News

Sports Day – What a scorcher!

by | 7 Jul 2018 | News

Friday 6th July, saw our annual Sports Day event.  In glorious sunshine, the children competed in a variety of activities – standing long jump, chest throw, sprint, relay and fun run – gaining valuable points for their house groups. There was a fantastic atmosphere, with supportive cheering and healthy competition.  Mrs Marshall’s Green Otters were […]

Superheroes Day

by | 7 Jul 2018 | News, School Events

The children took part in a Superhero Training Day! They completed activities in teams such as throwing balls through the holes, a water game, balancing on the balance beam, vaporising villains with water and a superpower hunt. They worked together , cheering each other on and successfully counted up their points for their team! They also […]

A Royal Reply

by | 7 Jul 2018 | News

Kingfishers Class were very excited as they had received a very important letter. Miss Jones opened the envelope and showed the children the photograph. The children were able to identify Harry and Meghan on their wedding day. Miss Jones reminded the children she wrote to Harry and Meghan after their wedding explaining how they (Kingfishers […]

Silver Success

by | 7 Jul 2018 | Community, JRSO, News

The JRSOs attended the annual Junior Road Safety Awards Event at Endeavour House in Ipswich. The JRSOs met the Councillor,  the cabinet member for Highways and Transport, listened to presentations from other JRSOs and participated in a question and answer session. The JRSOs were awarded a silver award for their scrapbook which informed others of what […]

Going For Gold

by | 6 Jun 2018 | Achievements, Environment, Kingfishers, News

Today Kingfishers Class received their Silver award for the RSPB Wild Challenge. The children received a banner and were very excited to see it displayed on the fence of the outside area. We hope you have seen it! The children received a letter thanking them for making a considerable contribution to the welfare of the environment and […]

Kate Greenaway Book Event

by | 6 Jun 2018 | English, News, Swans, Visits

Three of the Swans class recently visited East Bergholt High School to take part in a book event. Before the event, our school and other local primary schools received a book (a different one for each school).  Each school had to present their book to the others before deciding on the overall favourite. Thank you […]

Father’s Day Lunch

by | 6 Jun 2018 | Community, Kingfishers, News, Owls, Parents, Swans, Woodpeckers

Thursday 14th June, saw over 40 dads, grandads and male representatives join us for Father’s Day lunch. Rachel and Georgina cooked a delicious roast beef meal, followed by apple crumble and custard. It was lovely to see so many of you join us; the children certainly enjoyed showing you the lunch time routines and taking […]

Woodpeckers Learn About Greenhouse Gases.

by | 6 Jun 2018 | News, Science, Woodpeckers

This term, Woodpeckers class have been learning about the environment. We have learnt about climate change and the effects of greenhouse gases on global warming. We conducted an experiment to see how the greenhouse effect works. We built two Lego houses and put a block of ice inside each. We then put the houses in […]

Quadkids

by | 6 Jun 2018 | News

On Wednesday 13th June, 8 Swans represented our school at the Quadkids tournament, held at Northgate High School. The children competed in 4 events; 75m sprint, 600m run, standing long jump and vortex throw. Over 50 schools attended the event; which included an opening and closing ceremony. Well done children!

Ground Force Weekend

by | 6 Jun 2018 | News

The weekend of June 9th & 10th saw a massive transformation of our grounds.  With an army of helpers on Saturday and Sunday, many, many jobs were completed; ivy and shrubs were cut back, fences were cleaned and painted, new lining and bark laid, new plants planted as well as weeding and clearing. It was […]

Transport Challenge Afternoon

by | 5 May 2018 | Design Technology, Kingfishers, News, Parents

On Thursday afternoon the children worked with a family member and created a transport model. They planned what they were going to do and what they were going to use. They constructed their model using recycled materials, cutting and sticking. The children wrote a label for their model. The children really enjoyed working with their family […]

Ocean Art

by | 5 May 2018 | Art & Design, News, Swans

This half term, the Swans have been working on an underwater theme in their Art lessons with Miss Kluge. They have drawn fish in pen and ink,pastel and pencil as well as shell studies and other sea life. The children created sea backgrounds using water colour and added epsom salts to their pictures to create […]