Curriculum
The children looked at a Powerpoint all about British Birds. The children were able to identify the birds and learnt interesting facts about them. The children were told they were going to take part in the RSPB Birdwatch (next week). The children thought about how they could attract the birds to the wildlife area. The […]
On Thursday, the Woodpeckers learned about the work of Eva Rothschild. They looked at different sculptures she had made and used her ideas of straight lines and shapes to make their own sculptures. The children used marshmallows and cocktail sticks to create shape sculptures. Some children joined their sculptures together. The children enjoyed the challenge […]
Owls class have been looking at a range of British Artists and this week the children studied Lucien Freud. They looked at a range of pictures produced by the artist and specifically at the painting entitled ‘Girl with a Kitten’. The children re-created this portrait using their own choice of media; all of the portraits […]
The children enjoyed making biscuits this week in cooking club. The children worked together to weigh the ingredients, mix them altogether, roll out the dough and cut the dough into biscuit shapes. Great teamwork and lovely biscuits.
In PE, the Woodpeckers worked in teams to build their own obstacle courses. The children had to choose objects to put into their obstacle course and think of activities to do with each obstacle to make it challenging for the other teams. They had to work together to create a course which linked together and […]
On Thursday 17th January, 7 Owls took part in a Futsal competition at Inspire, Ipswich. The children displayed great skills of attacking, defending and shooting, superb attitude towards their own team and the opposing teams as well as showing a good level of fitness (to run around on a very small pitch during the 10 minute […]
In cooking club the children enjoyed making pizza swirls and rocky road. The children were able to listen to instructions and follow them. They worked as a team, sharing the equipment and taking turns.
This year, Elmer the Elephant will be celebrating his 30th Birthday. As a school we have decided to be part of ‘Elmer’s Big Parade Suffolk’ and help raise money for St Elizabeth Hospice. We have pledged £750 to have our own sculpture of Elmer and be a part of a big community project. We will […]
During the Forest Fun session the children were given the task of creating a snowflake using natural materials. They discussed what snowflakes looked like, remembering that they have 6 points and that they are translucent. They listened to what they were going to be doing and then put their wellies on ready to head outside. […]
Recently in DT, the Woodpeckers have been learning about the work of Jill Townsley. They looked at the different sculptures she made using everyday materials and had a go at using the same materials to build their own. They learnt how Jill Townsley used the same items repetitively to create different installations.The children had to […]
Children from Kingfishers and Woodpeckers class joined Miss Jones and Mrs Jones for cooking club after school. The children were very busy decorating biscuits and making cakes. The children created melted snowmen, snowmen faces and snowball cakes.
At the end of last term the children were asked to make a decoration to send in to the residential home where Miss Kluge’s Mum works. The children made some fabulous decorations which were really appreciated by the residents of the care home and by the staff. Thank you very much for you efforts! The residents […]