Miss Jones

Dental Nurse Visit

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, Visitors

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 could help her find her toothbrush, the children said yes, […]

Fruit Kebabs

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers

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 hands were clean. The children selected the fruits they liked from melon, grapes, orange, […]

Walk To School

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Classes, Community, JRSO, Parents

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 walking safely to school. It was lovely to see so many walking to […]

Kingfishers’ First Assembly

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, Parents

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 two rhymes about Autumn. The […]

Speed Check

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Community, JRSO, Swans

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 why they carried out the speed checks. They […]

Marvellous Mud

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Facilities, Kingfishers

The mud kitchen was open for business today, for Kingfishers Class! They were all very excited and listened carefully to the mud kitchen rules. When they were outside and were playing with the kitchen they independently changed their shoes for welly boots and with adult support put on an apron. They dug the mud using […]

Walk Around The Village

by | 9 Sep 2016 | Community, Kingfishers

The Kingfishers Class went for a walk around the village to look at the different types of buildings there are in the village. They listened to the adults and followed instructions carefully. While the children walked around the village they ticked off the different buildings they saw on their picture checklist. The children were very […]

Planting Bulbs

by | 9 Sep 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers

Kingfisher Class have been very busy planting tulip bulbs with Mrs Clark. They discussed together what the bulbs needed to grow and in which season they will grow. The children each chose a spot in the earth to plant their bulb and following instructions, used a trowel to dig a hole and plant their bulb […]

Monet Masterpiece

by | 9 Sep 2016 | Extracurricular, Owls, Swans

Children from Key Stage Two have been enjoying Art Club with Miss Jones and Mrs Kite. The children have been recreating their own version of Monet’s painting of the water lily pond and bridge. The children used their fingertips to mix and paint their masterpiece.

Money, Money, Money

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Classes, Kingfishers, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday the children were very excited as it was finally the day for the classes to present their products for the ‘Mini Enterprise’ which was launched during Money Week. The children with their teacher set up their stalls with their products and posters ready for the end of school sale. The children were fantastic at encouraging […]

Kingfisher Assembly

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Achievements, Classes, Kingfishers

The children in Kingfisher Class were very excited to show their work to their parents, family members and the rest of the school in assembly. The children spoke about their work on potatoes. They told everyone how they looked after them and how they harvested them. They also sang a rhyme about potatoes. The children talked about the work […]

JRSOs On Radio Suffolk

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Achievements, Community, JRSO, School Events

The JRSOs were interviewed by Radio Suffolk, they talked proudly about what they had done to promote road safety within school. The  JRSOs were asked lots of questions which they answered confidently; Mrs Bilner and Miss Jones were also interviewed. The JRSOs then travelled to Endeavour House in Ipswich for the JRSOs Awards Ceremony where they were awarded a silver award […]