News Ecclesbourne Primary School

Last week, we held our first Reading Cafe of the year. 

As part of Black History Month 2026, children at Ecclesbourne have been learning about and celebrating figures and events of Black British significance under the theme ‘Honouring our Communities’.

On Thursday 8th October, the children at Ecclesbourne took part in a Readathon with the aim to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most people reading online in 12 hours.

Today, Ecclesbourne was a sea of red as we swapped our usual blue uniform to dress in red in support of Show Racism the Red Card on ‘Wear Red Day’.

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

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.