Eureka Primary School

05/03/2025

As part of our commitment to reducing traffic in the area around our site, we have worked with https://modeshift.org.uk/ to plan ways to secure increased levels of safe, active and sustainable travel to and from our school.

These plans have been reviewed and we have been awarded the Good Travel Plan Modeshift STARS accreditation for our commitment to sustainable travel in the area.

Now that the nicer weather has arrived it might be time to get the bikes out of the shed, tighten up the helmets, fasten those laces and encourage the children to ride, scoot or walk to and from school.

17/01/2025

Please find attached the flyer giving details of the East Midlands Airport ' Flying in the Future' competition to celebrate the airport's 60th Anniversary.

All entries must be submitted to Mr Brazier by Monday 10th February, 2025.

The children are welcome to draw, make models, use computer games such as Minecraft, or produce videos or songs about the future of flying. Any Lego/Meccano used will be returned to the children after photographs have been taken.

If you wish to submit a digital entry please email it to [email protected]

10/12/2024

...and a very good finish to the tournament as well! Leaving with Eureka Red as Champions and Eureka Whites in a very respectable third place - just one point off making the final.

The children showed excellent behaviour as always, representing the school impeccably, shaking hands with the opponents and thanking the referees for their time and efforts.

A big thank you to Mercia Academy for hosting us (and providing treats and prizes), the staff there and the Year 10 children who refereed the games, they were a credit to your school.

10/12/2024

A good start to the tournament down at the Mercia Academy tonight. Eureka Whites with a win in their opening game and a draw for Eureka Reds. All the action being beamed back to their friends in the recreation room via Sky Sports Swad.

19/11/2024

School is open today as normal, please take your time getting here this morning as the paths are slippy around the estate.

22/10/2024

Summer may seem a long way away now as we wake up to the wind and rain of Autumn but we have just finished counting the monies from the family picnic on the last day of school in July and we are proud to announce that our Parent Group raised a fantastic £244.70, which has been put towards the cost of the Christmas Pantomime in order to reduce the contribution amount for each child, which is fantastic.

Thank you to everybody who attended our annual event, and to those who helped to organise it! If you would like to help organise events with the Parent Group please speak to Miss Hurt or Mr Brazier and we'll put you in touch with the relevant parents.

We will update through the year with how the money raised by our Parent Group supports the school, the children and education / the curriculum.

10/10/2024

Things are going well at the half way point in the Small School's Football Tournament. Three games, three clean sheets and three wins so far. Goals from Bailey and Jacob sealing the wins.

08/10/2024

Just a quick reminder that we have the Early Reading and Phonics Workshop running this evening for parents of children in Adventurers and Thinkers. The workshop is mainly aimed at parents who are new to school and want to know more about how phonics is taught in school and how to support their children at home - as well as this we will also be looking at the Phonics Screening Check that all children in Year One have to take part in during July.

We will also cover the teaching of early reading and how to best support your child with this. Parents of children in Year 2 you may have attended this workshop before but you are more than welcome to join us again if you would like a refresher.

The workshops will be in the Thinkers classroom at 3:30 and 5:30 this evening - we hope to see you at one of them.

For those who can't make it there is a short video below explaining more about phonics and we will send out the Powerpoints in PDF form this evening.

Sophie Thomson, Head of English and extended curriculum at Pearson, explains on this video the basics of phonics, how they work and provides practical guidan...

03/10/2024

A big thank you to Adam and the team at Hearthcote Road Tesco for donating some of the items from their own well-being budget to the Breakfast Club here at Eureka - ensuring pupils get a healthy (and tasty) start to the school day. Tesco have also donated a range of stationery for use in lessons. Barnaby, Lacey and Ernie were on hand to offer their thanks this evening.

24/09/2024

Upcoming Workshops for Parents:

New to Google Classroom: Thursday 26th September (3:20 - 3:50) in the Thinkers' Classroom (Aimed predominantly at Year 1 parents but anyone who is new to using Google Classroom or needs a refresher is welcome).

Phonics and Early Reading: Tuesday 8th October (3:30 - 4:15 and 5:30 - 6:15) in the Thinkers' Classroom (Aimed predominantly at the parents of children in Reception and Year 1 but Year 2 parents are also welcome is they would like a refresher).

04/07/2024

A fantastic afternoon of sport over at Granville Academy for the Key stage 1 Mini Olympics. Our children were brilliantly behaved and the young coaches from Granville were a credit to their school. Thank you to all the parent helpers who came with us today and thank you to the several others who offered support.

23/05/2024

Turn on the Subtitles this half term - and make a change to help your children become better readers!

04/04/2024

Don't forget to vote for Eureka if you're over at Rosliston Forestry Centre this Easter holiday. Our entry to the competition was designed by Sebastian in Reception (with a little bit of help from his mummy) and was brought to life by the children in Adventurers.

05/03/2024

This Friday (8.3.2024), the FA is organising the UK’s biggest ever football session for girls. The plan is to get all schools, colleges and youth groups to take part in a training session at some point during the day. At Eureka we would like to hold our session during lunchtime between 12:30 and 1:00. We will be taking part in several training drills on the field – and then in a few weeks time we will organise a match for the children to take part in involving the school houses.

If your daughter would like to take part in this football session then please just ask them to come in their P.E. kit on Friday. The session is open to all girls in Key Stage Two (Years 3 – 6).

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13/02/2024

British Science Week is fast approaching (it runs between the 8th and 17th March) and it is an event that we always get involved in at Eureka. There will be activities in each class and several assemblies during the week.

To run alongside this, we will also be running a Poster Competition for children in EYFS, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 (with a prize for the three respective Key Stages).

This year’s theme is Time – celebrating 30 years of British Science Week. In assembly I suggested to the children that they may wish to focus their poster on one of the following themes.

• The evolution of humans or animals over time.
• The evolution of technology over time – this could be computers, games consoles, mobile phones, military technology, space technology, etc.
• The change in the climate over time, whether this be the past 150 years, or over 10’s of thousands of years.
• The changing shape of the world over time – from it’s formation to now.

These are just suggestions and we would encourage the children to let their imagination run with this theme – as long as there is a link to science and time.

There is no set size or format for the poster – they can be 2d or 3d, little or large and use any medium the children wish.

All entries will be displayed in the school library, the deadline for entries is Tuesday 26th March, 2024, with winners being announced in the celebration assembly that Friday. The winners will be entered into the National Competition – details of which are on the British Science Week website.

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths taking place between 8-17 March 2024!