Year 5 and 6 STEM Workshops

Today, Year 5 and 6 were fortunate to take part in a STEM workshop led by STEMPOINT ambassadors. They learned about the role of offshore wind energy, including the East Coast Wind Farm, discovering that a single wind farm can power an impressive 700,000 homes.

The ambassadors also shared information about the wind farm in Great Yarmouth, which has been in operation for many years. Pupils were fascinated to learn that one of the older turbines is approximately the size of the London Eye, while more modern turbines can reach heights of around 280 metres—similar to the height of The Shard. The children also learned that the Crown Estate owns the seabed and that developing offshore wind farms involves many different people and areas of expertise.

We explored a range of renewable energy sources, including solar, hydro, biomass and geothermal energy, before reflecting on non-renewable sources and the impact they have on our planet. The children also learned how electricity generated offshore reaches homes and schools. One ambassador explained how large underground cables are laid at a depth that allows farmers to continue using the land effectively, without affecting the landscape.

Towards the end of the workshop, we discussed the advantages of using three blades on a wind turbine rather than four. We learned that each blade weighs around 30–35 tonnes, meaning that adding extra blades would significantly increase both the weight and cost, making it unviable. The ambassadors also spoke about STEM careers, including engineering, civil construction, communications, archaeology and environmental roles.

To conclude the workshop, the children worked in small groups to design and create their own prototype wind turbines, demonstrating excellent teamwork and creativity.

Thank you to STEMPOINT for providing such a fantastic and engaging learning experience.

Whole School Photo Day on Wednesday

 

Young Engineers at Work: Building Wind Turbines

This morning, our Year 5 engineers had a fantastic experience in the school hall by attending a STEM workshop with STEMPOINT and Will Sealey from Scottish Power Renewables.  We learned all about renewable energy sources. The children then constructed their own mini wind turbines. The children worked like real engineers, designing, testing, and then thinking about how they could make their turbines even better next time. What a brilliant morning learning about renewable energy!

             

Welcome Back to the last half term of the year

 We welcome all the children back for the final summer term.

We have a jam packed half term - take a look at the diary dates! 

Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's CEVA Primary School - Diary & Event Dates

Our lovely new gate was fitted over the holidays - looking very smart!

SPORTS DAY

Gosh, what an exciting day today has been, with KS2 field & track events all morning, then an interlude of Nursery Sports events before a wonderful family picnic on our fabulous school field in the sunshine, finished off with an afternoon of KS1 & Reception sports events.

All the children took part, and they showed great sportsmanship, resilience and superb team work.

Each of the the KS2 children competed for their house across a number of field & track events. The winning House this year was Howard, well done all !

Thank you to all the parents who cheered on the children, it was great to see you all there.

Special thanks go to Miss Elliott for getting all the shades set up last night!

A few photos below, with more to be loaded on the website hopefully.

Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God

During assembly on Monday the children sang the hymn 'Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God' in a round. This was inspired by the Year 5 Easter service when the children had performed it in the church. 

Lead by Mrs Brown, Years 5 and 6 sang together whilst years 1, 2, 3 and 4 joined to sing the staggered verses. The effect of the children singing together in this style has really resonated with staff and left a lasting impression. We hope it connects and resonates with you all too. 

Here is a recording of the hymn featuring our SRH pupils. 

Music Assembly - Senior Choir recording

 

Kate Rolfe presentation to the school

Kate Rolfe presented the school with a beautiful print based on her book "The Owl and the Moon".  This is because one of our pupils, Emily, won Kate's competition  for the best story which Kate ran in March from the bookshop Ottie and the Bea.  Well done to Emily and thank you to Kate. 

 

SPORTS DAY NOW MOVED TO FRIDAY

 SPORTS DAY NOW MOVED TO FRIDAY as the field is slippery from today’s rain & the forecast is for more rain Weds pm

All children to wear PE kit on FRIDAY. PLEASE REMEMBER SUN CREAM, SUN HAT and a BIG BOTTLE OF WATER.

Those with homemade pack-lunch must bring them in on Friday morning. Parents can join us for picnic lunch on the field around 12.30pm.

Please do not park in Coucy Close.

*Reminder that the Roast Lunch is being served on Thursday this week.

*Fridays menu will be served on Wednesday.

Help us Win £1000 for our school with National Book Tokens

It's easy to do - just go to https://www.nationalbooktokens.com/schools-prize#form

Enter our school name Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's CEVAP School along with your email address, as you could also be in with a chance of winning a prize!

It's time to #rebuildthelibrary.

The annual prize draw is back to give five schools across the UK and Ireland the chance to win £1,000/€1,000 in National Book Tokens and fill their shelves with new and inspiring books.

Nominate a school using the form below, and if yours is one of the five winning entries, you'll also win a £100/€120 National Book Token to spend in your favourite bookshop. 

Plus: to celebrate the UK's National Year of Reading, they're giving away even more prizes so that more schools – and more children – have a chance to enhance their libraries and Go All In on reading.

Each week until 24th June, they'll pick a flash winner – selected at random from all entries – to receive a £100/€100 National Book Token for their school, and £25/€30 for themselves! 

Nurture Room transformation

We’re really excited to share some photos and a short video of our nurture room transformation in progress on the Blog/Facebook page

Mrs Whitfield has painted a beautiful mural, which has transformed this space into a calm, welcoming and nurturing environment for our children. The room is designed to support children with emotional regulation, provide a quiet space when needed and offer pastoral support throughout the school day.

