Monthly Archives: March 2017

A Perfect End to the Term

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

Friday 31st March saw the children entertain the parents with an end of term assembly.  The children shared their poems, prayers and facts about Easter around the world; they all sang beautifully too! Well done children and we all hope you, and your families have a great Easter break.

Cross Country Success!

by | 3 Mar 2017 | PE

On Wednesday morning, 16 children took part in a cross-country run at the Royal Hospital School. There were several hundred children from schools all over Suffolk taking part in a variety of races.  Five of our children came in the top 25 for each of their age groups (out of approximately 100-140 runners), but all […]

Mother’s Day Meal

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

Thank you to all our visitors who joined us for our Mother’s Day meal on Thursday; there were just under 50 guests and the reason why we had 2 sittings! There was an amazing atmosphere in the school, we enjoyed hearing the children explain the rules and routines of  dinner time and seeing you enjoy some […]

Red Nose – Thank You!

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

Many thanks for your support for Red Nose day; the children looked great wearing red and £79.40 has been sent off to the charity!  

Creatures, Beans and Mother’s Day

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Kingfishers, Science

On Friday 24th March 2017 it was the turn of Kingfishers to show their work in their class assembly. The children were confident to stand up, talk and sing to the audience. The children proudly showed their work and talked about what they had learnt. They talked about pancakes, showing the shopping lists they had written […]

Ice Hockey in Spring

by | 3 Mar 2017 | PE

On Friday 17th March the children were involved in a PE ‘Enrichment Day’. Mr Ross taught the children skills, rules and tactics associated with the game of Ice Hockey. Even though the sun was shining, the children still used a ‘puck’ which slid well on the playground and in the school hall. Great work children […]

Great writing, Kenya facts and a Banana rap in Woodpeckers’ Class Assembly.

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

This week was the turn of the Woodpeckers to show off the great work they have been doing over the past few weeks! They explained their knowledge of expanded noun phrases, alliteration, similes and conjunctions and some children read their senses poems where they had incorporated these skills. They waved their Kenya flags and shared […]

Forest Fun

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

The children were excited for the start of Forest Fun sessions in the schools wildlife area. The children played 123 where are you? And they had to use their listening ears. The children remembered that they had been learning about bugs in class and Miss Jones talked to them about an activity they would be […]

Tag Festival

by | 3 Mar 2017 | PE

On Wednesday 15th March 2017, some of our Owls class were involved in a Tag Rugby festival at Inspire Suffolk. They played against several other teams and all had great fun!

Visit to the Vets

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

The Kingfishers class went to visit Penrose Veterinary Surgery in the village to consolidate their learning about pets. The children were shown around the surgery and met the staff and JB the tortoise. The children were shown some x rays of animals and they had to guess what was wrong with them. One x ray […]

Planting Potatoes

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Uncategorised

The children in Kingfishers class have enjoyed planting potatoes. The children worked with a partner putting compost into pots and placing seed potatoes in with the shoots pointing upwards. The children added more compost and watered them. The pots were covered with fleece to keep them warm and away from the frost. The children will […]

Volcanoes & Addition

by | 3 Mar 2017 | Geography, Owls, Science

On Friday 10th March, it was once again the Owls Class Assembly. The children read out some of their writing, and demonstrated their knowledge of Maths, Science and Geography. As always, we were very proud of all the children, and would like to thank all the parents and relatives that attended.