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In Year 6, the children have been looking at the artists Aurelie Bouquet and David McEown and their paintings of icebergs. They used shading techniques to try and give a sense of form to their work.
In Science, the children in Year 6 have been learning that light travels in straight lines. They had to draw scientific diagrams to show their understanding of this and had great fun using the torches to aid their understanding.
In Swans, we have been looking at writing relative clauses (using relative pronouns), prepositional phrases and expanded noun phrases using the picture book ‘The Arrival’. We then edited our work, improving word choices and checking for spelling or punctuation errors in order to publish our final paragraphs this week. These are some of the finished […]
On Friday 24th January, we took 21 children from Years 4, 5 & 6 to the O2 in London to perform in the Young Voices Choir of 2025. They performed many songs from a variety of genres of music alongside approx. 8000 other young people, to a packed audience. Thanks to everyone who was involved […]
On Wednesday 22nd January, the Swans class visited Colchester Zoo. As well as having plenty of opportunities to look at all the different animals, the children took part in a workshop about Charles Darwin. They learnt about the life and work of Darwin. They were given field journals and had to identify bugs and their […]
The children became dinosaur explorers. They got ready to hunt for dinosaurs. The children used binoculars and magnifying glasses looking carefully for dinosaurs. The children drew pictures of the dinosaurs they found and wrote the name of it. Lovely role play Kingfishers.
The new JRSOs were able to meet Holly the Road Safety Officer to talk about their role as a JRSO. The JRSOs were very excited to receive their JRSO packs and badges. The JRSOs thought about what they would like to do and achieve this year to support Road Safety at Stratford St Mary Primary […]
The children joined Holly the Road Safety Officer for a Road Safety workshop. Holly asked the children how they travelled to school that morning. They discussed what they already knew about Road Safety – look both ways, keep your seatbelts on, look out for fast cars. The children watched a video about Road Safety showing […]
On Tuesday 8th October, Sam from the food waste team at Babergh Council visited us in school. She did a whole school assembly, a parent drop in session and a workshop with each class. In Owls’ workshop, we looked at whether thrown away food items were edible or inedible. Then we worked in groups to […]
The children in Kingfishers Class began exploring their new topic for this half term. The children received a letter inviting them to a firework party. The children were asked to work together to build a Guy. Miss Jones read the instructions and the children followed them with support. The children learned about why the guy […]
The Owls had a great first day back at school. We had an immersion day based around our first topic, which is Ancient Greece. We learnt the myth of Perseus and Medusa. We acted out the story and then re-told it as a storyboard. We made our own Greek vine leaf garlands. We even had […]
The children were asked to take part in the Sustrans Big Walk and Wheel 2024 the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting challenge. The challenge ran from 11 – 22 March. The children were encouraged to walk, use a wheelchair, scoot or cycle to school on as many days as possible during the […]