fire! The Great Fire of London happened on the school field today. The children had built houses to repres... 4th October 2019 Y1 Wilderness Foundation Y1 had an excellent day at the Wilderness Foundation. They made dens, hunted for bugs, did some pond... 4th October 2019 Football Tournament Our girls and boys football teams took part in a local football tournament this week. A special ment... 4th October 2019 Y2 Houses Y2 children have made models houses that would have been in London around 1666. Let's hope they do n... 25th September 2019 Y2 Drama Year 2 children took part in a drama workshop to tell the story of the Great Fire of London. 20th September 2019 School Song Some of our year 5 and 6 children have written a school song which they performed to the rest of the... 13th September 2019 Roald Dahl Day The children (and staff) across the school look great in their character costumes as we celebrate Ro... 13th September 2019 Y1 Fruit & Veg Year 1 children have been picking the fruit and vegetables they planted last year in the EYFS garden... 11th September 2019 Egyptian Sausage Rolls Y3 have been making sausage rolls that look suspiciously like Egyptian mummies with Mrs Fish one of ... 6th September 2019 Y6 Residential Year 6 children are on their residential at Stubbington Activity Centre on the south coast. Their fa... 12th August 2019 Springfield UP Some of our year 3 children regularly visit Lyons Court Care home as part of our Springfield UP Proj... 25th July 2019 Winners Pocock were our house points champions this year. Y2 Badgers won the Attendance Award. 22nd July 2019 Bake Off The 2019 Bake Off Finals are in full swing with Paul Hollywood (looking a bit like Mr Lamb) in charg... 17th July 2019 Sunflowers EYFS have tended to and grown some very tall sunflowers. The children were intrigued to see two bees... 16th July 2019 Mayan Temple Jessica in Y4 has made a fantastic model of a Mayan temple using small tiles. Well done Jessica (and... 12th July 2019 400m Winners Our 400m winners from the finals on Sports Day were presented with their medals this morning. 12th July 2019 Out for Lunch Mrs Pick and Miss Denyer took the Ambassadors and House Captains out for lunch to thank them for the... 10th July 2019 Sports Day Mr Saward's drone was out again this week capturing all the activity from Sports Day. 10th July 2019 Pond Y1 children have been out again investigating what they can find in living in our pond. 9th July 2019 Sports Day 3rd July 2019 Butterflies Y2 Butterflies class have been growing their own butterflies. They watched the butterflies emerge fr... 1st July 2019 Bake Off Winners Fergus, Jessica, Freddie, Kyla, Charlotte , Lyla and Olivia are our first Bake Off winners as judged... 1st July 2019 Strawberries Rocco and Lydia-Jean from EYFS with their second harvest of strawberries they have grown. 29th June 2019 EYFS Garden Our new EYFS outside area is taking shape. The children have been enjoying their new mud kitchen and... 28th June 2019 River Model Dilmi in year 6 made this fantastic model of a river using some resources she gathered on the school... 28th June 2019 Y2 Fruits Kebabs As part of their work on healthy eating the year 2 children made fruit kebabs. They tried lots of ne... 28th June 2019 Y6 Clay Year 6 were using clay this afternoon. They learnt different techniques to build their models and cr... 25th June 2019 Young Persons’ Conference Some representatives from School Council joined local schools at the Young Persons’ Conference at Hy... 21st June 2019 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... 21st June 2019 Y2 Mini Games Year 2 children took part in the Chelmsford Mini Games along with children from many other local sch... 21st June 2019 Y3 Church Visit Year 3 children recently visited the local library and local church. They found out what items are c... 21st June 2019 Y4 Dyson Boxes Children in Y4 to 6 have been using Dyson Design Process boxes to inspire them to design and investi... 18th June 2019 Y6 Crucial Crew Y6 children visited Chelmsford fire station for Crucial Crew workshops where they learnt about safet... 15th June 2019 Bake Off Children in Y1-6 are invited to enter our first ever House Bake Off. 8th June 2019 Y5 Cheesecake Year 5 children have been baking again with Mrs Fish, one of our governors and grandparents. This we... 7th June 2019 Bikeathon Springfield Medical Centre held a bikeathon to raise money for our defibrillator. Some of our year 5... 5th June 2019 Defibrillator Collection Year 5 children were out in the playground after school collecting money towards our new defibrillat... 25th May 2019 Y5 Coding Y5 have been learning to code, creating simple programs and also to debug code. 25th May 2019 EYFS Every day is exciting in EYFS. The children have been learning Makaton, about dinosaurs and what cre... 25th May 2019 Y1 Capacity Y1 made the most of the good weather to learn about capacity using water outside. They had a lot of ... 