The children enjoyed setting up the new Willows garden. They pulled out the weeds, filled tubs with compost, planted tomato, pepper, herbs and strawberry plants and sowed wild flower seeds. Their favourite part was using the watering can. They now have the important job of caring for them and looking out for changes as they grow.

Today was Space Day and our catering team went above and beyond to support the theme. The children were amazed at the fruit solar system. Our catering team are total superstars!

Another wonderful Friday Forest School for Class 5. This week, we were thinking about looking after our world and making eco friendly choices so we made beeswax wraps for food to replace single use plastic cling film. We also had great fun cooking and eating popcorn – yum! Plus, we whittled lots of creative things from wood. We cannot wait until next Friday!

Year 5 enjoyed their first Mini-Police session: ‘Introduction to Mini-Police’ and everyone enjoyed themselves and engaged excellently. We’re looking forward to our future sessions.

Super trip this morning to Capital One this morning to learn all about how maths is used in the working world.

We were treated to a presentation by teacher and tv personality Bobby Seagul. Bobby spoke with the children about how maths can be used in many aspects of life and even rapped for them!

The children spoke with different Capital One staff about their jobs and how maths is used. They met a software developer, a commercial manager, an analyst, a talent acquisition partner and a corporate responsibility lead.

The final part of the morning was a tour around the Capital One building and it was amazing!!! Highlights were hearing about regular delivery of doughnuts, the huge gym for staff and the playroom, which had football tables, tennis tables and a piano. I imagine lots of children in class 4 will now be wanting a job at Capital One!

This afternoon, children continued their light science learning by investigating how light refracts through a prism before investigating spectrum wheels! Children made a prediction before using their learning to make a conclusion.

This afternoon children participated in an exam workshop led by Barbara from MHST. Throughout the session children learnt about the positives and negatives of too much stress. Most importantly, children learnt strategies to help deal with stresses.

Today was the first day of the Ridewise Bikeability scheme – Class 5 did brilliantly practising their manoeuvring and balance skills. They are now beginning their learning on the road and are excited to see what the next two days will bring.

What a superb afternoon at Forest School!! We learnt how to tie lots of knots, built dens, made a swing and much more… we cannot wait until next week.

Reception enjoyed baking some rock cakes. We pretended it was moon rock. We loved using our hands to mix the flour and butter then used a spoon to mix in the eggs. It tasted delicious.

At Southwold we celebrated Autism Awareness week by holding assemblies across school. The important messages we learnt were that:

You can’t see if someone is autistic, it is an invisible condition.

Autism means that someone’s brain works a little differently.

Each autistic person is different.

Autistic people have different strengths and may need more help at other things.

We learnt about the differences that people with autism might have; in their communication and behaviour, their thinking and understanding and their differences in senses.

We talked about how we could be better classmates. How can we be kind to one another? How can we support each other? How can we support our autistic classmates?

What a brilliant trip to the farm we have had today, despite the rain. It was so good and we saw a baby lamb that was 3 hours old. The children learned about different animals and their habitats and what foods we get from certain animals. It was fantastic and the children were so well behaved! Well done class 2!

In Year 3 this afternoon we have been scientists. We have dissected flowers and explored the part that flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants. We learnt new vocabulary such as stamen, anther and filament.

EYFS are learning about places we can travel to. We had a visit from Wonderdome who taught us all about space travel. We learnt so much. It was great to see rockets take off and astronauts floating it space.

Year 5 had a wonderful morning recapping their science learning in the Wonderdome planetarium. They learnt about the solar system, the age and size of stars, the search for life in the universe and astronauts journeys to the moon and the space station – it was brilliant!

It was lovely to see so many parents at our project exhibition this morning! We hope you enjoyed the children’s performance and joining in with the freeze framing. 😀

The children have learnt so much about the Egyptians from Susan during the Creative Collaboratives project.

Class 3 were lucky enough to have visitors from the University of Nottingham. We became archaeologists, searching for artefacts and using them to decide who the artefacts belonged to. Some of us even got the chance to dress up as Roman soldiers!

This afternoon we have been enjoying our first Forest Schools session. We learned about safe tool use, fire safety, bug and tree identification and how to build a den amongst many other things. We really enjoyed our S’mores too

EYFS really enjoyed the sunny afternoon. They practiced their balancing, climbing, kicking and riding bikes. They even enjoyed taking the babies for a walk.

The Catering Team at Southwold Primary School made a delicious Chicken Biriyani with Raita and Sweet Potato Curry with Rice and Flatbread, followed by Vanilla Cardamom Muffins to celebrate Eid. The team also got dressed up for the special occasion. Everyone enjoyed this delicious meal so thank you to our Catering Team for making such a special effort!

Year 3 had a fabulous field trip today! We went to Beeston Lock to look at the human and physical features of the river and canal. We took photos and did sketches of the features we had identified in our previous map work lesson. We also carried out a Likert scale survey.

Year 5 have had great fun starting their learning about the Ancient Greeks – they conducted their own mini-Olympics 200 Yard Dash, their own democratic debate, created comedy and tragedy masks and are creating a shield for Alexander the Great. It’s going to be an exciting term of history learning!

What an amazing always award with Jungle Jo and her animals –  we all had a great time!

Classes 1 and 2 had a fantastic time at Nottingham Castle yesterday. We enjoyed exploring the Castle and looking at various artefacts. We also learned a lot about the history of Nottingham and the adventures of Robin Hood!

Wow! Thank you to all the parents who attended our exhibition. We hope you enjoyed learning a different style of art. The children loved it!😊

Year 5 pupils enjoyed their first Mini Police session – ‘Introduction to Mini Police’ with PSCO’s Anna and Nick.  They were given their uniform to wear and learnt about the 12 week programme. Our pupils engaged positively and participated in very interesting discussions. We’re looking forward to our future sessions next term.

Thank you to all of our parents who joined EYFS for their Stay and Play today. It was wonderful to see parents and children engaging in a variety of activities. We also sold some toys and books to help raise funds for our school. We hope you have lots of fun reading and playing with your new toys.

Our House Captains went to the Council House to attend Primary Parliament. The day focused on how to stay safe online. They learnt about 2 step verification, complex passwords, digital footprints, personal data and hacking both good and bad. Our House Captains are keen to share this information with others in school to help them stay safe online too.

Year 2 children were University Detectives for the day! They visited Nottingham University campus and learnt about higher education. Most children were introduced to a university for the first time. Lots of children said they would like to go there when they are older. Aim high and follow your dreams!