News About Our School
Book Fair Competition
The children were encouraged to take part in a Book Fair Competition organised by Miss Jones. They were asked to get an adult to take a photograph of them reading a book in an ‘unusual’ place. There were lots of entries showing children reading books everywhere. Mrs...
Bunting, Vikings and Dragons
Today, the Woodpeckers shared their learning and work from the last term. They showed off their time telling skills and shared actions and words to help them remember plant functions. Some children read out their dragon fantasy stories which were brilliant!. They also...
Mini Muffin Pizzas
During Cookery Club this week the children enjoyed making mini muffin pizzas. They were able to spread the tomato puree with a knife, grate the cheese and safely cut the ham, olives, pineapple and pepperoni. The children were able to follow instructions carefully and...
Exploring Turns
This week, in Maths, Year Three have been investigating turns. We practised quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns. Some of the key vocabulary we practised included: right angle, degrees, clockwise and anti-clockwise. To put our learning into practice, we...
Moving Pictures
This week the children have enjoyed creating 'Moving Pictures' in DT. The children made a moving picture for The Gingerbread Man using a slider. The children enjoyed showing each other how they worked and were able to use story language while using their moving...
Crossing The Road
The JRSOs visited Kingfishers Class this afternoon to remind the children how to cross the road safely. The children were reminded to cross the road with their parent/adult. They were reminded to wait for their parent, stand by the kerb, look and listen at all times,...
Mother’s Day Lunch
On Wednesday 7th March we welcomed our mums (or a female representative) to our Mother's Day Lunch. Rachel and Georgina cooked a delicious roast beef dinner and oaty fruit crunch for pudding. The mums also got the chance to play outside!. Thank you for coming and...
World Book Day
The children and staff finally got to celebrate World Book Day on Friday. The children and staff dressed up as their favourite book character and donated £1 to the Motor Neurone Disease Charity. The children took part in different activities during the day linked to...
Dodgeballing Woodpeckers!
For the last half term, Woodpeckers class have been busy learning the rules and tactics of Dodgeball and on Thursday 8th March, some of the children took part in a Dodgeball Festival. Mr Bassett and Mrs Clark accompanied the children to Inspire, Ipswich where they...
Spiders, Trains, Rainforests and Bodies
On Thursday 8th March, it was the Owls' turn to do their class assembly. The children shared their Literacy work, which included non-chronological reports about spiders whilst others reported information about famous steam trains, which is part of our current History...
Snowy Fun
With green-ness returning to the county, it is easy to forget how white everywhere was last week. Although it was very cold, some of the children managed to enjoy some snowy fun on the school field. All wrapped up in coats, hats, scarves and gloves, some snowmen were...
Cookery Club Fruit Salad
On Thursday after school children from Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class joined Miss Jones and Mrs Jones for Cookery Club . The children carefully used a knife to cut different types of fruit to make a fruit salad. The children enjoyed making their fruit salad and we...
Pizza Express!
Today the Woodpeckers went to Pizza Express in Ipswich to learn how to become a Pizzaiolo and create their own margarita pizzas! The children learned how to stretch and shape the dough, put it in the pan and stretch it out to the sides. After that they learnt how to...
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...