News About Our School
Rocket and Aliens
The children in Kingfishers class were very excited to find a rocket in their garden. They secured the area with tape and looked carefully at the evidence around the rocket. The children wrote about what they could see and kept an eye on the rocket for the rest of the...
Arts Week – Day 5 & Exhibition
Today was a day of finishing off our art work and preparing for the exhibition. There are now several boards in the school hall, all adorned with art work, pictures, photographs and children's writing. The school hall will be open tomorrow between 10.30am & 4.00pm...
Gold Award
Today the JRSO's attended the Junior Road Safety Awards Event at Endeavour House in Ipswich. The JRSO's met the Councillor, the cabinet member for Highways and Transport, listened to presentations from other JRSO's and participated in a question and answer session....
Arts Week – Day 4
Today Kingfishers and Woodpeckers joined together again to produce the foreground and background for their final group piece. They used sponges and paintbrushes to print and dab sky and bush patterns using different colours. This afternoon they have looked at a...
Thank you Halfords!
On Wednesday 21st June, Robin and Bob from Halfords in Colchester paid the school a visit. They worked with the Swans class to discuss cycle safety. The children learnt how to check different parts of their bike, how to repair a tyre puncture and one lucky child had...
Arts Week Day 3
Today the Owls class started creating their own versions of Constable's 'The Haywain' ready for the exhibition at the end of the week. The children had to select the medium of their choice, from sketching pencils, oil pencils, watercolour paint and collage, to...
Christchurch Mansion
Today the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class visited Christchurch Mansion. The workshops and activities were based around one of Constable's paintings, 'The Mill Stream'. The children used their imagination and creative skills to interpret the painting in...
Kwik Cricket
On Tuesday 20th June, a selection of Swans took part in the Kwik Cricket tournament at Chantry Park. It was a very warm afternoon, but all the children played well as a team; there was some fantastic batting, some amazing fielding and great fun had by all. Well done...
Arts Week – Day 2
The Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class joined together again to create seasonal trees. The children worked in groups to create a tree. They mixed the paints to make different colours. They painted leaves using their fingerprints. They used this technique to finish...
Quadkids Fun
On Wednesday 14th June, 10 Swans took part in a Quadkids competition at Northgate High School. They joined approximately 60 other schools and 600 competitors competing in a variety of events : 75 m sprint, standing long jump, vortex throw and 600m run. There was an...
High 5 Netball
Tuesday 23rd May saw some of our Swans children taking part in a High 5 Netball competition at Ipswich High School's Eaton Place. High 5 Netball involves children changing position after each half, so everyone gets a chance at playing in a different position. We came...
Walk To School Week
Staff, children and parents put on their walking shoes this week and took part in Walk to School Week. The JRSO's organised the event and the children designed posters to promote it. Staff ran a 'walking bus' so children who travel to school in a car could be dropped...
Favourite Footwear
The JRSO's asked the children to wear their favourite footwear on Wednesday 17th May to raise money for our Action Aid Child (during Walk to School Week). The children wore an assortment of footwear including trainers, sandals and slippers. Thank you very much for...
Around The World Assembly
The Kingfishers Class took to the stage for their class assembly. The children were confident to stand up, talk and sing to the audience. The children proudly showed their work and talked about what they had learnt. The children talked about their Maths, counting back...
Gymnastic Fun
Friday 19th May saw some of our children taking part in a gymnastics festival at Westbourne Academy. In the morning, it was the turn of our Woodpeckers children to show their routines and jumping and landing skills using the springboard. In the afternoon, it was the...
Woodpeckers Class Assembly
Friday the 12th of May was the Woodpeckers assembly where they shared their work from the last half term. They shared writing, demonstrated some Maths and showed of their French knowledge by singing a song in French! Well done Woodpeckers! [gallery...
Handball Festival
Five children from the Owls class took part in a recent handball tournament. They played lots of games against other Ipswich schools. There was some brilliant shooting, defending, goal-keeping and team play. Well done Owls!
Scooter Ability Club
The JRSO’s decided to run a scooter ability after school club for the children in Kingfisher Class. The JRSO's felt they wanted to teach the youngest children in school how to travel safely on their scooters, as most of these children scoot to school. The JRSO’s did...
Cross Country Success!
On Wednesday morning, 16 children took part in a cross-country run at the Royal Hospital School. There were several hundred children from schools all over Suffolk taking part in a variety of races. Five of our children came in the top 25 for each of their age groups...
Creatures, Beans and Mother’s Day
On Friday 24th March 2017 it was the turn of Kingfishers to show their work in their class assembly. The children were confident to stand up, talk and sing to the audience. The children proudly showed their work and talked about what they had learnt. They talked about...
Ice Hockey in Spring
On Friday 17th March the children were involved in a PE 'Enrichment Day'. Mr Ross taught the children skills, rules and tactics associated with the game of Ice Hockey. Even though the sun was shining, the children still used a 'puck' which slid well on the playground...
Tag Festival
On Wednesday 15th March 2017, some of our Owls class were involved in a Tag Rugby festival at Inspire Suffolk. They played against several other teams and all had great fun! [gallery...
Volcanoes & Addition
On Friday 10th March, it was once again the Owls Class Assembly. The children read out some of their writing, and demonstrated their knowledge of Maths, Science and Geography. As always, we were very proud of all the children, and would like to thank all the parents...
Quicksticks Competition
On Monday 6th March, 6 children from the Swans class represented our school in a Quicksticks Hockey competition. The children competed against other schools from Ipswich and the surrounding areas. They won some games, lost some and drew some. Although it was quite...