News About Our School
ELSA Study
Children were invited to take part in the ELSA study run by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The ELSA study is a screening programme for children, aged 3-13 years to find out their risk of getting type 1 diabetes.
McMillan Coffee Morning
On Friday 4th October, the PTA organised a coffee morning and cake sale with the proceeds going to the McMillan Cancer Support charity. Thank you for your generosity - an amazing £219 was raised.
Fireworks
The reception children became artists and used ‘loose parts’ to create a collage. The children were encouraged to use the ‘loose parts’ to create fireworks. Great work Kingfishers.
Maths in Woodpeckers!
In maths this half term, both year groups have looked at place value. We identified what each digit represented in a two or three digit number and could partition given numbers into hundreds, tens and ones.
All about tenses!
This week and last week we have been learning about the simple past and the simple present tense. We found out that regular verbs add the suffix -ed to make them the simple past tense. Some irregular verbs changed completely when talking about the past, e.g. fight to...
Greek Scientists – Hippocrates
Owls' Science topic this half term is linked to our History topic on the Ancient Greeks. We have been looking at Ancient Greek scientists and the contribution they made to our modern understanding of science. This week, we looked at Hippocrates - "the father of modern...
Titanic Biographies
In History, the Swans have been writing biographies about the different passengers on board the Titanic. They loved the creative slant to this task!
Outdoor Art
The Reception children became ‘artists’. The children went on a walk to collect natural objects such as feathers, grass, flower buds or heads, leaves, twigs, pine cones. The children looked at the collection and discussed how they might use the objects to create...
Our Titanic display
The Swans have been writing diaries in role as somebody on board the Titanic. They have also produced some amazing sketches of the ship.
Anglo-Saxons Invade!
Today we reported on the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons, explaining who they were and where they came from. We added a picture, caption and headline to our short newspaper report.
Titanic History
We have been learning about the different classes on board Titanic. The children were given the freedom to present their work however they saw fit - there were some amazing results!
Thinking about Bird Wildlife in Forest Schools
The children had their‘ Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Mrs Martin. The children sat in the tree stump circle and talked about birds and how we will need to start thinking about looking after them during the winter months. The children listened to a bird song...
Titanic Science
The Swans have been thinking about how the freezing temperatures affected the people in the water when Titanic sank. They carried out some investigations that compared their fine motor control before and after their hands had been in the very cold water! [gallery...
Learning the Keyboard
This week, the Woodpeckers have been learning the keys on a keyboard, typing up some information about the Anglo-Saxons. They used ctrl a to highlight text, ctrl b to make their writing bold and learnt other 'shortcuts' on the keyboard.
Matilda!
July 2024, saw the Year 4, 5 & 6s perform 'Matilda the Musical' to a packed school hall. The children acted, sang, performed and wowed the audience with their amazing talents! Here are a selection of photos. [gallery...
Colour Detectives
The children in Year One became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work - Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question - Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours? The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss...
Titanic Science
The Swans have been thinking about why the Titanic didn't spot the iceberg until it was too late. We looked at water displacement to measure the volume of the iceberg and the children were able to clearly see how 90% of the iceberg is under the water which is one of...
Large Scale 3D Drawing
In Art, the Owls looked at the work of the sculptor Magdalene Odundo and how she prepared for her sculptors by drawing in 2D but making it look 3D. We had to draw large shapes, using our whole arm. We used lots of overlapping curved lines in different colours to make...
Guy Fawkes Immersion Day
The children in Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter inviting them to a firework party. The children were asked to work together to build a Guy. Miss Jones read the instructions and the children followed...
Ancient Greece Immersion
The Owls had a great first day back at school. We had an immersion day based around our first topic, which is Ancient Greece. We learnt the myth of Perseus and Medusa. We acted out the story and then re-told it as a storyboard. We made our own Greek vine leaf...
Anglo-Saxon Newspaper Headlines
Today, the children have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons - who they were and where they came from. We will continue our learning and are hoping to produce some 'eye-catching' newspaper headlines over the next few days ready for our newspaper report. We look...
JRSO Gold Award
The JRSOs at Stratford St Mary Primary School were awarded a Gold Award for all their hard work this year. They completed a scrapbook informing others of what they had done to encourage and promote road safety within school. Great work JRSOs we are very proud of your...
London Writing
The children in Kingfishers Class have been very busy learning about London. The Year One children have been creating leaflets all about London. The children choose different London landmarks and wrote facts about them. The children shared their leaflets with the...
Caterpillars
The children had a lovely surprise, they received some caterpillars in the post. The children had a good look at the caterpillars, then started their caterpillar diaries! They wrote about the caterpillars and drew a picture. The children will continue to observe the...