Welcome to Abacus Primary School
We are a community focused Primary School located in Wickford (Essex), accommodating 420 pupils, aged 4-11 years. We have been rated as a 'Good' school by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted).
We hope you enjoy looking at our website, and sharing in our daily learning journeys.
Our Mission Statement & Aims
Aspire Believe Achieve Create United Success
To be welcoming, friendly and caring, so that pupils feel secure, safe, happy and purposefully employed.
To provide a stimulating and varied curriculum.
To achieve high standards and expectations.
To provide access to an ICT rich environment.
To ensure children develop confidence, independence, self motivation,
concentration and high self esteem thus achieving their potential.
To inspire all who contribute to the life of the school to be successful.
Parents to be treated as partners in education, to be courteously received, listened to, fully informed and asked to use a similar code of conduct as that employed by the school.
To involve the community to participate in the life of the school.
To value one another in an ever changing world.
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15/9/2023 Welcome to our new Foundation children who started with us today
CIRCUS DAY 5/10
World Mental Health Day 10/10/23
On the 12th October 2023, 6 children from KS2 took part in a ten-pen bowling event at Hollywood Bowl in Basildon.
They had a great time playing alongside other schools and there were even some ‘strikes’!
12/10/2023
Year 2 had a fantastic visit to the Tower of London on 13/10/2023. Their behaviour was fantastic and considering they sat in a lot of traffic on the way home, due to the A13 being closed, they arrived back at school with big smiles.
Year 2 Harvest Festival
17th & 18th November
Well done to Eloise and Anais who accompanied Mrs Ferrari and I to the Healthy Schools festival on 19/10/2023 where we were presented with two awards.
We received a certificate of achievement for the successful completion of the health improvement project linked to PSHE- ‘Healthy Schools Expectation’ and also ‘The Best Practice Award’ for our work on becoming a Dementia Friendly Aware School .
Thank you to all of the familes that attended the Foundation Family Read on 19/10/23.
Anti-Bullying week began on Monday 13th November, when children were invited to wear odd socks which added a little colour and pattern around the school. Throughout the week children completed activities including making posters, kindness art and kind hands.
What a great morning we had at St Andrews church on Tuesday morning with 8 artists from across Key Stage 2 viewing the ‘From Hong Kong to Wickford’ exhibition. The children got to view the work of Ho Wai-On and friends around the church before drawing in their own sketchbooks and creating their own portraits. Thank you to Mrs Playle for organising this event.
From Hong Kong to Wickford Art Exhibition 21/11/23
Thank you to everyone who came along and supported our Christmas Fayre on Wednesday 29th November.
A big well done and thank you to our 'Abacus All stars' for their first public performance this academic year (thank you to Mrs Meech for preparing them for this event) and thank you to the children for all their craft making, creativity and enthusiasm.
Thanks also to FAPS - Abacus Primary PTA for supporting this event.
Foundation were very proud to present....
Foundation's Christmas performances were on Wednesday 6th December & Thursday 7th December- we were so incredibly proud of each and every one of you for your amazing performances in your Christmas plays this week. You all spoke with confidence, sang with enthusiasm and lit the stage up with your smiles.... Well done!
Year 1 were very proud to present....
Year 1's Christmas performances were on Wednesday 6th December & Thursday 7th December- we are so incredibly proud of each and every one of you for your amazing performances in your Christmas plays this week. You all spoke with confidence, sang with enthusiasm and lit the stage up with your smiles.... Well done
1/12/2023
Thank you to FAPS for providing a great Magic Night for our families. The children really enjoyed the show and a great evening was had by all!
Saturday 9th December
12th & 13th December
Thank you so much to our amazing kitchen team for all their efforts this week in preparing and serving over 400 Christmas lunches!
The children had a great time being served by their teaching teams and enjoying their meals with their friends.
The children had a great time when Cinderella came to visit and perform a panto at school. There was lots of 'cheering' and 'booing' throughout the show...everyone seemed to have lots of fun!
19/12/2023
Years 1 to 6 took part in a Christmas Poetry Slam where classes and year groups performed a poem to the rest of the school. Thank you to Mrs Evans and Mrs Craske for organising this event which everyone thoroughly enjoyed. We were delighted to welcome Jean and Toni from Silvanna Court as our judges. They had a very difficult job but after much deliberation they crowned Year 2 as the KS1 winners after writing their own poem ‘The Year Two Twelve Days of Christmas’ and Gold Class were the KS2 winners who performed the poem ‘T’was the Week Before Christmas- a Christmas poem for teachers’.
