Mrs Bilner

Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2024

by | 11 Nov 2024 | Community, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Thank you for your generosity towards this year’s poppy appeal – £214.12 was raised by the school.

Harvest Assembly

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Community, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday 18th October, we held our Harvest Assembly in the school hall. The children sang songs and read some beautiful poems. We also collected some non-perishable goods which will donated to the Colchester Food Bank.  Thank you for your generosity.    

McMillan Coffee Morning

by | 10 Oct 2024 | Achievements, Classes, Community, Fundraising, PTA

On Friday 4th October, the PTA organised a coffee morning and cake sale with the proceeds going to the McMillan Cancer Support charity. Thank you for your generosity – an amazing £219 was raised.  

Matilda!

by | 9 Sep 2024 | Owls, Swans

July 2024, saw the Year 4, 5 & 6s perform ‘Matilda the Musical’ to a packed school hall. The children acted, sang, performed and wowed the audience with their amazing talents! Here are a selection of photos.  

Anglo-Saxon Newspaper Headlines

by | 9 Sep 2024 | English, History, Woodpeckers

Today, the children have been learning about the Anglo-Saxons – who they were and where they came from.  We will continue our learning and are hoping to produce some ‘eye-catching’ newspaper headlines over the next few days ready for our newspaper report. We look forward to sharing them with you.

Soliloquys in Swans

by | 5 May 2024 | English, Swans

The Swans have been reading Hamlet. They used emotive language to write a soliloquy in role as Ophelia. They then presented their final draft creatively using which ever medium they chose. Some chose watercolours, others created a collage effect and some used posca pens. The results were outstanding. We then created a metaphorical display, using […]

Tudor Weavers

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, History, Swans

Some of the Year 6 are enjoying being Tudor weavers! We think they would have been a great asset to Stratford St Mary during Tudor times where clothiers lived in the village and became a prominent contributor to the cloth industry.  

Painting in Woodpeckers

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design, Woodpeckers

This half term, in art, we have been looking at four different painters and their art styles; Claude Monet, Georges Seurat, Jackson Pollock and Georgia O’Keefe and asking the question ‘Are all paintings created in the same way? This week we focussed on using watercolours and creating a piece in the style of Georgia O’Keefe.

Typography Art

by | 5 May 2024 | Art & Design

In art, the children have been looking at the work of the multi-disciplinary artist Freyja Crow. They tried to create portraits and using a strong sense of line, then experimented with different styles of typography.    

School Disco

by | 3 Mar 2024 | News

On the Friday 15th March, the PTA organised a disco for the school children. The children looked fantastic dressed in their party clothes and danced along to music both old and new! Thank you to the PTA for organising the event and to all who helped out on the day.

Water, Nutrients and Gummy Bears

by | 3 Mar 2024 | News

In Science, the children have been learning about how water and nutrients get absorbed into the bloodstream. They carried out an investigation to see what happened to gummy bears when placed in different liquids. There were some interesting discoveries!

The Boy at the Back of the Class

by | 3 Mar 2024 | English, Geography, Swans, Trips

The Swans had an amazing time in Cambridge yesterday. The Boy At The Back Of The Class was incredible; the children loved it and it really did serve to embed all they had learnt about migration in their previous Geography/English topic. We also took time to look at the beautiful buildings around Cambridge – in […]