News About Our School
Village Walk
The children in Kingfishers class went for a walk round the village to see what facilities Stratford St Mary has. The children listened to Miss Jones as she told them about being safe (walking and listening) and using quiet voices. They walked around the village and...
Kingfishers Assembly
The Kingfishers performed their class assembly to their parents and the rest of the school. The children were confident to stand up and perform to the audience. The children told the weather forecast, they retold the story of ‘After the Storm’ by Nick Butterworth and...
Christmas Elves
The children were very excited as a parcel was delivered. The children passed the parcel around and were able to give their suggestions of what was in the parcel. Miss Jones opened the parcel and found Tinsel and Jingle in the box. Miss Jones read the letter to the...
Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2024
Thank you for your generosity towards this year's poppy appeal - £214.12 was raised by the school.
Weather Immersion Session
The children began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter from Marlena the Weather Scientist and a bag of items. The children explored the bag of items, naming them and thinking about what weather condition they were associated...
Fire Engines
The children in reception created their own fire engine. They discussed what features a fire engine had and why they are important. The children got busy selecting a box and covering it with red paper with Mrs Clark’s support. The children added the features to the...
The New JRSOs
The new JRSOs were able to meet Holly the Road Safety Officer to talk about their role as a JRSO. The JRSOs were very excited to receive their JRSO packs and badges. The JRSOs thought about what they would like to do and achieve this year to support Road Safety at...
Clarice Cliff Circle Tree Plate
The children became ‘artists’ and continued focusing on - Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question - Can you apply your painting skills when working in the style of an artist? Miss Jones showed the children an image of a Clarice Cliff’s Circle...
Baarmy Bethlehem
The children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class took part in their nativity performance of ‘Baarmy Bethlehem!’ 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...
Modeshift Stars Accreditation
We are very pleased to announce we have received our Good Travel Plan for our efforts to increase levels of walking, cycling and other forms of sustainable travel.
Autumn Mandala
In Art the children designed and made a mandala which can be used as a sun catcher. At break time they collected autumn leaves. They used the autumn leaves to create a circular pattern which they tried to make symmetrical. Amazing art work. [gallery...
Story Opening
In English, we are looking at the story of Cinderella. We have learnt skills such as using commas in lists, prepositional phrases and have tried to use adventurous vocabulary. Today we wrote our story opening and tried to include these skills. Here is some of our work...
Sutton Hoo!
This week we have published our writing; a report about Sutton Hoo. We learnt the need for a heading and subheadings and presenting our information clearly. We found our information through watching short clips, reading books and investigating who may have been buried...
Harvest Assembly
On Friday 18th October, we held our Harvest Assembly in the school hall. The children sang songs and read some beautiful poems. We also collected some non-perishable goods which will donated to the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you for your generosity. [gallery...
Autumn Themed Forest Schools
The children had their last ‘Forest Schools’ session of this half term with Mrs Clark, Debs and Mrs Martin. The children sat in the wooden stump circle and listened to Mrs Martin. They were told that they were going to make some yummy apple slices on the fire and were...
Owls’ Food Waste Workshop
On Tuesday 8th October, Sam from the food waste team at Babergh Council visited us in school. She did a whole school assembly, a parent drop in session and a workshop with each class. In Owls' workshop, we looked at whether thrown away food items were edible or...
Road Safety Week
The children came to school in their brightest socks to celebrate Road Safety Week and raising money for Children in Need! We raised over £60! Thank you!
Theatre Trip to London
On Wednesday 4th December, children from the Owls and Swans class travelled to London. The first stop was the National Gallery and then to the Lyceum Theatre to watch The Lion King Musical. Thank you to all the adults who accompanied us on the trip. A great day was...
Drawing – Making Waves
The children became ‘artists’ and began focusing on - Drawing. The children thought about the question - Can we explore line and mark making to draw water? The children recapped over last week’s lesson and identified the lines. The children were shown a range of the...
Owls’ First Day Back
The Owls had a great first day back on Tuesday. We had an immersion morning to launch our new topic on Crete. One of the activities was to make 3D maps of Crete using plasticine. In the afternoon, we did Forest School. The children had a great time feeding the birds,...
R.E. – Hinduism
In RE, as part of our Hinduism unit of work, we have been acting out the story of The Blind Man and The Elephant to help us understand that there are many ideas about God and they are not all the same. It depends who you ask and what aspect of the religion you look...
RE in Woodpeckers
This week in RE, we have been learning all about forgiveness and why forgiveness is an important part of being a Christian. We looked at the story of The Lost Son and thought about what lessons it taught to Christians. We also discussed The Lord's Prayer and why it is...
Road Safety Workshop
The children joined Holly the Road Safety Officer for a Road Safety workshop. Holly asked the children how they travelled to school that morning. They discussed what they already knew about Road Safety - look both ways, keep your seatbelts on, look out for fast cars....
Food Savvy
The children welcomed Sam from the Waste Department at Babergh District Council into their school. In assembly Sam spoke to the children about Halloween and about pumpkins. The children were told 16 million pumpkins will go to waste this year. The children were told...