18 Jun 2023
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17 Mar 2023
Spring 1 Newsletter 2023 https://sway.office.com/erpu4uLoxIc5pYQr?ref=Link ... (click to read more)
16 Jan 2023
New for 2023! Keep the children busy this half term holidays with Super Star Sports half term camp. For more information and to book a place please click here or head over to their website. ... (click to read more)
21 Dec 2022
Ellistown School Newsletter Autumn 2 2022 In November-Buzzy Bee Class learned about 'What Makes A Hero?' We were lucky enough in school, to have visits from the police, the fire brigade and a nurse! Everyone had lots of fun! Go to this Sway ... (click to read more)
15 Nov 2022
Click on the link to see what we've been up to so far this term! Ellistown School Newsletter Autumn 1 2022 Only a couple of weeks after returning to school after the long summer holidays we were off on an adventure to a new venue for us - Ingestre Hall in ... (click to read more)
12 Jul 2022
Please click the link to see our Summer 22 newsletter Ellistown School Newsletter Summer 22 When I sat down to write this and reflect on everything that we've managed to pack in this year - it made me incredibly happy! It's been a fabulous year packed with adventures and exciteme… Go to ... (click to read more)
23 Mar 2022
Ellistown School Newsletter Spring 1 2022 1st Half Spring Term 2022 Go to this Sway ... (click to read more)
07 Mar 2022
Ellistown School Newsletter Spring 2 2022 This year’s World Book Day saw us celebrate enjoyment for reading with a selection of book themed activities throughout the day. The official WBD song was played on loud speaker and when t… Go to this Sway ... (click to read more)
10 Feb 2022
We had a great time yesterday at our Fairytale Ball. Here are just some of the photos that were taken. ... (click to read more)
13 Jan 2022
A huge THANK YOU to Amazon and Ellistown and Battleflat Parish Council for their amazing donation of books for our school Library. These are just some of the books that were very kindly donated. ... (click to read more)
12 Dec 2021
Autumn Newsletter 2021 Children who had won the brilliant behaviour trophy were invited along to celebrate with a warm hot chocolate and all the trimmings this term. As ever it was lovely to be able to make a f… Go to this Sway ... (click to read more)
04 Nov 2021
We need your help! Here at Ellistown Primary School we passionately believe that young children learn best through play and exploration. Wherever possible we offer children the opportunity to experience real life events that are linked to their learning. Continuous Provision enables us to do this. Every day our EYFS and KS1 children ... (click to read more)
23 Aug 2021
Parents / Carers We are looking forward to welcoming pupils back to school this week. All children should be aiming for 100% attendance throughout the year and should be on time to start the school day. If your child will not be attending school due to illness please call the school ... (click to read more)
12 Jul 2021
Please click the link for our Summer 2021 Newsletter Summer 2 Newsletter 20-21 Children who had won the brilliant behaviour trophy were invited along to celebrate with a warm hot chocolate and all the trimmings, plus a boogie to their favourite tunes . It was so love… Go to this Sway ... (click to read more)
25 Jun 2021
We've had sports day here in year 6 Chagall class. Here are some of the events that took place. ... (click to read more)
24 Jun 2021
Today we started our school sports on the field with Kandinsky, Calder and Moore classes. Here are some of Kandinsky class with their stickers. Here are some of Calder class with their stickers. ... (click to read more)
23 Jun 2021
Year 6 pupils having a go at Ultimate frisbee with the North West Leicestershire Sports Partnership. ... (click to read more)
21 May 2021
Today we went for a wet walk around Amazon to put up our poster that we designed to let people know NOT to leave their litter and NOT to feed the ducks with bread. We all had a really nice time even though it was rainning and there was lots of ... (click to read more)
04 May 2021
On Wednesday's after school Ms Heath and other staff members help to run our Forest Culb for our year 2 pupils. These are some of the activities they were doing last week. Clearing our pond ready for the tadpoles and other creatures Building shelters And having FUN! ... (click to read more)
30 Apr 2021
