News About Our School
Basketball Festival
Tuesday 20th February saw 9 Swans represent our school in the Small Schools Basketball Festival at Inspire Suffolk. All the children played well and showed great skill and teamwork. Well done!
Tractor Visit
Farmer James visited our school today and brought his Massey Ferguson tractor for us to look at. He told us about what he does and about the food that he grows. The children asked Farmer James questions and they had the opportunity to sit in the tractor. The children...
Chinese New Year
On Monday 19th February Kingfishers Class celebrated Chinese New Year. The children were very lucky as Miss Cheug came in to school and spoke to them about Chinese New Year. The children took part in different activities which included making a lucky red envelope, a...
Chinese New Year House Groups
This afternoon the children worked into their house groups learning about Chinese New Year. Hedgehogs learnt a song about Chinese New Year and played instruments. They also said a poem and danced like a dragon. Badgers looked at the zodiac calendar and tried hard to...
Disco Fever
On Friday 9th February, the PTA organised a Valentine disco. Over 70 children were entertained by the DJ, who kept the children busy with dancing games. There were also ‘quieter’ activities which included decorating heart-shaped biscuits. Thank you to the PTA who...
Internet Safety Day
In school, we are always talking about how to stay safe on-line. However, we believe, from time to time, it is important to come together to discuss this in more detail. Internet Safety Day was on Tuesday 6th February and this week, all the children came together for...
Perfect Pancakes
On Wednesday afternoon the children made pancakes. The children helped to measure and weigh the ingredients and to mix them together. Mrs Jones cooked the pancakes and the children enjoyed eating them. The children were able to choose the topping they wanted and were...
Games Club
This half term some of the children from Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class joined Miss Jones for a games club after school. The children enjoyed playing a range of different games including Bingo, Pop Up Pirate, Uno and Top Trumps. The children were able to take...
Mexican Cooking in the Swans
This week the Swans have studied Mexican cuisine as part of their 'Global Food' DT topic. They learnt about foods from Mexico and yesterday they made Nachos with Miss Kluge. The children followed a recipe to make their own guacamole and salsa for their nachos. The...
Glorious Gala
On Monday 5th February, 8 children participated in a swimming gala at Hadleigh Pool; they were involved in a number of races including a relay medley and a front crawl medley. After all the races had finished and the times calculated, we were very pleased with our...
Woodpeckers Share Their Creative Skills With Their Parents!
Friday 2nd February was the turn of The Woodpeckers to share their work during their sharing afternoon. The children have been learning about portraits in Art and have learnt how to draw a self-portrait as well as portraits of other people. The children were keen to...
Woodpeckers Enjoy ‘Junk Modelling’ The Great Wall of China.
This term The Woodpeckers have been learning about China. They have sampled Chinese chocolate and learnt facts about Beijing. They did lots of learning based on The Great Wall of China and brought in junk modelling materials to build their own wall! The children had...
Dips and Dippers
This week the children in Kingfishers Class have enjoyed looking at different Dips and Dippers. The children have tasted different dips and dippers. They have also designed, made and evaluated their own dips. The children have learnt about where different dips come...
Forest Fun
The children have enjoyed a variety of sessions in the outdoor environment this half term. The children have been working hard to complete activities for the RSPB Wild Challenge. The children have enjoyed doing the 'Bird Watch' and spotting different birds. The...
Pen Pals
The Kingfisher Class welcomed their Pen Pals to school on Monday. The children have been writing letters to the children in Ash Class at Eyke Primary School. The children enjoyed meeting their Pen Pal and finding out all about them. The children worked with their Pen...
Swans Make Spring Rolls!
This half term, the Swans have been learning about 'Global Food' as part of their Design and Technology topic with Miss Kluge. They have looked at different foods from around the world and thought about similarities between countries. They have looked at eating...
Singing at the O2!
On Monday 29th January, Mrs Marshall, Mrs Bilner and Mrs Martin accompanied 20 children to the O2 in London where they joined approximately 7,700 other children to take part in the Young Voices choir. After practising for many months in school and an afternoon of...
Owls Parent- Child Sharing Session
On Thursday 25th January, the Owls class held a parent-child sharing session. The adults and children worked together to create a poster about the layers of the rainforest, to tie in with the work we had been doing in Geography. Everyone got really involved in the...
Gingerbread Houses
On Friday the Woodpeckers reached their first target of 25 class points. Class points are given when the whole class has done something good or worked well as a team. They decided that they wanted to do some cooking as their reward, so today they made ginger...
A Midwife Crisis
On Thursday afternoon and evening, the children took to the stage to entertain visitors with their acting, singing and dancing in a whole school performance of 'A Midwife Crisis'. Well done everyone and thank you to all those involved in planning and preparing for the...
The Christmas Story for Advent
On Tuesday the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class went to the Discovery Centre at St Edmundsbury Cathedral to learn about the Christmas story for advent. The children were told the story through reflective storytelling and created their own cardboard advent...
Autumn Assembly
The children in Kingfishers Class performed their first assembly of the school year. The children talked about Autumn, sang songs and showed their Autumn trees. They also talked about road safety week, their walk around the local area and the Reception children...
Walk To School
As part of Road Safety Week the children have been encouraged to walk to school. The teachers provided a 'Walking Bus' from each end of Strickmere so as many children as possible could walk to school. Walking to school keeps us healthy and it helps protect the...
Woodpeckers’ Class Assembly
Today was the turn of The Woodpeckers to share their work in a class assembly. They sang a 3 times table song to the tune of Uptown Funk and shared lots of facts about the different continents. Some children read their 'recipe for friendship' instructions which...