Curriculum News
Cooking Club
The children were ready for their next cooking club session. The children listened carefully to instructions, washed their hands and put an apron on. This week the children made potato salad and jam swirls. They practised their cutting, mixing and spreading skills....
Owl’s Trip To Colchester Castle
On Friday 7th February, to tie in with our class work on the Romans, the Owls class took part in a 'Romans In Colchester' day at Colchester Castle. We began our day with a Story Tour down in the castle vaults. Our guide, John, explained the early history of Colchester...
Science in Swans
This half term, Swans have been investigating properties and changes in materials as our Science topic. This week, they were given the question 'Does the type of liquid used in a solution affect the solubility of materials?' The children designed an experiment to test...
A Trip To Ipswich Museum
On Wednesday 5th February, the Woodpeckers went to Ipswich Museum to take part in an activity day based around the Ancient Egyptians. They got to handle ancient artifacts, try on Egyptian clothing and masks as well as taking part in lots of fun activities. The...
Special Delivery
The children were very pleased to receive their books they had ordered from James Campbell, the visiting author. The children were very excited and are looking forward to reading them. Happy Reading!
Mummification Experiment Results!
Two weeks ago the children took part in an experiment. They wanted to find out if the mummification process actually worked and so they worked in pairs to mummify a tomato. They followed the same mummification steps as the Egyptians would have done with their...
Computational Thinking
On Friday 31st January, 16 Year 3's spent the day at BT. They took part in some computational thinking activities which included being a 'Human Photocopier, using Beebots, being a Human Crane and taking part in some lego (we-do) activities . The children had to think...
All About Owls
The year one children have been learning all about owls. They have created their own information posters about owls with lots of facts. The children were very pleased with their posters. Great work Kingfishers. [gallery...
Pizza and Fruit Salad
In cooking club this week the children created their own pitta bread pizzas. They selected the toppings they wanted on their pizzas and got busy cutting, spreading and sprinkling. They also made a colourful fruit salad. The pizzas and fruit salad looked delicious!...
The Year of the Rat – Chinese New Year
The children were very lucky as Mrs Clark came into school and spoke to them about Chinese New Year. The children took part in different activities which included making a lucky red envelope and a Chinese dragon. Mrs Clark showed the children how to do Chinese writing...
Cooking Club
The children were ready for their next cooking club session. The children listened carefully to instructions, washed their hands and put an apron on. The children made pasta salad and rock buns. We hope you enjoyed eating them! [gallery...
Dodgeball Festivals
Recently, six children from the Owls class travelled to Inspire Suffolk in Ipswich to participate in the U9 Dodgeball Festival. We competed against six matches against five other schools, remaining unbeaten by winning 4 and drawing twice. The children were also picked...
Embalming Tomatoes!
On Monday 20th January, the Woodpeckers investigated the scientific process of mummification by becoming Egyptian Embalmers! As there weren't any dead Pharaohs lying around, the children used tomatoes instead- to symbolise the Pharaoh's body. The children followed...
Amazing Author
On Tuesday 14th January, the children welcomed James Campbell into school. James told the children he was an author, storyteller and a comedian. He told the children lots of poems with actions and the children joined in. James also told the children the Umbrella...
Cooking Club
The children were very excited as it was the first Cooking Club session. The children listened carefully to instructions, washed their hands and put an apron on. The children made cheese swirls and melted snowmen biscuits. We hope you enjoyed eating them! [gallery...
Experimenting with Switches
As part of our whole school topic on Fire, the Owls are combining their Science and DT learning to design and make a fire alarm. We began the project by discussing the different types of switches that we can find. On Friday, the children worked together to solve a...
Hey Ewe!
On Thursday afternoon and evening, after lots of rehearsing and lines memorised, children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class performed Hey Ewe! to a packed audience. The Christmas story was seen through the eyes of a curious sheep! The children had lots of fun...
The Impact of the Railways
For our History topic this half term, the Owls have been learning about steam railways. On Tuesday 19th November, we learnt about the impact that the steam railways had on Britain. Firstly, the children had to sort statements about the effects of the railways into...
Tudor House
The children became designers and designed their own Tudor house. The children looked at images of different Tudor houses and thought about what they looked liked and the features they had. The children used the information to design their own Tudor house. They drew a...
A Mysterious Letter
The Woodpeckers have been comparing objects from the past in their History lessons (whilst learning about The Gun Powder Plot). The children have been comparing how we would send messages to somebody now, and how they would have been delivered in 1605. They learnt...
U11 Table Tennis Tournament
Recently, eight children from Swans class took part in an U11 Table Tennis Tournament, held at St Joseph's College in Ipswich. Our children competed against three other schools containing 'A' and 'B' teams: Morland, Cliff Lane and St Pancras. Each child played at...
A Rather Regal Day Out
On Friday 8th November, Swans took a trip out to Framlingham Castle. We couldn't resist a trip to the Castle on the Hill as Queen Mary I resided there in 1553. We had a good look around the castle, and the children were brilliant at looking at the evidence in the...
The Terrible Tudors begin their Reign…
The Terrible Tudors have begun their reign in Swans class this week, and the children have all been excited to get learning about one of the most influential families in British History. On Thursday 31st of October, we re-enacted the Battle of Bosworth- the last of...
Fabulous Fireworks Calligrams!
The topic for this half term is 'Fire, Fire'. In Literacy, we have been basing our writing on Fireworks and Bonfire Night and have been learning how to write structured calligrams. A calligram is a poem that uses its design and layout of the letters to create a visual...