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As well as this page of our website, remember to take a look at our BGJS News Gallery and Sports Gallery to find out more about what has been happening at our school!
Please look at our Key Dates 2019/20 document and write all of our social events on your calendar! Christmas Fayre, Outdoor Nativity, Summer Fayre and BGJS Community Festival to name just a few. We look forward to seeing you!
(If you or anyone you know is interested in volunteering to perform at our 2020 festival, please email the school office. Thanks!)
What a great night this was for our community back in 2017...
Thanks to Mr. Wingfield for this fantastic video!
It really does captures how much fun we had celebrating our 50th Anniversary here at BGJS!
Thanks as always to our fantastic PA and to all other volunteers for their time and support. We couldn't have done it without you!
- 20/01/20
BGJS ARTS WEEK 2020
It is Arts Week at BGJS and we are having so much fun with our learning. The week started with a special assembly about Chinese New Year! The dragon certainly helped to wake everyone up on a Monday morning!Read Full Story - 08/01/20
CRUELLA DE VIL VISITS OUR YEAR 3
Our Year 3 had a very different afternoon recently when they were visited by Cruella De Vil in the hall! Our kids asked some excellent questions and everyone had a lot of fun.Read Full Story - 06/01/20
WELCOME TO THE 20s
A very Happy New Year to all of our BG community. We have a super Spring term planned with lots of exciting learning experiences for our children, so let's make 2020 a year to remember!Read Full Story - 19/12/19
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ALL AT BGJS
Wishing our school community a lovely Christmas and New Year! See you on Monday 6th January.Read Full Story - 06/12/19
IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR
Thank you and well done to our wonderful Year 3 classes, Oak and Spruce, for their beautiful Christingle services recently. We really are in the Christmas spirit at BGJS and we look forward to many more learning opportunities and celebration events before the end of term.Read Full Story - 06/12/19
KURLING KINGS AND QUEENS
Well done to our mixed Kurling team for WINNING the Southend tournament recently! We are very proud of you.Read Full Story - 21/11/19
DETERMINED DODGEBALL TEAM BATTLE FOR BRONZE
Our brilliant Year 3 & 4 Dodgeball team won bronze in the Southend Tournament recently when they competed with nine other schools. Some terrific team work and excellent effort throughout the morning and we are very proud of you!Read Full Story - 20/11/19
YEAR 3 MAKE SUPER SMOOTHIES
Our Year 3 decided to end their topic ‘Scrumdiddlyumptious’ with a brilliant event recently as children designed and made their own smoothies for a real audience. The imaginative learning project enabled children to tuck in and enjoy a yummy journey of discovery, tasting fantas...Read Full Story - 23/10/19
GORGEOUS GLOW GALLERY
Our Year 4 displayed an excellent range of work in their Glow Gallery recently. Thank you to so many parents and families for coming to enjoy the sensory experience in our transformed school hall! What a wonderful way to celebrate all the learning that has taken place in our creative curri...Read Full Story - 16/10/19
SUPERB STUBBERS RESIDENTIAL
Year 5 had a great time at Stubbers recently. Quality time together with 9 fun activities and a campfire with lots of food and laughs! Photos will be uploaded into the Year 5 photo gallery soon!Read Full Story - 03/10/19
CROSS COUNTRY SUCCESS
48 BGJS Pupils competed in a large Cross Country competition at Garons recently. The effort our runners put in was superb and so were the results! Many achieved personal best positions and some have qualified for Essex. Congratulations to our whole squad!Read Full Story - 01/10/19
TABLE TENNIS TEAM QUALIFY FOR ESSEX FINALS
We are ready for another great year of sport and it has certainly started well! Our table tennis teams were in action recently with our girls' team winning bronze (out of 10 schools) and our boys' winning silver. The boys will now go on to compete at the Essex finals in Harlow. Well done to...Read Full Story