News About Our School
A Sense of Mass in Art
The Swans have been learning how to use contour lines to create a sense of mass in art. They then applied different tea/coffee mixes over different media such as wax crayons and handwriting pens using a feather!
Wheels, Axles and Chassis
This week the children became designers again. The children were asked to explore wheels, axles and chassis. The children were able to explain what wheels, axles and chassis were. They also created their own prototypes to show different ways of attaching wheels, axles...
WW2 Blitz Art
The Swans have been learning about the artist Henry Moore. They experimented with different media trying to replicate his style. Media such as wax crayons, water soluble pencils, watercolour paint and Hb sketch pencils were used to create the sense of fear and...
Mind Mapping
As part of their writing, Swans children created mind maps to represent different parts of the story, this was to help them organise their work. They used watercolour paints to illustrate the different emotions Olive (the main character of the story) was feeling at...
Weaving Textiles
The children in Kingfishers Class became artists for the afternoon. The children thought about what art was and the children were asked to investigate weaving materials and processes. The children used red, orange and yellow material linking to the Great Fire of...
Lampshades in Science!
In science, the swans used varying transparencies to design a lampshade. They had to consider the materials they used and the effect they would have.
Lifelong Learning Disposition Cakes!
The Swans enjoyed making cakes out of play dough to represent the life long learning dispositions: curiosity, resilience, strategic awareness, creativity, collaboration, meaning making!
The Great Fire of London
The Year One children have been Historians this week and learned all about The Great Fire of London. The children have used different sources to help them answer questions and find out all about The Great Fire of London. The children also became designers and...
Peter Pan The Musical
On Thursday 15th July, Owls and Swans were involved in a performance based on Peter Pan. Unfortunately, we were unable to accommodate an audience in school due to the current restrictions, however, we wanted to share our production with an audience. So with much...
Sports Day – Woodpeckers and Kingfishers
Sports Day happened at Stratford St Mary on Monday 19th July - with Woodpeckers and Kingfishers events taking part in the morning. The children competed in their houses and took part in 5 events - standing long jump, chest throw, sprint, fun run and target game. ...
Sports Day – Owls and Swans
Sports Day happened at Stratford St Mary on Monday 19th July - with Owls and Swans events taking part in the afternoon. The children competed in their houses and took part in 5 events - standing long jump, chest throw, sprint, fun run and target and water race. ...
Pouring Punch
Year 3 have been learning to measure volume and capacity. The children followed Mrs Sadler's recipe to chop fruit and measure juices to create a delicious fruit punch. Yummy!
Kimmy’s Zoo
On Wednesday 7th July Kingfishers Class welcomed some visitors into school - Kimmy’s Zoo; they were very excited. The children were very well behaved and listened carefully to Kimmy. The children learned lots of facts about the different animals. They also got to hold...
Marshmallow Models
The Year 2s in Woodpeckers have been learning all about 3D shapes this week in Maths. We are able to describe the shapes using mathematical language such as faces, curved surfaces, vertices and edges. We built shapes using a variety of materials, including straws to...
Woodland Wands
Year 2 created our very own magic wands in our woodland area. We decorated a stick using something small, something magical, something given, something special, something pretty and something fragile - all collected from the nature area. It was a spellbinding...
Gold Achievement
Once again the annual Junior Road Safety Awards Event at Endeavour House in Ipswich was cancelled because of the coronavirus. The JRSOs were asked to send their scrapbook via email. The JRSOs were awarded a gold award for their scrapbook which informed others of what...
A Railway Exhibition!
Our topic this term in Woodpeckers Class is 'Victorian Transport'. We had the chance to attend an art exhibition on the history of trains, which was set up in the quad. We were able to ask questions about, and give our opinions on famous artwork. We are using the...
Crossing the Pit!
Woodpeckers Class participated in team work and problem solving games to illustrate what happens when we encounter 'the pit'. The pit is a metaphor for the hard work that must happen when we do not know something in class. Good learners know that they can pull...
BioBlitz
Across the school this week, our classes have been completing a BioBlitz. Children attempt to identify as many species of plants, trees, insects and animals around the school grounds as possible. Woodpeckers Class turned over logs, peered through magnifying glasses...
Zoo day!
Woodpeckers Class had a brilliant day out at Colchester Zoo. Despite the rain, we saw plenty of animals, including amur tigers (up close!), sealions, orangutans and anacondas! We also had an education session all about the rainforest, in which we shared our incredible...
Measuring Angles
This week the Swans have been using a protractor to measure angles. We decided to be a bit radical and use whiteboard pens to draw angles on the table and then measure them with a protractor - it was much more fun!
Father’s Day
This week we have been busy thinking about our ‘Dads’ and Father’s Day. The children have participated in a range of activities. We can’t tell you what we have been doing because it wouldn’t be a surprise! [gallery...
Swans Australian Immersion Day
The Swans have been busy preparing their class display ready for their new geography topic on Australia!
Beautiful Butterflies
The children had a surprise waiting for them after lunch, the first butterfly had emerged from its chrysalis! The children made them some nectar water from sugar and water and gave the butterfly a segment of orange. They were all very excited! By the end of the week...