News About Our School
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...
History, Stories and Electricity
It was the turn of the Owls, on Friday 27th January, to share their work to parents and other children in the school. They read stories about Rama and Sita, talked about the dodgeball competition, received certificates and also shared their science work based on...
Dynamic Dodgeballers!
Monday 23rd January saw 5 Owls compete in a dodgeball competition at Inspire Suffolk. They played several games against other schools and won some, drew some and lost some. All the children displayed great skill and determination as well as good team spirit - they...
Ten Pin Fun
On Friday 27th January 2017, 6 Owls took part in a Ten Pin Bowling Festival. They joined other schools at the event which was held at Martlesham. They played 2 games; their scores were added up to make a 'team total'; our children came 5th out of 11 schools. Thank...
Swans Assembly
Friday 20th January saw the first class assembly of 2017. Swans class shared some of their work and this included their Vex models, newspaper articles on Howard Carter and Ancient Egypt, homework which was based on the Rock n Roll pantomime, their thoughts and...
Young Voices at the 02
On Thursday, Mrs Marshall and Mrs Bilner (and several parents) accompanied 17 children to the O2 in London. Since September, these children had been learning several songs; the finale of which was joining 7,500 other school children in a massive choir concert. The...
Parking Patrol
On Wednesday 18th January the JRSO's and Denise the Community Police Officer observed the parking outside the school gates at the end of the school day. The JRSO's were making sure drivers had parked safely and correctly. With support from Denise, the JRSO's looked...
Vex Club
On Wednesday evening a group of Swans started a Vex club. Over the next few weeks, they will build a Vex 'model' which can then be programmed to perform different tasks. We hope in the future to compete with other schools in a Vex robot competition. We will keep you...
Book Club
Children from the Woodpeckers Class joined Miss Jones and Mrs Kite for Book Club. The children enjoyed listening to the story Room On The Broom by Julia Donaldson before doing activities based on the book. The children made their own potions, collecting items from...
American Football comes to Stratford!
On Friday, we had a PE Enrichment day. Mr Ross came in and taught the children different skills, games, tactics and rules of American Football. Due to the snowy weather, this had to take place in the school hall, however, lots of learning happened and a lot of fun...
Sinbad and Stratford St Mary
Thursday afternoon saw the school visit the New Wolsey theatre to watch Sinbad the Sailor Rock n Roll Panto. The children and accompanying adults, listened to the songs and talented musicians and laughed at the jokes. Everyone was very well behaved and we all had a...
Forest Schools
The children in Kingfishers Class participated in their first Forest Schools session. They followed instructions and walked with their partners to the forests, watching where they were going and crossing the road carefully. When they arrived in the forest they sat in...
The Magical Christmas Jigsaw
On Wednesday afternoon and evening, the school hall was packed to the rafters and we felt we were getting a feel of how Mary & Joseph felt in Bethlehem! The only difference was, there was room at our inn (or school hall) and the children performed their nativity -...
Germs!
The Kingfishers welcomed Hannah the school Nurse to their classroom. She had come to talk to them about germs and washing their hands. They found out what germs were, where they are found and that they can make them ill. The children were then informed how they can...
Kingfishers Assembly
The children in Kingfishers class proudly showed their work from this half term. They told the audience they had been learning about fireworks, birthdays, friendship and penguins. The children confidently stood and spoke to the audience and were very enthusiastic...