News About Our School
World Book Day 2019
On Thursday 7th March, we celebrated World Book Day. The children came dressed as a range of book characters or in their favourite 'Elmer' colour. They also took part in a range of activities, all linked to books. Our parents were invited to a coffee and cake morning...
British Science Week 2019
On Monday 11th March, all of our Year 6's made the journey to Martlesham to spend the morning at BT Adastral Park for the annual British Science Week. The children spent half the morning looking at ten different showcases demonstrating the latest technology in retail,...
Elmer
The children in Woodpeckers class had the opportunity to work with Mrs Fisk to decorate Elmer. The children decorated their initial with different patterns and created feathers. The children also painted their own square for the patchwork trees. Great work...
Fair Play Award for our U7 Dodgeballers
Thursday 6th March saw some of our Year 2 children take part in a Dodgeball Festival at Inspire in Ipswich. The children competed against 8 other schools; they played well, with some great moves, skill and teamwork shown. We were very pleased when we heard our school...
Pancake Day
The children have been learning all about Shrove Tuesday. The children have had lots of fun designing their own pancakes, taking part in pancake races, writing instructions on how to make pancakes and actually making pancakes. The children really enjoyed eating them....
Elmer Competition
During the half term break, the children's homework was to enter an Elmer Competition to win a £5 voucher to spend at our book fair. The children were asked to design a book cover for Elmer to celebrate his 30th birthday. The children had to make sure it was...
Phonics Club
The children joined Miss Jones for phonics club after school. The children took played phonics games - reading words and deciding whether the word was a real or nonsense word. Great work Kingfishers.
Kingfishers Maths
The children have been learning about place value within 50. The children chose a number from 0 - 50 and represented the number in different ways. They used Numicon, Base Ten, Place Value Counters and the Whole Part Model. Great work Kingfishers. [gallery...
Umbrella Investigation
In Science the children have been investigating different materials and their properties. The children completed an experiment where they investigated which was the best material to make an umbrella from. The children made a prediction, observed carefully and recorded...
New Lunchtime Sports Clubs!
Recently, the Sports Council met to think of ideas as to how we could improve Sport and PE within the school. The children had plenty of ideas, with the most popular being the need for a lunchtime sports club. The Sports Council then decided which sports to offer the...
Fun In The Sun
What a lovely few days back at school.The children have been making the most of the sunny weather. They enjoyed exploring the outside area, accessing all of the different areas of learning (especially the loud music area!) in the sunshine. Lots of imagination,...
Cooking Club
The children enjoyed taking part in the last cooking club session after school. The children were able to listen carefully and follow instructions. The children decorated buns as Rachel’s oven was broken! [gallery...
Tractor Visit
James the Farmer brought his tractor to our school today as part of the Suffolk Agricultural Association’s Tractors into Schools initiative. James spoke to the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class about his tractor and his job. The children listened...
Kingfishers Shared Learning Session
The children took part in their shared learning session on Tuesday 12th February. The children welcomed their family members into school. Miss Jones told the children they were going to share a story with their family member. They chose a book and shared the story....
Marvellous Monster Models!
The children have been learning about different materials in Science and the importance of recycling. They have been writing similes about monsters in Literacy and learning about sculptures in D.T. The children have combined their learning and have been making monster...
U11 Basketball
Thursday 12th February saw our Swans take part in the U11 Basketball Tournament. All the children showed a great deal of grit, determination, skill and a desire to win. Well done!
Safer Internet Day 2019
We take Internet Safety very seriously at school and it is something that we regularly talk about to the children. However, (the National) Safer Internet Day which takes place on February 5th is a good day to remind the children about how we can stay safe online. The...
Chinese New Year
The children have been celebrating the Chinese New Year. They had the opportunity to taste: white rice, noodles, prawn crackers, fortune cookies and soy sauce. The children recorded their likes and dislikes of Chinese food on a chart and marked the correct box with a...
Woodpeckers Sharing Afternoon
At a recent sharing session, the Woodpeckers shared their D.T learning with their parents. They have been learning about different types of sculptures. They've studied sculptures by Eva Rothschild and looked at how she used lines and points to make her sculptures. The...
Jam Tarts
The children enjoyed taking part in the cooking club session after school. The children were able to listen carefully and follow instructions. The children made jam tarts and white chocolate rice krispie cakes. [gallery...
Lego For Schools
Stratford St Mary Primary School will be collecting the ‘Lego for Schools’ tokens which will appear in the Ipswich Star and East Anglian Daily Times, from Saturday 9th February to Friday 3rd May 2019. EVERY school that collects a minimum of 1,000 tokens will receive...
Elmer!
The painting of Elmer has started. Mrs Fisk has been busy painting the underneath of Elmer, which has been very tricky! The children have also helped Mrs Fisk paint the top of Elmer (blue) to create the sky. It is lovely to see Elmer coming to life. [gallery...
School Disco
Please see below regarding the up-coming School Disco!
Young Voices 2019
On Tuesday 5th February, 25 children from Owls and Swans joined approximately 8,550 children from around the region to sing and entertain a packed audience at the O2 in London. The children had been practising the songs since September and it was amazing to hear them...