At the beginning of the lesson Grace came up with the idea of writing a quick poem to celebrate our love of Pancake Day! (Wikipedia entry on Shrove Tuesday) This took us just 5 minutes to write as a class:
Pancakes
Tasty pancakes!
Yummy, sugary-sweet, divine.
As golden and round as the sun.
I want to eat them now!
Scrumptious, pleasurable, sugar rush.
Dripping in gorgeous syrupiness.
Tasty pancakes!
Miss Carman
Last night our 17 Forest School children enjoyed a fantastic game of hide and seek in the woods behind FKS. Alex and Eloise managed to make it ‘home’ without discovery, but the prizes for best hiding-places have to go to Tom, Billy and Sam – where were you boys?
Miss Carman
Both the girls and boys under 11 hockey teams had good wins on Friday 3rd February.
The girls played very well and beat New Hall girls by 4-1.
The boys team were convincing winners which lifted their spirits after loosing to Felsted in the week. Both teams have been working hard in training in preparation for the Felsted and Essex hockey tournaments after half term.
Mr Davidson
The children in Reception made predictions, observed, recorded results and reached conclusions by investigating ‘How to make a marsh mellow melt’. We discovered that dipping it in hot chocolate made it melt quickly and also taste nicer! Have you observed the ice and snow melt over half-term? Why did it melt quickly in some places?
The children in Reception have created their own space shuttles using cardboard, plastic bottles and lots of Mod Roc! Can you design a planet at home for the shuttle to fly to?
Reception had a wonderful time playing in the snow, they made their very own snowman. We then each took a piece of ice inside and everyone made a prediction at how long it would take to melt. It was great fun, they are now making predictions of how long their snowman will last!
Mrs Butterley
The Children in Reception had a fantastic afternoon making a ‘space backpack’ with their parents on Friday 27th January 2012. Thank you to Mrs Roycroft for the original design and for contributing many of her own art resourses. This was not only an afternoon for the children to explore their creativity but also to develop problem solving skills. The children were asked to identify different shapes to use for the controls and buttons on their backpack. They also investigated ways to secure the bottles, tubing and paper rolls together. Mrs Butterley and I are very pleased with the results and that each backpack reflects how unique each child is. They made their own choices and developed their own designs
The u11 football team started their league campaign with a fine team display resulting in a good home win. The team played some excellent football which lead to numerous chances in front of goal. A good team performance sees the boys of to a good start.
Mr Davidson
The U9 continued their progress against Holmewood House B team this week. A solid team display saw the boys to a convincing win. In a short time all the boys have worked very hard in their first year of rugby and should be proud of their achievements.
Mr Davidson
A great team performance saw the U11a team to victory in their match over Elm Green. Both teams played some very good rugby in what was a thrilling game. All the boys deserve to feel proud of their achievements so far.
Mr Davidson
On 7th December, the U11 girls hockey team walked down to Felsted to take part in the Felsted hockey tournament. Our first match was against Widford Lodge but unfortunately we lost 0/2. Then we played Felsted’s U11 B team and we drew 0/0. We then played Elm Green who were very good as Lottie found out when she got wacked on the leg. Unfortunately we lost 0/3. Then we played Felsted’s U11 C team and we won by a fantastic goal by Ellie. Next we played Felsted’s U10 A team but we lost 1/3 with a brilliant goal by Eloise. Overall we came 4th. Thank you to Mrs Grymonprez and Mr Davidson for coaching and organising the match.
Thank you Leticia for your excellent report. Are there more pupils at FKS who’d like to write some blog posts? Email: ict@fksschools.co.uk
We celebrated our final forest school by gathering firewood, successfully making fire, whittling sticks and roasting marshmallows. Delicious!
Miss Carman
On Friday 2nd December the U11 and U10 teams took part in the Elm Green cross-country competition held at Chelmer Park. Both teams performed well on what was a shorter, faster, course. All team members gave good individual performances, especially Zach (y5) and Tom (y6) who were 2nd and 3rd in their races.
Mr Davidson
The U11 cross-country team competed in the Gosfield Cut Hedge trophy competition yesterday. Both the girls and the boys teams ran extremely well with some good individual performances. Mr Davidson was very proud of all the runners who took part. Results will be available on the Gosfield website: http://www.gosfieldschool.org.uk/parents/cut-hedge-trophy
The Christmas Fayre held on Friday 25th November was a great success with something of interest for children and adults of all ages. The Fayre was hosted by the Parents’ Association who were supported by many stall holders selling a wide range of items including jewellery, clothing, home gifts, gift cards, soaps, cosmetics, toys, books, flowers and sweets!
The PA is most grateful to all parents who supplied a multitude of mouthwatering offerings for our home produce stall; a fantastic array of home baking skills were on display!
The Year 6 pupils must also be commended on hosting a number of stalls including Tombola, Lolly Stick Treasure Hunt, Bagatelle, “How many sweets in the jar?”, Buzz game, Ping Pong Lucky Dip and of course prepared and sold the essential reindeer food for the all important stop offs for Father Christmas and his sleigh this year. Let’s hope the reindeer don’t overindulge and are able to continue to fly throughout the night! Special thanks to Mrs Stanwyck for coordinating events.
Our visitors gladly received complimentary festive refreshments including mulled wine, mince pies, teas and coffees during the shopping extravaganza. A bonus treat was the opportunity to buy a freshly made vegetarian Indian meal for that evening!
A big thank you to all parents, pupils, staff and friends of the school who contributed towards the success of the day.
