News About Our School
The Impact of the Railways
For our History topic this half term, the Owls have been learning about steam railways. On Tuesday 19th November, we learnt about the impact that the steam railways had on Britain. Firstly, the children had to sort statements about the effects of the railways into...
Road Safety Week
The children, parents and staff enjoyed participating in Road Safety Week which took place during the week Monday 18th - Friday 22nd November 2019. The JRSOs asked the children to 'Walk to School' and staff provided walking buses allowing parents to drop their...
Tudor House
The children became designers and designed their own Tudor house. The children looked at images of different Tudor houses and thought about what they looked liked and the features they had. The children used the information to design their own Tudor house. They drew a...
A Mysterious Letter
The Woodpeckers have been comparing objects from the past in their History lessons (whilst learning about The Gun Powder Plot). The children have been comparing how we would send messages to somebody now, and how they would have been delivered in 1605. They learnt...
Anti-Bullying Week 2019. Celebrating Difference.
The theme for Anti-Bullying Week this year is 'Change Starts With Us'. The children have taken part in assemblies across the week and discussed how we can all make small changes to the way we behave towards people we perceive as 'different' in order to celebrate...
Thank you!
A huge thank you to all who donated to this very worthwhile charity.
U11 Table Tennis Tournament
Recently, eight children from Swans class took part in an U11 Table Tennis Tournament, held at St Joseph's College in Ipswich. Our children competed against three other schools containing 'A' and 'B' teams: Morland, Cliff Lane and St Pancras. Each child played at...
Elmer Returns
Our Elmer 'Swanning around in Constable Country' has been returned to us after his stay in Christchurch Mansion. Elmer's new home is in the school library. It's great to have Elmer back and for him to be part of our school again.
Museum of East Anglian Life
On Thursday 7th November Kingfisher Class went on their trip to the Museum of East Anglian Life. The children were very excited when they saw they were travelling on a double decker coach. The children took part in their learning session. The children listened...
The Sun Free Books For School
The Sun is offering primary schools the chance to claim a set of free Collins Big Cat books worth over £600. We have registered our school to take part and we need your help to claim this great offer. We need to collect 3,500 tokens which will be printed in The Sun...
Remembrance Day Activities
On Monday 4th November, the children took part in an assembly about 'Why we wear poppies near Remembrance Day'; they learnt about the history of poppies and why people started wearing them after the 'First World War. The children then went into their house groups to...
Library Visits
The librarians welcomed children from Orchard Barns to the school library. The librarians showed the children around and told them how to use the library. The librarians read the children some stories. Orchard Barns will have the opportunity to visit our library...
A Rather Regal Day Out
On Friday 8th November, Swans took a trip out to Framlingham Castle. We couldn't resist a trip to the Castle on the Hill as Queen Mary I resided there in 1553. We had a good look around the castle, and the children were brilliant at looking at the evidence in the...
Firework Spectacular
Saturday 2nd November saw another spectacular firework event held at our school. It was a wet and blowy day for the preparations, however, the wind and rain stopped just in time for everyone to enjoy food, drinks, live music and an amazing firework display. A massive...
Games Club
Children from Year One and Two joined Miss Jones for 'Games Club' on Thursday after school. The children learnt how to play different board games. The children listened carefully to instructions and took turns. Lots of fun and laughter. [gallery...
Brightness Day
Children and staff participated in 'GloWeek' by dressing up in their brightest clothes on Friday 1st November 2019. The children and staff came to school wearing bright clothes and donated £1 to the Child Brain Injury Trust. We raised over £70 for the charity. The...
The Terrible Tudors begin their Reign…
The Terrible Tudors have begun their reign in Swans class this week, and the children have all been excited to get learning about one of the most influential families in British History. On Thursday 31st of October, we re-enacted the Battle of Bosworth- the last of...
Fabulous Fireworks Calligrams!
The topic for this half term is 'Fire, Fire'. In Literacy, we have been basing our writing on Fireworks and Bonfire Night and have been learning how to write structured calligrams. A calligram is a poem that uses its design and layout of the letters to create a visual...
Harvest Gifts
Thank you for attending the harvest assembly and for your kind harvest gifts which were greatly received by FIND in Ipswich.
McMillan Coffee Morning – Thank you!
Thank you all who came to our coffee morning, provided and bought cakes and thank you for supporting this fantastic cause - £180.21 was raised.
Round Britain Quiz
On Wednesday 9th Octobers, the Owls were joined by their parents and grandparents for a shared learning session. In Geography, the children had been learning about counties and regions, particularly the ones around where we live. Their challenge for the afternoon was...
U11 Football
At the start of October, 13 boys from the Swans class made the trip to Whitton Sports Centre to compete at the U11 Football Competition. Wearing our new football kit for the first time, the boys did their best against 4 other schools: Hadleigh, Shotley, Henley and...
Residential – A Roaring Success
On Monday, 8th July, Mr Bassett, Mrs Bilner & Mrs Edwards took 26 excited Swans on a 5 day long residential trip to PGL, Caythorpe Court, Lincolnshire. Setting off just after 9.15am, we made the drive up the A14 to Hinchingbrooke Country Park in Huntingdon for a...
Rocket Lands
On Tuesday 25th June, the children in Kingfishers class were amazed to find a rocket had crashed into the outside reading area. The children had great fun exploring the crime scene and collecting evidence. The children wrote newspaper reports and thought about why the...