25th May 2019 Y2 Performance Poetry Year 2 children have been writing and performing poems. They created actions and different voices to... 25th May 2019 Y6 Challenge Y6 were challenged to be creative, use teamwork and be resilient to build a tower from spaghetti and... 25th May 2019 Y3 Town Planner Y3 had a visit from a local Town Planner as part of their local area work. They learnt how towns are... 25th May 2019 House Winners Our second house sports competitions have taken place in each year group. Here are our house captain... 20th May 2019 Y5 Healthy Eating Y5 have been using the 'eatwell' plate to plan for a balanced and healthy diet. They then planned th... 20th May 2019 Library Our new library is open! Each class is having an induction session then are free to borrow books. Th... 16th May 2019 Y6 Afternoon Y6 finished off their SATs week with an afternoon of fun (and cakes) on the field in the sun. 7th May 2019 Top Table Our first KS2 Top Table diners had lunch with Mr Corder. Children who always follow our lunchtime... 30th April 2019 Bug-ingham Palace We have a great new addition to our pond area - the amazing Bug-ingham Palace. The new bug hotel was... 27th April 2019 Shark Day This week Y1 Sharks celebrated Shark Day by making made shark fin book marks, they sang some shark s... 26th April 2019 Library Letters We have had some great entries for our creative library letters. There is still more time to get you... 1st April 2019 It's no yolk! We have had almost 60 entries for our new 'Decorate an Egg' House Competition. Thank you to all the ... 28th March 2019 Y5 Stargazing Year 5 children came back to school when it was dark and enjoyed looking at the night sky through te... 23rd March 2019 Freddy's Rocket Freddy in year 1 was so inspired by his reading book that he followed the instructions to make his v... 23rd March 2019 K'nex Our second K'nex workshop was enjoyed by children and parents alike. They had the opportunity to ... 15th March 2019 Y5 Science Year 5 children visited Boswells as part of our Science Week. They had a great time experimenting in... 13th March 2019 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... 7th March 2019 World Book Day The children (and staff) dressed up as their favourite book character today to celebrate World Book ... 1st March 2019 Our house captains led their first house assemblies this week and did a great job. Pictured are Dys... 28th February 2019 Dads' Afternoon Almost 200 children spent the afternoon sharing their work and taking part in activities with their ... 27th February 2019 Brownies The smell of chocolate brownies wafted round the school today as some of the year 5 children were pr... 16th February 2019 Chelmsford City FC Match Some of our children (and staff) made use of the free tickets to attend the Chelmsford City match ag... 13th February 2019 Ice Eggs Year 4 have been learning about insulation and temperature. Linked to the Ice Palace book, they w... 13th February 2019 Y4 Superstars Our year 4 children took part in Superstars at Melbourne Sports and Athletic Centre with children fr... 12th February 2019 A Chair for Baby Bear As part of their science work on properties of materials, year 1 children worked together to design ... 12th February 2019 Y6 Problem Solving Y6 worked through challenging maths problems using reasoning skills. They also used team work and... 12th February 2019 EYFS Chinese Tasting EYFS children learnt about the Chinese New Year and created dragon pictures. They tried some differe... 8th February 2019 Chelmsford City FC Some players and the mascot from Chelmsford City FC visited to talk to the children about how they c... 5th February 2019 Chinese New Year Y1 &2 children really enjoyed Chinese New Year dance sessions today. They learnt how the dragon ... 25th January 2019 Goldilocks in EYFS EYFS have been reading Goldilocks. They made and tasted some porridge to help out Goldilocks out but... 23rd January 2019 Y1 Superheroes As part of their work on Superheroes and linked to the Supertato book, year 2 have made 'super fruit... 14th January 2019 Clay Birds After reading the Ice Palace book, year 4 children created clay ice birds. They will be painting the... 11th January 2019 Y5 Maths Year 5 working together in maths to solve problems and use reasoning skills all about prime, square ... 11th January 2019 Three Little Pigs Y1 learning how to use a thermometer linked to the Three Little Pigs story. 18th December 2018 Bird's Eye View A bird's eye view of carols on the playground. 18th December 2018 Christmas Cards Y5 getting arty creating Christmas cards 18th December 2018 Ancient Egyt Year 3 children have been busy setting up their own Ancient Egypt exhibition. 14th December 2018 Christmas Dinner The children enjoyed a great Christmas dinner today with carols and crackers and lots of noise! 14th December 2018 Christmas Jumpers Christmas jumper day today in aid of Save the Children 13th December 2018 Music Concert The children were treated to a mini concert performed by some of our musicians. 11th December 2018 Playleaders Our playleaders are from years 5 and 6 and they support their peers and our midday staff to help... 4th December 2018 EYFS Elves Christmas has come to our EYFS classrooms and the elves are busy beavering away. 3rd December 2018 Shadow Puppets Y4 have been creating shadow puppets as part of their work on light and sound. 