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21/09/23

OPEN EVENT ANNOUNCED FOR SIR FREDERICK GIBBERD COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 2024 YEAR 7 INTAKE Saturday 14th October (12pm - 2pm) at Latton Bush Centre, Harlow.Full information on: https://t.co/rnJavUz1Sm pic.twitter.com/YotfFn97k5

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11/09/23

OPEN EVENTSOur Essex Secondary Schools Open Events kick off this week.Tue 12 5:30pm - 8:30pm Burnt Mill Academy (Harlow)Thu 14 6pm - 8:30pm Epping St John’s School (Epping)Wed 27 5pm - 8pm Forest Hall School (Stansted Mountfitchet)Thu 28 6pm - 9pm Mark Hall Academy (Harlow) pic.twitter.com/6G2FMT4mE2

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08/09/23

Week one done ✅☀️ It's been great to welcome all our new pupils and parents into the Little Parndon family and to see everyone back after summer break. pic.twitter.com/T3c9AgrkQx

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

27/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Senior Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/EiIK3JmiwL

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27/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Senior Co-Educator📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/EiIK3JmiwL

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26/06/23

🖌️ Our Enterprise Event is taking place on Wednesday 28th June 💷 Pupils from multiple schools will be selling fridge magnets, key rings, loom band bracelets and more!⚖️ All funds raised will go towards a charity of the winning classes choice pic.twitter.com/lEwnUKaGJA

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26/06/23

🖌️ Our Enterprise Event is taking place on Wednesday 28th June 💷 Pupils from multiple schools will be selling fridge magnets, key rings, loom band bracelets and more!⚖️ All funds raised will go towards a charity of the winning classes choice pic.twitter.com/lEwnUKaGJA

21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU ALL THE TEACHERS OF THE VERY HUNGRY CATERPILLARS ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/Uzzfgq0mf2

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS GOODEY ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/f9o8ObzTQf

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MR BECKER ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/ynp3O9wMQy

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS INAYAT ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/5OqEv2S1xj

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS BUDD ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/nB08xuSm73

21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MR SOLOMON ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/581TSDbIUy

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS HOLMES ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/JlZVNTIu6g

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS GALLIERS ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/39FbFusolQ

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS COCKERELL ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/9j9TVj0Xqp

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21/06/23

🙌 THANK YOU MS BUNDY ⭐️#ThankATeacherDay23⁰#ThankATeacherDay⁰#ThankATeacher pic.twitter.com/7ESlGSbsqy

16/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Harlow) have a vacancy for a Class Teacher📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/YaYKIMh4It

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Mystery readers appear in class

Mystery readers appear in class

Posted: 27th March 2020

Mystery readers who turn up unexpectedly to read with children are helping to improve a love of the vital skill.

Little Parndon Primary Academy continues its push on reading in an effort to develop a love of reading among its children.

Among the projects to encourage reading is the Mystery Readers – parents and teachers who arrive in classrooms unannounced to read with pupils.

The school is also –

  • taking part in OTTER, Our Time To Enjoy Reading, where everyone stops what they are doing to read a story together. Children suggest the books they would like to read, giving their justification for their choices. They then vote as a class
  • developing its book corners to make them more inviting
  • appointing reading monitors, where older children read with younger peers. Pupils had to apply for the role, providing a CV and taking part in an interview
  • providing a book swap trolley to encourage children to donate their old books and exchange them for something they have not read before
  • turning an old shed in the playground into a reading hub, where pupils can sit on comfortable beanbags to enjoy a book
  • encouraging Key Stage 1 pupils to take it in turns to go home with a reading bag which has a book, a cuddly character from the story and a sachet of hot chocolate in
  • welcoming Year 1 into school in their pyjamas to hear bedtime stories by their teachers and have hot chocolate and cookies while their parents attend a phonics workshop
  • publishing bedtime stories read by different adults in the school for families to enjoy in the evening.

Headteacher Mark Evans said: “We have invited our parents into school to take part in a workshop, so they know the best ways to support their child’s reading at home.

“The work we are doing is having a significant impact, as the results of our recent mock tests have shown, in both attainment and their enjoyment of reading. They are the things we want to achieve.”

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