Last year RA took part in a whole year of ‘Babywatching’ and below are some comments about our experiences to date. RB will be starting their ‘Babywatching’ sessions too. If you are a mother or father with a baby and would like to get involved...
14 Nov In Reception
As you may know, in Nursery and Reception we use a programme called ‘2Build a Profile’ on an iPad to take photographs and make notes about each child. These observations form a profile of each child which allows us to assess their development and plan…
04 Nov In Nursery, Parents, Reception
By the deadline for nominations on 1st November, one nomination had been received for the vacancy for a parent governor. As a result, no election is required, and the governors are delighted to welcome Paul Eadie MBE to the Coleridge governing body. There is also still a…
04 Nov In Governors, Nursery, Parents, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Once again Coleridge have been performing superbly at competitive sports and we’re only just half way through the term! The teams have already won gold and silver, not to mention the many individual gold, silver and bronze awards. On top of that Coleridge has set...
01 Nov In Clubs, Nursery, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
The school are delighted to welcome Sam James as our new chair of governors, taking over from Mark Harber who stepped down this summer having reached the end of his term of office. Sam has been a parent governor at the school for several years,…
18 Oct In Governors, Nursery, Parents, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6It is no secret that many state schools – ourselves included – are in financial difficulty. Shrinking budgets and rising costs threaten to impact upon what schools are able to offer their students. Coleridge is not a profit-making organisation; student welfare, safety and education is…
07 Oct In School Blog
The new members of Newspaper Club, a group of Year 5 and 6 children who produce our termly newspaper The Coleridge, were very excited to visit the headquarters of The Guardian on Monday 19th September. Repeating the sterling working of our previous cohort, the children...
05 Oct In Clubs, School Trips, Year 5, Year 6
We have recently spent some time re-evaluating our home learning policy at Coleridge, listening to feedback from parents and children, and looking at research and good practice from other schools. You can read all about our new home learning policy and find your child’s current home learning assignments at…
30 Sep In Nursery, Parents, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
The month of October is Black History Month in the UK, and teachers at Coleridge have planned a series of lessons, activities and assemblies to take place in October designed to explore this area of the curriculum. Black History Month is marked annually, where recognising and valuing the inspirational…
26 Sep In Nursery, Parents, Reception, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6