News About Our School
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...
Summer Vacation – The Musical!
On Thursday 18th July, the Swans class entertained a packed hall by performing their play' We're all going on a Summer Holiday'. The story line was based on a family trip to the Poplins Holiday Camp. There was some brilliant acting, singing and fantastic...
Royal Reply
Kingfishers Class were very excited as they received a very important letter. Miss Jones opened the envelope and read the letter from Claudia Spens who was writing on behalf of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The letter was thanking the children for sending...
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.
Thursday 4th July was the turn of The Woodpeckers to share their work from the half term. They shared their Literacy learning about fables and some children read their fables. Then they based the rest of their assembly on teaching a moral to the rest of the school....
Testing Pirate Paddy’s Lunchbox
This half term, the Woodpeckers have been learning about Pirate Paddy and the problems with his lunch box. They had to design a lunchbox that could be passed across a rope, withstand waves and rain from the sea, withstand being pecked at by seagulls and deliver the...
Sizzling Sports Day Success
Friday 5th July saw the annual sports day at the school. The sun shone, crowds gathered and children enjoyed a variety of events; the atmosphere was fantastic! Otters were the victorious winners and gained 40 house points! Well done. Thank you to all who helped with...
Best Moments
On Friday 28th June, Kingfishers Class performed their last assembly of the school year. The children proudly talked about what their best moment was of the school year. They also did a poem about a year in Kingfishers Class and sang a song 'Baby T- Rex'. The children...
Glorious Gold
The JRSOs attended the annual Junior Road Safety Awards Event at Endeavour House in Ipswich. The JRSOs listened to presentations from other JRSOs and participated in a question and answer session. The JRSOs were awarded a gold award for their scrapbook which informed...
Readathon
We are very pleased to announce we have raised over £800 from the Elmer Readathon. A big 'Thank you' to everyone who participated and for all the people who sponsored the children. The money raised will be donated to St Elizabeth Hospice - The Elmer Project. Thank you...
Investigating Climate Change
This half term, the Woodpeckers have been learning about climate change. They have been learning about the effects of greenhouse gases on the environment and took part in an experiment to see if our world is heating up as a result of greenhouse gases. Too many green...
Dinosaur Museum
Over the past two weeks, the children in Kingfishers Class have been learning about dinosaurs. The children were given the task of creating a dinosaur museum. The children worked hard creating guide books, writing amazing facts about dinosaurs and painting pictures of...