A huge congratulations to all our children for their amazing effort in today’s Southwold Marathon! It was a fantastic whole school achievement and we are so proud of you all.

👉 140 laps = a full marathon!

Thank you to all families for your generous sponsorship—your support means so much as we raise funds in memory of Mrs Taylor.  💙

If you are able to, please consider making a donation via our JustGiving page—every contribution is greatly appreciated.

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Such a brilliant team effort—well done, Southwold! 🌟

This week our amazing dance club children took part in Southwold’s very first dance competition at the Albert Hall — and they absolutely shone on stage! 💃🕺

Out of 22 schools, our team finished an incredible 10th place! We are so incredibly proud of them.

Their manners, behaviour and performance were admired by everyone, and they truly performed like the stars they are. The children showed fantastic collaboration, perseverance, resilience and creativity throughout the competition.

Our children are full of excitement and already talking about future dance opportunities.

Well done to our Southwold Superstars! ⭐

We were excited to be taking part in the Eat Them to Defeat Them 2026 campaign, organised by Veg Power. This national initiative encourages children to eat more vegetables by making it fun, engaging, and a little bit competitive!

Throughout the campaign, children tasted a range of vegetables in school and learn about the benefits of healthy eating. By trying different vegetables together, we hope to build confidence, curiosity, and positive attitudes towards healthy food.

We encouraged families to join in at home too by exploring new vegetables and celebrating every “veg victory” with their child! 🥕🥦🥒

We had a fantastic World Book Day in school celebrating the theme “Express Yourself Through Art.” Children explored books linked to different artists and expressed their learning through creative artwork.

EYFS were inspired by Hervé Tullet, KS1 explored the bold geometric patterns of the Ndebele Tribe, LKS2 discovered the vibrant style of Keith Haring, and UKS2 examined the powerful street art of Banksy.

Children designed creative t-shirts and collaborated to produce impressive large murals inspired by the artists they studied.

It was wonderful to welcome so many parents to our reading morning and again at the end of the day to view the finished murals. The children were incredibly proud of their work.

Thank you to everyone who helped make it such a creative and memorable celebration.

We are excited to introduce our new Attendance Celebration Plan to encourage all children to be:

H.E.R.O – Here, Everyday, Ready, On time

Each week, one child per class will be recognised for positive attendance – whether for improvement, punctuality, resilience or consistency. All weekly winners will be entered into a half-termly raffle.

At the end of each term, classes achieving 97% attendance (or the most improved class) will receive a reward. We will also continue celebrating Bronze, Silver and Gold 100% attendance achievements.

Our aim is to recognise effort, celebrate commitment and encourage every child to be a HERO.

Here. Everyday. Ready. On time.

Our students recently demonstrated community appreciation by extending heartfelt gratitude to our local police officers. As part of our collaborative initiative with the Rotary Club, students created personalized Christmas cards and prepared thoughtful treats to recognize the dedicated professionals who keep our community safe.

The police department visited our school, allowing students to directly express their thanks and learn about the important work of emergency service personnel. This meaningful interaction highlights our commitment to teaching students the value of community recognition and respect for those who serve us daily.

We are excited about our ongoing partnership with the Rotary Club and look forward to sharing more community-focused projects in the coming year.

Our pupils demonstrated exceptional teamwork and individual skill during today’s match. A special recognition goes to our talented player who achieved a significant milestone by scoring her first goal. Her dedication, perseverance, and athletic performance reflect the positive spirit of our school’s sports program. 🏆⚽

Our pupils shone bright today in our Black History Month celebration! 🌟

From a powerful Rosa Parks drama to joyful singing of Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds”, our classrooms were filled with courage, music, and hope. 🎭🎵

Inspired by Manjit Shaota’s poetry, our young poets shared heartfelt words of unity and understanding. 📝

We’re so proud of our amazing pupils — and thank you to Mr Harvey and the No Outsiders Leadership Team for making this celebration of history and culture so special. ❤️

In assembly, children explored the power of positive thinking and learned that it’s perfectly okay to share their feelings. Our amazing children showed such empathy and understanding, reminding us that kindness starts with being kind to ourselves. 💝

Remember, just like we exercise our bodies, taking care of our minds is a super important part of staying healthy! 🌈 Ask your child about their favourite activity from today – their enthusiasm might just brighten your day too! ⭐

📚 What a magical day of stories and smiles! Our young bookworms were treated to an amazing surprise when National Trust Literacy volunteers and author Jonathan Emmett joined our Browns Books celebration! 🌟

The excitement was contagious as children explored wonderful stories together, and the cherry on top? Every child went home with their very own brand new book! 🎁

Special thanks to Browns Books for spreading the gift of reading and making our little readers’ eyes light up with joy! 📖✨

Our school grounds came alive with delicious aromas and joyful sounds as families from across the globe shared their treasured traditional dishes 🍲

These are the moments that remind us how beautifully diverse and connected our school family is!

Thank you to our families for making our community picnic a true celebration of unity in diversity 🌈 The memories (and amazing food!) will keep us smiling for weeks to come! ✨

Class 3 had a wonderful day commemorating the 80^th anniversary of VE Day. We began by completing a reading activity then listened to some songs of the era. We watched the events of the day on BBC Newsround.  Later we looked at commemorative plates from previous VE Day anniversaries and then designed and made our own which were amazing!