Mrs Rees
On 25th November the Under 11 Netball team went to the New Hall netball rally. First we played Ursaline they were a very strong team and unfortunately we lost 11- 1. We were then supposed to play Danbury Park but they did not arrive. Our 2nd match was against Maldon Court. It was a very good game but we lost 5-1. We then played St Cedds we lost again 1 – 0. Alleyn Court was our next match. They had a team which was hard to beleive were year 6′s – we lost 5-2. Our last match in this section was against Elm Green, from past experience we knew this was a good team – we lost 14-1. After a short break we found that we might win the Cup if we won the next 2 matches. The pressure was on. We played St Annes, at the end of 12 mins we were drawing 4 all. We had 2 mins extra play and the 1st team to get a goal would win. Leticia was the first to score – we were in the final for the Cup !!! In the last match we were against Maldon Court again. Putting past thoughts behind us we all put on a final burst of energy. We were 2-1 up then both teams scored a goal 3-2 to us. We had won the Cupp.
All of the team want to say a big thank you to Miss Burcher and to Mrs Marlar for organising and coaching us. We thank the umpires for umpiring.
Hannah
Thank you Hannah. You are the first FKS School blogger! 
Here are the results: BDPSSA cross-country 23-11-11 (PDF document)
We were delighted to welcome Widford Lodge to play our U11 and U10 teams on Wednesday 16th November, and both games were played with great spirit. Well done to the U10s who won 8-2 and also to the U11s who, despite valiant efforts, were beaten 13-12 with a goal being scored by Widford in the last few seconds.
U9s played a tough home fixture against St Cedds on Thursday 17th November, losing 14-3. Well done to the girls for making a great effort though, in particular to the captain, Clemmie, who as usual gave it her all, and for the two Olivias who persevered in defence.
H Marler
ps. Photos anyone? If you have a photo from either match that you could let me use for this blog post I would be very grateful, email to: d.sheppard@fksschools.co.uk
Both teams gave excellent performances in their first games. The U11 team lost to a strong Widford side while the U10 narrowly lost in the game. Mr Jones and Mr Davidson were very pleased with how the boys have progressed in such a short space of time.
On the 13th October Year 1 classes visited the museum in Chelmsford. Their history topic was all about toys. They made pictures in an ICT lesson about the toys they were shown in the museum. Some of the pictures are here (click on them to see the title).
“We went on a coach.” Zac
“We saw some knights, one was near the stairs and it had a lizard near it.” Joshua
“When you went into the museum you see a soldier. He wasn’t real but he had proper armour and a sword.” Charlie
“There is a glass ball when you come into the museum you put your hands on it and it makes light blue lines.” Olivia
“We saw a small crocodile when we went outside it was in a box.” Alvitha
“When we went upstairs there was an army man who had a real army t-shirt.” Grace
“There is a rainbow lizard at the museum.” Lotty
“We played with some of the toys. My favourite one was the cup and ball.” William
Football: FKS 4 – 1 St Cedds
Well done to the boys on their victory. A good effort all round.
Netball: FKS 0 – 7 St Cedds
A tough match, great effort by Grace and Jessica especially. Without their work in defense the score would have been a lot worse!
On the 18th October children loaded into the Felsted Aid minibus bags of items such as disposable nappies, washing powder, toiletries, toilet rolls and bedding. The minibus goes on a round trip of 3500 miles in order to deliver this aid. The charity – set up in 2001 by Alan Hilliar and Pauline Craven – now has a new name: UK-Aid and a new website, where you can find all the details of how your donations go to help the children who have suffered from the 1986 Chernobyl disaster .
On 19th October 2011 children in years 2 – 6 competed in inter-house netball and football competitions. Great effort, enthusiasm and team spirit was abundant. The junior competition was for years 2, 3 and 4, the senior competition was for years 4, 5 and 6. After some close games in a really competitive tournament Keats beat Shelley 2 – 0 in the senior football competition final. In the junior football competition the winners were Keats (7 points) with Shelley (6 points) in second place followed by Milton and Byron in third and forth respectively.
In the netball tournament the junior competition was won by Milton with Keats in second place, Byron in third and Shelley in forth. Children in year 2 enjoyed the afternoon, competed very well and were great assets to their houses. In the senior competition Milton were first, Shelley second, Byron third and Keats forth. Well played all who took part.
thank you, Mr Sheppard d.sheppard ‘at’ fksschools.co.ukIn reception our grandparents came to visit us at school. We took them outside to look for the gingerbread man. They helped us to draw maps to find him. It was lots of fun. See if you can find him when you next visit the shops.
Miss Barlow
Is he in here?
nice threads!
Lots of denim on display on Friday 7th October at FKS. Black, blue, faded, trendy, baggy, tight. Lots of cool looking children, the staff…. tried hard
“Blue jeans are the most beautiful things since the gondola.” Diana Vreeland (American editor, 1906-1989)
The Year 6 girls came back from their summer holidays and buckled down straight away for selection and then to compete in the Chigwell U11 Netball Tournament on their first Saturday back at school. Special mention must go to Daisy (Year 5) who made a great contribution at short notice. The whole team were a credit to the school, finishing top of their group in the second round.
On 21 September Year 5 and 6 played netball against Widford Lodge, at home. These were tough games with both teams being defeated but gaining some good experience.
On 28 September the Year 4 team had their first game against Elm Green, at home. This was an excellent training game with many of the girls playing in their first school fixture. We are looking forward to their next game against New Hall, away, on 12 October.
Rounding up this half term will be the Forest U11 Netball Tournament on Friday 14 October which the team are looking forward to.
Mrs Marler
Thank you to Mrs Nicholson for the photo.
FKS U9 rugby players represented the school against Widford Lodge in an away match on Thursday 29th September. The final score was 12-9 to Widford Lodge. With two weeks of preparation before their first match this was a great result.
Thank you to Dr Rees for supplying the photo.
