Every year on the Friday preceding Remembrance Sunday our Year 6 pupils visit the war memorial in the village to lay a wreath on behalf of our school community. The wreath is laid by our Head Boy and Girl each year and this time it was the turn of Dylan and Martha.
Every Autumn, the whole school comes together to celebrate Harvest Festival. This is such an important time of year for our country village. Each class gave their own presentation and we reflected on the meaning of harvest around the world.
As part of our work on sustainability, our Year 5 and 6 pupils were delighted to be invited to plant 60 trees in the grounds of St Mary the Virgin church. One of our governors Julia, organised the tree planting through the Essex Forest Initiative. The children absolutely loved being in the outdoors, digging and…
Huge thanks to Claire Willets for opening the Bawden Rooms in the village so that our Leprechaun and Phoenix Class pupils could deepen their historical knowledge of the village of Great Bardfield. They really enjoyed learning more about the Bardfield Artists.
As part of our study of the history of Great Bardfield our Year 5 and 6 Phoenix Class pupils visited the Quaker Meeting House in the village.
Our Reception Unicorns, absolutely relished the opportunity to read with our very patient and kind Phoenix class friends. The children gain so much from reading to each other.
Our children love to be outside in the beautiful environment at Great Bardfield Primary School. We offer Bikebility to our Year 6 pupils in the autumn term and to encourage our younger children to scoot to school, we offered Scootability so that they could learn to ride their scooters safely.
It has been such a difficult year with the effects of Covid on everyone. This Christmas, more than ever, it felt very important to get back to our traditions. We were delighted to offer and enjoy all of the important events that make our school so special including: going to the pantomime, our Christmas Fair,…
This is one of our favourite non uniform days of the year! Each year the children love to get dressed up and celebrate the stories of this much loved author. The children spend the day sharing stories and enjoying lots of fun filled reading activities.
