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Easter Surprise

by | 4 Apr 2026 | Community, Kingfishers, News

Miss Jones made bunting using the flags the children had decorated. Miss Jones will take the display to Black Brook House care home for the residents, to brighten up their Easter. Great teamwork Kingfishers! The children also made cards for the residents in the village to say Happy Easter. Mrs Cousins has taken them to […]

Forest Fun

by | 4 Apr 2026 | Forest Schools, News, Owls

The Owls really enjoyed their Forest Fun session today. They “baked” with mud, made houses for rabbits and built some amazing dens!

Mountfitchet Castle

by | 3 Mar 2026 | History, News, Owls, Trips, Visits

On Tuesday 17th March, the Owls class went to Mountfitchet Castle, which is a recreated Norman castle and village. The trip followed on from last half term’s History topic on the Norman Invasion. The children enjoyed looking inside all the different buildings and interacting with the artefacts there. They enjoyed trying to find or remember […]

History (Swans)- Learning about Evacuation in WW2

by | 9 Sep 2025 | History, News, Swans

The Swans have been learning about life as an evacuee. They went into role as a child who had been evacuated from the city to the countryside and shared their experience in an interview. We found out that not all evacuees had a good time!    

The Swans Get Ready for their new WW2 Topic!

by | 9 Sep 2025 | History, News, Swans

As part of our Immersion Day, we made WW2 airplanes – German and British. The children worked really hard to create these from a plastic bottle and modroc – it wasn’t as easy as it may look!  

The Swans have been learning about blood!

by | 5 May 2025 | News, Science, Swans

The children in Year 6 have been learning about the function of blood and it’s composition. They made models to represent the different components.

Heart Dissection Year 6

by | 5 May 2025 | Curriculum, News, Science, Swans

The Swans have been learning about the function of the heart. They were extremely lucky to receive a dissection lesson from Mrs Harvey who is a trained high school Science teacher. Every single child took part and this really helped embed their learning about  the different parts of this vital organ!  

Kinetic Adventure

by | 5 May 2025 | News, Science, Woodpeckers

On Monday we went to Kinetic Adventure in Claydon (near Ipswich). We learnt all about the sizes of planets, the International Space Station and even had a go at a few science experiments. We had a lovely day and would recommend everyone to look out for the offers they have over half terms and on […]

Benin (Year 6)

by | 4 Apr 2025 | History, News, Swans

Year 6 have been looking at images of Benin to deduce why Benin might be a significant society, worthy of study. They learnt that: This was a civilization of cities and towns, powerful kings and a large empire which traded over long distances. Craftsmen were skilful in bronze and ivory. They had a religious belief […]

Hockey Fun

by | 4 Apr 2025 | News, Owls, PE, Woodpeckers

On Friday 28th March, several children from the Owls and Woodpeckers classes took part in a hockey skills session. The children spent some time at various stations learning some skills useful for playing hockey. Thank you to the adults for taking them and all who came and supported the team.

Icebergs in Watercolour

by | 3 Mar 2025 | Art & Design, News, Swans

In Year 6, we have been learning different watercolour techniques. We then tried to use some of the techniques in our iceberg paintings.

Gymnastics Fun

by | 3 Mar 2025 | Kingfishers, News, Owls, PE, Swans, Woodpeckers

On Wednesday 26th March, several children from across the school took part in a gymnastics competition at Hadleigh Stars. We are delighted to announce that our Under 7s team came first; our Under 9s came first and our U11s teams came second and third. Well done to everyone who took part and thank you to […]