News Ecclesbourne Primary School

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

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!

Our year 1 children have made a fantastic start and have settled well into their new routines. 

Trials for the year 5 team to compete at the Croydon School Sports Cross-Country Championships took place last Friday. 

Today, Year 6 had a visitor from TFL. The children had a very informative presentation about different modes of transport, how to get a Zip Card, what to do in an emergency as well as general safety when travelling and using public transport. 

Welcome to Reception’s very first phonics adventure! We’ve had an action-packed week learning our first four sounds (s, a, t, and p) through hands-on activities across the classroom.

What a fantastic first week for Stars class! We have had so much fun meeting out new friends and teachers while exploring our new classroom. 

What an incredible, action-packed start to school! Rockets class has had a busy first week painting vibrant pictures, making colourful collages, drawing, and exploring early maths with the Numberblocks.

Last week, the children in Year 6 at EPS put on a fantastic production of Aladdin (A-Lad-in Trouble)! 

On Thursday 18th June at the Whitehorse Manor Junior School Hall, 16 nervous, excited finalists took to the stage for annual Year 3 Spelling Bee at the Trust. 

Our schools and pupils have coped very well with the recent hot weather, which looks set to continue for the rest of this week. 

On the Thursday before half term, teams of Year 5 children from EPS and Cypress Upper entered the annual Royal Russell Maths Challenge, Pitting their wits against around twenty other schools from all over London, they took part in various problem-solving and arithmetic challenges to earn points and try to bring the trophy home. 

This week marks our Trust wide ‘Science Week’. The theme for this year is ‘Curiosity’ which we have been exploring in different ways.