Congratulations to our Southwold catering team, won Bronze in the Caterers Challenge for their brilliant costumes, recipes and engagement with the school in Eat Them To Defeat Them! The team also cater for special diets and foster positive relationships with the children and school. Thank you so much, for all that you do for our pupils.
Today we started our first project to develop the school allotment, involving parent volunteers and their children and Year 6 pupils. Working alongside Andy and his team of horticulturists, they showed great collaboration and perseverance to clear the grounds.
Next week, we will meet again to continue the project.
This is part of our commitment to improve biodiversity and empower children to make a positive difference to both their own and to nature’s future.
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.
Our pupils enjoyed their spoken poetry workshop with poet Manjit Sahota.
Linked to Refugee Week theme of ‘Home’. Our pupils listened, wrote and performed their poems to their peers.
What a wonderful morning to welcome and celebrate our different cultures.
Thank you Manjit – our pupils loved every minute 😊
As part of Refugee Week, today our No Outsiders welcomed students from NEST (educational provision for asylum seeker and refugee young people). Our No Outsider Team told them about their leadership role, diversity and inclusion manifesto and our multi-cultural school.
NEST students met pupils in Years 3 – 6 and talked about their home countries, traditional food, culture, sports and much more. Our pupils asked lots of interesting questions and were keen to learn more. It was lovely to hear our pupils talking to our visitors in their spoken language too!
This afternoon, we completed our final lesson on light. Children investigated how filters affect the colour of objects. Children had to make predictions before completing the practical part of the experiment. Once results were discussed, children had to write a conclusion.
We were absolutely proud and privileged to be part of the ‘Running out Of Time’ event that is currently happening nationally across Britain, to raise awareness of climate change and bring communities together. The children showcased some of the work they have been and are currently involved in, addressing environmental issues and looking after our world. Our Green Team led the way by taking the baton on the race around our school field; a baton which contains a message that will be presented to our government when it arrives in London. We were also joined by local councillors and our local MP Lillian Greenwood, making this a real community event. This has provided the children to be part of a unique opportunity, raising awareness of climate change which will continue to affect our citizens of the future.
In SCARF this morning we were very lucky to have a fun online event to learn about, ‘My healthy brain and body.’ We played a game deciding if the contents of a shopping bag were healthy or not, talked about a ‘Feelings Wheel’ and how to feel good. Finally, we learned a ‘Wellbeing Rap.’ 😀❤️
Year 6 had a fantastic time at Walesby Forest for their two-night residential. Throughout the stay children’s attitude and perseverance was fantastic, and children tackled so many new challenges such as climbing, kayaking and laser tag. Well done Year 6!
Class 3 have had a fabulous day at Wollaton Hall taking part in a Roman workshop. We wrote our names using Roman letters, drew artefacts from a Roman bathhouse and learnt about Roman food.
Following our D-Day assembly, Class 3 ordered the events of this very important day. We also designed a D-Day medal. We tried to incorporate the date, the colours of the allies, a symbol to signify the war and a reference to the different armed forces.
This morning Year 6 have been busy creating hybrid creatures so children are ready to write about them in their non-chronological report next week. Children looked at examples before creating their own creatures as well as using vocabulary sheets.
As part of ‘Empathy Day’, KS1 had a great opportunity to visit Nottingham City library to watch a production of the story book ‘Ruby’s Worry’. Prior to the visit, the children had enjoyed reading the story and discussing various feelings, including their own worries and how to deal with these. The children thoroughly enjoyed seeing the book come to life with the opportunity to watch a live performance of music and drama. Unbeknown to any of us, Tom Percival, the author of the book was also sat in the audience. We were all very excited to meet him at the end of the performance and he very kindly gifted us some of his other books, signing them personally to Southwold school.
EYFS enjoyed making a train for the start of their new book The Train Ride. They worked together to put boxes in place then enjoyed playing on the train. They had a conductor, driver and passengers. Super team work by everybody.
Reception were using tubes to blow bubbles. They used tubes of different lengths to see if it changed the size of the bubbles. They enjoyed finding out what happened.
Today is, ‘Empathy Day’. In Class 3, we listened to a story called, ‘Blue’ by Sarah Christou about a girl who feels sad then finds a way to overcome this. We talked about feelings we have and how we can be empathetic towards others 🌈❤️👫We made some beautiful bunting to share our ideas which you can see in Hayley’s Shelter 😀
Children in Years 3 to 6 were thrilled to receive their second Browns Book. They enjoyed a booknic in the school hall, reading and sharing their chosen book with their friends. What a fabulous afternoon they had!
This morning in Year 6 we have been practising our ruler skills to create optical illusions through curves of pursuit. Children showed great perseverance to improve their examples. More to follow on Friday….
Year 5 enjoyed a great day at Into University, learning more about the Ancient Greeks and how we can study Classics at University. It was a really engaging and interesting day full of different activities.
Despite the weather, we had a cracking day out at Wollaton Hall today. Children participated in an Ancient Greek workshop where they showed off their fantastic knowledge & understanding of aspects of Ancient Greek life. After that, they created Ancient Greek theatre masks after learning about comedies, tragedies & satire before exploring the rest of Wollaton Hall. Well done Year 6!
This afternoon in Science, Class 3 have been investigating rocks. We tested their durability, permeability, density and whether they were hard or soft rocks.
Congratulations to our Year 5 pupils, who passed their Level 1 or 2 Bikeability course. They were very proud receive their badge and certificate! Well done 😊
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.