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Porters Grange

Primary School & Nursery

Part of the Portico Academy Trust.

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Tag Rugby tournament

On Thursday 10th March 10 pupils from Year 4 attended the Borough Tag Rugby Tournament at Southend Rugby club. This was a great event and all pupils really enjoyed themselves and got to play lots of Tag Rugby. We had a difficult group (the overall winners of the tournament were in our group!) and as such we did not manage to qualify for the second stage of the tournament but it was such a lovely afternoon and the pupils were enjoying it so much so we stayed and played some fr

Year 5 Viking Workshop

Year 5 Viking Workshop

On Friday our Year 5 children enjoyed dressing up as Norse warriors for a special viking workshop which gave the children range of activities designed to give them a deeper insight into this terms topic. The pupils created a wall from their shields, examined a display of weapons, learned about Viking women and their daily life, heard a story about how Thor got his hammer and played a Viking food game. The day was completed by a Viking ship burial, famous for being set alight

Gemma's Farm Visit

Yesterday our nursery and reception children welcomed some very special visitors into the school. Gemma's farm, which is a mobile farm, popped into Porters Grange with an array of animals for the children to interact with. We had lambs and sheep, ducks a shetland pony, rabbits and ferrets. The children had a lovely time stroking and holding the hens and chickens. The afternoon nursery class loved having Almond the lamb roaming around the nursery classroom and feeding her a bo

Voice in a Million

On Thursday 3rd of March 2016 the 25 members of Porters Grange choir travelled by coach to Wembley Arena to participate in the Voice in a Million Concert, accompanied by Mrs Baines, Mrs Shipley and Miss Lander. Once we arrived we were directed to our seats in the auditorium, where we rehearsed along with hundreds of children from other schools. After a break for tea, we changed into our VIAM t-shirts and awaited the start of the concert with excitement and anticipation. The c

Footbal: Porters Grange vs Edwards Hall

After a tough test in the previous match against Fairways which resulted in an 11-2 defeat. The Porters Grange team arrived at Edwards Hall in high spirits and confident of getting a good result. Two new players, Luke and Jack, came into the team to make their debuts. The game didn’t get off to the greatest starts with Porters going down 4-0 in the first 15 minutes. The last 5 minutes of the first half was some of the best football that we had played all the season. Kewin pul

Southend United sessions

Southend United sessions

The Year 5 children have started on a 6 week programme with Southend United Football Club. Every Tuesday afternoon two members of the Southend United Football team come into school to run a 90 minute session with the children. The session includes 45 minutes of classroom based workshops covering body, nutrition, the importance of exercise and information about food groups, in line with Government's eatwell plate. This is followed by a 45 minutes practical session made up of f

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