Owls

History, Stories and Electricity

by | 1 Jan 2017 | Owls, Science

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 electricity.

Young Voices at the 02

by | 1 Jan 2017 | Achievements, Classes, Extracurricular, Owls, Swans, Trips

On Thursday, Mrs Marshall and Mrs Bilner (and several parents) accompanied 17 children to the O2 in London.  Since September, these children had been learning several songs; the finale of which was joining 7,500 other school children in a massive choir concert. The show was spectacular and the children were amazingly (but not surprisingly) well […]

American Football comes to Stratford!

by | 1 Jan 2017 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, PE, Swans, Woodpeckers

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 was had by all!  

Sinbad and Stratford St Mary

by | 1 Jan 2017 | Classes, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Trips, Woodpeckers

Thursday afternoon saw the school visit the New Wolsey theatre to watch Sinbad the Sailor Rock n Roll Panto.  The children and accompanying adults, listened to the songs and talented musicians and laughed at the jokes. Everyone was very well behaved and we all had a great time.

Crafts For West Suffolk Hospital!

by | 12 Dec 2016 | Achievements, Classes, Community, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Parents, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

Over the past couple of weeks, all the children have been set homework to create a Christmas decoration/ picture/ card to give to the patients at West Suffolk Hospital to cheer them up during their stay over the Christmas period. Miss Kluge’s Mum is a Ward Sister at the hospital and will deliver them to the patients. […]

Festival of Rugby

by | 12 Dec 2016 | Achievements, Classes, Community, Curriculum, Owls, PE, Swans

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 hosting the tournament and to their young leaders. […]

Anti-Bullying Week

by | 11 Nov 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

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 welcomed the parents on Tuesday afternoon for the Parents […]

Safe and Seen in Suffolk

by | 11 Nov 2016 | JRSO, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

The children were very excited to receive their reflector from the ‘Safe and Seen in Suffolk’ campaign. The JRSOs told the children in assembly about the campaign and why it is important to wear the reflectors. The children were asked to wear their reflectors on their coat or book bag so that they can be […]

‘Start Active’ Breakfast Club

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Classes, Extracurricular, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Monday 31st October saw 9 children join us for the very first day of the Start Active Breakfast Club being run by Premier Sport. The children spent their time on some brain gym activities before tucking into a snack of orange juice & toast!

Paralympic Enrichment Day

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Classes, Curriculum, Kingfishers, Owls, PE, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Friday, all the classes were involved in an Enrichment Day. Mr Ross from Premier Sport taught the children some games which included ‘blindfolded’ ball games, boccia as well as ‘floor volleyball’ involving balloons. The children all enjoyed the activities and learnt how to use different skills and tactics.  

Blackberry Picking

by | 10 Oct 2016 | Owls

On Wednesday 28th September, the Owls class went blackberry picking around the village. As well as picking lots of delicious blackberries, Mr Wheals taught the children how to recognise some other sorts of autumn berries and plants. The fruit that we collected is going to be frozen and the children will be cooking with it […]

Owls Class Assembly

by | 9 Sep 2016 | Owls

On Friday 23rd September, it was the Owls Class’s turn to show their work from the term so far. The children read their stories, showed their artwork, performed dialogues in French and demonstrated Science experiments. But the highlight of the assembly was the children performing what they have been doing in their weekly violin lessons. […]