Miss Jones
This half term in History the Year One children are focusing on the question – Why did people travel to the seaside years ago? The children became historians and thought about the enquiry question – Can we use photographs to find clues as to what seaside holidays were like in the past? The children were […]
The children in Kingfishers Class were introduced to their new topic – Seasides. The children received a letter from Becky the Seagull. Miss Jones read the letter to the class and they found out Becky the seagull had hidden shells round the classroom and the children were asked to find them. The children went on […]
The JRSOs joined the Community Speed Check Team to carry out their weekly speed checks in the village. The Community Speed Check Team carry out the checks in different locations around the village encouraging drivers to drive carefully and to keep to the speed limits.
Thank you to all the children and parents who took part in the Sustrans Big Wheel and Walk event. The JRSOs logged each classes journeys and we came 314 out of 1196 small schools with a daily average score of 62.25%. Thank you for your support.
The children in Kingfishers Class enjoyed a visit to Craft Nursery in Ardleigh. The children were shown the planting area and looked at the seedlings and the plants which had been planted. They were shown the potting machine and watched the pots being filled with the compost. The children then followed the instructions given and […]
The winners of the road safety poster competition recently welcomed in Peter and Sarah from Kingsley Estate Agents (Dedham) to show them their winning designs. Kingsley Estate Agents are kindly sponsoring these winning designs to be made into signs to be displayed in the village. Pater and Sarah were very pleased with the designs and […]
We have been working with Craft Nurseries in Ardleigh and they have kindly donated seeds for the Forest Fun area and sunflower seeds, pots and compost for the children. So we thought we would hold a ‘Tallest Sunflower Competition’ for all the children to enter. Each child has planted a sunflower seed at school and […]
Miss Jones made an Easter display for the residents at BlackBrook Residential Home with the Easter Eggs the children had coloured. Mrs Cousins will deliver the Easter cards the children have made to the older residents in the village. Well done Kingfishers.
This week, the children (and parents) have been encouraged to walk or wheel to school taking part in Sustrans Big Wheel and Walk event. Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel inspires pupils to make active journeys to school, improve air quality in their neighbourhood and discover how these changes benefit their world. The children’s journeys have […]
This week in English, the Year One children have been focusing on explanations. The children were asked to write an explanation on how Jack got rich based on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. They wrote cause and effect sentences using ‘because’ and ‘so’ to explain what Jack found out, what he stole and […]
The Year One children became Geographers. The children continued focusing on the question – What is life like in the Jungle? The children thought about the enquiry question – Can we identify the locations and features of cloud forests? The children found out all about a cloud forest in Costa Rica. The children were able […]
Gill, a councillor, from the parish council came and spoke to the children about a very exciting competition. Stratford St Mary Parish Council wanted the children of Stratford St Mary Primary School to design slow down posters so they could be displayed in Stratford St Mary to encourage drivers to slow down. The Parish Council […]