Classes
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 the correct numeral. Year Two children used their knowledge of multiplication and division facts […]
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 […]
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!
Some of our Swans class enjoyed a 2 day ‘bikeabiity’ course. They started by learning some skills in the safety of the school playground before taking their bikes onto the local roads. They are now proficient at riding their bikes safely! Well done children!
On Thursday afternoon, 5 children took part in a Golf Tournament at Play Golf, Colchester. The children were given the opportunity to learn and practise their golf skills with some professional golfers before competing in a tournament against other schools. The children played really well and ended the day in 2nd place. Well done golfers […]
The Kingfishers Class welcomed a visitor to their class. The visitor introduced herself as Mrs Fisher a dental nurse. Mrs Fisher asked the children what they knew about teeth. She showed the children a set of milk and adult teeth. She also asked the children if they could help her find her toothbrush, the children said yes, […]
This week the children in Kingfishers Class have been thinking about how to keep healthy. The children created their own snack by making fruit kebabs. They practised their safety and hygiene skills by holding a knife correctly, cutting carefully and making sure their hands were clean. The children selected the fruits they liked from melon, grapes, orange, […]
On Monday 10th October, the Owls class went to the Music For Youth Primary Prom at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The programme kicked off with Springwood High School Big Band. This was followed by Uke ‘n Toot ‘n Tap, a primary school music group who played ukeleles , ocarinas and tuned percussion, as well as […]
On Friday afternoon, we welcomed parents and carers to join us for our Harvest assembly. All the classes shared readings, songs, poems and prayers. Thank you for all the donations of food goods which will be donated to the Colchester Food Bank.
October is national Walk to school month and today the parents and children opted for walking to school instead of driving. The children, parents, teachers and staff met at either ends of Strickmere and walked together to school. The JRSO’s made sure the children were walking safely to school. It was lovely to see so many walking to […]
On Wednesday 12th October, some of the Swans class took part in a Crumble Bot competition at BT. The children took part in a series of challenges which saw them compete against 31 other primary schools. At the end of the afternoon, the Year 5 team came 2nd out of 31 teams and the Year 6 team came 4th. […]
It was the turn of the Kingfishers to take part in their first ever assembly. The children told the audience about the work they had done this half term on the topic of ‘All About Me’. They also talked about Autumn, they showed their pictures of Autumn trees and sang two rhymes about Autumn. The […]