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Royal Wedding Week

by | 5 May 2018 | Curriculum, Kingfishers, News

This week the children in Kingfishers Class have linked their learning to the ‘Royal Wedding’. The children have been very busy as they received three letters from the ‘Royal Family’. The Queen asked for the children to write invitations and letters to the guests. Prince Harry needed the children’s help to design and write the recipe […]

Royal Wedding Lunch

by | 5 May 2018 | News

On Thursday 17th May, the school held a lunch to celebrate the forthcoming Royal Wedding.  Rachel made some cakes, Mrs Martin iced them and taught the Swans how to make flowers using icing, which then decorated the cake.  Everyone enjoyed the lunch with Rachel and Georgina having the honour of cutting the cake. Thank you […]

Land Art Sculptures

by | 5 May 2018 | News

This week  in art the Woodpeckers continued their learning on Sculptures and created ‘Land Art’ by gathering natural materials found in the den building area and working to create their own sculptures. The children had the choice to work alone or together on their sculptures and were creative with their ideas. Well done!

Woodpecker Sharing Afternoon.

by | 5 May 2018 | News, Owls

Today the Woodpecker children had the chance to share their learning with parents. They showed their parents the piece of work they were most proud of and read it to them. They also took part in a SATS revision quiz on the Ipads. Children worked with their parents to answer Maths and Spag multiple choice questions and show […]

Measuring Capacity

by | 5 May 2018 | Achievements, Maths, News, Science, Woodpeckers

  The children in Woodpecker Class have been trying hard to read the measurements on different types of scale. They have looked at weight, length, height, temperature and liquid capacity using a range of different measures. Today they worked outside to measure how much water had been poured into various jugs. Some jugs showed the […]

Church Visit

by | 5 May 2018 | Kingfishers, News, Religious Education

As part of their topic,  Kingfishers Class went for a walk to the church to find out about different things in the village. The children were  able to follow instructions carefully and were very well behaved as they walked to the church. Reverend Rosalind met them at the church and welcomed them in. Reverend Rosalind asked the […]

Handball Tournament

by | 5 May 2018 | News, Owls, PE

On Tuesday 1st May, some of the Owls children took part in a Handball tournament at Inspire, Ipswich.  They played really well; won 2 games, drew 1 game and lost 1 game. Well done everyone!  

Owls’ Shared Science Session

by | 5 May 2018 | News, Owls

On Thursday 3rd May, the Owls class were joined by their parents to carry out a science experiment. The theme of the lesson was Investigating Gases and we did an experiment to see if we could weigh a gas. We took 5 different fizzy drinks and weighed them when fizzy and when flat. The bigger […]

Clay Flower Sculptures

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

This term the children in Woodpeckers class have been learning about sculptures in Art. They used clay to sculpt flowers and used different techniques and tools to add details. They are going to paint them next week. Well done Woodpeckers!  

Cross Country Festival

by | 4 Apr 2018 | News, Owls, PE

On Wednesday 25th April, 12 children from the Owls class went to a cross country festival at East Bergholt High School. For the first part of the morning, the children were split into groups and rotated around four different stations. At each one, they took part in games and mini-races to practise their running skills […]

Making Peppers out of Clay

by | 4 Apr 2018 | News

The Owls’ Art topic this half term is Fruit and Vegetables. On Monday 23rd April, we made peppers out of clay. Working from charcoal drawings they had done the week before, the children learned to soften and shape the clay. They had to try to add details such as seeds and stems. All the children […]

Book Fair

by | 4 Apr 2018 | News

A big ‘Thank You’ to all the children and parents who visited the book fair. With your support we have earned £232.61 of free books and resources for our school. Thank you again.