3rd December 2018 Y5 Road Safety Our year 5 children took part in road safety workshops to help them keep themselves safe when out an... 30th November 2018 Y1 Art Dolphins have been creating self portraits as part of their work on friendship.. 29th November 2018 Ancient Egypt Y3 took part in an Ancient Egypt day. Their outfits looked great and they learnt a lot about how the... 29th November 2018 Y3 Otters Y3 Otters enjoyed the colours and sounds of their Ancient Egypt related dance session. 27th November 2018 Y2 Drama Y2 Bees have been acting out part of their book to help understand the plot during reading lessons. 25th November 2018 EYFS Dance The children in EYFS thoroughly enjoyed their Diwali related dance and story telling sessions. 19th November 2018 Royal Letter Last year Y5 wrote to Harry and Meghan and sent their newspaper reports about the royal wedding. Th... 1st October 2018 WW1 Exhibition Some of our children attended the opening of the exhibition this morning. 30th September 2018 WW1 Exhibition Our art and written work from KS2 children is now on display in Chelmsford Museum. Please go along a... 28th September 2018 Community Centre Opening Some of our Y5 children were invited to the official opening of the Beaulieu Community Centre today ... 28th September 2018 Macmillan Coffee Morning Our Macmillan Coffee Morning is open until 10am, please come and join us. 24th September 2018 Y1 Funny Bones Y1 children had great fun creating 3D funny bones art linked to their class story. 22nd September 2018 Rhino Day Y5 Rhinos celebrated World Rhino Day by finding out about rhinos. Freddie said, "World Rhino Day ... 18th September 2018 Golden Oldies A group of Golden Oldies joined us in school today to sing songs from WW1 and they also talked to th... 17th September 2018 More fantastic trenches More fantastic trenches from Zack, Harley and Olly in year 3. 17th September 2018 Life in the trenches Another great model of a WW1 trench by Bobby 17th September 2018 In the trenches Ruby in Y4 has made a fantastic trench model as part of her homework. 12th September 2018 Poppy Workshops Y4,5&6 children took part in Poppy & Poetry workshops which finished with a performance of t... 12th September 2018 Y6 WW1 Research Some of the Y6 children have been finding out about a soldier from the Essex Regiment. This is the a... 6th September 2018 Y6 at Stubbington When Mrs Pick arrived at Stubbington this afternoon, everyone was asleep. 6th September 2018 Pizzas Y6 children in school made pizzas and brownies and thoroughly enjoyed their lunch. 5th September 2018 Y6 Residential Y6 children enjoyed their time on the beach this afternoon and are looking forward to a wildlife sho... 20th July 2018 Grylls Winners of our football tournament and overall house point winners for the year. Well done Grylls! 18th July 2018 House Captain & Ambassadors are enjoying an afternoon cream tea to say thank you for their hard work this year. 11th July 2018 Brazilian Afternoon 10th July 2018 RAF Centenary Our KS2 children celebrated the RAF flypast today in a unique way. 10th July 2018 RAF Fly Past It's not every day the RAF hold a fly past to celebrate their centenary over your school field. 7th July 2018 A drone's eye view 5th July 2018 Harry the Heron is now in place to protect our wildlife from invaders! 3rd July 2018 Infant Sports Day Infant Sports day winners were Dyson. 3rd July 2018 Infant Sports Day Infant Sports Day is currently in action on the field 3rd July 2018 Sports Day Winners Pocock are our KS2 Sports day winners. Well done to them all! 3rd July 2018 Sports Day KS2 sports day is in full swing this morning. 2nd July 2018 Y3 Hanningfield Reservoir Y3 had a great day pond dipping today. 29th June 2018 Y1 Growing The children in year 1 have been busy growing vegetables. 29th June 2018 Y5 Brazilian dance Y5&6 children have taken part in Brazilian dance sessions today. 28th June 2018 Brazilian Dance Samba music can be heard all over the school as the KS2 children take part in dance sessions. Photos... 25th June 2018 Y4 Symphony Orchestra visit 20th June 2018 Y2 Samba Year 2 children have been busy practising their samba moves. 16th June 2018 Inflatable run Joshua and Hayden in year 4 took part in a 5k inflatable run to raise raising money for Max’s ongoin... 13th June 2018 Y1 Flotsam Finley, Leon, and Lola who are working together on a presentation to share with the class on Flotsam... 13th June 2018 Y4 Capacity 7th June 2018 Badminton The children in Y1-6 have taken part in badminton taster sessions today 18th May 2018 Royal Wedding Celebration The children look fab today in the red, white and blue or wedding outfits. The enjoyed a wonderful p... 18th May 2018 Y2 Bees at Danbury Park Another great day at Danbury Park today, this time for Bees. 18th May 2018 Y3 Cake Sale The year 3 cake sale raised £154 tonight. Thank you to everyone who donated and bought cakes. 17th May 2018 Y2 at Danbury Park 17th May 2018 Lyla & Madison releasing tadpoles into our new pond