This week Kandinsky Class said farewell to the ducklings who hatched in class last week. There were six ducklings in total and all of our pupils really enjoyed seeing how they hatched and grew. Have a look at some of our newly hatched ducklings by clicking here. Click here to see them in our ... (click to read more)
26 Mar 2021
On Monday 12th April 2021 we will be starting our new dinner menu here at Ellistown Primary school. You are now able to order your child/ren's choice of menu from the School Grid, please click here. ... (click to read more)
23 Mar 2021
On Friday 19th March Ellistown Primary School wore red to support Comic Relief. We have managed to raise £276.00 WELL DONE! If you would still like to make a donation you can do this by going to the shop section on our ParentMail app. Thank you for your support ... (click to read more)
11 Mar 2021
Last Week we celebrated World Book Day by making characters from a children's book. We had lots of entries for our competion and our judges have managed to choose their favorites. The Winners are: In EYFS the winner is - Lewis with his potato Stickman In Year 1 the winner is - Jake with ... (click to read more)
08 Mar 2021
We are all really pleased to see Ellistown Primary School pupils back at school today. We're in for some exciting times with fun and learning. ... (click to read more)
04 Mar 2021
Today we are celebrating world book day. Some of our pupils have been decorating potatoes to look like their favourite book character. Here are some of their creations: ... (click to read more)
04 Jan 2021
Important - News re school closure to all but vulnerable children and the children of key workers. Dear Parents and Carers, Apologies for the late Parentmail. I have just found out alongside the rest of the country that Ellistown School alongside all other schools in England will be closed for ... (click to read more)
16 Dec 2020
Some of our Year 5 children delivered some Christmas cheer by taking some hand-made Christmas cards and a box of biscuits to the residents of Whiteacres Residential Home this morning! ... (click to read more)
07 Dec 2020
Children in Kandinsky class enjoyed their Julia Donaldson Day on Friday. Miss Wardle dressed as 'The Singing Mermaid', and Mrs Rennocks from 'Room on the Broom'. All children (and parents!) made such an effort with their costumes. ... (click to read more)
02 Dec 2020
Our Year 6 pupils have been learning their lines for their nativity which will be aired on BBC Radio Leicester later on this month. More information to follow. ... (click to read more)
30 Nov 2020
The children had a great day on Friday making Christmas dceorations and helping to make the school look festive. It was the first opportinity for them to wear their Christmas jumpers in school this year too! ... (click to read more)
25 Nov 2020
As things will be a little different for our Christmas celebrations this year we are unable to hold a Christmas Fair, therefore we will be having different events and activities leading up to Christmas. One of our events will be to have a Ellistown Primary School Christmas Raffle with ... (click to read more)
24 Nov 2020
We have achieved the Gold Award from Leicestershire Beyond Bullying for more information please click here. ... (click to read more)
11 Nov 2020
Today we had our assembly outside where we held a two minute silence to remember all those who have served our country. Please click below to see our assembly. Part 1 Part 2 -With poem read by Mrs Fellows and Harry - Year 6 Kandinsky Class delivered their poppies ... (click to read more)
06 Nov 2020
Ellistown Primary After School Forest Club We had a great time in our Forest School Club. here are some of the activities we did. Thank you to everyone who donated pumkins we loved carving them. ... (click to read more)
30 Oct 2020
We've had a very SPOOOOKY day here at Ellistown Primary school. We've had a great day and would like to thank everyone for their donations towards our Christmas raffle. Here are some of our scary costumes. ... (click to read more)
16 Oct 2020
Kandinsky Class have had a wonderful time at their teddy bear's t-party. They've even had a special visitor! ... (click to read more)
16 Oct 2020
Lichtenstein class had great fun making their Stone Age assembly, please take a look by clicking here. ... (click to read more)
14 Oct 2020
House Point Winners for this term are: Splendid Sketchers Please click here to watch the annocment in our assembly. Splendid Sketcher pupils have been rewarded with a "Wear What You Want" this Friday 16th October. If it's your child's P.E. day on Friday they will still need to wear their P.E. kit but this does not have to ... (click to read more)
