This Wednesday the 19th October, in aid of Walk to School Month, we are encouraging ALL children to walk, cycle or scoot to school. Even if you have to drive some of the way, why not park a little distance from school and then walk the final stretch? Every step counts! 

On Wednesday, the class with the highest count of children who walk, cycle or scoot either all the way or part of the way will be rewarded with some extra playtime! And don't forget - these extra steps will equal extra Street Tag points! If you haven't signed up yet, use the link below to do so.

Street Tag Inititative – Please sign up.pdf 

Our Read for Good Readathon will end on Monday 31st October which means we're on to the final fundraising push! 

If you're visiting friends or family over half term, why not tell them all about the Read for Good charity and see if they would like to sponsor you to read and raise money for this fantastic cause. All money raised will help to provide a regular supply of brand new books and a resident storyteller to every major children’s hospital in the UK so please do encourage friends and family to support your children through sponsorship. 

For more information, please go to https://readforgood.org/:

We've raised £255 so far. 

Year 2 are enjoying working with Joe, a Lawn Tennis Association coach as part of the Ten Project. For children who show a natural talent for tennis, an enthusiasm or just want to do more, the Ten Project supports the children and also gets families involved at the weekend.

Year 2 children have written and illustrated created their own books designed to frighten readers - full of creepy forests and scary monsters. 

We think these five children may be the authors of the future. 

Year 3 have been diving into poetry and exploring vocabulary. They used Joseph Coelho's poem 'Golden Time' as inspiration to write their own favourite subject poems. 

In Geography, Year 3 have been exploring the UK. They used non-fiction texts to research our county Greater London and used their facts to create fact files.

Then the children used the internet to explore human and physical features of both London and Edinburgh to compare and contrast the two capital cities.

This week, we had our DT day in Year 4. We have spent the last few weeks planning our money containers and practicing different stitching techniques including running stitch, backstitch and overstitch. We spent our DT day creating our money containers and evaluating them. I’m sure you can agree they are incredible!

A huge thank you to all of the amazing adults that came in to support our day. A special mention to Lyla who used to be a student at Ellingham and gave up her inset day to come and volunteer. It was a massive success because of all of your time.