News Ecclesbourne Primary School

EPS netball team finished the netball season on a high with three amazing matches last week.

Year 6 brought the house down on Thursday evening with their fantastic performance of ‘Mystery at Magpie Manor’.

Earlier this year, our Year 4 pupils enjoyed a series of cricket lessons in school provided by Platform Cricket, and we were invited to bring a team to their Under 9 Inter-School Festival which took place on Friday 15th July.

All the children in Little Ecclesbourne are very excited about graduating and moving to Reception in September. 

Last week, Year 6 at Ecclesbourne celebrated the end of SATs and a successful year with a trip to Chessington World of Adventures.

Following a train to London Bridge station, Year 5 took a lovely walk along the Southbank and over Tower Bridge before entering the Tower.

This week Little Ecclesbourne children have enjoyed lots of learning and play in the sun. 

Children got the surprise of their lives when they got to meet Ava, a half girl half osprey, from a story they read in class before visiting the London Wetlands Centre.

EPS shone in last week’s prestigious Croydon Interschool Athletics Competition.  Following a two year hiatus, the children could not wait to return to the summer showpiece and there were some fantastic results. 

Children and families alike had a fantastic time at this week’s sports days. 

All of last week, EPS pupils carried out lots of amazing scientific experiments. 

In Asteroids class, the children have been looking at the diet of people in the Bronze Age.

One of the first things young scientists learn is the difference between solids, liquids, and gases.

On Wednesday 22nd June, Jupiter Class were visited by pupils from the Brit School who gave them a very special acting workshop. 

Meteors class delighted the audience with an entertaining and fact filled assembly last week.