<![CDATA[Beckers Green Primary School Blog Feed - Elephants]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk%2Fnews%2Dand%2Devents%2Fblogs%2D1%2Felephants Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:16:34 GMT Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:16:34 GMT <![CDATA[ DT - create a moon buggy ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1027 In our Design and Technology lessons this week, we have designed, made and evaluated moon buggies!

]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 16:16:34 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1027 <![CDATA[ Rockets flying high! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1020 This week in History, we moved on to learning about Neil Armstrong and his adventures to the moon.... One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind!

]]> Thu, 5 Mar 2026 15:14:07 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1020 <![CDATA[ Computing - Pictograms ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1015 This week we have got stuck in to our computing topic for the half term, Pictograms.

]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:58:51 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1015 <![CDATA[ Safer Internet Day 2026 ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1007 This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day in school, with a theme of Smart Tech, Safe choices - exploring the safe and responsible use of AI.

]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:21:45 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1007 <![CDATA[ Marvellous Mondrian ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1003 Fantastic art work created in the style of Mondrian.

]]> Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:01:20 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=1003 <![CDATA[ Geography Presentations ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=995 Fantastic presentations on the North Pole, South Pole and the Kalahari Desert from all groups!

]]> Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:42:04 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=995 <![CDATA[ Happy New Year! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=991 What a busy first week we have had back in school!

]]> Fri, 9 Jan 2026 16:24:09 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=991 <![CDATA[ It's Christmas! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=987 A fun week of celebrating Christmas in the Elephants class!

]]> Fri, 19 Dec 2025 16:04:51 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=987 <![CDATA[ Amazing Artists ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=982 Our focus in Art has been on collage, looking at skylines in London and Sir Christopher Wren, who designed and built St Pauls Cathedral after it burnt down in the Great Fire of London.

]]> Tue, 9 Dec 2025 15:51:59 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=982 <![CDATA[ Trunk Theatre - Great Fire of London ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=980 A fantastic show this afternoon for KS1, The Great Fire of London performed by Trunk Theatre.

Thank you again to those who donated towards the cost of this and a big thank you to the PTA for their financial support with this too.

]]> Fri, 5 Dec 2025 15:56:00 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=980 <![CDATA[ Christmas has arrived! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=978 Christmas has arrived in the Elephants class!

]]> Fri, 5 Dec 2025 12:40:29 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=978 <![CDATA[ The Great Fire of London! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=969 We have really enjoyed learning all about the Great Fire of London in our History lessons.

]]> Fri, 14 Nov 2025 16:09:48 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=969 <![CDATA[ Knots in Nature! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=960 In our copse session today, we were busy making our own nature wind chimes - and showing high levels of determination, resilience and perseverance as we learnt to tie knots! Why don't you have a go at home over the weekend!

]]> Fri, 7 Nov 2025 16:12:56 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=960 <![CDATA[ Taking risks in the copse! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=951 The children were fantastic in the copse today, taking part in some risky play!

]]> Fri, 24 Oct 2025 15:52:55 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=951 <![CDATA[ Guinea Pigs Galore! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=944 As it is Guinea Pig awareness week, we had a visit from Biscuit and Oreo yesterday!

]]> Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:51:57 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=944 <![CDATA[ Rocket Mice! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=941 A fun experiment you can easily do at home - we made some verbal predictions before carrying out the experiment and then at the end evaluated our findings!

]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:29:30 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=941 <![CDATA[ Amazing Artists! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=938 This week we have finished our Art lessons, based on the work of Picasso and Michelango to inspire our final clay pieces - self portraits!

]]> Thu, 9 Oct 2025 12:09:47 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=938 <![CDATA[ Taking our learning outside... ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=928 As you know, we are involved in our exciting outdoor learning research project which sees our class have one copse session a week and at least one hours worth of curriculum based learning outside a week. Today we went outside for our English lesson, with a focus on writing in the third person.

]]> Thu, 2 Oct 2025 12:26:19 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=928 <![CDATA[ Fantastic Fact files! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=925 We have finished our writing cycle on fact files now - and some wonderfully published writing!

]]> Thu, 25 Sep 2025 13:57:20 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=925 <![CDATA[ Week 1 and 2! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=921 Now blogs are working again, here are a few snapshots of week 1 and 2!

]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:39:34 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=921 <![CDATA[ Maths and DT ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=911 A lovely week with some creative problem solving maths learning, and ending the week with DT lessons, designing, making and evaluating moving minibeasts!

]]> Fri, 4 Jul 2025 16:08:25 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=911 <![CDATA[ Our trip to the River Blackwater! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=908  A lovely morning was had by all on our trip to the River Blackwater. Fantastic efforts from the children and a huge thank you to all the parent helpers - we couldn't have done it without you!

]]> Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:15:03 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=908 <![CDATA[ Careers Day ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=905 We had some interesting visitors this week in class, sharing information about their careers with us!

