News About Our School
Why do we remember Mary Anning?
This half term i History the children in Kingfishers Class will be focusing on the question - How was Mary Anning’s trip to the beach the start of a ‘new beginning’? The children thought about the enquiry question - Why do we remember Mary Anning? The children were...
Dinosaurs
The children in Kingfishers Class were very surprised when they found the window open, some dinosaur footprints on the table and a nest full of eggs. The children became explorers and thought about the evidence they had found and came to the conclusion a dinosaur had...
Dinosaur Explorers
The children became dinosaur explorers. They got ready to hunt for dinosaurs. The children used binoculars and magnifying glasses looking carefully for dinosaurs. The children drew pictures of the dinosaurs they found and wrote the name of it. Lovely role play...
Cooking and Nutrition: Smoothies
The children began focusing on Cooking and Nutrition: Smoothies. The children thought about the question - Can we identify fruits? Miss Jones showed the children pictures of food and the children were asked to identify them. The children were invited to answer the...
Science – Plants
This term in Science we explored plants and how they are similar to humans! The children worked extremely hard learning lots of new vocabulary and their meaning. We also conducted an experiment which the children observed over time; they placed carnations and lettuce...
Woodpeckers Forest School with Art
Earlier this term the children enjoyed their Art lessons within forest schools; they explored the ceramic artists Ranti Bam and Rachel Whiteread, and looked at their pieces of work and created their own using similar techniques. The children have had a fabulous time...
Leaflets About Stratford St Mary
The children in Year One became Geographers and focused on the question - How can we describe Stratford St Mary to a visitor? The children recapped over their walk around the village and thought about what they saw (human features). The children created a leaflet all...
Community Christmas
Miss Jones made a display of all the Christmas Baubles the children had decorated. Miss Jones will take the display to Black Brook House care home for the residents, to brighten up their Christmas. Great teamwork Kingfishers! The children also made cards for the...
Recycling Workshop
The Swans enjoyed their Recycling Workshop where they learnt about the different materials that can be recycled and what happens to waste when it leaves our house.
Village Walk
The children in Kingfishers class went for a walk round the village to see what facilities Stratford St Mary has. The children listened to Miss Jones as she told them about being safe (walking and listening) and using quiet voices. They walked around the village and...
Baarmy Bethlehem
The children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class took part in their nativity performance of ‘Baarmy Bethlehem!’ to their family members in Stratford St Mary Church. They sang their songs beautifully, said their words clearly and were very well behaved whilst the...
Road Safety Week
The children came to school in their brightest socks to celebrate Road Safety Week and raising money for Children in Need! We raised over £60! Thank you!
Kingfishers Assembly
The Kingfishers performed their class assembly to their parents and the rest of the school. The children were confident to stand up and perform to the audience. The children told the weather forecast, they retold the story of ‘After the Storm’ by Nick Butterworth and...
Modeshift Stars Accreditation
We are very pleased to announce we have received our Good Travel Plan for our efforts to increase levels of walking, cycling and other forms of sustainable travel.
Theatre Trip to London
On Wednesday 4th December, children from the Owls and Swans class travelled to London. The first stop was the National Gallery and then to the Lyceum Theatre to watch The Lion King Musical. Thank you to all the adults who accompanied us on the trip. A great day was...
Christmas Elves
The children were very excited as a parcel was delivered. The children passed the parcel around and were able to give their suggestions of what was in the parcel. Miss Jones opened the parcel and found Tinsel and Jingle in the box. Miss Jones read the letter to the...
Autumn Mandala
In Art the children designed and made a mandala which can be used as a sun catcher. At break time they collected autumn leaves. They used the autumn leaves to create a circular pattern which they tried to make symmetrical. Amazing art work. [gallery...
Drawing – Making Waves
The children became ‘artists’ and began focusing on - Drawing. The children thought about the question - Can we explore line and mark making to draw water? The children recapped over last week’s lesson and identified the lines. The children were shown a range of the...
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2024
Thank you for your generosity towards this year's poppy appeal - £214.12 was raised by the school.
Story Opening
In English, we are looking at the story of Cinderella. We have learnt skills such as using commas in lists, prepositional phrases and have tried to use adventurous vocabulary. Today we wrote our story opening and tried to include these skills. Here is some of our work...
Owls’ First Day Back
The Owls had a great first day back on Tuesday. We had an immersion morning to launch our new topic on Crete. One of the activities was to make 3D maps of Crete using plasticine. In the afternoon, we did Forest School. The children had a great time feeding the birds,...
Weather Immersion Session
The children began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter from Marlena the Weather Scientist and a bag of items. The children explored the bag of items, naming them and thinking about what weather condition they were associated...
Sutton Hoo!
This week we have published our writing; a report about Sutton Hoo. We learnt the need for a heading and subheadings and presenting our information clearly. We found our information through watching short clips, reading books and investigating who may have been buried...
R.E. – Hinduism
In RE, as part of our Hinduism unit of work, we have been acting out the story of The Blind Man and The Elephant to help us understand that there are many ideas about God and they are not all the same. It depends who you ask and what aspect of the religion you look...