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School Council at EPS has already been very busy this year!

Last Tuesday, Year 1 set off on an exciting walk to Sanderstead Recreation Ground to identify human and physical features in their local area. 

What an exciting Baking Week we had in Year 2! The Year two children have been very busy baking healthy muffins.

It has been a busy week with children visiting London and the local area, a harvest celebration and parent evenings for all.

We have now finished ‘Owl Babies’ and have moved onto our new story book ‘Peace at Last’ by Jill Murphy.

This week, Reception have started demonstrating their phonics and reading skills through reading practice, and they will take their first reading books home today that they have been practicing in class! 

Today we celebrated all things harvest at Ecclesbourne. Jupiter class started the day with a lovely assembly which taught us about where food comes from and how it travels from where it is grown to where it is sold.

Last week, the children exercised their democratic rights, as part of their British Values, to elect the Captains for their houses: Athens, Corinth, Olympia and Sparta. 

Reception had so much fun learning their new phonemes this week!

This week, children across the school have been reading poems for National Poetry Day, thinking about being kind, visiting Crystal Palace Park and enjoying the ongoing sunshine as well as all the usual learning taking place.

Hello from Cypress! It has been a very busy couple of weeks full of trips, school elections and fundraising. 

In Reception, the children have had a great deal of fun sharing information about themselves and their families. 

To support our learning in geography for this term, we visited our local park, South Norwood Lake! 

What a busy and exciting week we’ve had in Reception! Here is a little glimpse into what we’ve been up to: This week, we have been reading the wonderful story ‘So Much’ by Trish Cooke.

This year, the theme for National Poetry Day was ‘wonder’. We launched the day by watching some inspirational videos of young laureates from all over UK sharing their poems inspired by that theme.