Welcome to our schools. I am very proud to be the Executive Headteacher across the federation of St Edmund’s, St Edmund’s Preschool and St Joseph’s.
Our schools provide high quality education to approximately 600 children aged 3 to 11 years across the three settings. Our mission statement ‘Learning Together in God’s love by encouraging and supporting one another’ reflects the culture of care that allows every child to flourish academically, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Whilst our partnership brings great advantages as we share expertise and resources, each school is unique so please visit their separate pages to find out more about each one.
– Mrs Maria Kemble, Executive Headteacher
Year 2 had great fun testing out the puppets they had made by putting on puppet shows for their friends on Friday. https://t.co/n3Crpipq52
Take a look at today's newsletter. We had so much we wanted to share with you it's a bumper edition this week! Wishing you all a restful Easter break. https://t.co/WGqGroG2qc
Break the rules day for CAFOD! The children have loved having the opportunity to break the school's uniform code today for a worthy cause. Each rule broken cost 50p so we are hoping we have raised lots of money. @cafodeastanglia @CAFODSchools https://t.co/AqEq4PJ28A
Smiles on the Friday morning #BikeTrain as we welcomed a new family on board. See you all later for the ride home. For the next two weeks we'll be running extra Trains in support of @sustrans #BigWalkAndWheel campaign. Can't wait! https://t.co/Fm0bVqTu4Y
Take a look at today's newsletter. Wishing you all an enjoyable weekend. https://t.co/RqvalAXZNC
I wonder if you can guess what Early Years were doing outside yesterday afternoon linked to their current Space theme? A real WOW moment captured in these photos! https://t.co/j1LJRE2iH5
A group of our staff recently enjoyed a great training session and lots of laughter with Cindy from @LtL_News thinking about the development of Loose Parts play in order to broaden the types of play opportunities we provide for our children @StEds_ip33 #bigkidsatheart https://t.co/jsPhadqiI7
@StEds_ip33 @WorldBookDayUK Love the way St Eds celebrates World Book Day
It was so lovely to see the children enjoying sharing stories with others across the school on Thursday. @WorldBookDayUK #readingtogether #WorldBookDay2023 #readingforpleasure https://t.co/JYtdyMyvH1
Take a look at today's newsletter. Wishing you all a lovely weekend. https://t.co/2kY7ftacTY
Today is #RandomActsofKindnessDay & how lovely to hear that some of our pupils have been having a sort out of their toys during half term & have decided to donate some to charity. What a lovely act of kindness that will bring joy to others. Well done girls, we're proud of you https://t.co/fqQl0t7WHX
Sleep workshop being run by @family_action next week. https://t.co/ieuUzMR7H0
Looking for something to do with your child on a Saturday morning? https://t.co/KNBXUDgDyt
This week, Yr3 finished their recent unit of art focused on Stone Age cave painting which linked to their history topic too. On Friday they turned over their tables to form mini caves and the children had great fun producing their final cave paintings on a mixed-media background. https://t.co/VYIJPjoFzr
Thank you to all our parents for your generosity during this season of Lent. We raised £459.78 in collections, £91.88 Mini Vinnies, £140.74 Red Nose Day and Cafod for £227.16. Pictured, our House Captains with food collected for the local food bank. @RCEastAnglia https://t.co/zv3LWNz0rN
This afternoon we said farewell to Madame Brewster who has decided to retire to spend lots of quality time with her new granddaughter, after 18 years service and twenty five years connection with the school. We will all miss her very much. We presented her with gifts and cards. https://t.co/8Buq61uAEx
This afternoon all the Key Stage 2 children journeyed through the Stations of the Cross, they were contemplative and prayerful. Afterwards they were all treated to a hot-cross bun. @RCEastAnglia https://t.co/9emYFqYZiP
Easter gardens made by the EYFS children this afternoon to finish off our Easter celebration day. @RCEastAnglia https://t.co/9kOTszTwLo
After the liturgy we went back to school for an Easter breakfast which had been prepared by lots of volunteers. All the food was symbolic representing parts of the Easter story. Some of the children tried some food for the first time! @RCEastAnglia https://t.co/kcWX6vmdiw
Easter Liturgy this morning at our parish church Our Lady and St John Sudbury. It was a fantastic interactive service with readings, prayers and Easter songs. https://t.co/TlWjahJ288
Whole School Holy Mass after a three year break! Father Brett said Holy Mass, and being together as a whole community with the parishioners felt very special. He reminded the children that Easter is about the joy and hope of the resurrection.
