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. 

Class AL Celebrate Krishna Through Art

This week in Class AL, we learned about the Hindu festival of Janmashtami, which celebrates the birthday of Lord Krishna, and the children loved discovering that many Hindu children dress up as Krishna in colourful clothes and peacock feathers. We explored why Krishna is such an important figure in Hinduism and how the festival is a joyful way for families to show devotion. In R.E., we brought our learning to life, the class made their own Krishna figures, decorating them with bright colours and thoughtful details as they explored how people express their beliefs through celebration and art.

        

 

Comparing Biomes: Desert vs Rainforest

This week in Year 5, the children explored biomes by researching from books, gathering key facts about climate, animals, and plant life. Each child chose either the desert or the rainforest, which meant the class could compare two very different environments. They worked brilliantly to collate their information and showed great curiosity as they learned how living things adapt to survive in each biome.

   

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The First Drawing - Class RJ

Over the last couple of weeks, Lower Key Stage 2 have been enjoying reading, re-enacting and producing writing based around The First Drawing by Mordicai Gerstein. This week, Class RJ produced freeze frames to help them to sequence the story. We loved their creative ideas and are really proud of the work they have produced, inspired by the story. We hope you'll enjoy seeing their written work next week when you come for parents' evening.

Exploring the Hindu religion in Class KHLH

Class KHLH have been finding out about Hinduism.  We examined the story of Rama and Sita along with Lakshman and Hanuman discussing their dharmas (duties) and the important roles in which they all had.  We discovered the traditions about Diwali along with Hindu wedding ceremonies using many artefacts to highlight the importance of these traditions.  We carefully used the murtis for observational drawings and wrote some "coat hanger" poems about different aspects of the Hindu religion.

                           

Online Safety

Safer Internet Day (SID) is next week but as we all know, every day is a time to be vigilant about online safety and how to stay safe.  In school we are having two weeks of activities about to how to stay safe online and the use of AI, linked to this year's national theme for SID 2026. 

It started today with Michael Harman from Suffolk Police giving a very thorough and in depth online safety talk to the year 5 and year 6 pupils.  There was a lot of information about the expectation of how to behave online; the use of social media; strategies to use to help stay safe and a discussion about AI.  It was an excellent talk and the children gained a lot from it. 

Sadly, the parent online safety session was only attended by 2 parents however, a lot of information was shared with them and we hope they found it useful.  

Thank you to Michael for coming to talk at the school and sharing invaluable and useful information. 

Creating 3D Characters from Our Class Book.

Year 5 have had a creative afternoon constructing clay models inspired by Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold. The children studied the characters closely and shaped their own 3D versions with great care and imagination. Our sculptures are now drying, and soon we’ll be ready to start painting them.