Trafalgar Road, Colchester, Essex CO3 9AS

01206 573519

Lexden Primary School

Community, Courage, Curiosity and Commitment

Passport to Tomorrow

  

Our Vision

At Lexden Primary School, everyone strives to create

a community built on effective partnerships, respect and

high aspirations.

We believe our children should feel valued and aim for

excellence in all that they do. 

Our challenging and innovative curriculum offers a

wealth of experience and opportunity, developing skills,

confidence and independence, to prepare our children

for tomorrow.

  

Our Values

 

Community—We respect the world around us and the people we share it with.

Courage—We are brave and believe in ourselves; we take responsibility for our actions.

Curiosity—We are always ready to learn new things.

Commitment—We persevere; always doing our best

 

 

Early Years Award

 

To say hello in three different languages.
(Community)
To finger spell my name.
(Community)

To write my friends names.
(Community)
To sort rubbish so it can be recycled.
(Community)
To meet a police officer.
(Community)

Take part in show and tell.
(Courage)
Take part in an assembly.
(Courage)
Take part in a sporting event.
(Courage)
Make a sandwich and eat it.
(Curiosity)
Build a sandcastle.
(Curiosity)

Visit a library.
(Curiosity)
Buy something with money.
(Curiosity)
Build a hotel for bugs.
(Curiosity)
Conduct an experiment.
(Curiosity)
Get myself dressed.
(Commitment)

Build a den.
(Commitment)
Grow a plant and take care of it.
(Commitment)
Eat with a knife and fork.
(Commitment)

 

Key Stage 1 Award

 

Learn basic greetings using British Sign Language.
(Community)
Write and post a letter.
(Community)
Raise money for a charity.
(Community)
Share a story.
(Community)
Take part in a litter pick.
(Community)

Try food from another culture.
(Community)
Join a club.
(Community)
Read someone you don’t know a story.
(Courage)
Say something in assembly.
(Courage)
Learn and perform a dance routine.
(Courage)

Climb a tree.
(Courage)
Visit a museum.
(Curiosity)
Make and fly a kite.
(Curiosity)
Go pond dipping.
(Curiosity)
Watch a sporting event.
(Curiosity)

Go star gazing and name three constellations.
(Curiosity)
Paddle in the sea.
(Curiosity)
Make something using sewing.
(Commitment)
Make and eat a meal.
(Commitment)
Sell something that I have made.
(Commitment)

Write my whole name including my middle names.
(Commitment)
Win a pupil of the week certificate.
(Commitment)
Tie my own shoe laces.
(Commitment)
Grow something and eat it.
(Commitment)

 

Key Stage 2 Award

 Have a conversation in a different language.
(Community)
Perform a signed song.
(Community)
Write a letter to a member of parliament.
(Community)
Visit the Houses of Parliament.
(Community)
Visit three different places of worship.
(Community)

Take part in a community clear up project.
(Community)
Work with someone from a different school.
(Community)
Welcome a visitor and give them a tour of the school.
(Community)
Take part in a sponsored event.
(Community)
Take part in a play.
(Courage)

Spend the night away from home.
(Courage)
Represent the school.
(Courage)
Learn and perform a poem to someone you don’t know.
(Courage)
Present a house assembly.
(Courage)
Swim 25 meters
(Courage)

Organise and manage a budget.
(Curiosity)
Share a research project with your peers.
(Curiosity)
Make something explode.
(Curiosity)
Go on a train.
(Curiosity)
Meet an author.
(Curiosity)

Visit a gallery.
(Curiosity)
Cook over a camp fire.
(Curiosity)
Win a Golden Leaf.
(Commitment)
Take part in the Great Lexden Water Fight.
(Commitment)
Publish a piece of writing.
(Commitment)

Play a musical instrument to others.
(Commitment)
Grow something, cook it and then eat it.
(Commitment)
Have my art displayed in the Lexden Gallery.
(Commitment)
Learn simple first aid.
(Commitment)
Keep a diary.
(Commitment)

Complete the Lexden Reading Challenge.
(Commitment)