14 Oct 2020
Lichtenstein Class - Stone Age Day Friday 9th October 2020 Last week, Lichtenstein class went back to the Stone Age. The children dressed up in some fantastic costumes and we went hunting for mammoths, gathering art supplies from our woodland area and making weapons and jewellery. The children also worked very hard to ... (click to read more)
14 Oct 2020
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16 Sep 2020
75th Anniversary for V.E. Day Today families of Ellistown Primary School were given medals in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of V.E. day. The medals were going to be given out to familes at the Ellistown picnic which was to be held on Friday 8th May 2020 but due to ... (click to read more)
01 Jul 2020
Please take a look at our Year 6 leavers celebrations by clicking here. ... (click to read more)
23 Jun 2020
Please take a look at our latest Celebration Assembly held on Tuesday 23rd June by clicking here. ... (click to read more)
16 Jun 2020
Please take a look at the following link for one of our pupils who is striving to achieve an amazing task during lock down. You can help her by supporting her just giving page or sharing her link. Thank you https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stacy-sidney This is a message from her parents: Since Edith has started to ... (click to read more)
11 Mar 2020
Donation from BD Living – Division of Barratt Developments plc A huge thank from Ellistown Primary School for your kind donation of £250 towards Operation Library Development. ... (click to read more)
06 Mar 2020
World Book Day 2020 We had great fun dressing up as a word for World Book Day this year . This helped pupis to explore vocabulary, thinking about what words mean and how they can represent them Here are some of our classes in their costumes. Moore Class Picasso Class Lichtenstein Class Calder Class Matisse Class ... (click to read more)
27 Feb 2020
Operation Library Development New flooring and plastering added to our library over the half term. ... (click to read more)
06 Feb 2020
Reading Afternoon with Years 1, 2, 5 & 6 ... (click to read more)
04 Feb 2020
On Friday 31st January Year 5 class pupils visited The national Space Centre in Leicester. They had such a great time and learnt so much about other plants, visiting the moon and space. ... (click to read more)
30 Jan 2020
Matisse Class are enjoying their marvellous moment and special visit from Tommy Tophat. He has brought all his toys from Victorian Times! ... (click to read more)
23 Jan 2020
Year 5/6 BasketBall Tornament On the 22nd January, our Basketball team represented the school at the NWLSSP event at Ibstock Community College. 9 different teams from various schools across the county attended and were split into 2 pools. Within the pools, each team played eachother once, trying to score as many ... (click to read more)
21 Jan 2020
Year 5 Trip To The Young Voices Performance ... (click to read more)
17 Jan 2020
Operation Library Developement has begun! Following our Christmas fair in December 2019 we have now raised over £4500 towards the development of our new library which will be in the theme of a "Woodland". We have temporarily moved the library into our Modigliani classroom where children can still borrow books and enjoy ... (click to read more)
13 Dec 2019
On Friday we hosted our Christmas Fayre. We had a fantastic time and raised a whopping £1765 towards our Library development fund. A huge thank you to David Wilson Homes and CR Civil engineering Ltd for their generous donations and to everyone that organised and supported our event. ... (click to read more)
22 Nov 2019
We are having a wonderful time at at Julia Donaldson Day ... (click to read more)
11 Oct 2019
We had lots of fun our residfential in London once again this year. Our highlights included our visit to the theatre to see school of work - it was amazing. We also visited th Tower of London and went on the London Eye. We all had a great time. ... (click to read more)
20 Sep 2019
Year 4 visit to the 1620's house. On Wednesday 11th September Picasso class visited the 1620's house at Donningto le Heath. Here are some of the activities we were involved with. ... (click to read more)
19 Sep 2019
