Happy Easter!

Hello everyone!

It was lovely to see all of the children taking part in our Blue and Yellow day today, as we raised funds to support people in Ukraine. In class we talked about why we were wearing blue and yellow and raising money. We focused on how children in Ukraine are not having their Rights met, including the right to be safe from harm (Article 19), the right to a home (Article 27) and the right to an education (Article 28).

The children have brought home their latest art folders, models and of course their Easter eggs and cards today. They also have information about our next project, which will be Minibeasts. There is a sheet for the children to complete (with your help) and I would be grateful if this could be returned during the first week we come back. The information about our next project can also be found here.

Easter Activities in Essex

Please see below a message from Nicola Sparks, our Healthy Schools Engagement officer:

ActivAte Holiday Clubs

Essex are pleased to be working in partnership with Active Essex to deliver over 100 Essex

ActivAte holiday clubs across Essex – supporting the physical and mental wellbeing of school

aged youngsters! We have once again extended the offer to provide spaces for those from low

income working families, alongside those who are eligible for benefits based free school meals.

To find clubs near you and book here.

Library Activities

There are lots of events and activities taking place in libraries during the Easter holidays. 

Children’s Author Events - 8 children’s author events with 3 children’s authors are taking
place across the county. Full details and booking information is on our
website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/easter-holiday-author-events-for-children/

Big Easter Book Hunt - find golden tickets hidden in library books between 2 and 23 April
to be entered into a prize draw to win a Lenovo Tab M7: Full details on our
website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/big-easter-book-hunt/

Circus at the Library – several libraries are running circus themed events across the
Easter holidays.  Additionally Chelmsford Library will be running a circus skills workshop
(booking required and for which there is a charge):
Full details on our website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/circus-at-the-library/

Essex Libraries Photo project – we are looking for families to send us photos of them
reading in their favourite places in order to create colourful customer galleries in local
libraries. Full details of how to submit photos can be found on our
website: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/essex-library-service-photo-project/

Story of the Month – to celebrate the Essex Year of Reading we are launching a virtual
story of the month. The video we share will be accompanied by activity ideas. The March
story is up on our website now: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/news/story-of-the-month-march/

Bringing Stories to Life – we are hosting some storysack workshops in conjunction with
ACL: Full details and booking information is on our events
listing: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/?&EventName=bringing&page=1

Other events and activities – there will also be other family events and activities
taking place at numerous libraries and full details can be found on our events listing

which is searchable by library and by audience: https://libraries.essex.gov.uk/events/

Finally, I hope you all have a lovely Easter and I will see you all on Tuesday 19th April.

Miss Wakefield