Litter heroes in action around Framlingham

As part of this year's Civic Engagement, Class MBu pupils took part in a community litter pick around the Pageant Place and the front field at Framlingham Castle.  The children, who were very excited to be doing the litter pick, showed fantastic teamwork and a real commitment to caring for their local environment. As well as helping to make Framlingham cleaner and safer, the activity encouraged pupils to think about the importance of protecting wildlife and taking responsibility for the places we share. 

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to 1st Framlingham Cubs for kindly loaning the litter pickers; to David and Alex from Greener Fram for their support, guidance and stewardship throughout the event and to Framlingham Town Council for their support with bags - real community effort. Their help made this valuable community project possible and ensured that all the children had a safe and rewarding experience. Thank you to the parents who also volunteered to make this possible. We were amazed to discover just how much rubbish had been discarded and worked hard to collect an impressive 20kg of litter.

 

Civic Engagement - Class MBu

Class MBu were delighted to welcome Mr David Greenacre from Greener Fram, who came to talk to them about the importance of water and how we can all use it more wisely. Mr Greenacre explained where our water comes from and why it is important not to waste this precious resource. The children learned simple ways to save water, such as turning off the tap while brushing their teeth, taking shorter showers, and only using the amount of water they need. They also discussed how saving water helps to protect the environment and ensures there is enough for people, animals, and plants. The pupils answered some thoughtful questions, thinking about their own water usage during the day and finding out how much water we use compared to other countries.  We hope the children have become inspired to become responsible citizens by making small changes that can have a big impact.  

Gold Award for the JRSO's!

Last Friday our four 'Junior Road Safety Officer's' in Year 5 went to Endeavour House in Ipswich for an  awards ceremony. Many other schools in Suffolk attended and the panel consisted of members of the council involved with road and safety management. I am very pleased to say, they were award the highest award 'Gold' for all the hard work they have been doing in the past year to promote road safety in our school. Well done JRSO's, well deserved. 

Waste Watchers

On Thursday, Big Bubble Theatre transformed our KS1 children into 'Waste Watchers'. To support the introduction of our new text 'Stella and the Seagull', we were taught about plastic pollution and taking care of the Earth. Remember to REDUCE, RECYCLE and REUSE!

Friday was World Environment Day, this year the focus was on lowering the impact on our environment, so KS1 children took to the playground to limbo, encouraging them to think about how they can reduce their environmental impact. 

Discovering the Meaning of the Eucharist in Class AL

This week in Class AL, we explored the Christian understanding of the Eucharist in our Christian Living lesson. We learned how Christians remember Jesus’ Last Supper and why bread and wine are important symbols of His love and sacrifice. We looked at passages from the Bible and talked about what they mean for believers today. To show our learning, we designed our own postcards with messages and drawings about the Eucharist.

  

Year 3 and Year 4 get baking!

Year 3 and Year 4 launched their new text by making and baking some delicious buns. As part of the school's exciting new literacy based curriculum, we will study "The Baker by the Sea" by Paula White over the next few weeks.  We are looking forward to meeting the author too. 

During the lesson we identified many imperative verbs when reading the recipe.  We all tried a bun in the afternoon and each took one home.  Some children were reluctant to try but once they did they really liked them.   A great team effort to create some lovely buns. 

 

Farm Fair Trip Year 3 and 4

Class RJ, KHLH and KN had the most wonderful day yesterday at the Farm Fair at Trinity Park in Ipswich. With an incredible variety of activities ranging from watching sheep, bloodhound and ferret shows to learning all about the journey from potato seeds to delicious crisps, the children had such a brilliant time. The sun shone most of the day and we are so proud of the pupils for being so well behaved and respectful to other schools all day. Other highlights include craft activities, trying delicious sausages and an exciting tractor ride.  We also picked up three beautiful trees which were donated to the school.  Thanks so much to Suffolk Council and all of the wonderful farmers for enabling us to learn so much.

Chicks at SRH

What a busy few days we've had. SRH have welcomed nine beautiful chicks. The children across the school have been fortunate enough to watch the chicks hatch and observe them as they have dried out and fluffed up. They have been mesmerised ever since. As scientists, it has been the perfect opportunity to discuss life cycles, understand how to take care of animals and what they need to thrive.

How EGG-citing!

To celebrate our upcoming book 'The Odd Egg', Key Stage 1 have welcomed some egg-cellent visitors. Watch this space for some egg-ceptionally cute updates. Thank you to The Friends for providing us with this egg-citing opportunity. 😀🥚🐣🐤

Tractor visit to school

Ben and Ed from Hall Farm brought their tractor to school today to visit the year 3 and year 4 children.  This is part of the 'Field to Fork' campaign which the year 3 and year 4 children will be involved with over the next half term.  They brought buckets of rapeseed, barley and wheat and also a huge sugar beet to show the children what products were made from these grains which were rapeseed oil, flour, ale and sugar.  The children were surprised at how big the tyres on the tractor were and enjoyed guessing and listening to the facts that Ben and Ed shared with the children.  

Music to our ears!

What a treat we had this morning!  We celebrated all the amazing musical opportunities that the children get at SRH.  County Music teach year 5 violins and year 3 clarinets and it was such a treat to see and hear how much they have learnt over this academic year. Class RJ showed off their skills on the clarinet with “Grumpy Old Man” and Year 5 played “Open String Boogie”

Class MB sang “Time to say hello” and year 2 children in Class JT demonstrated some amazing rhythm work and keeping the beat to “Jerusalema”.   Year 4, who sang their song at Snape Maltings, sang “Celebrate St Patrick’s Day” so movingly.

The year 4 recorder club played ‘Kum-ba-ya’ and ‘Happy Birthday’ in beautiful harmony. 

Class MS and Class VW have been working on composition this term and each class played their own compositions based on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons: Winter using their own conductor to lead the class playing a range of untuned percussion instruments alongside the piano, violin and the cello.  

We enjoyed listening to a range of soloists performing on the recorder, clarinet, drums, cellist, pianist and guitarist.  We also heard a few duets.

We finished with a treat from Mr Burch who played a medley of songs which we all enjoyed  including rudiments  and a paradiddle which we all took part in.

A huge thank you to County Music for providing our wonderful clarinet and violin teachers, MSF, Mr Slatter,  Mrs Lavery, Mr Bold, Mrs Johnson and of course Mrs Mawson who coordinates, liaises and organises all these wonderful music opportunities.