Crawley Ridge Junior School

If your child is joining Crawley Ridge Junior School this September - please check our website: www.crawleyridge.net for everything you need to know.

Home Welcome! Here at Crawley Ridge Junior School we are proud to provide an academic and social education that inspires, creates awe and wonder, encourages curiosity, values effort and promotes positive learning attitudes with the child always at its centre and at its heart. 

This morning we had an amazing celebration assembly. The children shared highlights of their year and we all sang our hearts out. It is sad to see our Leavers go, but we know that they are ready for their next adventure.
We wish you all a fabulous summer.

Thank you to all our parents and carers who came in for our Open Afternoon yesterday. The children loved sharing their work with you.

Well done to our Rocksteady bands who performed for us yesterday. Your confidence to play in front of an audience was amazing. We were all very proud of you.

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It was lovely to see Year 6 playing at Kingswood yesterday. They settled in quickly, joined in the activities with enthusiasm and ate well. Their first day ended with a quiz which was enjoyed by all.

A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Sports' Day on Thursday. It was a great afternoon and we were all very proud of the children for taking part and encouraging each other. There are more photographs on this week's newsletter.

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Forest School with Year 4 this week has been all about emotions and the feelings that come with them.

We spent time around the fire circle discussing how emotions make us feel. We then set the children a challenge to choose an emotion and recreate them using natural resources.

Here are Miss Contentment, Mrs Astonished and Mr Anxiety.

Today we celebrated Ocean Day. Year 3 learnt how waves cause coastal erosion, Year 4 learnt how fertilisers and other chemicals enter our oceans and Years 5 & 6 focused on Plate Tectonics. The day was a mix of science and geography. Some children brought in the most amazing dioramas they had made at home. Well done to all.

Well done to the Year 5 cricket team who played in a tournament yesterday. It was lovely to see them enjoying a sunny afternoon of sport.

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Year 5 had a great day yesterday exploring the Mary Rose Museum and playing in the fabulous grounds of Goodwood House.

Proudly presenting our brand new Forest School shelter.
With special thanks to: Vivienne Chapman whose funding made this project possible; the PTA for contributing to the roof; Wells King for organising and delivering our materials; the Forest school team and partners for their expert construction and Mr Cherry for the genius seating

The children now have a beautiful barn that complements our wonderful woodland. It gives us an outdoor space that’s dry and windproof for us to hone our Forest School skills when the weather is against us. It will make a huge difference to the children in the winter.

So grateful for everyone involved in this project. It’s wonderful what we can achieve when we all come together. This is what forest school is all about .

A big well done to our Year 6 cricket team for drawing on all their skills and courage to take part in the Cricket Tournament this afternoon. I was very proud of you all.

The children loved the new sand pit. If anyone has a lidded sand pit they don't want anymore, we would love to add to this area of the school.

The results of our hard work yesterday.

A huge thank you to the wonderful staff, their families and other volunteers who gave up their time yesterday to create a new play area at the front of the school, a bed for a herb garden and a shelter in our Forest school area.

Some images from our wonderful Coronation Day.

Thank you to everyone who joined our Coronation picnic this afternoon. It was a great afternoon. I will post pictures next week.

We are so lucky to have a dipping pond in our grounds which enables us to study habitats without leaving the school. The grounds also make SATs revision much more fun when it takes the form of a maths trail with questions and answers to find.

Our school grounds are looking stunning in their spring colours.

TOGETHER. EVERYONE. ALWAYS. MATTERS

Teamwork is something we are working on this term in Forest School. With our 'popcorn challenge', we are encouraging each class to think about others and explore opportunities of working with new partners.

It is lovely to hear children describing collaborative working as something that's fully inclusive and top marks for a member of Elm Class who used the Team acronym-
Together. Everyone. Always . Matters.

Extra points to Elm Class for this perfect description.

Year 4 had a wonderful time at Selborne learning map work skills and all about the Antarctic. We were very lucky to have a wonderful sunny day.

We are looking forward to welcoming our new Year 3 pupils and their families in September. If you have received an offer of a place at Crawley Ridge, or you are still considering your choice of school, and would like to visit for the first time or have another look round, please contact the office. We are running post offer open mornings tomorrow, 19th April, and next Tuesday 25th April. Both tours will start at 9.30am. Further dates and times can be arranged as required.

Our beautiful artwork in its new home in the Mall. Happy Easter everyone.

A huge thank you to all our talented musicians who entertained us so well at our Spring Concert last Wednesday. You were so brave to play and sing in front of an audience and your performances were amazing.

This is just some of the stunning artwork, created by our Spring Craft Club, which is going to be displayed in the Mall, Camberley, over Easter. Go and see if you can find it.

Thank you to our Chair of Governors, Fiona Torley, for donating a magnolia tree as part of the late Queen's Green Canopy. Our Eco Council enjoyed planting the tree which will be the centerpiece of our pond area as it grows.

At Crawley Ridge we have become passionate about what will happen to Antarctica when the treaty protecting it is reviewed in 2041. We have made our own pledge to recycle more to help the environment. Our Antarctica 2041 club studied all aspects of Antarctica and finished by making ice cream.

Year 6 used all their senses, except taste, to explore Mediterranean food and build up a bank of vocabulary for their Sicilian travel brochures.

Year 4 travelled back to Ancient Greece on Thursday and explored what it would have been like to live all those years ago. The children were so excited by all of the activities.

Greek salad was on the menu this week in Forest School.

We enjoyed talking about the Ancient Greeks and what their diet consisted of. This lead us on to the children embracing community cooking by preparing a Greek salad. We then sampled some traditional food from Greece, including Tzatziki and hummus.

All the children embraced the whole experience, despite their being some very strong flavours on the menu. Well done year 4.

Year 5 visited Hampton Court on Thursday and were amazed by its size and grandeur. They had a very challenging workshop, which made them think about historical bias, as well as enjoying the sights of the palace.

Year 6 'flew' to Sicily on Thursday as part of their English work on travel brochures. They took their tickets, prepared their passports and wrote their own highly informative travel guides.

We have had great fun playing in the snow and making some amazing snowmen.

The school is looking beautiful. The caretaker has cleared paths, but please take care. Bring warm outdoor clothes and a change of footwear and socks for some outdoor fun.

We had so much fun celebrating World Book Day 2023.