Mrs Bilner

Healthy Living Week

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, PE, Swans, Visitors, Woodpeckers

Last week our timetable was dedicated to Healthy Living Week; the children were involved in many different activities.  These included our sports day, some Paralympic games, a visit from PC Di and PCSO Denise who talked to the different classes about a variety of things including drug and alcohol awareness & theft, Mr Andrews from Suffolk […]

Sports Day Success

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Achievements, Classes, PE, School Events

Thursday saw Stratford St Mary host sports day.  All the children took part in various events; throwing, jumping, sprinting and a fun run. Children gained points for their house group for how far they threw and jumped and then competed against each other in the sprint, fun run and relay races. Blue Badger house were the […]

Stratford St Mary Gains Gold

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Achievements, Classes, Curriculum, Extracurricular, PE, School Events

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a GOLD mark from The School Games. This is a fantastic recognition for the amount of sport within curriculum and extra-curricular time that we have dedicated to the subject over the last school year. In addition to this, the amount of tournaments entered and our commitment […]

Help from BT

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Classes, Visitors

Last Thursday, our school had the pleasure of welcoming Mrs Carney and a team from BT.  After enjoying a school lunch, they worked tirelessly in our school grounds for a few hours; chopping trees, weeding, digging and clearing.  The school grounds look much tidier as a result of their work. Thank you BT for spending […]

Owls Debate

by | 7 Jul 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Owls

For the past 3 weeks, Owls class have been working on persuasive writing.  They have been looking at the ‘fors’ and ‘againsts’ of zoos. The class split into 2 groups; one group trying to persuade Mr Bassett why zoos were are good thing and the other group trying to persuade Mr Bassett why zoos were […]

Fencing Fun

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, PE, Swans

Our Swans have been learning some new ‘fencing’ skills. Mr Banner taught them ‘en garde’, about footwork, advance, defence and lunge. After having the time to practise these skills, they had the opportunity to ‘teach’ our reception children how to ‘fence’.  It was clearly evident they passed on the skills in a clear and informative way. […]

THANK YOU!

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Classes, Fundraising, Parents

Many thanks for your kind donations. We raised £75.00 from wearing our favourite footwear to school; the money was sent to Action Aid to our sponsored child –  Velonika in Malawi.

Kate Greenaway Awards

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Swans

Four children from the Swans class travelled with Mrs Smith to East Bergholt High School to take part in the Kate Greenaway book awards event . The idea of the morning was to choose a favourite book out of a possible seven . The children mixed with other primary school aged children and took  part in […]

Father’s Day Food and Football

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Classes

Over 40 dads, granddads and male relations joined us for a delicious Father’s Day lunch.  Rachel and Georgina prepared roast beef with all the trimmings followed by fruit crumble and custard. Some of the dads then joined the children outside for football, badminton and other playtime activities. It was lovely to see so many visitors and […]

Quadkids Athletics

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Achievements, PE

10 children from the Owls and Swans class joined approximately 650 other Suffolk school children for an afternoon of Athletic events at Northgate High School. Our chosen country for the day was New Zealand; there was a samba band, opening ceremony (where the children waved their flags), a speech from a Paralympian as well as […]

Birthday Lunch Fit for a Queen (or King)

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Classes

On Friday,  Rachel and Georgina prepared a ‘picnic lunch’ school dinner, with sandwiches, fruit, sausage rolls and cream scones to celebrate the Queen’s 90th birthday.  The hall was decorated with Union Jack flags and tablecloths and a fun time was had by all.  Thank you Rachel and Georgina for the food and to Mrs Allum for decorating […]

A Whoopsey-Splunkers Day!

by | 6 Jun 2016 | Classes

Today the Swans and Owls kiddles went to London for a Roald Dahl experience. First stop was the South Bank Centre to see ‘Wondercrump’, a magical interactive journey revealing the secrets of Dahl’s extraordinary life. With a fair amount of frothbugglingness it was a gloriumptious experience! After a crodscollopping lunch we splatch-winkled over to the Theatre […]