Reception Go 'Wild' About Their Learning

05 Nov

It was a very exciting afternoon in the Reception classrooms today as learners ticked off challenge number 17 from their Eastbrook 50 Things poster: “Meet a wild animal.”

Mrs Turner brought in her tortoise from home, and students loved meeting Speedy and observing him as he moved around. We discussed his shell and the job it does, how it feels to touch him, his diet, habitat, and how he will soon be spending his winter months.

We also saw some admirable examples of courage, as some children who had been a bit unsure of this unfamiliar creature at first managed to touch him by the end of the session. Emily said, “I didn’t like how he moved at the beginning, but then I felt him and it felt like a shell from the beach, and I wasn’t scared anymore.”

Eastbrook School is an Ofsted rated Good, all-through school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham and is part of the Barking Abbey family. Founded in 1933, Eastbrook has a well-established history of serving the local community, with many generations of families attending as students and even joining as staff. The primary school opened in 2016 and is growing in size year on year. The secondary school transferred into new, state of the art buildings in 2017, benefiting from purpose-built specialist learning environments with industry level resources and outstanding access to green outdoor spaces.

Eastbrook is a thriving and growing community school, welcoming students from a broad range of backgrounds, culturally, economically and in terms of need.

Eastbrook School: PROUD TO BE