On Monday 4th March, the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) delivered their annual STEM Faraday Challenge to selected Year 8 students from Philip Morant, Paxman and St Helena. This is an annual competition of STEM activity days with a real-world challenge for students aged between 12 and 13 years. The brief this year was...Read More

What an amazing end to the half term with the wonderful whole school production of Matilda Jr. Congratulations to the wonderful team of staff and students who worked so hard and displayed such talent. We have received so many high praise messages from those who came to watch. Thank you to everyone for your support...Read More

Between 15th January and 14th February students in their tutor groups have been participating in the UK Youth Parliament “Make Your Mark” campaign which gives young people aged between 11 and 18 the opportunity to vote on the issues that they feel affect them and their peers the most. The results will influence hundreds of...Read More

On Thursday 8th February, six of our Esports Club students represented Philip Morant School at the Digital Schoolhouse Splatoon 3 competition. Four students played in the final against an opposing school while two were commentating the live stream for all. It was an exciting day at Braintree Arena, and students are now preparing for their...Read More

Congratulations to two of our Year 8 students, Oscar & Arthur. They have submitted the School’s first ever entry into the Moon Camp Challenge, a worldwide competition run by the European Space Agency alongside the Airbus Foundation, in partnership with Autodesk. To enter the students had to design a habitat for human space exploration. Their...Read More

Our careers advisor has been working with our Year 7 tutor groups recently to introduce them to the world of work. They have been working through the stages of the Morrisby Careers Advice and Guidance Online programme and to start their career conversations early. The introductory session supported them with logging in, completing a simple...Read More

We are so proud of Shahrbano. She joined us from Afghanistan a year ago. She was recognised at the Aspiration presentation on 31st January for her GCSE English speaking presentation to her class on the challenges faced by Afghan women. We are so pleased she has the opportunity to be educated. She has demonstrated her...Read More

It was a pleasure to host some Colchester schools for year 8 North Essex Mathematical Olympiad (NEMO) on Monday. The hall had such a fun, exciting atmosphere as they worked together to solve some complicated and interesting maths questions. We are very proud of our 3 teams for their participation and have loved hearing how...Read More

Thank you to all our students, staff, and parents for the money raised and donations of Christmas gifts in our Year 8 Charity Week. Christmas gifts have been bought, wrapped and delivered to the following through Helping Kids in Colchester: Action to Young Carers, RAMA (Refugee, Asylum Seeker & Migrant Action – Formerly Refugee Action...Read More

On Wednesday 6th December as part of our STEM Academy programme, students visited Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford, to listen to former British Cycling Head of Technology. Students learned about the stages of innovation, key team components and aspects of the design and aerodynamics to develop the bike used at the Tokyo Olympics. Students posed questions,...Read More