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Australian Penpals

We are excited to share that we have received our first letters from our penpals! Over the next half term, the children will be reading the letters and learn...
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Gunpowder Mills Trip – Years 5 & 6

What a trip! All of Year 5/6 were lucky enough to visit one of the largest Gunpowder Mills in the country. This was part of our WW2 topic in our history less...
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Friends of Robert Drake

A huge thank you to our 'Friends of Robert Drake' for the target and magnetic dartboards they recently purchased for the pupils.  £60 well spent, we may ha...
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Teachrex Workshop

It's not every day that a school is visited by a dragon but that's exactly what happened at Robert Drake Last week. We met Sol the dragon and were involved i...
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BATIC - 2025

BATIC – Palace Theatre The drama group was pupils from years 5 and 6. They performed a sketch called either The Train Journey. They were 1 out of 16 acts ...
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Boccia Final Results

Children from years 5 & 6 attended the Boccia Finals at Basildon Sporting Village. They did amazingly well, placing 6th out of 14 schools. They represented t...
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Essex Fire Service

The Essex Fire Service came into school to talk to the children in years 5 & 6 about cyber security and keeping safe online.
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Christmas Bazaar

We raised an amazing £2678.01 at the Christmas Bazaar! Thank you for your continued support.
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All of children and staff really enjoyed World Book Day 2025. We had some wonderful costumes and the…
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