Reading Open Day Wednesday 18th September Thank you for everyone who came to join us for our Reading Open Day we all had a great time. Here are some photos captured of the day. Kandinsky Class Kandinsky Class really enjoyed our ‘Open Reading Day’. We loved retelling ‘The Bear Hunt’ story to our ... (click to read more)
23 May 2019
Year 3 & 4 Trip To Beaumanor Hall We all had such a great time at Beaumanor Hall these last 3 days here are some of the new exciting activities we tried. ... (click to read more)
02 May 2019
Our Easter Eggs-travaganza was a huge success! Thank you for everyone who came along and everyone who supportted our event. We managed to raise nearly £1600 towards our new library. WELL DONE TO EVERYONE Here are some of the entries to the competitions on the day. Easter Bonnets Egg Decorating - In the theme of a ... (click to read more)
12 Mar 2019
Matisse & Calder Class visit to the botanical gardens. We had a great time exporing the botanical gardens on Friday 8th March. Here are some of the exciting plants we discovered. ... (click to read more)
12 Mar 2019
Kandinsky visit to Brooksby College to see the lambs. We had a great time exporing Brooksby college where we saw lambs, sheep, pigs and cows. We had a great time. Here are some of the exciting things discovered. ... (click to read more)
27 Feb 2019
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30 Jan 2019
Please click here for details of our IQM Award ... (click to read more)
18 Jan 2019
Moore & Chagall Classes Marvelous Moment ... (click to read more)
18 Jan 2019
Moore Class - Speak Safe Workshop on Wednesday 23rd January ... (click to read more)
16 Jan 2019
On Wednesday 16th January some of our pupils took part in a Boccia event at Ibstock Community Centre. They all had a great time learning a new sport. ... (click to read more)
15 Jan 2019
After all of our fundraising events from 2017 - 2018 construction is complete for our BRAND NEW trim trail in the Key Stage 1 playground. Thank you to everyone who has supported our school towards this fantastic equipment . ... (click to read more)
21 Dec 2018
Our Santa's Grotto was a great success and enjoyed by all of our children. Thank you for everyone who supported it. ... (click to read more)
21 Dec 2018
On Wednesday 19th December Matisse and Calder classes visited Loughborough Town Hall to see Beauty & The Beast. We all had a great time watching the performance. ... (click to read more)
07 Dec 2018
Please click here to find more information about "Ellistown Christmas Capers" Santa will be visiting our school from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. Pupils can come along to speak to Santa about what they are doing for Christmas and what gifts they would like. There is a cost of £2.50 per child payable in ... (click to read more)
21 Nov 2018
On Tuesday 20th November our year 6 pupils visited The Warning Zone in Leicester. Here are some of the activites they took part in. ... (click to read more)
14 Nov 2018
On Friday 9th November, all children in Kandinsky Class will be going to see ‘Tabby McTat’ at The Curve Theatre in Leicester. We had such a great time and all of our children were very well behaved. "I enjoyed Tabby McTat because it was funny. I liked the songs. " Hermione ... (click to read more)
12 Nov 2018
HOMEWORK 2018 / 2019 Please click here for more information about homework in 2018/19 ... (click to read more)
12 Nov 2018
In honour of Remembrance day 2018 our pupils have been very busy by commemorating the 100th year anniversary by making poppies for our sign. Each class was given a number to place their poppies on to involve the whole school. We were also asked by former pupil Michael Wileman, resident of Ellistown ... (click to read more)
09 Nov 2018
We are excited to announce in the next few months we will be proceeding with the construction of our NEW trim trail. The money for this construction has been raised by pupils, family, friends and staff of Ellistown school which we are greatly thankful for. Thank you ... (click to read more)
01 Nov 2018
On Wednesday 31st October Moore and Chagall classes took a trip back in time and went to visit The Black Country Museum. Here are some of the photographs taken of our day. ... (click to read more)
12 Oct 2018
Moore & Chagall Classes Marvelous Moments Moore and Chagall pitched our cleaning products to Neil at Amazon! We all did an amazing job using persuasive language and techniques to pitch our products. It was a tough call but the winner from Year 5 was “Splash Destroyer” who won over Neil ... (click to read more)
12 Oct 2018
