Swans

After School Club Takes to the Slopes

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Extracurricular, Owls, Swans

Wednesday Evenings see 26 Owls and Swans, accompanied by Mr Bassett and Mrs Bilner,  take to the slopes at the Suffolk Ski Centre. Lots of them are learning how to ski, how to ‘snow plough’, turn and stop safely. Others are perfecting their skiing skills on the main slope.

Harvest Gifts

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

We received this certificate from the Colchester Foodbank saying ‘thank you’ for our food donations. Your kind contributions for our Harvest Assembly helped to provide 134 meals for people less fortunate than ourselves.

A Massive Thank You

by | 11 Nov 2015 | Classes, Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

A massive thank you to all who contributed to our Macmillan Coffee Morning, we were able to donate £80.00 to this worthwhile cause.  

New School Council Elected

by | 10 Oct 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Our new School Council were recently elected. One of their first decisions was deciding on the ‘Theme’ and ‘Names’ for the ‘House Groups’. It was decided, after much discussion, that the names of the Houses will be ‘Foxes’, ‘Badgers’, ‘Hedgehogs’ and ‘Otters’.

Table Tennis Tournament

by | 10 Oct 2015 | Extracurricular, School Events, Swans

Four boys from the Swans class were selected to take part in a recent Table Tennis Competition and whilst they didn’t make it to the final, played really well and were proud to represent the school.

Rugby World Cup Fever Comes to Stratford St Mary

by | 10 Oct 2015 | Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

The children from Woodpeckers, Owls and Swans, recently had a morning dedicated to Tag Rugby. They took part in lots of different activities and games all linked to Rugby.  A fun time was had by all.  

Ducklings a BIG success!

by | 4 Apr 2015 | Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

The ducklings have been an immense success with all the children and are now enjoying their moments of freedom on our pond! Catching them at the end of the day has proved very entertaining for anyone watching! Thank you to Mrs Martin for allowing to have them in school these last few weeks.

Year 6 well under way & ready for SATS

by | 4 Apr 2015 | English, Maths, Swans

Year 6 are well under way to being ready to take their statutory tests in English and Maths in the week of May 11th. Please do encourage them to do the homework sent for the Easter holidays as it will be the starting point of the support club being run on Monday afternoons, starting on […]

Hansel and Gretel Opera

by | 2 Feb 2015 | Achievements, Swans, Trips

On Thursday 12th February, I was fortunate enough to be able to join the Swans Class to watch the performance of Hansel and Gretel at the Mercury Theatre. It was an amazing experience and our children performing in the chorus were fantastic! Well done to you all. Our children in the audience were also wonderful—for […]

Stratford St Mary on Radio Suffolk

by | 2 Feb 2015 | Achievements, Swans

The interview and singing of our choir from the Swans Class was on Radio Suffolk this morning, at 9am – if you missed it, it is still available for the next 29 days: Choose the Radio Suffolk website, the presenter Etholle George and then ‘listen again’ – the interview is right at the end of […]