Yesterday our fabulous catering team cooked us a special celebratory Eid menu. We enjoyed chicken biryani, sweet potato curry, flatbreads, vegetables and vanilla cardamom muffins. How very lucky we are to have such an amazing catering team!

Our Green Team and Wellbeing Ambassadors joined forces this week for Eat Them to Defeat Them campaign.

They launched the week with an assembly sharing the importance of healthy eating for their wellbeing and physical health. Each day, children were encouraged to defeat the vegetable of the day! We had a special visitor for the local authority, who encouraged children to take part in the salsa dip taster activity.

Our catering team were amazing with engaging displays, provided lots of interesting facts. What a successful week this has been!

To celebrate World Book Day, our Reading Rangers launched a week encouraging children to think about their future careers. Each class enjoyed reading a career related book: All Through the Night, Whose Hands are These and Unusual Jobs That You’ve Probably Never Heard.  Classes created artwork to celebrate the many essential jobs and jobs they may never have heard about.

Throughout the week, we had special visits from a Paediatric Consultant, Police Officers and a Horticulturalist.  We celebrated the end of our week with a parent/carer stay and read, children dressing as their future careers and a wonderful end-of-day assembly celebrating all the hard work the children have put into their career themed artwork.

A big thank you to everyone who made this week such a memorable and inspiring experience for all!

Early Years Foundation Stage learnt about Chinese New Year. They listened to the story of how the Emperor chose the animals for the zodiac calendar, they used charcoal to draw Chinese numerals, practised their fine motor skills and even had it in the home corner and play dough.

Thank you to our amazing catering team for providing a fantastic Chinese New Year meal for us to try. We feasted on Chinese lemon chicken, rice, stir fry noodles and mango muffins. Delicious!

Years 1 and 2 had so much fun celebrating Chinese New Year. Many thanks to our parent governor for celebrating with us!

Children in Years 1-6 visited St Peter’s Church to meet Rev Nameem.  The children enjoyed watching and listening to the Nativity Story. They learnt about the meaning of Christingle and every child helped to create a Lego Christingle!

As always our pupils made us incredibly proud with their beautiful singing.

Thank you to Prashant for visiting our school. He talked to our pupils about the meaning of Diwali and how Hindus celebrate this special occasion. Our pupils listened attentively and asked a lot of thoughtful questions. They showed an appreciation of other religions and respect for different beliefs. A huge thank you to Mrs Sonavane and Miss Whiley for organising our assembly and for decorating our hall. Our pupils also enjoyed our special Diwali lunch courtesy of Mrs Sonovane and her team. It was delicious!

Local poet Manjit Sahota, visited our school as part of National Poetry Day. He recited poems influenced by numbers, holidays and other enjoyable themes. Manjit encouraged our pupils to share their own poems. They spoke with confidence, creativity and showed a genuine enjoyment for poetry.

What a colourful day we have had taking part in ‘A Day of Welcome’.  Our pupils wore green and/or yellow or their traditional outfits to celebrate this day. Children completed activities discussing what makes a home, using various languages to describe this.

Our pupils showed that they know why it is important to make everyone feel welcome. As well as, how to welcome children and their families to our school.

Thank you so much to parents, who provided traditional foods and desserts to share. Learning about other cultures helps to build strong relations, understanding of one another and a happy community.

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!

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!

Well done to our Community Rangers and Mr McArthur for planning a highly entertaining Red Nose Day. We raised funds through our non-uniform day, fun run and cake sale.

Congratulations to the class winners of the joke competition. The jokes were hilarious!

Thank you to all for your generous donations, which will support a range of worthy causes. A special thank you also to our catering team, who baked cakes and brownies for the children.

We had a great World Book Day 2024, with everyone coming to school comfortable in pyjamas, ready to enjoy books and reading activities throughout the day.  It was lovely to have parents and carers join us to share books with their children.  Early Years were read a story by author Laura Henry-Allain, who read the children her story book ‘Jo Jo and Gran Gran’. She told the children all about her new book coming out at Christmas which we will look out for.  A great day to enjoy and promote our love of reading!

Well done to all of our the children who achieved their Discovery Arts Award. They produced some fantastic creative work and have now received their special certificate from Trinity College. We are very proud of your achievements!

Our pupils sang beautifully, performing a range of celebrations from different religions. We enjoyed listening to songs such as: ‘Dreidel’ a Jewish celebration of Hanukkah, ‘Feliz Navidad’ Spanish Christmas song, ‘Allah Hoo’ Islamic devotional song and Jingle Bells an American song and was originally written for Thanksgiving.

Our pupils showed great talent and we enjoyed representing our diverse community. well done to our No Outsiders for organising a wonderful event.

Wow, take a look at the wonderful handmade gifts our pupils made to sell at the Christmas Fair.  Our families enjoyed toasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate, playing chocolate tombola and much more.  A great afternoon was enjoyed by all and helped to raise funds for our school. Thank you to all for your support.