Return to School by Class 4 Class 4 have had a brilliant return to school this term so far. After a long and sunny summer holidays, the class have started by thinking about our school values: to be kind, cooperative, resilient, ambitious and responsible. As a class we thought about how important it is […]
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Eastington Playgroup – June 2022
Another busy term at playgroup, we can’t quite believe where this academic year has gone and that we will soon be going into the final term before the summer holidays. However, they do say time flies when you are having fun, and we have certainly had a lot of fun! We have enjoyed a lot […]
Eastington Primary School – World Book Day
World Book Day 2022 Class 4 pupils have been learning about writing Blogs in their computing lessons. Below are some Blogs about World Book Day. Thursday 3rd March, 2022 Dear Blog, Today for World Book Day, we dressed up as our favourite book characters. I dressed up as ‘Dog Man’ (from the creator of Captain […]
Eastington Playgroup April 2022
We’ve had a very busy term so far and may the weather continue! Chinese New Year – the year of the tiger, sparked some interesting new foods to try. The children have enjoyed making Chinese lanterns and dragons. During the Winter Olympic games, we used maps to discover and explore our world, looked at different […]
Eastington Playgroup – Feb 2022
Wishing everyone a happy new year! We are proud to announce that we have been able to maintain our 5* food hygiene award. This is awarded by Stroud Council after a spontaneous spot check of our kitchen and questioning of staff regarding Covid safety procedures. Well done to all staff. This term we are focusing […]
Eastington Primary School – Feb 2022
2022 is now well under way and Class 3 have been thinking about new year resolutions linked to our school values. Through our regular assemblies and PSHE lessons, we have been talking about aiming high together to be: ● Kind – show respect and care ● Co-operative – work well together ● Resilient – keep […]
Eastington Primary School – Class 2 – Nov 2021
Children in Need – Friday 19th November 2021 Children in Need is a UK charity, who raise money throughout the year and have an annual appeal every November. Their mission is to help ensure every child in the UK is safe, happy, secure and has the opportunities they need to reach their potential. They fund […]
Eastington Playgroup Dec 2021
As we approach the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ our playgroup is filled with jingle bells and festive songs as we practise for the Christmas concert we hope to hold for parents. We have had another busy term, learning about Diwali. The children made tea light holders to celebrate the festival of […]
Eastington Primary School – new entrants to Year 1
The Year One children in Class 1 have welcomed twenty new reception children to the class this term. Our new children have settled into school life really well. They are learning new routines, making new friends, enjoying the new equipment in our outdoor area as well as exploring our environment at Forest School every Wednesday […]
Playgroup – learning is fun even in the rain
We are so pleased to be back at playgroup and to have come back to so many happy faces. We have been blessed with the good weather, which has meant lots of fun at the allotment and exploring our surrounding environment. The children have been learning about decay and change by helping to compost their […]
May Queen 2021
May Queen is a tradition that has been held in Eastington village for many years. Traditionally the May Queen was crowned to celebrate the coming of Summer and she would process around the village at the start of a festival day. The tradition of crowning a May Queen in Eastington has only been broken during […]
Playgroup – June 2021
We have had a lovely and busy Spring term exploring the world around us and developing our understanding of the world. We have been exploring how things happen and work through experiments and exploring different materials and textures. We have been lucky to spend a lot of time at the allotment, hanging our home-made bird […]
Eastington Baby and Toddler Group
Eastington Baby and Toddler Group Eastington Methodist Church (opposite the butchers) Mondays 10-11:30am For any queries or to book your place call Beck Burgin 07511 197 265 After many months of lockdown, or only limited opening we are hoping to re-open on Monday 12th April. As yet the full details of the Covid–19 regulations are […]
Eastington Primary School – Red Nose Day
Many of you may know that Comic Relief believes that a fair world, free from poverty, is possible, and that those closest to the issues have the best solutions. They partner amazing projects and organisations that are working to tackle some of the biggest challenges people face. At school we learned about a boy called […]
Eastington Playgroup – vacancy
Vacancy: Play Assistant We are currently looking for a Play Assistant to join our small team at our popular village Playgroup, located at Eastington Community Centre, Snakey Lane, Eastington, Stonehouse. We provide care for children aged from 2.5 – 4 years old. We are looking for an enthusiastic play assistant, working as part of our […]
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Eastington Primary School – ‘Giving’
We do hope the readers of ECN are well and are handling the many additional challenges we are facing right now – we know life is tough for people in different ways. We hope you are managing to find little pleasures where you can – playing a board game, enjoying a walk around the village, […]
Playgroup – Winter
Charity number 1084981 OFSTED Registration No. 101782 We have been happy to welcome back so many of our children after the Christmas holidays. We enjoyed the build up to Christmas with lots of craft, biscuit decorating (Covid friendly) and performing Christmas songs to parents on our Facebook page. Since being back we have […]
Great Oldbury School – Little Learners
Great Oldbury School….coming along…
Playgroup
We have been very busy so far this term, and have taken all of the opportunities the good weather has had to offer and spent lots of time outside. We have looked a lot at safety especially around fireworks this year. With firework displays cancelled we decided to let every child have the experience of […]
Great Oldbury Academy
Great Oldbury academy will be opening next September, with its new head teacher Hayley Hall
Eastington Primary School
Our new academic year 2020-2021 is well underway and in Class 3 we have been so excited to be back at school. Everyone is pleased to be learning together again and enjoying being with new and old friends.
Playgroup
We are absolutely delighted to have welcomed all of our children back to playgroup this term. It’s been great to see so many of the children whom attended with us before lockdown and meet some new friends who are starting out on their playgroup journey. All children (and parents) have adapted really well to the […]
Eastington and Whitminster Baby and Toddler Groups
First I must apologise to all our mums, dads and carers that I’ve been so quiet over the lockdown period. During that time my mum was very ill and later went home to be with Jesus, so I was fully employed with that. I have missed seeing all of you, and have enjoyed bumping into […]
Eastington Primary School – Year 6 – 2020
Here in year 6, the year is drawing to a close. What a unique final year we’ve had. We’ve had ups and downs and got through it all – we made the most of it. During our Eastington years, we’ve had many exciting adventures and experiences. We’ve also made many friendships that will last forever. […]
Playgroup – Summer 2020
Well that’s another academic year over and this has been the strangest to date! Having had to close back in March, we reopened in June like many other settings and were pleased to welcome back some of our pre schoolers for the final few weeks of the summer term. It always amazes us how resilient […]
Corona and Children
School related questions – there is a lot of information on www.gloucestershire.gov.uk, but if you can’t find your answer, there is a dedicated phone line and email address to help parents with all school related enquiries, including questions relating to Free School Meals Tel: 01452 426015 or email COVIDSchoolenquiries@gloucestershire.gov.uk. There are some really good free […]
Eastington PlayGroup
This term has for obvious reasons not been like our previous spring terms, but even though it has been much shorter is has been filled with fun none the less. We have been planting seeds for our mothers day gifts, which with any luck will bloom into a beautiful primrose and we have been talking […]
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