Curriculum News
Kingfishers Toy Museum
To finish this terms topic the children welcomed their family members to Kingfishers Toy Museum. The children took on the role of tour guide. The children showed their family member around the toy museum. Thank you for coming, the children really enjoyed showing...
Derrick Thomas (Windrush Elder) visits our school
Year 5 and 6 had a wonderful afternoon listening to the life story of Derrick Thomas, a Windrush Elder. Not only did they learn about the Windrush Generation, they also learnt about the core values of resilience, self-belief and determination. The children had an...
Instructions for Making Tea
Here is some of our published work from our instruction writing this half term. We used imperative verbs, adverbs ending in -ly, the simple present tense and some of us also used adverbials of time. [gallery...
Year 6 Art
As part of our Evolution topic, we have been looking at how different artists portray monkeys and have begun to explore ideas in preparation for our final piece.
Traction Man
In English the children in Kingfishers Class have been focusing on the story ‘Traction Man is Here’ written by Mini Grey. The children have been writing their own adventure for Traction Man, deciding on what would happen when he visited school. Great work Kingfishers....
Science Investigation
Year 6 have been learning about Charles Darwin and his Theory of Evolution. We looked at how different finches on the Galapagos Islands have different shaped beaks and thought about what this told us about their diet. We carried out an investigation to see which type...
Young Voices 2026
On Friday 23rd January, several of our children from Years 3-6 took part in the Young Voices choir concert at the O2 in London. Our children joined over 8500 other children to sing a range of songs to a packed audience. Thanks to Mrs Marshall for preparing the...
Music – Chinese New Year
Today we practiced Pentatonic Scales! We have been exploring the musical sounds of Chinese New Year, here are some of our own.
Making Gear Systems
Owls Class's DT topic this half term is Gears and Pulleys. In our first lesson, we made gears in different ways. We used corrugated card, playdough and paper clips and evaluated which ones worked better. The children showed really good practical skills to demonstrate...
Did Medieval Migrants become Integrated within their Suffolk Communities?
In History, we looked at the names, origins and professions of different Medieval migrants who came to Suffolk. We then used historical data to draw conclusions about whether they were welcomed and became fully integrated into our society.
Forest School
Every Friday for this half term, we have Forest Schools. Our curriculum link for these sessions is D&T, with a focus on cooking. Today we all had a turn at making salt dough; we measured the flour and salt, carefully poured in water then mixed it using our hand....
Owls Street Dance
For one of our weekly PE sessions this half term, we are being taught street dance by Sophie Dilworth from CDC Dance. Our first session concentrated on hip hop moves and all the children were brilliant!
Immersion Session – Toys
Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topics for this half term. The children received a parcel. Miss Jones opened it and read the letter. The children were asked to work together to complete a puzzle. The children worked as a team and completed the puzzle and...
Year 6 have been sewing Christmas tree decorations
We have been using our sewing skills to make a Christmas tree decoration - it's not as easy as you think but they have done a sterling job and it has been lovely to watch the children support each other with this challenging task! [gallery...
Dissecting an egg
As part of our topic on Living Things and Habitats, Owls class were looking at the life cycle of birds. We dissected an egg. We studied the outside of the egg with a magnifying glass. Then we carefully cracked open the egg to identify all the parts inside. We used...
Art – 3D Sculpture
Woodpeckers have been busy this term creating 3D sculptures; here are their final pieces!
PE – Gymnastics
Take a look at some of our fantastic balances!
Geography
We had a wonderful workshop delivered by Harper's mum this week; linking in with our geography topic. Does the River always meet the Sea? We learnt lots about the causes of flooding and the dangers flooding can pose. [gallery...
Embedding the vocabulary of ‘migration’.
The Swans are coming to the end of their topic on migration. In order to embed the meaning of some of the terminology, we played 'Headbandz'! Headbandz'!
Christingles!
Thank you to all the family members who made it to our sharing session today. We made Christingle's because it linked nicely to our RE topic this half term; Christianity. The Christingle is used in churches as each element represents an idea symbolic to Christian...
Tasting Pomegranates in Year 6
In English we have been reading the novel: 'The Boy at the Back of the Class' which is about a Syrian refugee child who comes to the UK. One of his school mates, wants to try and make him feel at home so asks his mum if she can buy him a pomegranate as this fruit is...
Publishing
Over the last half term, Woodpeckers have been learning about rocks in science. We have looked at the three types of rocks; igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. We found out how each rock is formed and looked at examples of each rock. In English, we have learnt about...
Remembrance Day art Year 6
We drew eyes and reflected our thanks to all the soldiers who fought in the war.
Dissecting Flowers
Today, in Science, the Owls learned about how flowering plants reproduce sexually. We dissected flowers and studied them under magnifying glasses to identify all the different parts.