Year 5 & 6 Tag Rugby On Thursday 4th October some of our year 5 and 6 pupils went to Coalville Rugby club to join in with a tag rugby tournement. They all played extremly well with great sportmenship and came 3 in the tournement. WELL DONE TEAM! ... (click to read more)
03 Oct 2018
On Thursday 27th September, Year 1 and 2 walked down to St. Christopher’s Church to put on a Harvest Festival. We enjoyed singing our songs and reciting our poems. We learnt about the importance of Harvest and shared this with our families. We would like to thank the Church ... (click to read more)
14 Sep 2018
Year 5 & 6 - Marvellous Moments This week Moore and Chagall were visited by Nick from Amazon. A real life dragon! He has informed us that there is a gap in the market for a new cleaning product and therefore he is willing to invest in a cleaning brand. Over the ... (click to read more)
12 Jun 2018
On Monday 11th June, Matisse had Rich from the Sports Partnership in to give us a special PE lesson. We learnt about a new sport – sitting volleyball! We had a go at practicing different ways to move on our bottoms and how to hit the ball to keep ... (click to read more)
20 Apr 2018
This week, our Out of Hours Club had the pleasure of meeting Mr Chan Kataria, OBE, CEO of EMH Group. His company kindly donated some brand new tablets and Ipads to our club. The meeting was arranged by one of our Lichtenstein parents, Mr Paul haywood. These will help the club ... (click to read more)
22 Mar 2018
On Tuesday 20th March Picasso and Matisse took a trip to Coalville Fire Station. We learnt about the different tools fire fighters used like a spreader, cutter and hose pipes. We even got a chance to practise our firefighting skills… we were shocked how powerful the hoses were! Later on, we ... (click to read more)
20 Mar 2018
Years 2, 3 & 4 Kurling Tournament On Tuesday 13th March some of our year 2, 3 and 4 pupils were selected to play at Ibsock Community College in a Kurling tornament. Most of the children had never had a go at kurling before and were excited to learn about a ... (click to read more)
06 Feb 2018
On 24th January we took a Year 5 and a Year 6 basketball team to the NWLSSP event at Ibstock Community College. Our Year 5 team improved each game playing against Ashby Willesley, Moira and Woodstone. Our Year 6 team played Ashby Willesley, Ibstock and Snarestone and just missed out on ... (click to read more)
12 Dec 2017
Run to Lapland - Friday 8th December On Friday 8th December Ellistown Primary School held our “Run to Lapland event, where pupils, staff and parents took part in a fun run/walk to raise money towards new playground equipment as our wooden trail is now getting old and is in need ... (click to read more)
07 Dec 2017
Our First "Table of Awesomeness" Children are chosen by all the lunchtime staff to join us at the 'Table of Awesomeness' with a friend to celebrate their continued "awesomeness" throughout this half term. They are all fantastic examples of the "Ellistown Way". Quotes from our pupils: "I was so excited I dream't about ... (click to read more)
30 Nov 2017
We are all looking forward to our sponsored “Run to Lapland” next Friday 8th December and hope you can join us by taking part in some laps. As you can see from the attached class pledges picture we need your help to get those extra few miles for us ... (click to read more)
24 Nov 2017
Thank you to all the parents who joined us in their pyjamas on Friday 24th November to enjoy breakfast. We had a very cosy day wearing our pyjamas and telling stories to our bears. We hope the children all enjoyed their new Book Trust book, ‘Bumble Bear.’ ... (click to read more)
21 Nov 2017
A huge thank you and congratulations to everyone who took part in our "Wear Something Spotty" day for The BBC's Children In Need appeal on Friday 17th November. Our school raised £212.30 in support for the charity. Well done to everyone who was involved. ... (click to read more)
08 Nov 2017
Year 3 and 4 had a fantastic day finding out what it was like to live during the Viking times. I In the morning, our classroom was raided by a Viking and then we became Vikings for the rest of the day. We got to see real weapons that they used ... (click to read more)
02 Nov 2017
Year 5/6 Football Ellistown 4 – 1 Ashby Hilltop On Wednesday after school, our Year 5/6 football team put in an excellent display in their first Kirby Shield football match. Playing against a very strong Ashby Hilltop outfit, Ellistown attacked and defended brilliantly in equal measure. The team were solid at ... (click to read more)
