Curriculum

Clay Pebbles

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The year one children continued being artists this week, focusing on 3D art. The children used different coloured clays to decorate 3D forms. They manipulated clay to produce balls and coils. Great work Kingfishers.

Firework Fun

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

The children have been very busy creating fireworks. The children chose the colours they wanted and dripped the paint on to the circle tapping it on the side of the spinner. When they had selected the colours they put the lid on top and spun the spinner. When they took the top off they were […]

Cross Country

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Owls, PE, Swans

On a very warm, but windy day in late October, 8 children represented the school in a cross country festival at the Royal Hospital School. Everyone did their best and our top girl came in 33rd! Well done to everyone!

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.

U11 Girls / Boys Football

by | 11 Nov 2021 | Owls, PE, Swans

On Thursday 7th October and Thursday 14th October, several children from KS2 took part in an U11 Football tournament at Whitton Sports Centre. They all thoroughly enjoyed the experience; great team spirit was shown and our wonderful girls’ goalkeeper was awarded the fair play award on the day. .    

Amazing Art

by | 10 Oct 2021 | Art & Design, Kingfishers

This half term the children in Kingfishers Class have be investigating different textiles and learning new skills. The children have learnt to weave, mark – make, knot, take rubbings and fabric peg. The children have also enjoyed working with Brusho and seeing the effect it has when paining over oil pastels. The photographs show the […]

Stone Age Pottery

by | 10 Oct 2021 | Art & Design, History, News, Woodpeckers

This half term, the children in Woodpeckers class have enjoyed learning about The Stone Age. In Art we have looked at Stone Age cave art, drawings and pottery. This week we made our own Stone Age pots and bowls and used natural objects to help make patterns on them. We used our finger nails, sticks, […]

Fantastic Fire Engines

by | 10 Oct 2021 | Design Technology, Kingfishers

The children have really enjoyed being designers this half term. They have learned how to design, make and evaluate their product. The children were given the challenge of building their own fire engine. The children were able to use tools safely and decide what they needed to create their fire engines. Great fire engines, Kingfishers.

Water Colour Cards

by | 10 Oct 2021 | Art & Design, English, History, Swans

The children made war time thank you cards for The Shed and invitations to a ‘war time tea’ for the elderly in the village! They use watercolours and aged the card with tea!!

World War 2

by | 10 Oct 2021 | History, Swans, Trips, Visitors

The Swans had a fantastic trip to Ipswich Museum where they took part in activities linked to life in WW2. After that, we went to ‘The Shed’ for an evacuee lunch! Whilst we were there, the photographer from the Ipswich Star came and took lots of lovely photos which should appear in an article later […]

Writers Workshop

by | 10 Oct 2021 | English, Swans, Visits

Swans recently had a visit from a published author, Lauren North.  She delivered a workshop where she demonstrated how a book starts with a blank page and ends up as a published novel. Lauren spoke about her own journey as an author; her perseverance with rejection and how important it is to have faith in […]

Egyptian Art Work

by | 10 Oct 2021 | Art & Design, History, Owls

As part of the Owls topic based on the Ancient Egyptians, the children created some portraits.  They also used modelling clay to make canopic jars! These were then displayed in our class museum.  The children were really proud of their creations.