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Beebot Exploring London

Beebot Exploring London

The children were asked to to direct Beebot to different London landmarks. They followed instructions on how to work Beebot and then listened to the directions given to them, understanding words such as forward, turn, left and right. They then wanted to continue...

World Music Day!

On Tuesday 21st June, it was World Music Day and we were very excited to welcome the Sweeting Swing Band into school.  They entertained  us with a variety of songs and Karen explained the different instruments that made up the band.  It was a fantastic experience -...

Let’s Explore London

Let’s Explore London

This half term in Geography the Year One children are exploring London. This week the children were able to identify and describe landmarks of London. The children were challenged to walk around the classroom, looking at the London landmark cards to answer questions,...

Minsmere Trip

Minsmere Trip

To tie in with our topic on Coasts, on Monday 20th June, Owls class went to RSPB Minsmere. In the morning, we went down to the shore and learnt about coastal erosion. We also did some beachcombing, trying to find all the things on our sheet. In the afternoon, we did a...

Potatoes

Potatoes

The children were very excited about digging up the potatoes and seeing how many they got. The children dug through the soil with their hands collecting the potatoes. The children had to look carefully to make sure they hadn’t left any. With support, the children were...

Andy Goldsworthy Art

Andy Goldsworthy Art

This half term the children in Kingfishers Class will be focusing on collage. Today the children found out about the artist Andy Goldsworthy. The children were asked to respond to the work of Andy Goldsworthy. The children used natural objects and the techniques of...

Constable Day

To fit in with our whole school enquiry question "Why does Stratford St Mary fascinate historians?" we focused on what the village would have been like in John Constable's time. We found out that John Constable was alive during the Georgian period. On Thursday 26th...

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

The children in Kingfishers Class became artists. The children learned about the artist Yayoi Kusama. She is a Japanese artist who is sometimes called ‘the princess of polka dots'. Although she makes lots of different types of art – paintings, sculptures, performances...

Bread and Butter

Bread and Butter

The children in Kingfishers Class became bakers. The children put on their aprons and washed their hands. They discussed why they needed to wash their hands and why they shouldn't touch anything while they were cooking. Miss Jones and Mrs Clark spoke to the children...

Colchester Castle Romans Fun!

Colchester Castle Romans Fun!

On Tuesday 17th May, the children in Woodpeckers class loaded the double decker bus and set off excitedly for Colchester Castle (although I think they were more excited to spot Macdonalds on the way!) The children went underground into the old Roman vaults and learnt...

Contrasting Colours

Contrasting Colours

This half term, the Owls are developing their painting skills. So far we have explored texture and colour mixing. Our most recent lesson focused on contrasting colours. The children had to 'overpaint' their existing work with contrasting colours. They were able to...

Young Voices 2022

On Friday 6th May, 19 children from the Owls and Swans class joined approximately 8000 other children for the Young Voices concert at the O2 in London. It was fantastic to hear all the children singing together and everyone had an amazing time.  Our seats were amazing...

Tudor Times in Stratford St Mary

Tudor Times in Stratford St Mary

The Swans have been learning about what Stratford St Mary would have been like in Tudor Times. Last week, we looked at how our village is linked to the Suffolk Wool Towns. We learned about a man called Thomas Mors who was a cloth manufacturer who died in 1500. He gave...

Art Painting

Art Painting

This half tem in Art, Kingfishers Class are focusing on painting. The Year One children responded to a story as a staring point for developing painting techniques. The Reception children used thick and thin paintbrushes to write letters. The children were able to...

Lemon Battery

To mark British Science Week, and as part of our work on electricity, the Owls tried to see whether they could use lemons as batteries to light a bulb in a circuit. They worked together as a class to see how many lemons it would take to light the bulb and to make sure...

Books For Schools

Books For Schools

The children have been enjoying the new books they received from the ‘Books for Schools’ campaign in the Evening Star and East Anglian newspapers. Thank you again for collecting the tokens and supporting us.

Travel and Transport

Travel and Transport

This half term in Science the children have been exploring materials. The children were asked to make a boat using suitable materials - which they explored last week. The children selected the materials they needed and got busy creating their boats. The children...

Exploring Texture

This half term, the Owls art focus is painting. For our first lesson, we explored using and creating different textures and then painting over them. Later in the term, the children will be creating their own textured versions of some of John Constable's masterpieces,...

Kingfishers’ Toy Museum

Kingfishers’ Toy Museum

The children created their own toy museum. The children wrote descriptions about their toys, wrote labels and created posters which they displayed in their museum. The children became tour guides and showed their grown up around the ‘Kingfishers Toy Museum’. They told...

World Book Day 2022

World Book Day 2022

The children celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as their favourite book character. The children were challenged to look for different things within a text or picture book, such as a bear, a witch and a frog. The children were asked to record which book they...

Science Club

Science Club, for Years 4 and 5, has been running for a few weeks now, and is proving very successful. The children are working towards their Crest Super Star award and are getting stamps in their Science passports for each challenge they complete. Challenges so far...

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

Miss Jones explained to the children it was 'Safer Internet Day'. Miss Jones told the children Safer Internet Day 2022 celebrates young people's role in creating a safer internet, whether that is whilst gaming and creating content, or interacting with their friends...

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