01 Nov 2017
The week before half term we had a lovely time on our residential in London. The children’s behaviour was impeccable and we received some lovely feedback from a number of people of people whilst we were there. We thoroughly enjoyed visiting the Tower of London and seeing the Crown ... (click to read more)
01 Nov 2017
Keep Safe Club On Monday 30th October, Moore Class had three visitors from the Leicestershire Police to run a session about how to keep safe in a range of different situations. We looked at people that we can trust, what to do if we are in a tricky situation and ... (click to read more)
10 Oct 2017
Written by Sean Mallon On Thursday 5th October, we played 3 Tag Rugby games in a competition at Broom Leys and it was really fun even though we didn’t get through to the next round. We played against St Clares, Woodstone and Broom Leys. Unfortunately, we lost two games and drew one ... (click to read more)
04 Oct 2017
We have our travelling book fair in school today from 3.15pm - 3.45pm. It will be here every day after school until Tuesday 10th October so come and have a look around and see what books are available. We will also be having a prize draw for £5.00 off vouchers ... (click to read more)
28 Sep 2017
On Thursday afternoon Matisse and Picasso classes took a trip to the church to celebrate Harvest. They performed their Harvest songs and poems beautifully to parents and adults in church and really impressed Olwen with what they had learnt about what happens at Harvest time. Well done Key Stage 1! ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Tuesday mornings Outdoor p.e. will be on Friday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Wednesday mornings. Outdoor p.e. will be on Friday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Wednesday mornings. Outdoor p.e. will be on Thursday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Thursday afternoons Outdoor p.e. will be on Wednesday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Wednesday afternoons Outdoor p.e. will be on Friday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Monday afternoons. Outdoor p.e. will be on Tuesday afternoons. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Indoor p.e will be on Tuesday afternoons. Outdoor p.e. will be on Thursday mornings. Please make sure your child has their p.e. kit. ... (click to read more)
25 Aug 2017
Celebration assemblies will now take place on Thursday mornings each week. ... (click to read more)
22 Jun 2017
Saffron Lane Athletics On Thursday 22nd June, children from Years 4, 5 and 6 went to compete at the NWLSSP Athletics event at Saffron Lane. Children competed in a range of jumping, throwing and running races against all other schools from the North-West Leicestershire area. All events were to a ... (click to read more)
13 Jun 2017
The year 5/6 netball team faced some tough (and very tall!) competition yesterday. Despite their nerves, they worked fantastically well as a team and showed great determination throughout the 6 matches they played. There were some great individual performances such as from Ella D who made some fantastic defensive blocks to ... (click to read more)
18 May 2017
On Wednesday 21st June Modigliani class - year 4 will be attending DeMontfot Hall for their WCET performance 8:00am - 3:00pm ... (click to read more)
18 May 2017
We will be having group photographs taken on Monday 5th June 2017 ... (click to read more)
18 May 2017
Coffee afternoon for Kandinsky parents on Wednesday 21st June from 2.15pm ... (click to read more)
18 May 2017
Kandinsky will be having their class assembly on Thursday 22nd June at 9.00am. Parents are welcome to join us watch the assembly, unfortunately as we are restricted on space pre-school sibling will not be allowed to attend our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. ... (click to read more)
18 May 2017
On Thursday 27th June Year 5 & 6 will be performing "Ye Ha" . Tickets will be on sale from the ParentMail website when we return back to school after the half term holidays. ... (click to read more)
15 May 2017
Summer Fayre Dear Parents & Carers On Thursday 25th May, we will be holding our annual Summer Fayre after school, from 3.30pm until 5.30pm. We hope to have lots to make it an enjoyable ... (click to read more)
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Headteacher: Mrs Simone Fellows
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