Learning Without Limits
Stratford St Mary Primary School is a small village primary, set in approximately three acres of land and situated in the heart of the village. We sit in the Stratford Vale (AONB), on the edge of the Suffolk/Essex border, just off the A12.
We are proud of our little school, our children and our links to the local community. We are committed to enabling every child to ‘Learn without Limits.’ Come and visit us!
At Stratford St Mary Primary School, we take safeguarding very seriously. If you have any concerns about a child in school, please contact the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead who is Mrs Karen Bilner (also PREVENT lead) or the Alternative Designated Officers who are Miss Rachelle Jones and Mrs Anna Marshall. The Designated Safeguarding Governor is Allie Manley.
If you need any further information, would like a paper copy of any of the information on the website or would like to view our school, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Karen Bilner – Headteacher.
Stratford St Mary Primary School is a small village primary, set in approximately three acres of land and situated in the heart of the village. We sit in the Stratford Vale (AONB), on the edge of the Suffolk/Essex border, just off the A12.
We are proud of our little school, our children and our links to the local community. We are committed to enabling every child to ‘Learn without Limits.’ Come and visit us!
At Stratford St Mary Primary School, we take safeguarding very seriously. If you have any concerns about a child in school, please contact the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead who is Mrs Karen Bilner (also PREVENT lead) or the Alternative Designated Officer who is Miss Rachelle Jones. The Designated Safeguarding Governor is Mrs Allie Manley.
If you need any further information, would like a paper copy of any of the information on the website or would like to view our school, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Karen Bilner – Headteacher.
About Our School
Our primary school is in the heart of the village. We educate approximately 90 pupils aged 4-11 and there is an independent pre-school based on site. We are a family orientated, caring school providing an excellent and enjoyable education which enables all children to achieve their full potential.
School News
Who Let the Gods Out?
To link in with our Ancient Greek topic, our whole class reading and writing for this half term was based on the book 'Who Let the Gods Out?' by May Evans; we also linked part of our computing topic to the book. We spent half of our 'computing time' studying 'online...
Performance Poetry
This term Woodpeckers learned about kennings, an ancient form of poetry originating from the time of the Vikings! We learned and rehearsed a poem along with actions and performed it to our classmates. Kennings are riddles - can you guess what our poem was about?...
Cup Coders
This week Woodpeckers Class learned to code. Our pupils paired up and stepped into the role of either a 'programmer' or a 'robot'. The programmer's job was to write a successful algorithm (set of instructions) to enable the 'robot' to build a stack of plastic cups. We...
Dinosaur Topic Finale
To end our dinosaur topic, the children in Kingfishers Class showed their grown ups their dinosaur models, clay fossils and dinosaur moving pictures. They were very excited and were able to explain what they had been learning about in class this half term. Well done...
Vikings in the Woodpeckers Class
This term we have been learning all about the Vikings. We have learned some traditional Viking myths and stories, as well as a more modern Viking tale - the Saga of Bjorn. It is the story of the mighty warrior Bjorn and the battles he faces on his final (sometimes...
Moving Pictures
In DT the children have enjoyed creating 'Moving Dinosaur Pictures'. The children used levers and hinges to make their pictures move. They thought about the tools and materials they needed and the skills they needed to use. The children also created a lovely...