News About Our School
Marvellous Mud
The mud kitchen was open for business today, for Kingfishers Class! They were all very excited and listened carefully to the mud kitchen rules. When they were outside and were playing with the kitchen they independently changed their shoes for welly boots and with...
Blackberry Picking
On Wednesday 28th September, the Owls class went blackberry picking around the village. As well as picking lots of delicious blackberries, Mr Wheals taught the children how to recognise some other sorts of autumn berries and plants. The fruit that we collected is...
Owls Class Assembly
On Friday 23rd September, it was the Owls Class's turn to show their work from the term so far. The children read their stories, showed their artwork, performed dialogues in French and demonstrated Science experiments. But the highlight of the assembly was the...
Walk Around The Village
The Kingfishers Class went for a walk around the village to look at the different types of buildings there are in the village. They listened to the adults and followed instructions carefully. While the children walked around the village they ticked off the different...
Planting Bulbs
Kingfisher Class have been very busy planting tulip bulbs with Mrs Clark. They discussed together what the bulbs needed to grow and in which season they will grow. The children each chose a spot in the earth to plant their bulb and following instructions, used a...
Monet Masterpiece
Children from Key Stage Two have been enjoying Art Club with Miss Jones and Mrs Kite. The children have been recreating their own version of Monet's painting of the water lily pond and bridge. The children used their fingertips to mix and paint their masterpiece....
Swans & Space
The Swans class were first to share their work in class assembly. They had been learning about Earth & Space and explained the differences between heliocentric and geocentric and also how ideas about the solar system had changed over time. They could also tell us...
House Building in Construction Club!
On Wednesday some of Key Stage One enjoyed their team work challenge at Construction club after school . They had to make a building out of construction play equipment and work as a team. They had to show good speaking and listening skills and work together on their...
Autumn Leaf Sculptures
This term Woodpeckers have been learning about Sculptures in Art. They have looked at different sculpture making materials and learnt skills needed to make a sculpture. As a class the children picked their own leaves and use clay to make and Autumn leaf shaped...
Sewing Success
Some of the Woodpeckers class are enjoying an after school sewing club. They are learning to thread needles and how to make a stitch. They all enjoyed the club, but realised just how tricky it was.
Music Maestro!
Each week, the Owls class will be receiving violin lessons. In the first week, they were learning how to hold the instruments as well as pluck the strings. They hope to be able to play and share some tunes soon! ...
Healthy Living Week
Last week our timetable was dedicated to Healthy Living Week; the children were involved in many different activities. These included our sports day, some Paralympic games, a visit from PC Di and PCSO Denise who talked to the different classes about a variety of...
Money, Money, Money
On Friday the children were very excited as it was finally the day for the classes to present their products for the 'Mini Enterprise' which was launched during Money Week. The children with their teacher set up their stalls with their products and posters ready for...
Sports Day Success
Thursday saw Stratford St Mary host sports day. All the children took part in various events; throwing, jumping, sprinting and a fun run. Children gained points for their house group for how far they threw and jumped and then competed against each other in the...
Kingfisher Assembly
The children in Kingfisher Class were very excited to show their work to their parents, family members and the rest of the school in assembly. The children spoke about their work on potatoes. They told everyone how they looked after them and how they harvested...
JRSOs On Radio Suffolk
The JRSOs were interviewed by Radio Suffolk, they talked proudly about what they had done to promote road safety within school. The JRSOs were asked lots of questions which they answered confidently; Mrs Bilner and Miss Jones were also interviewed. The JRSOs then...
Stratford St Mary Gains Gold
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a GOLD mark from The School Games. This is a fantastic recognition for the amount of sport within curriculum and extra-curricular time that we have dedicated to the subject over the last school year. In addition...
Help from BT
Last Thursday, our school had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs Carney and a team from BT. After enjoying a school lunch, they worked tirelessly in our school grounds for a few hours; chopping trees, weeding, digging and clearing. The school grounds look much tidier as...
Owls Debate
For the past 3 weeks, Owls class have been working on persuasive writing. They have been looking at the 'fors' and 'againsts' of zoos. The class split into 2 groups; one group trying to persuade Mr Bassett why zoos were are good thing and the other group trying to...
Woodpeckers Class Assembly.
Today was the turn of the Woodpeckers to share their hard work. They shared their knowledge of beat and rhythm and played different beats that they had made up in their groups. Some children shared their alternate endings to the traditional tale of Red Riding Hood...
Fencing Fun
Our Swans have been learning some new 'fencing' skills. Mr Banner taught them 'en garde', about footwork, advance, defence and lunge. After having the time to practise these skills, they had the opportunity to 'teach' our reception children how to 'fence'. It was...
Bike To School Week
The JRSOs encouraged the children to take part in Bike to School Week which was held from 13th - 17th June 2016. Despite the weather lots of children took the challenge and came to school on their bike or scooter. The JRSO's also held a competition to design the bike...
Money Week
This week the children have taken part in 'My Money Week' which is a national activity week for primary and secondary schools across the UK. The aim of the week was to increase the quality and quantity of financial education for all young children across the UK. The...
THANK YOU!
Many thanks for your kind donations. We raised £75.00 from wearing our favourite footwear to school; the money was sent to Action Aid to our sponsored child - Velonika in Malawi.