KS1 Celebration assembly
Well done to the children receiving key word certificates this week. Our achievement leaf winners were nominated by their teachers for great reasons such as super all round effort, progress in phonics, perseverance and having a brilliant attitude to their work. Our buddy awards this week were nominated for helping others and being a friend to people on the friendship bench. As it’s half term, the teachers also gave out 4 special achievement awards to the children who have mad
UPDATE: Our link with Atlanta school
After our wonderful week learning about Chinese New Year, 6B created a short film to send to the American children in Atlanta. The students explained that our week started with a visit from a Chinese dragon and they shared their thoughts on our Chinese inspired lunch menu. Some of the class also showed their Chinese lanterns and explained how they worked using their knowledge of simple circuits from year 4. After a little research, the children were able to share their Chines
KS1 Football tournament
Team Friars mixed KS1 Football Team were at the Southend Football event at The Len Forge Centre. The team battled through the cold and wind playing some great football against other local schools. There were some amazing goals and even better celebrations by our young players. Well done.
KS1 Celebration assembly
A great week for children receiving key word certificates. We gave out 2 Penguin certificates for completing all of the keywords. Well done and keep practising at home! Well done to our achievement leaf winners. They were nominated by their teachers for great reasons such as improving their work and working independently. Our buddy awards this week were nominated for helping others, being a great classroom helper and being kind. Well done to our Rainbow readers this week…….We
Chinese New Year celebrations
Chinese New Year was brought to life at Friars Primary School and Nursery when they were visited by a real Chinese Dragon. The children were treated to a traditional dragon dance which was accompanied by loud rhythmic drumming. During the dance, the children fed the dragon with red envelopes containing a silver coin and one child got to feed the dragon a cabbage which it promptly spat out all over them! The red envelopes are said to bring good luck. The children thoroughly en
Cyber Safety
On Wednesday 6th February, Stuart from Essex Fire Brigade (who also liaises with Essex Police) visited Year 6 to go through cyber safety with them. With the children, Stuart spoke about how to keep themselves safe when using social media, their use of privacy settings, not sharing too much personal information online - after all they wouldn't give out personal information to people on the street - and what their digital footprint is. The children were also actively encouraged
Table Tennis team
The Friars Table Tennis Team have been working on their Umpiring skills this season and we are proud to say that so far we now have 8 certified Table Tennis England Junior Umpires in KS2.
The qualification required pupils to complete written test to check their understanding of the sports rules and to be assessed umpiring games.
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