Y11 in Stratford for Geography
Year 11 Geography pupils went to London to investigate the effects of the redevelopment of Stratford on East London. We compared Canning Town with Stratford High Street and looked at the Olympic Park and Westfield Shopping centre using land use maps, Environmental...
Maya Project
The Juniors are studying the ancient Maya people and have had fun recreating Tikal, an ancient city in Guatemala, complete with pyramid, temple, palace and plaza for the all-important ball game, Pok-ta-Pok. If you were on the losing team, you were reputedly sacrificed...
Un Pique-nique? El picnic !
A lovely time was had by all at the annual TCST modern foreign languages picnic this Monday afternoon in Hatfield Forest. Pupils were served various French and Spanish inspired foods and drinks and enjoyed the sunshine in the Forest. This was a chance to enjoy...
Move over Henry
In the last week of school the seniors visited the Henry Moore Studio and Gardens. We took the sculptures that years 6 to 9 had made in class and photographed those in front of our starting inspiration point. What do you think?
Vikings in the Forest!
The juniors headed for the forest dressed as Vikings, complete with helmets, shields and swords. We took on Viking names (such as Felix the Vigorous and Paige the Ginger) and choreographed a full Viking Battle, stopping only when one of each pair of opponenets was...
World War II
The Year 7s and 8s looked at World War II in art and as a result made matchboxes that would represent what they found. One made a match box topped by Takeley memorial containing lists of the people's names on the memorial. Another made a box that contained the names...
Year 10 field trip
Year 10 had a field trip to investigate the how the river Chelmer changes along its course. We visited 4 places along the river starting near it's source and ending with the mouth of the river where we saw the estuary. The pupils took measurements of the depth, width,...
Infants trip to Epping Ongar Railway
The infants (Reception to year 2) enjoyed a great day out at the Epping Ongar Railway recently as part of their topic on transport and how it has changed over time. The children we able to experience how people travelled on some of the early diesel trains as well as...
Juniors Victorian Trip
As part of their topic on Victorians the Juniors recently visited Braintree Museum where they discovered more about life in Victorian times. They learnt about life in the mills and did some weaving, tried plaiting corn-dolly style and discovered how washing was done....
Maths Challenge
Well done to our Upper Juniors who recently took part in the Mathematics Challenge. Here they are showing off their bronze and gold certificates.








