Act Justly, Love Mercy,
Walk Humbly with Your God

Well done to our amazing PTA who put on a fantastic Global Summer Fair today. Traditional stalls, tombolas, bouncy castle activities, live music, food stalls, plants, face painting and the list goes on. The hours of planning and preparation is greatly appreciated by the whole #ElthamCE community. Enjoy a well deserved rest now. . #grateful #pta #community #summerfair #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

Thank you to the musicians, local food stalls and small businesses and sponsors who supported today's Summer Fair. . @sweet_tin_sounds #royalgreenwichmusicservice @arawak_se9 @chilliginger2024 @durrezbakes @ckbestateagents #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

Our year 3 scientists have been taking full advantage of the sunny days recently. The children worked in pairs to draw around their shadows with chalk and then discussed how the shadow was formed due to their bodies blocking the light at certain angles from the sun. . #scienceisfun @curriculum_usp #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

Year 5 enjoyed a fantastic trip last week where they were able to have a tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London @the_globe and even got to watch some of the actors/actresses rehearsing for a new play. They then had a live action workshop where the children learnt techniques for acting and were able to act out some of the scenes from The Tempest. We have some budding actors in our midst! All the children were so engaged and enthusiastic - such a great trip! . #shakespeare #shakespeareforkids #globetheatre #drama #britishhistory #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

On Thursday, children in years 3, 4 and 5 took part in the Joy of Moving Festival, run by Charlton Athletic @cafctrust. They had the opportunity to enjoy a range of fun and engaging games designed to develop teamwork, listening skills, and throwing and catching accuracy. Everyone had a fantastic time during the sessions huge thanks to Josh and Louis for making it so enjoyable! . @cafcofficial #cafc #charltonathletic #sportisfun #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

Year 3 have been exploring the words and actions that reflect what makes Eltham C of E special. They reflected on our school values and Christian ethos, thinking about how they can live these out in the way they speak and act, both as a class and as part of the wider school community. Together, the children created a list of words and actions that they felt represented these values and proudly displayed them in their classrooms as a daily reminder. . #schoolvalues #community #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

In Year 2, children have been looking at position and direction in Maths, so they put their skills to the test with Bee-Bots, focusing on following directions, turning left and right and making clockwise and anti-clockwise turns! . #beebot #stemeducation #codingforkids @tts_resources #computing #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

We all enjoyed sharing our love of reading during our Reading Festival recently. The two day event involved poetry workshops for Reception and KS1, "Drop Everything And Read" sessions, poetry lessons across the school, teachers performing their favourite poems across classes and our grand finale was welcoming parents in to school to read with their children. Children also took part in a sponsored read which will help us to buy many more new books for our classrooms in conjunction with @usborne_books. . #readingforpleasure #poetryisfun #usbornebooks #welovereading #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

We could run a "spot the butterfly" competition with the last photo - you may need to zoom in! Year 5 watched patiently in class as their caterpillar hid itself away in a cocoon to emerge as a beautiful butterfly. The butterfly's release into the world was fast and exciting. We love #nature and #science at #elthamcoeschool. . #handsonscience #canyouspotthebutterfly #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

Last week, we welcomed a judge from the London Children's Flower Society to grade our Edible Playground. The judge was very impressed with our garden and we received a gold certificate for the overall look! Thank you to all the children and parents who helped get it ready. We celebrated our result with a delicious piece of cake courtesy of a very kind parent. . @londonchildrensflowersociety_ @treesforcities #edibleplayground #gardeningclub #eltham #se9 #greenwich @royal_greenwich #london

As part of their act of service, Year 4 students worked in groups and collected an impressive amount of rubbish in two local places; Eltham Park South and @elthamparish. The children worked incredibly well together, showing great teamwork and care for their local community, prompting comments from local residents saying how impressed they were with the children's enthusiasm and positive attitudes. Well done Year 4! . #actsofservice #localcommunity #litterpicking #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

The whole school marked St John the Baptist Day today by attending a special service at @elthamparish. Rev'd Caroline taught us all some amazing facts about the history of the current St John the Baptist Church building, its artefacts and the site itself, which has been the home to the local parish church for over 900 years. The current building is celebrating its 150th birthday this year. . #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london #localhistory

We welcomed a visitor in today's Worship to share the key information about St John the Baptist's life. Some of our Year 5 children helped share the facts and showed the rest of the school how well you can remember new information by memorising all 8 facts! Thank you for your time, Mr Smye-Rumsby.

Learning about the different features of a house whilst reading "The 3 Little Pigs" in French, brought joy to Year 3 children as they competed in pairs to be the first to construct their house. Dice frustration was overcome and it was lovely to see children shaking hands after each round. The 3 Little Pigs would have been impressed! . #teamwork #compromise #learningisfun #French #languagesinprimary #Eltham #se9 #greenwich #london

The older members of our school choir performed at this year's Royal Greenwich Music Service's Singing Spectacular at @blackheathhalls. The children performed @lauren_daigle's song, "You Say", beautifully and it was wonderful to hear how confident they have become singing publicly and in harmony. . #singing #schoolchoir #singingspectacular #royalgreenwichmusicservice #eltham #se9 #greenwich #london