News About Our School
Anti-Bullying Week
This week is Anti-Bullying week and the children have been learning about what 'bullying' is and what can be done about it . We also talked about 'friendship' and how important this is in our school and about being a friend to others. The Anti-bullying ambassadors...
Swans Assembly
Friday 11th November saw Swans take the first assembly of the half term; they shared some of their amazing 'flashback' stories, some of their Mayan history facts and numbers and also explained their multiplication maths work. Well done Swans, you spoke clearly and...
Cooking Cupcakes
The children made cupcakes for Spencer Bear's birthday. The children were very keen to help, following the recipe. First they put the bun cases into the tins. Then they helped by weighing the ingredients, sieving the flour, cracking eggs, folding the flour and mixing...
Funtrition Fun
Swans class have started a six week course based on Health and Nutrition. They learnt in the first week about the 4 principles of Funtrition: Eat Well, Sleep Well, Drink Well and Move Well. They also planted some mystery seeds which will hopefully grow into a fruit...
Spectacular Sight at the School
Saturday evening saw us open the school grounds for the annual fireworks event. Hog roast, hot dogs and warm drinks were enjoyed by a record number of people before a spectacular fireworks display lit up the night sky. A huge thank you and well done to the Stratford...
Poetry Success
On the 14th October, Georgia and her family attended the Suffolk Young Poets celebration at the Halesworth Art Centre. Georgia had received a commendation for her poem; the celebrations included a workshop with Dean Parkin who is a member of The Poetry People...
Maths and English Club
Some of the children from Woodpeckers class joined Miss Jones, Miss Kluge and Mrs Kite for the Maths and English After School Club. The children joined playing Maths games with Miss Jones. Year One children rolled a dice and added the two numbers together and found...
Safe and Seen in Suffolk
The children were very excited to receive their reflector from the 'Safe and Seen in Suffolk' campaign. The JRSOs told the children in assembly about the campaign and why it is important to wear the reflectors. The children were asked to wear their reflectors on their...
‘Start Active’ Breakfast Club
Monday 31st October saw 9 children join us for the very first day of the Start Active Breakfast Club being run by Premier Sport. The children spent their time on some brain gym activities before tucking into a snack of orange juice & toast!
Safe Cyclists
Some of our Swans class enjoyed a 2 day 'bikeabiity' course. They started by learning some skills in the safety of the school playground before taking their bikes onto the local roads. They are now proficient at riding their bikes safely! Well done children!
Golf Course Glory
On Thursday afternoon, 5 children took part in a Golf Tournament at Play Golf, Colchester. The children were given the opportunity to learn and practise their golf skills with some professional golfers before competing in a tournament against other schools. The...
Dental Nurse Visit
The Kingfishers Class welcomed a visitor to their class. The visitor introduced herself as Mrs Fisher a dental nurse. Mrs Fisher asked the children what they knew about teeth. She showed the children a set of milk and adult teeth. She also asked the children if they...
Fruit Kebabs
This week the children in Kingfishers Class have been thinking about how to keep healthy. The children created their own snack by making fruit kebabs. They practised their safety and hygiene skills by holding a knife correctly, cutting carefully and making sure their...
Music For Youth Primary Prom
On Monday 10th October, the Owls class went to the Music For Youth Primary Prom at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The programme kicked off with Springwood High School Big Band. This was followed by Uke 'n Toot 'n Tap, a primary school music group who played ukeleles ,...
Harvest Assembly
On Friday afternoon, we welcomed parents and carers to join us for our Harvest assembly. All the classes shared readings, songs, poems and prayers. Thank you for all the donations of food goods which will be donated to the Colchester Food Bank.
Walk To School
October is national Walk to school month and today the parents and children opted for walking to school instead of driving. The children, parents, teachers and staff met at either ends of Strickmere and walked together to school. The JRSO's made sure the children were...
Crumble Bot Success
On Wednesday 12th October, some of the Swans class took part in a Crumble Bot competition at BT. The children took part in a series of challenges which saw them compete against 31 other primary schools. At the end of the afternoon, the Year 5 team came 2nd out of 31...
Kingfishers’ First Assembly
It was the turn of the Kingfishers to take part in their first ever assembly. The children told the audience about the work they had done this half term on the topic of 'All About Me'. They also talked about Autumn, they showed their pictures of Autumn trees and sang...
Paralympic Enrichment Day
On Friday, all the classes were involved in an Enrichment Day. Mr Ross from Premier Sport taught the children some games which included 'blindfolded' ball games, boccia as well as 'floor volleyball' involving balloons. The children all enjoyed the activities and...
Live On Radio Suffolk
On Monday morning, Luke the roving reporter from Radio Suffolk came to interview Mrs Bilner and the Junior Road Safety Officers (JRSO's). They talked about the 'Be safe, be seen' initiative from Suffolk County Council as well as walking to school, the dark mornings...
Table Tennis Success
Four children took part in a recent Table Tennis competition. They all played really well and managed a secure a place in the county final!! Well done boys !
Playground Decision
The School Council met with Mrs Carney to discuss the designs for the new village playground. They were shown two designs and were given the opportunity to say which one they liked the best and why. A really good discussion followed and Mrs Carney took the School...
Woodpeckers’ Class Assembly.
This week was the turn of the Woodpeckers to showcase their work from this half term. They showed their Autumn leaf sculptures and explained how they were made. They also shared some of their writing. In Literacy they had made their own books with the next chapter of...
Speed Check
The new JRSO's first job was to join the Community Speed Watch Team on their speed check. The JRSO's were very excited and ready with their clipboards and pencils to take down information. The Community Speed Watch Team explained to the JRSO's what they had to do and...