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Music – Chinese New Year
Today we practiced Pentatonic Scales! We have been exploring the musical sounds of Chinese New Year, here are some of our own.
Making Gear Systems
Owls Class's DT topic this half term is Gears and Pulleys. In our first lesson, we made gears in different ways. We used corrugated card, playdough and paper clips and evaluated which ones worked better. The children showed really good practical skills to demonstrate...
Did Medieval Migrants become Integrated within their Suffolk Communities?
In History, we looked at the names, origins and professions of different Medieval migrants who came to Suffolk. We then used historical data to draw conclusions about whether they were welcomed and became fully integrated into our society.
Forest School
Every Friday for this half term, we have Forest Schools. Our curriculum link for these sessions is D&T, with a focus on cooking. Today we all had a turn at making salt dough; we measured the flour and salt, carefully poured in water then mixed it using our hand....
Night Owls
The children welcomed the Night Owls team into school. The children watched the Bird of Prey demonstration which included a talk and flying display. The children also had the opportunity to have their photograph taken holding the beautiful Barn Owl Dottie. The...
Owls Street Dance
For one of our weekly PE sessions this half term, we are being taught street dance by Sophie Dilworth from CDC Dance. Our first session concentrated on hip hop moves and all the children were brilliant!
Immersion Session – Toys
Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topics for this half term. The children received a parcel. Miss Jones opened it and read the letter. The children were asked to work together to complete a puzzle. The children worked as a team and completed the puzzle and...
Christmas Biscuits!
As part of our final day before the Christmas holidays, we all had four rich tea biscuits to decorate with icing and sprinkles. Everyone enjoyed making these and we let them set before enjoying them with our Christmas film (The Grinch animated version). Apologies if...
Christmas Lunch
On Thursday 18th December, we had our annual Christmas lunch. The hall and tables were decorated and everyone enjoyed the festive atmosphere and food. Thanks to Mrs Lewis & Miss Nunn for setting up the hall; the PTA for providing treats for everyone; Sarah for...
Year 6 have been sewing Christmas tree decorations
We have been using our sewing skills to make a Christmas tree decoration - it's not as easy as you think but they have done a sterling job and it has been lovely to watch the children support each other with this challenging task! [gallery...
Christmas for the Community
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...
JRSOs
The JRSOs are very happy with their Hi Vis Vests. The JRSOs wrote to the PTA asking if they could buy the vests so they could be recognised when doing their road safety duties. The PTA kindly supported the JRSOs with their request. A 'Thank You' to the PTA. [gallery...
Hey Ewe!
The children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class took part in their nativity performance of ‘Hey Ewe!’ 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 other...
Dissecting an egg
As part of our topic on Living Things and Habitats, Owls class were looking at the life cycle of birds. We dissected an egg. We studied the outside of the egg with a magnifying glass. Then we carefully cracked open the egg to identify all the parts inside. We used...
Art – 3D Sculpture
Woodpeckers have been busy this term creating 3D sculptures; here are their final pieces!
PE – Gymnastics
Take a look at some of our fantastic balances!
Geography
We had a wonderful workshop delivered by Harper's mum this week; linking in with our geography topic. Does the River always meet the Sea? We learnt lots about the causes of flooding and the dangers flooding can pose. [gallery...
Embedding the vocabulary of ‘migration’.
The Swans are coming to the end of their topic on migration. In order to embed the meaning of some of the terminology, we played 'Headbandz'! Headbandz'!
Sweeting Swing Band
On Friday 5th December, we were very pleased to welcome the 'Sweeting Swing Band' into the school. They played a variety of instruments such as the saxophone, clarinet, trombone, electric piano, drums, bass guitar and 'wowed' the children and playing songs from the...
Christingles!
Thank you to all the family members who made it to our sharing session today. We made Christingle's because it linked nicely to our RE topic this half term; Christianity. The Christingle is used in churches as each element represents an idea symbolic to Christian...
Colchester Zoo Christmas Reindeer Experience
The children in Kingfishers class enjoyed a trip to Colchester Zoo. They took part in a wonderful Christmas educational experience at Colchester Zoo today! The children were greeted by a festive elf called Boots. She was new at the zoo and needed help to learn all...
Forest Fun
The children enjoyed another Forest Fun session they had the opportunity to explore the area and were able to do den building, potion making, colouring, whittle sticks (stick person) and make a Christmas decoration for the Christmas tree. Mrs Martin also built swings...
Fire Safety Workshop
The children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class took part in a fire safety workshop. The children welcomed Richard and Alf into school and they told them they were Fire Fighters. They were told that fire fighters do lots of jobs - put out fires, climb ladders,...
Woodland Animal Workshop
The children took part in their sharing session with their adult/s. The children and adults were challenged to work together to create a woodland animal using recycled materials. The children and adults had lots of fun! The woodland animals were fantastic. Well done...