Monthly Archives: November 2017

Football Fun

by | 11 Nov 2017 | Classes

Mr Bassett and Mrs Bilner took some of our Year 2 boys to a football competition held at Inspire in Ipswich. The 5 a side tournament was attended by approximately 20 other primary schools.  The boys played 10 matches; won one, lost one and drew six.  They played really well, showed great skills and team […]

Craft Club

by | 11 Nov 2017 | Extracurricular, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers

On Thursday after school some of the Year One and Year Two children joined Miss Jones for a craft club. This week they focused on fireworks; the children enjoyed making Catherine Wheels. They used paint and glitter to decorate red paper plates and attached them to a kitchen roll. With support the children added ribbon for the […]

Fantastic Fireworks

by | 11 Nov 2017 | Art & Design, History, Kingfishers

The children in Kingfishers Class have been learning about Fireworks this week. The Year One children have really enjoyed learning about The Gunpowder Plot in History and the Reception children have been using their creative skills  to produce lovely firework pictures using a salad spinner and their fingers.  

VolleyBall Enrichment

by | 11 Nov 2017 | PE

On Tuesday, Mr Leroux taught the children some skills, rules and tactics associated with volleyball.  They learnt new vocabulary such as ‘dig’, ‘set, ‘serve’, ‘smash’ and block. They used balloons to practise passing and catching in small groups before playing some matches against each other. Well done children and thank you Mr Leroux.  

Bikeability Success

by | 11 Nov 2017 | Achievements, Swans

On Monday and Tuesday, 12 of our Year 5 children took part in Bikeability training sessions. They learnt (amongst other things) how to check their own bikes to ensure they were road-worthy, how to start and stop safely as well as perform some manoeuvres on the road. All the children concentrated and listened really well […]

Woodbridge School Poetry Event

by | 11 Nov 2017 | English, Owls, Swans

As a result of poetry work they had submitted to a competition last year, the Year 4 and 5 children were invited to attend an interactive poetry reading at Woodbridge School. We listened to two published poets, John and Emily, reading work that they and others had written in an anthology themed around Space. There […]