Miss Jones

National Forestry Day

by | 3 Mar 2019 | Community, News, Trips

On Thursday 21st March we celebrated ‘National Forestry Day’ with the children from Orchard Barns. They sent us a letter inviting us to take part in a bug house building competition. The children worked in groups creating a bug home. They collected different materials from the wood area and worked together to build their structure. […]

Books For School

by | 3 Mar 2019 | Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

The children have been enjoying the new books they received from the ‘Books for Schools’ campaign in the Evening Star and East Anglian newspapers. Thank you again for collecting the tokens and supporting us. Please remember we are now collecting the Lego tokens from the newspaper.

Elmer

by | 3 Mar 2019 | Art & Design, Community, Fundraising, Woodpeckers

The children in Woodpeckers class had the opportunity to work with Mrs Fisk to decorate Elmer. The children decorated their initial with different patterns and created feathers. The children also painted their own square for the patchwork trees. Great work Woodpeckers.  

Pancake Day

by | 3 Mar 2019 | Design Technology, English

The children have been learning all about Shrove Tuesday. The children have had lots of fun designing their own pancakes, taking part in pancake races, writing instructions on how to make pancakes and actually making pancakes. The children really enjoyed eating them.

Elmer Competition

by | 3 Mar 2019 | Achievements, Art & Design, School Events

During the half term break, the children’s homework was to enter an Elmer Competition to win a £5 voucher to spend at our book fair. The children were asked to design a book cover for Elmer to celebrate his 30th birthday. The children had to make sure it was eye-catching and the design included the […]

Phonics Club

by | 3 Mar 2019 | English, Kingfishers

The children joined Miss Jones for phonics club after school. The children took played phonics games – reading words and deciding whether the word was a real or nonsense word. Great work Kingfishers.

Kingfishers Maths

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Kingfishers, Maths

The children have been learning about place value within 50. The children chose a number from 0 – 50 and represented the number in different ways. They used Numicon, Base Ten, Place Value Counters and the Whole Part Model. Great work Kingfishers.

Umbrella Investigation

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Kingfishers, Science

In Science the children have been investigating different materials and their properties. The children completed an experiment where they investigated which was the best material to make an umbrella from. The children made a prediction, observed carefully and recorded their results. Great experiment Kingfishers.

Fun In The Sun

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Environment, Facilities, Kingfishers

What a lovely few days back at school.The children have been making the most of the sunny weather. They enjoyed exploring the outside area, accessing all of the different areas of learning (especially the loud music area!) in the sunshine. Lots of imagination, communication and role play taking place. Let’s hope the good weather continues!

Cooking Club

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Design Technology, Extracurricular

The children enjoyed taking part in the last cooking club session after school. The children were able to listen carefully and follow instructions. The children decorated buns as Rachel’s oven was broken!

Tractor Visit

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Community, Geography, Kingfishers, Owls, Visitors

James the Farmer brought his tractor to our school today as part of the Suffolk Agricultural Association’s Tractors into Schools initiative. James spoke to the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class about his tractor and his job. The children listened carefully and asked his lots of questions. The children also had the opportunity to sit on the […]

Kingfishers Shared Learning Session

by | 2 Feb 2019 | Kingfishers, Parents

The children took part in their shared learning session on Tuesday 12th February.  The children welcomed their family members into school. Miss Jones told the children they were going to share a story with their family member. They chose a book and shared the story. After reading the story they completed a book review. Thank […]