News About Our School
Did We Visit The Panto?
Oh yes we did!! On Thursday we visited the New Wolsey theatre to watch a performance of the 'Sword in the Stone' pantomime. This Rock n Roll show was a big hit with the adults and children. Mr Bassett was called onto the stage to help the Pantomime Dame - he did a...
Amazing Art
Children from Key Stage Two have been enjoying the Art club being offered by Miss Jones and Mrs Kite. The children have developed their drawing techniques using wax crayons. They have created wax resist fish and water scenes using tissue paper. [gallery...
iPads a Big Hit
The children in Kingfisher Class were very excited this week as they accessed the iPads for the first time. The children were able to learn their letters and sounds and practise their handwriting too. They really enjoyed using them and had lots of fun. [gallery...
Geography Week in the Swans
In the first week back after Christmas, it was Geography Week in the Swans class. The children were learning about the water cycle and rivers. We did lots of practical activities, including making watersheds. The highlight of the week was making V-shaped river valleys...
Terrific Tournament!
Stratford St Mary hosted a football tournament which was run by Premier Sport. As well as 2 teams from Stratford St Mary, three other local primary schools brought a team who battled it out against each other in a series of matches. Capel St Mary were the eventual...
Forest Schools
The children in Kingfisher Class braved the cold weather today for their first Forest Schools session with Orchard Barns. The children built dens, climbed trees, made mud pies and searched for bugs. The children had lots of fun, learning and exploring in the outside...
Let There Be Light!
Last week in science, the children were learning about light; about different light sources and reflection. On Friday, we were very lucky that Mr Clark was able to visit and allowed us to experiment with different lighting equipment. This included a 'mirror ball',...
Woodpecker Class Cheer Up Hospital Patients
This week Woodpecker class have been very busy making lots of Christmas decorations to give to West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust in order to help cheer up the patients. The children wanted to brighten up the hospital wards and cheer up patients who are poorly over...
Full House for Straw & Order
All the children in the school took part in the School Nativity - Straw and Order. The play was a great success and attended by over 250 people. The children had been working hard in preparation for the performance and a huge thanks to all the staff who ensured the...
Magic Ian
ABC Pre - school invited the children in Kingfisher Class to see 'Magic Ian'. Magic Ian was very funny and he did lots of magic tricks. The children in Kingfisher Class could not stop laughing. Thank you ABC Pre - school for inviting us, we had lots of fun. [gallery...
Sugarcraft & Chocolate Logs
The PTA had organised six weeks of Christmas Crafts, which included a visit to Hall Farm to see Father Christmas, making cards, snowmen place mats, Christmas Tree decorations and candles. The 'Messy Church' also ran a session making lots of different Christmas...
Christingle in the Church
On Friday, all the children went into their 'Houses' to create Christingle oranges, with the older ones helping the younger ones put sweets and raisins on cocktail sticks and sticking red tape around the middle. After lunch, the children carried their oranges, which...
Hedgehog Rescue
When Swans class were walking back to school after singing to the community, eagle-eyed Archie spotted a little creature on the path. After realising that she was too small to be out alone, Mrs Bilner brought the little hedgehog into the school and kept her warm. All...
Carol Singing to the Community
Mrs Bilner & Mrs Marshall took Swans Class to the Parish Rooms to sing carols to the community. They sang numerous carols both traditional and new ones to the community who were enjoying their Christmas lunch.
Letters to Father Christmas
This week Kingfisher Class have been writing letters to Father Christmas. The Children were able to use their phonic knowledge, word mats and dictionaries to help them spell words. They wrote fantastic letters, telling Father Christmas what they would like and that...
JRSO’s Speed Check
The JRSO's attended the speed check with the Community Speed Awareness Team on Wednesday. The JRSO's wrote down the registration numbers of the cars which went past. They kept an eye on the speed camera to see if the cars were speeding. The JRSOs really enjoyed it and...
Brightness Day
On Friday 27th November the JRSOs held a Brightness Day. The children and staff came to school in their brightest clothes and raised money for 'Children in Need'. There were winners from each class including Miss Kluge. There were also winners of the competitions...
Road Safety Training
The JRSO's trained the children in Woodpecker and Kingfisher Class on how to cross the road correctly. The children really enjoyed using the road and pretending to be cars and pedestrians.
Kingfisher Class Assembly
The children in the Kingfisher Class performed their assembly on Friday. The work they showed was on the theme of 'Ourselves'. They named body parts, they spoke about the visit from Sue Hunter the Dental Nurse, they showed collages of their favourite foods, said the...
Owls Trip to Colchester Castle
On Thursday the Owls made the short trip to Colchester to visit the Castle. The children have been learning about the Romans for the past two weeks in class and greatly enjoyed their visit. We had the opportunity to try on different Roman costumes, build a Roundhouse...
Traffic Survey
Kingfisher Class walked to the village green to conduct a survey of the traffic. The children were very excited and waited patiently for vehicles to go pass, listening carefully. When they saw a vehicle they made a mark on their chart. They saw cars, lorries, vans and...
Dinosaur Captured On Camera!
This week has been a very exciting time for Woodpecker class who discovered that there had been a Triceratops rampaging round the school over the weekend. Miss Kluge showed the class CCTV footage of a Triceratops in the school car park and the children produced some...
Woodpecker Class Share ‘Wow Work’ With Friends and Family In Class Assembly.
This week was the turn of Woodpecker Class to share some of their favourite work from the term in their Class Assembly. The children showed the rest of the school and parents the firework pictures they had made; sang the 'Days Of The Week' song that they had...
Christmas Craft Club
Christmas Craft Club started on Monday 16th November. As you can see from the photos, the children had great fun making a whole range of Christmas-themed items, including beautiful cards and letters to Santa.