Woodpeckers

Oliver!

by | 7 Jul 2022 | Music, Owls, School Events, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Tuesday 19th July, the Owls and Swans performed ‘Oliver!’ for family and friends.  Whilst it was an incredibly hot day, the air conditioning units certainly kept us cool. The children performed, sang and acted with confidence and said they really enjoyed it! Thank you to EVERYONE who helped put on this show.  It really […]

Beach Clean

by | 6 Jun 2022 | Eco School, Environment, News, Owls, Swans, Trips, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday 22nd June, the Eco-Council took a trip to Felixstowe beach and the Felixstowe recycling centre. The children spent the day litter picking and finding out about single use plastic and the effects of these on our waters. This was part of the ‘marine’ topic for the Eco award.  The children also took part […]

World Music Day!

by | 6 Jun 2022 | Kingfishers, Music, Owls, Swans, Visitors, Woodpeckers

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 – thank you for organising it for us, Mr Abbott! […]

Colchester Castle Romans Fun!

by | 5 May 2022 | History, News, Visits, Woodpeckers

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 all about Boudicca, The Celts and their revolt. The children […]

Woodpeckers Class Assembly

by | 5 May 2022 | News, Woodpeckers

Tuesday 10th May was the turn of The Woodpeckers to share their work with parents and the rest of the school for their class assembly. The children retold the story of The Ant And The Grasshopper using actions and performing in unison. They showed off their brilliant dip dye fabric prints and acted out some […]

Artistic responses to a story

by | 2 Feb 2022 | Art & Design, English, News, Woodpeckers

For our Art topic this half term we have been exploring different types of marks and using them to respond to different stimuli. Today we listened to the story of Pattan’s Pumpkin and applied our learning of different mark making. As artists, we used paint to create different types of mark in our paintings. We […]

A Royal Declaration.

by | 2 Feb 2022 | History, News, Woodpeckers

The children in Woodpeckers class have been learning about The British Empire. They have learnt about the British trading triangle between England, Africa and India. They took part in a class discussion about how the slave trade began and their opinion on it. We looked at how it still has some influence today and why […]

Mark Making in Art

by | 2 Feb 2022 | Art & Design, News, Woodpeckers

On Tuesday 11th January the children in Woodpecker class were tasked with using different tools to create particular types of mark. The children used straws, thick and thin paint brushes, glue spreaders, sticks, pipe cleaners and cutlery to experiment with creating different types of mark such as ‘thick’, ‘thin’, ‘wavy’, ‘jagged’ , shiny’ etc. The […]

Games and Construction Club

by | 2 Feb 2022 | Extracurricular, Kingfishers, Woodpeckers

  The children all enjoyed games and construction club. They enjoyed playing and socialising with their friends.

A Miracle in Town

by | 1 Jan 2022 | Kingfishers, School Events, Woodpeckers

The children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class performed A Miracle in Town to a packed audience in Stratford St Mary church. The children had lots of fun entertaining the audience with their version of the nativity and were in good voice singing the fun songs. Well done to all of our children – you were […]

Poppy Appeal

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Fundraising, Kingfishers, Owls, Swans, Woodpeckers

Thank you all so much for your generosity towards the 2021 Poppy Appeal.  Your contributions raised £169.40 for this worthy charity.  

Badminton Festival

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Owls, PE, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday 20th October, several from Woodpeckers and Owls took part in the Badminton Festival. They had a great time taking part in all the different activities and thank you to our Year 6 leaders for helping them on the day.