Nursery Admissions 2021/22

Our Nursery can take children from the beginning of the term following their third birthday.   Children may have up to five terms of free part-time early learning with us before they join the Reception class.  The Nursery aims to create an environment where children can have a variety of experiences through play.  This means we can develop their knowledge and understanding of the world around them and give them a strong foundation upon which we can start to build the curriculum.

Nursery Application forms can be downloaded here for 2021/22 or pop into the office to collect a printed form.

Applications for a September 2021 start should be returned to the school office by next Wednesday (5 May) as we are currently allocating places in accordance with our Nursery Admissions Policy.

Admission forms for a start date later in this school year should be returned to the school office by the following deadlines:

-        January 2022 start by end of September 2021

-        April 2022 start by end of January 2022

In addition, we have a chargeable lunch club that runs until 1.30pm. Nursery children may have a school dinner or bring a packed lunch.  During this period and for their playtime in or outside, the children remain fully supervised.  We do not offer 30 hours of funded childcare, but you may use extended hours to cover the additional cost of the lunch club (up to 8 hours 20 mins) if you are eligible.

For enquiries regarding Nursery admissions, please email us @ Nursery Enquiries or visit our website.

Music on a sunny day

Class JT enjoyed their music lesson with our peripatetic music teacher, Mrs Johnson, in the sunny reflective garden after lunch today.

Part of today's session was creating patterns in rhythm, with the children thinking up their own binary pattern for the whole class to recreate.

Class LH reaching for the skies .... well hopefully the sunflowers will !!

 As part of the topic “Scented Garden” Class LH have been finding out about dispersal and germination of seeds.

We looked at a large selection of seeds and discussed how we thought they would be dispersed – via animals, wind, water, explosion. birds or humans.  We talked about the shapes and sizes of a variety of seeds and examined different ones from the small tomato seed up to the huge mango seed in its husk.  We also observed the delicate dandelion seeds.  Then, we all had a go at making a dandelion seed, which was dispersed by wind; a burr which would be carried by animals; and a sycamore helicopter key, which would be dispersed by the wind.

                                      Dandelion seed                                            Burr

                                                                        Helicopter 

We also explored germination and have set up an experiment in class to find out what seeds need to germinate.  We have placed some broad bean seeds into different positions:- one with no light, one with no warmth, one with no water and then one which has all three (light, warmth and water) into pots. We have all made a prediction about what will happen and which seeds will germinate first.   

We have also planted our own sunflower seeds and we are having a class competition to see which sunflower reaches up to the skies and grows to be the tallest!  Watch this space!!

 

POSTERS FOR THE FRAMLINGHAM FENS

The Fens are a well known park in the town and many of us enjoy walking there and enjoying fresh air with friends and family.  It is also a haven for wildlife and nature. 

FramlinghamTown Council asked our school to design some posters using their words regarding respecting nature on the Fens. 

So, after a discussion about wildlife, conservation and respecting our environment, Class KVJA produced some great posters. The posters are going to be laminated and displayed by Framlingham Town Council around the Fens. 

Look out for them when you visit and please follow their message. Thank you.

Year 2 plant detectives investigate the mere

In light of the current COVID restrictions, year 2 have been afforded the opportunity to visit the mere as part of the new topic for this half term, ‘Scented Garden’.

During last week, despite the cold weather, all the children have been in groups to visit the mere to study the flora and fauna around the mere.  The plant detectives were looking for signs of spring including new buds and flowers on the ground, in the hedgerow and in the trees.  The children were also able to identify many different flowers finding all sorts of colours, shapes and patterns in the wildlife and also recognised many trees from the leaves.

It was so lovely to benefit from the opportunity of being able to visit the mere – we are looking forward to revisiting the mere at the end of the topic to see what changes have occurred.

Thank you to Mrs Rolfe, Mrs Morgan and Mrs Jenkins who made this trip so enjoyable sharing their knowledge of the plants with the children.

Matching up the trees by identifying the leaves

Searching for evidence of Spring and new growth

Admiring the blossom and observing the size and shape of the flowers

Finding evidence of buds and the new growth

Prior to the Easter break, year 6 were learning about Darwin and his Theory of Evolution. We also investigated three advantages and disadvantages of selective breeding and came up with our own views about this contentious topic. Since being back, we’ve begun to investigate the intricate workings of the circulatory system and looked at the issues surrounding blood donation. Here are just a few examples of work from VWh...

Year 6 blog posts - Heart Dissection

 

Heart Dissection - Year 6

This morning, year 6 were given the opportunity to take part in a lamb heart dissection as their topic this term is ‘Blood Heart’.  

After being given the appropriate safety talk, the children were taken in small groups to the Activity area and donned their PPE. Then, Miss. Whipps demonstrated what to do so they were then able to conduct it themselves. 

The children were able to identify the structural features and seemed stunned when they witnessed how much thicker the left hand side was compared to the right: we learnt last week that this was to accommodate the flow of oxygenated blood over a greater distance. 

Here’s what some of the children had to say about the experience:

Esmay: ‘It was really fun to see an actual heart’

Beatrice: ‘Deeply fascinating’

Ivor: ‘It was easier to visualize how blood flows around your heart’

Yasmin: ‘I was nervous at first but  it was actually really fun!’

Edith: ‘Smelly but fun!’

Alfred: ‘I had to squish it and watched blood squirt out of the aorta!’

WELCOME BACK TO THE SUMMER TERM

We very much look forward to a new term of hope and happiness as we all return from the Easter break for the school Summer term.  

We extend a very warm welcome to all our new starters in Nursery, Reception and Year 3.

We have plans in the pipeline for this term and will aim, as much as possible within guidance restrictions, to be able to deliver some form of Sports events, Summer Bubble events (in lieu of a Summer Trip), Parent Consultations, Transition events and Year 6 Leaver Celebrations.  Once these plans become confirmed we will, of course, communicate them to parents and add them to the school calendar.

We hope many of the children will sign up for the afterschool sports clubs that start this week (managed within Covid risk assessment guidelines) including multi-sports, tennis and gym, and we also look forward to hearing the 'sound of music' in school as instrument tuition begins today.

Butterflies at the Church

Beautiful butterflies in the porch at St Michael’s Church, Framlingham.

Thank you to all the children from school who helped to create this stunning display.