School events

March 2025

Our primary children were very happy to dress up for World Book Day and prizes were awarded to Oscar (1st), Lottie (2nd) and Martha (3rd) for their outstanding costumes.   FoES ran a very successful 'Bedtime Stories' event in the evening.   And not to be out-done, a week later our senior pupils dressed up for World Book day.   This was great fun!    Prizes went to William, Faith and Barnie.   Well done everyone.  

Class 3 Residential at Mill on the Brue Outdoor Activity Centre, Bruton, Somerset. March 2^nd to March 4^th, 2026

Years 5 and 6, together with children from Immanuel School, very much enjoyed their time at Mill on the Brue. God blessed us with good weather, great activities and a thoroughly happy time.

November 2025 - Classes 1 and 2 went aboard the Canal Ministries barge which was warm and cosy on a frosty morning. 

July 2025

The drama club put on a fantastic production 'Treachery at Traitors Quay'.   The pupils had such fun presenting this to their parents after months of hard practising.  

June 2025

This year we organised a residential for our senior pupils and they had great fun with activities like axe throwing, archery, kayaking, team challenges, crate stack, fire lighting, climbling wall, high ropes, low ropes, Jacob's ladder, team games and battle archery.   We are very grateful for our friends at WOLT who organised such a fun time, camping at their Thoulstone Park near Chapmanslade.  

June 2025 - Year 6 had a very special leavers trip to enjoy some watersports in Bath.   The Year 5's were invited to join them!

"On Tuesday evening we went paddle boarding. When we got there we surprisingly saw a large paddle board that turned out to be for all of us. We got our paddles and got on. We went to the famous landmark Pulteney Bridge and Parade Gardens where we saw the spot where a scene of the Willy Wonka film was filmed. Then we paddled back. We were singing songs together and even found out some facts about the river. When we got back the girls built up enough courage to jump in twice. Finally, the boys built up enough courage to join the girls in the end. We jumped in as a whole class, had lots of fun and took some pictures. Overall, it was one of the most fun things we’ve ever done”. Poppy, Year 6.

8th May 2025 - VE day.   The school had a special assembly to recognise VE day, 80 years on.    Our primary and secondary pupils had crocheted poppies to make a fabulous display for the occasion.   

April 2025 - It was a beautiful sunny day and we were very proud of all our pupils and staff as they completed either a 5, 10 or 15 mile walk, or 15, 30 mile cycle.   All sponsorship monies were for the extension fund and we raised £5349 !

March 2025 - World Book Day - we celebrated World Book Day by asking our primary children to make wooden spoon figures of their favourite book characters.   There was a prize for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd and a smaller prize for all the entrants.   The primary children came back to school in their pyjamas in the evening to have stories read by our senior pupils.      

February 2025 - Visit from Brian Mathew, MP   We were very pleased to have a visit from Brian Mathew, our MP.   The pupils asked him some very thought-provoking questions and he did his best to answer them.   

January 2025 - On Thursday we played a football game against Appleford school with a combined team of pupils from Emmaus and Maranatha. The children played a great game of football. The first half was tough playing as a new team but the second half they came out strong and scored some great goals. The final score was 8-5 to Appleford, ending with an unfortunate penalty scored against us.    They should all be proud of themselves for sticking as a team and working hard until the final whistle.