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In Autumn, Year 2 studied materials – which are waterproof, strong, flexible and other properties.

Year 2 had an amazing day dressing and becoming action heroes to welcome our latest book character, Traction Man, into our learning.

Reception have had a busy week of learning and fun. We visited forest school and enjoyed outdoor adventures, teamwork and nature play. We met Rainbow Ted who went on his first weekend adventure. We drew our own Superheroes in Drawing Club and learnt about sorting in maths. We even started our new handwriting book.

As part of our history and science learning, we visited Derby Museums (Pickford House and the Museum of Making) to learn about toys and the different materials that make up our toys and other objects.

We’ve had a fantastic week full of hands-on learning and creativity!

🧦 In Maths, we practiced matching socks — a fun way to explore patterns and pairs! We even designed our own matching socks using colours. We enjoyed using conkers, cubes, and fir cones in our matching activities. We explored their shapes, textures, and sizes, comparing natural and man-made objects. The children were especially fascinated by the spiky outer shell of the conkers –  lots of curious hands and great describing words were used like “prickly”, “bumpy”, and “hard”!  These hands-on experiences are helping us build early maths and science skills in a playful, meaningful way.

🎨 We also enjoyed making pictures from different parts, using our imagination and fine motor skills to create some brilliant artwork.

✏️ In Writing, the children worked so hard in their writing books — we saw some amazing sentence building and letter formation! 🌟

🔤 We had lots of fun with Fred in Phonics, blending sounds and learning new words together.

🏃‍♂️ In PE, we focused on learning how to throw and catch, developing our coordination and teamwork.

Well done, everyone — we’re so proud of all your hard work and enthusiasm this week!

Class 3 and 4 had a fabulous PE session called Marvellous Me. They took part in 6 activities, including bean bag throw, basketball throw and speed run. In 3 weeks’ time, the sports coaches will return, and we will do the activities again, aiming to improve our scores! Thank you to year 6 for keeping track of all our scores.

Year 6 had an amazing week at Into University- packed full of Tudor themed learning and fun! We even visited the site of The Battle of Bosworth and had our own graduation ceremony. We know that lots of our pupils have high aspirations, and a taste of university has further helped this as they explored their options for the future.

We’ve had a fantastic start to the term in EYFS! The children have loved meeting Bertie the Owl, our special visitor who helps us with our RE learning. 🦉💫

In phonics, we’ve begun learning our initial sounds and the children are already showing great enthusiasm and progress! ✏️🔤

In literacy, we explored emotions by creating our own versions of The Colour Monster – each one unique and full of personality! 🎨

We also stayed for our first school lunch – and it was a hit! 😊 We all ate pizza and flap jack for pudding.

Finally, we had so much fun developing our ball skills in PE – lots of teamwork, coordination, and giggles! ⚽🏃‍♀️🏃

Well done, everyone – what a brilliant week!

In History we have been learning all about toys from the past and how they are different from today. We had two wonderful visitors in today to speak with us about their toys from a long time ago. The children loved exploring the old toys and hearing from our visitors.

Our little Trekkers have had a fantastic start to the new school year! They’ve settled in with big smiles and curious minds, diving into all sorts of fun and learning. Last week was full of singing favourite songs, chatting in Talking Circles, and getting to grips with our new routines (we’re already becoming experts at tidy-up time!).

The children have loved learning all about themselves and their new friends, pretending to be doctors and making each other feel better, and exploring every corner of their environment. One of the biggest adventures was heading out to the Forest School area—ready for the messy, magical world of Messy Maths coming soon!

We’re so proud of how confident and happy they’ve been. Here’s to a year full of wonder, giggles, and growing together!

We had a brilliant hook day for our new book, ‘The Paper Dolls’. The children really enjoyed themselves and loved hearing all about the book. Well done children!

We spent a fabulous two days learning what it means to be a musician.

We learned Dvorak’s 9^th Symphony (think the music from Jaws) and Houdini by Dua Lipa. Two days of hard work, rehearsing and learning notation and rhythm and pitch all building to a final performance in the Music Camp Big Band Performance. This is always our favourite bit, along with the night walk! It was tiring but great fun and a valuable experience for our pupils.

This week, our creative thinkers explored the magic of wind through Opal Play. From soaring hot air balloons to swirling parachutes, the children discovered how air and movement can transform play into a world of wonder. With curious minds and imaginative hands, they experimented, problem-solved, and let their ideas take flight—literally!

We started Autumn Term by reading the book Paper Dolls and creating our own dolls to take on an adventure.

