News About Our School
Rainforest Researchers
This week, Woodpeckers Class have been learning about The Rainforest. They are going to write fact files. To find out about the Rainforest, the children had to use resources to research and answer questions in pairs and on their own which inspired them to take charge...
Bikeability Fun!
At the beginning of this half term, our Year 5 children were put through their paces during their 2-day Bikeability course. Mr Ross and Mr Hooley taught the children the necessary skills to be safe on their bikes - firstly in the playground and then whilst out on the...
Movement of the Moon
In Science, we have been looking at all things Space! We have looked at the solar system, astronomers and the Earth and Moon. To finish off the unit, we made models that show the movement of the moon and its path of travel around the Earth. [gallery...
Puzzling Prime Numbers
Recently in Swans class, the children have been investigating prime numbers. They had to work out how many prime numbers there are between 1-100, using everything they had learnt; multiples, factors and their times tables! To make it more fun, it was a competition...
Fantastic Fireworks
This week in History, the Year One children have been learning about Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot and the Reception children have been creating their own fireworks using a salad spinner. They painted fireworks while listening to Handel's firework music. Mrs Clark...
Games Club
After school some of the Year One and Two children joined Miss Jones for games club. The children enjoyed playing different games. It was lovely to see the children taking turns and playing the games according to the rules. [gallery...
U7 Futsal Festival
On Thursday 1st October, seven children from the Woodpeckers class took part in an U7 Futsal Festival at Inspire Suffolk. They played 8 matches in total against 4 other schools: St Pancras, Shotley, The Oaks and Bucklesham. There was plenty of fancy footwork, hard...
Firework Art
Some of the Woodpeckers have been very busy completing some artwork whilst the others were out at a tournament. The children watched and listened to fireworks on the Smart board and used this as inspiration for their art. The children used rulers and pencils to draw...
Harvest Assembly
On Thursday 18th October we hosted our annual harvest assembly. The children sang a variety of songs, read poems from William Shakespeare, John McCrae and Emily Bronte as well as telling us about harvest around the world. It was lovely seeing so many of you join us...
CSI Friday!
On Friday 12th October, the year 6’s of Swans class ventured out to East Bergholt High School to help solve the mystery of the disappearing watch! The children had to whittle down the suspects by trying their hands at DNA extraction using pineapple juice; blood...
House Challenge Session
This morning the children worked with a family member and created a model of their house. They planned what they were going to do and what they were going to use. They constructed their model using recycled materials. The children used their cutting and sticking...
Tense Table Tennis!
On Friday, 8 children from Swans and Owls class travelled to St Jo's College in Ipswich to compete in the U11 Table Tennis Tournament. The children played against Beaumont, Morland, St Pancras, Brittania, St Jo's College and Holbrook Primary. All of the children...
Woodpecker Sharing Afternoon
On Friday afternoon, the Woodpeckers had their parents and relatives into school to share their learning. They showed their parents their research into The Great Fire Of London and chose three pieces of work they were most proud of to sit and share with their parents....
Fantastic Football!
On Thursday, it was the girls' turn to compete at the U11 Football Tournament at Whitton Sports Centre. They had a great time, gaining confidence after every match and playing some excellent counter-attacking football. Unfortunately we didn't manage to score, but we...
History Detectives
In History, Woodpeckers Class have been learning about The Great Fire Of London. They have travelled back in time their time machines to 1666 and learnt all about what life was like. Then they took ownership of their own learning by being challenged to use research...
Walk To School
On Wednesday 10th October, children, parents and staff took part in Walk to School. The staff provided a walking bus from both ends of Strickmere so children could be dropped off and then walked safely into school. It was lovely to see so many walking to school and to...
Autumn Trees
The children created their own autumn tree. They went outside to look at the colours of the trunks and decided on green, brown and black. Back inside they tried very hard to colour inside the lines of the picture of the tree trunk. The children discussed what colour...
Leaf Person
The children listened to and watched the story of Leaf Man. The children got their waterproof trousers and wellies on and walked sensibly to the outside wild area following Miss Jones. The children were given the task to collect different natural objects so they could...
Super Conker Worm
The children enjoyed another Forest Fun session focusing on 'Superworm'. The children listened to the story before making a class 'Superworm' and walking to the outside classroom. Miss Jones explained to the children that they were going to make their own ‘Superworm’...
Football Fun!
On Thursday, 14 children from Owls and Swans class made the trip to Whitton Sports Centre to participate in the annual U11 Football Tournament. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience, battling hard in each game, showing a great attitude, sportsmanship and...
Owls Shared Learning Session
On Thursday 4th October, the Owls class were joined by their parents for a shared learning session. The children had to work with their parents and family members to research and produce information posters about the Vikings to tie in with our History topic. The...
PTA Evening
The PTA are holding an information evening on Wednesday 10th October. All welcome!
Confusing Computing!
On Friday, a selection of computing enthusiasts from the Swans class spent the day working with Chris Calver from Rapid Electronics Ltd, who is a Vex Robotics Expert. The children worked together building, coding and practising manoeuvring their robots to complete...
Thank you!
On Friday, the PTA hosted a coffee morning and cake sale in aid of the McMillan Cancer Charity. Thank you to all those who attended, donated and bought cakes and coffee. The first count is that we made at least £100.00. Thank you very much for your generosity!...