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Bike Week

by | 6 Jun 2019 | JRSO, School Events

The JRSOs encouraged the children to take part in Bike to School Week which was held from 10th – 14th June 2019. Despite the weather lots of children took the challenge and came to school on their bike or scooter. Thank you to all the children who took part.

Elmers On Parade

by | 6 Jun 2019 | News, School Events

Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk trail went live this weekend (Saturday 15th June 2019)! There are 55 Elmer sculptures out in Ipswich as well as 84 young Elmers. Our Elmer – ‘Swanning Around in Constable Country’ is in the Mansion Herd (Christchurch Mansion). Try and go and have a look and do the trail – all […]

Scooter Ability Club

by | 6 Jun 2019 | Extracurricular, JRSO, Kingfishers

The children were very excited as it was the first Scooter Ability Club. The children listened carefully to the instructions that were given and the safety rules they needed to follow. The children took it in turns to scoot in a straight line pushing with their foot and seeing how far they travelled. The children […]

Father’s Day Lunch

by | 6 Jun 2019 | Classes, Parents

On Wednesday 12th June 2019, we welcomed over 60 dads, grandads and special people for our annual Father’s day lunch. Rachel and Georgia prepared a delicious roast dinner, followed by flapjack and custard, which was enjoyed by all. Thank you dads (grandads and special people) for supporting this event, to all staff for helping over […]

Scooter Club

by | 6 Jun 2019 | JRSO, Kingfishers

The rain didn’t stop us, we still had fun at scooter club! We practised crossing the road using the zebra crossing. We practised weaving in and out of cones pretending we were on our scooters. We did brave the rain for a while and had a go on our scooters. Well done Kingfishers.

Potatoes

by | 6 Jun 2019 | Design Technology, Environment, Kingfishers, Science

The children were very excited about digging up the potatoes and seeing how many they got. The children dug through the soil with their hands collecting the potatoes. The children had to look carefully to make sure they hadn’t left any. With support the children were able to weigh their potatoes and understand that they […]

Pyjamarama Day

by | 6 Jun 2019 | Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday 7th June  the children (and adults) came to school in their pyjamas to celebrate Pyjamarama day donating 50p to the BookTrust charity. The children enjoyed a range of activities and enjoyed having stories read to them by different adults. We raised over £60 for the BookTrust charity. Thank you for your support, the […]

Favourite Footwear Day

by | 5 May 2019 | Fundraising, JRSO, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday 22nd May the children and staff wore their favourite footwear to school and donated £1 to our Elmer project. There was a range of different footwear from flashing trainers to monster slippers. We raised £80. Thank you to everyone who took part and donated money.

Outdoor Classroom Day

by | 5 May 2019 | Environment, Kingfishers

On Thursday 23rd May it was ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’. The children in Kingfishers Class spent the afternoon outside celebrating ‘Outdoor Classroom Day’. The children were tasked with creating their own Elmer’s from objects in the outside area. The children worked in teams, finding different things and decorating their Elmer’s. They looked lovely, well done Kingfishers.

National Walk to School Week

by | 5 May 2019 | Community, JRSO

During the week of the 20th of May the children were encouraged to walk to school. The teachers provided walking buses form each end of Strickmere, which meant less cars outside the school gates. Thank you to everyone who participated in walk to school week (even in the rain).  

Elmer

by | 5 May 2019 | Art & Design, English, Environment, Kingfishers, Maths

This week the children in Kingfisher Class have been learning about Elmer and getting ready to celebrate his birthday on Friday 24th May. They have learnt about elephants and written a fact file and labelled the different parts of an elephant. They have made their own Elmer’s from recycled milk cartons. They have created Elmer’s  […]

Elmer’s 30th Birthday

by | 5 May 2019 | Classes, Fundraising

On Friday 24th May the children and teachers celebrated Elmer’s 30th Birthday. The children and teachers came to school wearing their favourite colours on their clothes and donate £1 towards our ‘Elmer Project’. The children helped decorate Elmer in different coloured bottle tops and coins. The children all had a Elmer cupcake at lunchtime baked […]