Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Digestive Fun in Year 4

  Fri 30 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  Magpies completed a science experiment this week, replicating the digestive system in the human body.

  This involved putting some food (banana and cracker) in a bowl and mashing it up with a fork (replicating the mouth) before adding water as saliva.

   

  When mashed they passed this into the stomach, via the oesophagus by tipping the contents into a plastic bag. They added orange juice (acid) and water (enzymes) to break down the food.  They then passed this into the intestines (pair of tights), and squeezed out all the goodness from the food.  

  

• Walk to School Campaign

  Fri 30 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  Last academic year, we managed over 22,000 active and sustainable trips to school as a whole school. What an amazing impact this will have on our own health and well-being as well as the planet as a whole.

   

  Starting this coming week, the school will be starting their Walk to School challenge for this academic year, making active trips to school to earn monthly reward badges for their efforts.

  With 22,000 active and sustainable trips completed last year, lets see if we can do even more this year!

   

  Good luck to everyone!!

  

• Basketball Success

  Fri 30 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  Freya was recently selected for the Suffolk u11 girls basketball team, playing for the team in the Inter Counties tournament at Oaklands College in Hertfordshire. The team did very well, beating both Hertfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

   
  She was Suffolk’s second leading scorer, and was voted by the opposing coaches as the ‘Best Sports Person’, an individual award given to the player who displayed the best sportsmanship and attitude throughout the day.

   

  Freya received a runners up medal for her team's achievement and a trophy for her Sports Person award. 

   

  Well done Freya for your achievements and recognition for such ACE sportsmanship!

  

• Building Numbers with Magpies

  Fri 30 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  In class, the Magpies have been learning about place value, and making numbers using manipulatives and equipment.

  Here are some photos of the numbers they have been making.

  

• Walking for Water in Year 6

  Wed 28 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  In Owls class, they read ‘Walking for Water’ and then interviewed Linesi to find out how she felt about going to fetch water each day instead of going to school. They tried out carrying water themselves and found that a bucket of water is not only very heavy, but also not enough for a whole day!

   

  Our quiz included these questions:

  - How many litres of water should we drink each day?

  - Roughly how much water does it take to flush a toilet? - How many litres are in one bucket?

  

• We're off to Forest School to have some fun! 🍂

  Tue 27 Sep 2022 Miss Bartlett

  Forest School

  The KS1 children had lots of fun on Friday in the Orchard area during Forest School. They had lots of fun engaging in muddy play, bug exploration, tree climbing and digging! The children were seen working together as a team to build dens, learning to handle tools effectively and to care for and look after the nature around our school.

  

• Harvest Festival Service 🍎🍉🥕🥔🥒

  Tue 27 Sep 2022 Miss Bartlett

  Harvest Festival

  Today we joined together with our friends and family to celebrate Harvest Festival at our local church. The service was held by both Reverend Eric and Mrs Squirrell. We celebrated food and water through hymns and readings. We also celebrated the kind donations that were brought in by children from our school.

  

• Water Week in Year 3

  Sun 25 Sep 2022 Mr Becker

  During our water week, the Year 3 class tried to see if they could make water travel using cups and string. They were all so surprised to see how the water clung onto the string as it poured from one cup to another! They were all successful too!

  Here is Mr Barnes showing us how it is done.

  

• Little Wandle Phonics Workshop 🌟

  Fri 23 Sep 2022 Miss Bartlett

  Little Wandle Phonics Workshop 🌟

  Today we hosted our very first Little Wandle phonics workshop for KS1. The children loved inviting their parents into their classrooms and giving them an insight as to how they learn phonics. Parents were also able to gain a greater insight into our phonics scheme and how it works to support fluent readers and writers!

  

• This week in KS1 🦔🐦🐇

  Wed 21 Sep 2022 Miss Bartlett

  Year 1 and Year 2 have been very busy this week and have been exploring their new topic 'Toys through time'. In Literacy we have been reading the story 'Dogger' and have thought about the toys we play with at home and at school. The Year 1s have used adjectives to describe their toys and the Year 2s have had a go at using expanded noun phrases. In Maths the Year 1s have been looking at consolidating their knowledge of numbers to 20 and the Year 2s have been partitioning numbers to 100!