Curriculum News
Handball Festival
Five children from the Owls class took part in a recent handball tournament. They played lots of games against other Ipswich schools. There was some brilliant shooting, defending, goal-keeping and team play. Well done Owls!
Cross Country Success!
On Wednesday morning, 16 children took part in a cross-country run at the Royal Hospital School. There were several hundred children from schools all over Suffolk taking part in a variety of races. Five of our children came in the top 25 for each of their age groups...
Creatures, Beans and Mother’s Day
On Friday 24th March 2017 it was the turn of Kingfishers to show their work in their class assembly. The children were confident to stand up, talk and sing to the audience. The children proudly showed their work and talked about what they had learnt. They talked about...
Ice Hockey in Spring
On Friday 17th March the children were involved in a PE 'Enrichment Day'. Mr Ross taught the children skills, rules and tactics associated with the game of Ice Hockey. Even though the sun was shining, the children still used a 'puck' which slid well on the playground...
Tag Festival
On Wednesday 15th March 2017, some of our Owls class were involved in a Tag Rugby festival at Inspire Suffolk. They played against several other teams and all had great fun! [gallery...
Volcanoes & Addition
On Friday 10th March, it was once again the Owls Class Assembly. The children read out some of their writing, and demonstrated their knowledge of Maths, Science and Geography. As always, we were very proud of all the children, and would like to thank all the parents...
Quicksticks Competition
On Monday 6th March, 6 children from the Swans class represented our school in a Quicksticks Hockey competition. The children competed against other schools from Ipswich and the surrounding areas. They won some games, lost some and drew some. Although it was quite...
History, Stories and Electricity
It was the turn of the Owls, on Friday 27th January, to share their work to parents and other children in the school. They read stories about Rama and Sita, talked about the dodgeball competition, received certificates and also shared their science work based on...
Dynamic Dodgeballers!
Monday 23rd January saw 5 Owls compete in a dodgeball competition at Inspire Suffolk. They played several games against other schools and won some, drew some and lost some. All the children displayed great skill and determination as well as good team spirit - they...
Ten Pin Fun
On Friday 27th January 2017, 6 Owls took part in a Ten Pin Bowling Festival. They joined other schools at the event which was held at Martlesham. They played 2 games; their scores were added up to make a 'team total'; our children came 5th out of 11 schools. Thank...
Swans Assembly
Friday 20th January saw the first class assembly of 2017. Swans class shared some of their work and this included their Vex models, newspaper articles on Howard Carter and Ancient Egypt, homework which was based on the Rock n Roll pantomime, their thoughts and...
Vex Club
On Wednesday evening a group of Swans started a Vex club. Over the next few weeks, they will build a Vex 'model' which can then be programmed to perform different tasks. We hope in the future to compete with other schools in a Vex robot competition. We will keep you...
American Football comes to Stratford!
On Friday, we had a PE Enrichment day. Mr Ross came in and taught the children different skills, games, tactics and rules of American Football. Due to the snowy weather, this had to take place in the school hall, however, lots of learning happened and a lot of fun...
The Magical Christmas Jigsaw
On Wednesday afternoon and evening, the school hall was packed to the rafters and we felt we were getting a feel of how Mary & Joseph felt in Bethlehem! The only difference was, there was room at our inn (or school hall) and the children performed their nativity -...
Woodpeckers Test their Junk Model Lunchboxes!
Over the past couple of weeks the Woodpeckers have been learning the story of 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunchbox' as part of their DT. In the story, Mr Grinling receives his lunch every day via a zip line that runs from his house, across the sea to the top window of...
Fencing Fun
Stratford St Mary recently hosted a Fencing Festival which saw 4 children from our school work with children from 2 other primary schools. Over the last few weeks, they have learnt new techniques, vocabulary and skills. Thank you Mr Banner for organising the...
Festival of Rugby
On Wednesday 30th November, a group of Year 4 & 5 children took part in a Rugby Festival at East Bergholt High School. The children went into different groups to learn some rugby skills and then played in some matches. Thank you East Bergholt High School for...
Tag Rugby Festival
On Thursday 24th November a team from Swans class took part in a Tag Rugby Festival at Ipswich Rugby club. They did very well on what was a very cold afternoon; winning 3 games out of 5.
Hobbling, Gobbling and Wobbling in Woodpeckers’ Class Assembly!
This week was the turn of the Woodpeckers to showcase their work from this half term. They performed the nonsense poem: 'Hobble, Gobble Wobble' By Michael Rosen with actions as well as a poem they had learnt about the months and seasons. The children shared their...
Football Tournament
Some of our Swans class were involved in a recent football tournament. They played 5 matches against other schools; they won one, drew two and lost two. It was quite a cold and wet afternoon, but all the boys had fun and played really well.
Anti-Bullying Week
This week is Anti-Bullying week and the children have been learning about what 'bullying' is and what can be done about it . We also talked about 'friendship' and how important this is in our school and about being a friend to others. The Anti-bullying ambassadors...
Swans Assembly
Friday 11th November saw Swans take the first assembly of the half term; they shared some of their amazing 'flashback' stories, some of their Mayan history facts and numbers and also explained their multiplication maths work. Well done Swans, you spoke clearly and...
Funtrition Fun
Swans class have started a six week course based on Health and Nutrition. They learnt in the first week about the 4 principles of Funtrition: Eat Well, Sleep Well, Drink Well and Move Well. They also planted some mystery seeds which will hopefully grow into a fruit...
Maths and English Club
Some of the children from Woodpeckers class joined Miss Jones, Miss Kluge and Mrs Kite for the Maths and English After School Club. The children joined playing Maths games with Miss Jones. Year One children rolled a dice and added the two numbers together and found...