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:42:58 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=905 <![CDATA[ Let's clean up the Litter! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=899 Our persuasive writing has got under way this week with some litter picking in the playground, copse and field!

]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 12:57:09 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=899 <![CDATA[ Rolling Rivers! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=894 Our topic of A Bug's Life has kick started with us learning lots about rivers!

]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:04:40 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=894 <![CDATA[ Sports Day 2025! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=892 A lovely sporty morning on Wednesday! Well done to our Elephants!

]]> Thu, 12 Jun 2025 08:02:34 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=892 <![CDATA[ Atomic Tom! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=887 A fantastic day with Atomic Tom - a huge thank you to you for your contributions towards this and to the PTA for helping with funding this amazing visit too!

]]> Fri, 16 May 2025 13:07:36 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=887 <![CDATA[ Creative with Clay! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=884 Our art lessons have begun this week, looking at the sculptor Maria Martinez and her pottery.

]]> Fri, 9 May 2025 16:22:38 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=884 <![CDATA[ Week 2 - Brilliant bulbs! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=878 A busy week in the sunshine, learning about bulbs and how they sprout into mature plants in Science.

]]> Fri, 2 May 2025 16:03:40 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=878 <![CDATA[ Marvellous Medicine Week 1 ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=874 Back to school with a busy but short week! Our history subject for the week saw us delve in to the lives of Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole!

]]> Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:35:46 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=874 <![CDATA[ Sweet or Sour? ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=870 We've had a busy week, with science lessons and a lovely morning in the copse - lots of resilience, perseverance and challenging ourselves to climb high in the trees! (all supervised!)

]]> Fri, 4 Apr 2025 14:03:36 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=870 <![CDATA[ Wild Things! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=865 Thank you to everyone who came to our sewing morning last week - some amazing wild things were created!

]]> Tue, 1 Apr 2025 14:41:28 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=865 <![CDATA[ Week 3 - art continued... ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=857 Some fantastic art work produced this week, along with some fun maths games outside!

]]> Fri, 21 Mar 2025 16:28:56 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=857 <![CDATA[ KS1 Tag Rugby Festival ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=852 A fantastic morning at the rugby club for the tag rugby festival!

]]> Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:55:31 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=852 <![CDATA[ Spelling Bee 2025 ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=850 An exciting afternoon with the Year 1 and 2 spelling bee!

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2025 16:00:58 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=850 <![CDATA[ Andy Goldsworthy art! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=849 We have started our art this week, with a focus on the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

]]> Fri, 14 Mar 2025 16:29:57 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=849 <![CDATA[ World Book Day 2025 ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=843 So many fantastic costumes yesterday, with a busy day based on reading!

]]> Fri, 7 Mar 2025 09:26:03 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=843 <![CDATA[ Go Wild! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=838 Our topic has got well and truly underway this week, with a Wild Rumpus in the copse today!

]]> Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:00:03 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=838 <![CDATA[ Perfect portraits! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=831 What wonderful portraits of Queen Victoria we produced in class this week!

]]> Fri, 7 Feb 2025 15:57:02 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=831 <![CDATA[ Week 4 - what a busy week! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=829 We've had such a busy week in the Elephants class, and finishing the week off with our design part of our art cycle. 

]]> Fri, 31 Jan 2025 14:51:15 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=829 <![CDATA[ Week 3 ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=824 A busy week of multiplication in our maths lessons!

]]> Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:58:00 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=824 <![CDATA[ Week 2 in class ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=822 A busy second week of the term, with our trip to the museum and lots of fantastic learning in class!

]]> Fri, 17 Jan 2025 16:45:20 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=822 <![CDATA[ Our trip to Braintree museum ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=820 A fun day learning all about Victorian life at Braintree museum.

]]> Thu, 16 Jan 2025 16:16:23 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=820 <![CDATA[ Play time! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=818 Welcome back! Our topic this half term is Play Time - all about the Victorians!

]]> Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:26:34 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=818 <![CDATA[ Christmas Dinner! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=813 Christmas dinner fun!

]]> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:50:31 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=813 <![CDATA[ Party! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=812 A visit from Father Christmas and the best time with my party animals!

]]> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:09:12 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=812 <![CDATA[ Reindeer Run! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=808 Run, Run Rudolph - to raise money for Farleigh Hospice!

]]> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:13:40 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=808 <![CDATA[ Is all paper the same? ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=803 In our science lesson this week, we had the BIG question of: Is all paper the same? Operation science experiment!

]]> Fri, 6 Dec 2024 13:24:35 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=803 <![CDATA[ Amazing Art! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=799 A fantastic week of art, based on the artist Kurt Scwitter, who created collages.

]]> Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:44:33 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=799 <![CDATA[ Weeks 2 and 3! ]]> https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=795 A busy couple of weeks, involving Pupil Parliament, anti bullying week and more!

]]> Fri, 22 Nov 2024 15:47:08 GMT https://www.beckersgreen.essex.sch.uk/blog/?pid=41&nid=6&storyid=795