I was so impressed with this week’s performances of ‘Wonky, Tonky Donkey’. The children clearly enjoyed performing and I think you’d agree we have a very talented group of children. Thank you to all the staff and volunteers who helped make this happen.
I wanted to say a huge thank you to all of you for coming to our Christmas Bazaar, it was a real success and we couldn’t have done it without you. It was lovely to see the children enjoying themselves and I think you would agree that the Great Waltham Village Choir gave it that extra special Christmas feel. We raised in the region of £1900 which is amazing!
The bazaar couldn’t have gone ahead without all the FOGWS volunteers, when I first started at school in September they were already planning the event. They have given up lots of their time to make it happen so please join me in thanking them – we really do appreciate everything you do for the children.
Well done to our KS1 Football Team for coming 1st place in a tournament at Great Baddow High School. They played excellently as a team and won all of their matches.
We've kicked off Anti-Bullying Week today with Odd Socks Day.
You can find out more information on the attachment below including some advice of how to approach the subject of bullying with your children.
At 11.00am today - 11th November 2022 - the whole school held a 2 minutes silence to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifices the Armed Forces make on our behalf. We are very proud of the children for showing respect throughout.
Thank you to all of you that purchased Poppies, the Royal British Legion will collect our donations in the coming weeks.
8 children from KS2 attended an archery tournament this week at CSAC. Well done to you all for taking part.
Our year 3/4 team came 5th out of 10 teams and our year 5/6 came 2nd out of 10 teams which puts them through to the final! Well done all.
Our year 6's joined their buddies in class Australia this week. They enjoyed their first reading session together.
Great Waltham Football team went to Great Baddow High School for a football tournament.
Our year 5 & 6 children worked really well as a team and played fantastically. We came 4th out of 17 schools - well done everyone!
On Friday 30th September, Class Australia went to visit St Mary and St Lawrence Church as part of their RE topic. The children were made to feel very welcome and were encouraged to explore the church and familiarise themselves with the different features. A big thank you to all the adults who helped with the trip and to the members of the church for showing us around.
KS2 immersed themselves in the world of Stone Age people on Tuesday. There was no electricity so they prepared and cooked fish on an open fire and the day was packed with hands-on activities. Here are some quotes form the children;
“I really liked the people in the tent, they were funny and had lots of stone age activities for us to do” Sadie
“I liked digging in the dirt like archaeologists” Betty
“I liked learning about facial reconstruction” Alice
“I enjoyed watching the fish being gutted and then eating it!” Holly
We are pleased to be able to offer tours of our school for prospective families with children due to start school in September 2023
Our new reception class have settled in tremendously well. We are so proud of the resilience and confidence that they have shown this week and we look forward to them joining us full time from Monday.
