Miss Jones

Clarice Cliff Circle Tree Plate

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children became ‘artists’ and continued focusing on – Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question – Can you apply your painting skills when working in the style of an artist? Miss Jones showed the children an image of a Clarice Cliff’s Circle Tree plate design. Miss Jones asked the children to […]

Food Savvy

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Environment, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

The children welcomed Sam from the Waste Department at Babergh District Council into their school. In assembly Sam spoke to the children about Halloween and about pumpkins. The children were told 16 million pumpkins will go to waste this year. The children were told how they can use the whole pumpkin to eat – skin, […]

ELSA Study

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Community, Visitors

Children were invited to take part in the ELSA study run by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The ELSA study is a screening programme for children, aged 3-13 years to find out their risk of getting type 1 diabetes.

Fireworks

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The reception children became artists and used ‘loose parts’ to create a collage. The children were encouraged to use the ‘loose parts’ to create fireworks. Great work Kingfishers.

Outdoor Art

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The Reception children became ‘artists’. The children went on a walk to collect natural objects such as feathers, grass, flower buds or heads, leaves, twigs, pine cones. The children looked at the collection and discussed how they might use the objects to create paintbrushes. They also thought about what kind of pattern or texture they […]

Thinking about Bird Wildlife in Forest Schools

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Forest Schools, Kingfishers

The children had their‘ Forest Fun’ session with Mrs Clark and Mrs Martin. The children sat in the tree stump circle and talked about birds and how we will need to start thinking about looking after them during the winter months. The children listened to a bird song (Mrs Martin had toy birds with their […]

Colour Detectives

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children in Year One became ‘artists’ and started a new unit of work – Painting and Mixed Media. The children thought about the question – Can we investigate how to mix secondary colours? The children listened to the Sesame Street Lego Three Primary Colours. Miss Jones asked the children some questions- What are the […]

Guy Fawkes Immersion Day

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, News

The children in Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter inviting them to a firework party. The children were asked to work together to build a Guy. Miss Jones read the instructions and the children followed them with support. The children learned about why the guy […]

JRSO Gold Award

by | 7 Jul 2024 | JRSO

The JRSOs at Stratford St Mary Primary School were awarded a Gold Award for all their hard work this year.  They completed a scrapbook informing others of what they had done to encourage and promote road safety within school. Great work JRSOs we are very proud of your work and the Gold Award.  

London Writing

by | 7 Jul 2024 | English, Kingfishers

The children in Kingfishers Class have been very busy learning about London. The Year One children have been creating leaflets all about London. The children choose different London landmarks and wrote facts about them. The children shared their leaflets with the children in Year Six. They were very impressed with their London leaflets. The Reception […]

Caterpillars

by | 6 Jun 2024 | Kingfishers, Science

The children had a lovely surprise, they received some caterpillars in the post. The children had a good look at the caterpillars, then started their caterpillar diaries! They wrote about the caterpillars and drew a picture. The children will continue to observe the caterpillars over the next few weeks to see what happens!

Harvesting Potatoes

by | 6 Jun 2024 | Design Technology, Kingfishers, Science

The children in Kingfishers Class 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. The children then listened to instructions and were able to clean […]