Monthly Archives: November 2016
On Thursday 24th November a team from Swans class took part in a Tag Rugby Festival at Ipswich Rugby club. They did very well on what was a very cold afternoon; winning 3 games out of 5.
This week was the turn of the Woodpeckers to showcase their work from this half term. They performed the nonsense poem: ‘Hobble, Gobble Wobble’ By Michael Rosen with actions as well as a poem they had learnt about the months and seasons. The children shared their story ideas about unlikely animal friends who teach each other […]
Today the children in Kingfishers and Woodpeckers Class took part in a wonderful Christmas educational experience at Colchester Zoo! The children were greeted by a festive elf who helped the children learn all about penguins. They got the chance to observe real penguins up close and watched them eat their breakfast. They were then greeted by […]
On Friday 18th November, two exciting events happened in the Owls class. In the morning, as part of our Geography work, we took a walk around the village. We drew sketch maps as we went and used a trundle wheel to measure the distances between places. In the afternoon, we had our Class Assembly. The […]
The children in Kingfishers Class worked with a family member and created a penguin. They planned what they were going to do and what they were going to use. They constructed their model using recycled materials, cutting, sticking and painting. The children also wrote a label for their model. The children really enjoyed working with […]
This week the JRSOs have been busy promoting Road Safety Week to the children and staff. The JRSOs organised a Walk to School day, encouraging children and parents to walk instead of driving to school. The JRSOs were very pleased with the amount of children who walked to school. Thank you to all the children […]
The children arrived at school in their brightest clothes to raise money for Children in Need. The JRSOs asked the children to wear their brightest clothes to promote the slogan Be safe, Be seen. Miss Kluge and the JRSOs chose a winner from each class for being in their brightest clothes. Mr Leroux was the brightest member of staff. The […]
Some of our Swans class were involved in a recent football tournament. They played 5 matches against other schools; they won one, drew two and lost two. It was quite a cold and wet afternoon, but all the boys had fun and played really well.
This week is Anti-Bullying week and the children have been learning about what ‘bullying’ is and what can be done about it . We also talked about ‘friendship’ and how important this is in our school and about being a friend to others. The Anti-bullying ambassadors welcomed the parents on Tuesday afternoon for the Parents […]
Friday 11th November saw Swans take the first assembly of the half term; they shared some of their amazing ‘flashback’ stories, some of their Mayan history facts and numbers and also explained their multiplication maths work. Well done Swans, you spoke clearly and confidently.
The children made cupcakes for Spencer Bear’s birthday. The children were very keen to help, following the recipe. First they put the bun cases into the tins. Then they helped by weighing the ingredients, sieving the flour, cracking eggs, folding the flour and mixing the eggs to create the cake mixture. They helped put the […]
Swans class have started a six week course based on Health and Nutrition. They learnt in the first week about the 4 principles of Funtrition: Eat Well, Sleep Well, Drink Well and Move Well. They also planted some mystery seeds which will hopefully grow into a fruit or vegetable – the children will be given […]