What an amazing start to the school year! We have had a fantastic time making new friends and using our imaginations during continuous provision. In PE we loved the balancing and climbing activities, showing off our amazing movement skills and teamwork! 🏃‍♀️🤸‍♂️

It’s been wonderful to see everyone so eager to try new things and have fun together. Looking forward to more exciting adventures ahead! 🌈💪

This week in EYFS, we’ve been sailing off on an adventure with Jack and the Flumflum Tree! Inspired by the story, the children became little engineers and worked together to design and build their very own boats! 🧠💡

The children showed amazing teamwork, creativity, and problem-solving—just like Jack and his friends on their quest to cure Grandma!

Well done, little adventurers! 🌴🌈

During their Forest School sessions, our Year 4 children have been working towards the Bee Bronze Award from the Bee Conservation Trust. We’re incredibly proud of their efforts to learn about and support these vital pollinators.

To celebrate their achievement and raise awareness, we’d love to share a short video that highlights just how important bees are to our planet and our daily lives.

Southwold remains committed to supporting bee conservation and making our playgrounds more bee-friendly.

Today in Forest School, reception children embraced the outdoors and let their imaginations run wild! Using natural clay and the inspiration around them, they each created their own unique clay models – from animals to magical creatures! 🐾🐍🦄

As they explored the outdoor environment, the children collected natural materials like twigs, leaves, and stones to add special details to their creations. This hands-on activity helped develop their fine motor skills, creativity, and connection with nature.

Today, Year 6 children have completed the first two sessions of the GREAT Project. This stands for ‘Good Relationships are Equal And Trusting’. Throughout the day, children have discussed the differences of a positive and negative relationship before giving advice to various scenarios. The children showed their growing maturity as they discussed sensitive topics sensibly.

This morning, Key Stage 2 children attended the ‘Going for Gold’ running event at Bluecoat Wollaton. Throughout the session, children had to run or walk as many 1km laps as possible. Showing great determination, respect and teamwork, the children completed nearly 500km – a brilliant achievement. Well done to all children who participated!

A further thanks to the parent volunteers who supported the event.

This morning Year 6 have completed their final Into University session. The session was focussed on transition to secondary school. Throughout the session, children discussed subjects, homework, timetables plus much more. Children completed their transition passports and are now ready for secondary school!

Today, we’ve been little engineers! We explored materials, design, and problem-solving as we made our own boats using a variety of materials like cartons, straws, and paper.

Once our boats were built, it was time for the big test: Will it float? We had so much fun placing our creations in water and watching what happened. Some boats floated beautifully, while others needed a few tweaks – perfect opportunities for learning through play!

This hands-on activity helped us explore floating and sinking, prediction and testing, and the importance of resilience and creativity. 🚤🌊

Our Reception children had a truly magical time at Forest School this week! They were busy exploring the great outdoors with imagination, curiosity, and lots of muddy fun!

🔍 We went on a fairy hunt, searching under logs, behind trees, and in the leaves to see if we could spot signs of fairy life — footprints, sparkles, and even tiny fairy houses! 🧚

🍃 In the mud kitchen, the children whipped up marvellous muddy creations — from “fairy soup” to “forest cakes” — using sticks, leaves, and heaps of imagination.

🌞 Some children chose to relax in the hammock, listening to the sounds of the forest and enjoying some peaceful, mindful moments among the trees.

It’s wonderful to see the children connecting with nature, building friendships, and developing their creativity and independence in such a joyful way. Well done, little explorers!

📚 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! 📖✨

Today was a very special day in our class — we released our beautiful butterflies! 🐛➡️🦋

The children have loved watching them grow from tiny caterpillars into chrysalides, and finally into butterflies. We talked about the life cycle and how important it is to care for all living things. 🌍

There were lots of smiles and excitement as we said goodbye and watched them flutter away into the big wide world. What a magical moment! ✨

Today we did some amazing independent learning in maths. We practiced  number bonds to 5, wrote different numbers and even played a game on the interactive whiteboard.

Thank you to the parents who braved the heat to attend our final project exhibition of the year. Children displayed a range of photos from summer term events before sharing their writing linked to The Boy at the Back of the Class. Several other activities were completed that linked to our history, geography & art learning.

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! ✨

This morning, as part of Refugee Week and linked with the National Literacy Trust, Year 5 and 6 children participated in an online workshop with the authors AM Dassu and Linda Fadel. Both authors were hugely inspirational as they discussed this year’s theme of “Community as a Superpower”. Over 10,000 children joined online as AM & Linda shared how they use small bits of inspiration to create poems. Children then created their own poems.