The Mini Vinnie's group visited the local care home this morning to deliver the Easter plants they had potted and decorated with Easter messages. The residents and staff were so happy and appreciated of the gesture and effort.. #minivinnies @SVPEnglandandWales @AnchorLaterLife https://t.co/dFSELc5TYk
Thank you to Miss Beer from @tgschool for teaching our Yr 6 children how to dissect a heart. The children were amazed to see the size of the 4 chambers and the elasticity of the aorta. The children have really improved their knowledge of how the heart works. @Curriculum_USP https://t.co/Dy5KoIgf9r
Break the rules day for CAFOD! The children have loved having the opportunity to break the school's uniform code today for a worthy cause. Each rule broken cost 50p so we are hoping we have raised lots of money. @cafodeastanglia @CAFODSchools https://t.co/AqEq4PJ28A
The whole school was treated to a cello concert from the year 4 children and their teacher Ms Bostock. The children played a Caribbean Fiesta and the new chords they had learned. Everyone agreed the children had made lots of progress. https://t.co/oUqgKMkpqd https://t.co/IbG9CgCBiE
Our Mini Vinnie's group have been planting up the plants they bought with the money raised from their bake sale. These colourful pots with Easter sleeves will be delivered to our local care home. #minivinnies @SVPEnglandWales https://t.co/9bNgy4NK3g
St Joseph's Day celebrations ended with cake! We all had a wonderful day which ended with an assembly about our patron St Joseph. Thank you to Emma our cook, based at St Edmund's, for the delicious cake, enjoyed by everyone! https://t.co/h4FdfcIzdZ
Lots of fun, laughter and colour to celebrate this rainy Red Nose Friday. #RedNoseDay https://t.co/0JeL11RzS7
Everyone at St Joseph's is enjoying Red Nose Day and St Patrick's Day! https://t.co/B3rxLjKtT5
Dear Parents, School will re-open to key worker and vulnerable pupils only on Tuesday 5th January 2021. For full details please see the letter from the Headteacher and Governing body on the website: https://t.co/1bpqp4PS4l
We're back in pre-school after a lovely summer at home, playing with our friends and family. Today we're exploring the small world 'zoo'. This helps us to develop language skills and express our imagination. https://t.co/e5InLqxQva
Look at our stories about 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar'. We like to write picture stories to read to each other at circle time. https://t.co/jZF4XnNrZG
What a busy time we've been having in Pre-school. Our caterpillars have hatched and the children released them to 'collect nectar from the flowers' (MC). We also went to the theatre to see The Very Hungry Caterpillar - what fun! https://t.co/IjjeUQinXb
The wonderful adventure wonderland. What fun! https://t.co/cJ4GTxXHTH
From frogs to dinosaurs...what a busy week. The children love the swamp theme and enjoy the smell of the herbs in the swamp. https://t.co/paEgUu34uv
We've been playing in our tuff spot with Chia seeds and thinking about the frog pond in the school vegetable garden. We love the way the slimy chia seeds feel like frog spawn. https://t.co/ULZ13tHtSX
We love learning about life cycles and growing. We're busy watching worms and caterpillars at the moment. Our beans are growing in the garden and we're looking at the frogs in the school garden. Such a lot of growing going on in pre-school this term. https://t.co/VEt7bwPZm3
More Happy Little Walkers! We love walking to school - it helps us to get strong muscles and keep active. Join us by walking, scooting or cycling to pre-school tomorrow. https://t.co/DIxkjFP95G
It's walk to school week this week. We're having great fun, joining in with the Little Feet campaign, encouraging our little ones to walk, scoot or cycle to school - no buggies for us this week! Get your sticker tomorrow for walking to school! https://t.co/hvMf37galA
It's world book week....what a busy week we've got planned: we've made gingerbread men and gingerbread houses with boxes this week so far and it's only Tuesday. More to follow!! https://t.co/0F3u9Urtn9
Another busy day as we head on fast towards half-term break. It was beautiful in the Meadow Classroom today, and everyone enjoyed making necklaces at Forest School. Using the palm drill with Peter was great fun! https://t.co/o4qLwYOJMO
We like to learn new skills. We can make our own snack and wash up the dishes when we've finished. We use real cups and real plates and are very grown up! https://t.co/zWVjVRN71e
Forest School today. It might be cold and wet, but we still love being outside, climbing trees and developing our muscles as we learn to take risks and manage our safety with the help of our teachers. https://t.co/LRXfcYKAa7
We've been having a busy old time here in pre-school. Thinking about the artist Kandinsky, and making wonderful circle pictures with buttons in Explorers Corner. https://t.co/x1dfxDlGDR
We are so pleased to be part of the school family at St Edmund's. Your response to our needs is such an amazing example to set children - they truly are "Learning together in God's Love"
Parent - St Edmund's
I am so impressed with the way the children are conducting themselves, they are so focussed and want to achieve. Their class teacher has given them so much self-belief.
Parent - St Joseph's
Thank you so much for all of the help, care and support for Penelope over the past year. She can’t wait to go to ‘big school’ and you have done an excellent job in preparing her for the next step in her learning.
Parent - Pre-School