News About Our School
Minsmere Trip
To tie in with our topic on Coasts, on Monday 20th June, Owls class went to RSPB Minsmere. In the morning, we went down to the shore and learnt about coastal erosion. We also did some beachcombing, trying to find all the things on our sheet. In the afternoon, we did a...
Sailing on the Orwell
On Tuesday 14th June, our year 6 children had the opportunity of sailing at Neptune Sailing School, based at Woolverstone Marina. The children worked in groups of 3, accompanied by an instructor, and spent 2 hours on the water learning how to sail. It was a...
Potatoes
The children were very excited about digging up the potatoes and seeing how many they got. The children dug through the soil with their hands collecting the potatoes. The children had to look carefully to make sure they hadn’t left any. With support, the children were...
Andy Goldsworthy Art
This half term the children in Kingfishers Class will be focusing on collage. Today the children found out about the artist Andy Goldsworthy. The children were asked to respond to the work of Andy Goldsworthy. The children used natural objects and the techniques of...
Constable Day
To fit in with our whole school enquiry question "Why does Stratford St Mary fascinate historians?" we focused on what the village would have been like in John Constable's time. We found out that John Constable was alive during the Georgian period. On Thursday 26th...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
The children in Kingfishers Class became artists. The children learned about the artist Yayoi Kusama. She is a Japanese artist who is sometimes called ‘the princess of polka dots'. Although she makes lots of different types of art – paintings, sculptures, performances...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Bunting
The children coloured in some bunting for Mrs Cousins which is going to be put up in the village for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. They also made bunting for BlackBrook Residential Home. Great teamwork Kingfishers!
Bread and Butter
The children in Kingfishers Class became bakers. The children put on their aprons and washed their hands. They discussed why they needed to wash their hands and why they shouldn't touch anything while they were cooking. Miss Jones and Mrs Clark spoke to the children...
Walk to School Week
During the week of the 16th of May the children were encouraged to walk to school. Parents parked their cars at the end of Strickmere and walked to school (even in the rain). In the classroom, the teachers displayed a wall chart which showed the class’ participation...
Colchester Castle Romans Fun!
On Tuesday 17th May, the children in Woodpeckers class loaded the double decker bus and set off excitedly for Colchester Castle (although I think they were more excited to spot Macdonalds on the way!) The children went underground into the old Roman vaults and learnt...
Kingfishers Assembly
The Kingfishers performed their first assembly of the school year. The children were confident to stand up and talk to the audience. The children retold the story of ‘Farmer Duck’ and sang ‘Big Red Combine Harvester’. A great assembly Kingfishers, [gallery...
Contrasting Colours
This half term, the Owls are developing their painting skills. So far we have explored texture and colour mixing. Our most recent lesson focused on contrasting colours. The children had to 'overpaint' their existing work with contrasting colours. They were able to...
Gymnastics Success
This year, the gymnastics festival was held virtually. These children worked with Mrs Allum on some floor and apparatus routines. These were then recorded and sent for judging. Our youngest children came first in their age category and the older teams both came...
Young Voices 2022
On Friday 6th May, 19 children from the Owls and Swans class joined approximately 8000 other children for the Young Voices concert at the O2 in London. It was fantastic to hear all the children singing together and everyone had an amazing time. Our seats were amazing...
Tudor Times in Stratford St Mary
The Swans have been learning about what Stratford St Mary would have been like in Tudor Times. Last week, we looked at how our village is linked to the Suffolk Wool Towns. We learned about a man called Thomas Mors who was a cloth manufacturer who died in 1500. He gave...
Woodpeckers Class Assembly
Tuesday 10th May was the turn of The Woodpeckers to share their work with parents and the rest of the school for their class assembly. The children retold the story of The Ant And The Grasshopper using actions and performing in unison. They showed off their brilliant...
Art Painting
This half tem in Art, Kingfishers Class are focusing on painting. The Year One children responded to a story as a staring point for developing painting techniques. The Reception children used thick and thin paintbrushes to write letters. The children were able to...
Lemon Battery
To mark British Science Week, and as part of our work on electricity, the Owls tried to see whether they could use lemons as batteries to light a bulb in a circuit. They worked together as a class to see how many lemons it would take to light the bulb and to make sure...
Books For Schools
The children have been enjoying the new books they received from the ‘Books for Schools’ campaign in the Evening Star and East Anglian newspapers. Thank you again for collecting the tokens and supporting us.
Travel and Transport
This half term in Science the children have been exploring materials. The children were asked to make a boat using suitable materials - which they explored last week. The children selected the materials they needed and got busy creating their boats. The children...
Happy Easter
The children were asked to decorate an Easter egg for the residents at Black Brook care home to wish them a Happy Easter. Miss Jones made a display of all the Easter eggs the children had decorated. Miss Cousins has taken the display to Black Brook care home. The...
Exploring Texture
This half term, the Owls art focus is painting. For our first lesson, we explored using and creating different textures and then painting over them. Later in the term, the children will be creating their own textured versions of some of John Constable's masterpieces,...
Scooter Ability Club
The children were very excited as it was the first Scooter Ability Club. The children listened carefully to the instructions that were given and the safety rules they needed to follow. The JRSOs asked the children questions about how to travel safely on a scooter. The...
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Cards
Miss Jones spoke to the children about the Queen. They found out that the Queen is going to be celebrating her Platinum Jubilee at the end of the month. Miss Jones told the children she thought it would be a lovely idea if the children could design and create a...