We are incredibly grateful for the wonderful support we’ve received so far.

Huge thanks go to the Friends for their generosity in supporting the project, to parents who have kindly donated items and to Bill Bullstrode for donating and fitting the new carpet over the Easter break. It is very much with the support of our parents/carers/families/friends that Friends can continue funding and supporting projects like this.

It’s amazing to see the room come together and we’re really looking forward to seeing the positive impact it will have on our children.

Reception Clay Day

The talented Reception children have been creating some beautiful clay plaques today, don't they look amazing!  

"Learning, Caring and Inspiring" assembly

Rev Chris Davey joined Mrs Cann in our assembly to share the "School Vision " and to talk about spirituality and how this affects us all.  The children gave some great examples including how they have been inspired and have a sense of awe and wonder of events in their lives including previous inspirational speakers we have had to visit us. 

The Key Stage 2 children, who are doing Robin Wood as their enrichment at the moment,  presented a beautiful, huge collage that they all helped make to celebrate Sir David Attenborourgh 's 100th birthday.  This really was an inspirational piece of work and will adorn the walls in the hall shortly.  Thank you to Mrs Skeggs and Miss Eliot who have created this with the children.  

Art Club

After attending a shadow puppet workshop with some children in KS2, Miss Turner was inspired to use and teach the skills she learned in art club this half term with the Year 3s.

Year 3 have really enjoyed making shadow puppets. After constructing different characters using black card , split pins and sticks they imagined interesting stories for them. Finally, the children presented a show and acted out their stories for each other as well as Mrs Cann.

End of SATs Celebrations

Today marked the final day of SATs week for Year 6, and we could not be prouder of the children. Throughout the week, they have shown incredible perseverance, resilience and determination, approaching each challenge with maturity and positivity. They should all feel extremely proud of themselves for the effort and commitment they have shown.

To celebrate the end of the week, we had hoped to spend some time together on the field enjoying the sunshine. However, the British weather had other plans! Instead, the children enjoyed a well-deserved celebration in class with cake and time to relax together after all their hard work.

We would also like to say a huge thank you to one of our wonderful parents, who very kindly baked some beautiful cakes for us to enjoy. This was such a thoughtful and generous gesture was greatly appreciated by both the children and staff, and it made the celebrations even more special.

Well done, Year 6 — we are immensely proud of every single one of you!

EADT Book Tokens - please hand them in by Weds 20 May

YEAR OF READING – EADT CAMPAIGN

The East Anglian Daily Times campaign that gives all schools the chance to win a share of £12,000 worth of book tokens, closes on 16 May 2026

Please hand in your tokens to the school office by the end of Wednesday 20 May.

The more tokens collected, the better your chances of winning: 

·       1st Place: £750 worth of books, 2nd Place: £400 worth of books 

·       Bonus Draw: Any school collecting over 1,000 tokens will be entered into a draw to win one of 75 £100 book bundles 

Energising Minds: STEM Workshop

Thursday morning, Year 5 enjoyed an exciting online STEM engineering workshop all about energy and how it is created. They learned about different energy sources and were especially interested in a guest talk from a Sizewell engineer, who explained how nuclear reactors work, how turbines generate electricity, and her day-to-day role maintaining the site. The session also introduced the idea of fusion as a future energy source, inspiring pupils to think about how engineers can create more sustainable ways to power our world.

Our Schools, Our World celebrate Sir David Attenborough

As part of the Friday Enrichment, "Our Schools, Our World" group wrote a collaborative acrostic about Sir David Attenborough.  We talked about his incredible life; the global impact his TV and films had in making us all aware - adults and children - about the need to help look after the planet.  The discussion that we had amongst the group about the impact of climate change was a revelation sharing thoughts and concerns together.  

David digs deeper into learning about nature

Always passionate about Antarctica

Very little bugs are still important to the world

Inspires us not put rubbish in the sea but to dispose of it correctly

David shows and inspires us to help save the planet

 

All habitats – giant deserts, rainforests, oceans and hills are studied

TV presenter showing us what a wonderful place the world is in nature

The rainforests shouldn’t be chopped down

Endangered animals around the world are being protected

Naturalist who has encouraged people to look after the world

‘Blue Planet’ made us aware of the plastic impact around the globe

Our world matters and we need to understand the world is important

Realising the truth of the impact of climate change on the world

Our ice-caps are melting, we need to take action

Undiscovered lands yet to be found

Global warming is affecting the habitats, the animals and plants

Humans are destroying our planet but he is trying to solve the problem

David Attenborough's tribute assembly

Key stage 1 and Key stage 2 joined over one million other children from around the world in this special assembly to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday.  There were lots of new facts shared; he gave a short note of thanks for all the kind wishes and then Steve Backshall joined the assembly and gave a really interesting talk about how Sir David has inspired him himself to become the naturalist that he is today.  Happy 100th Birthday Sir David! 

 

Visitor assembly

Major David Squirrel from the Salvation Army delivered a super assembly fitting in with our value for this half term - 'Truth'.  He shared a story with the children about a shopkeeper searching for light and discovering the truth.  After this he read a short extract from the bible. 

Dressed in blue and green, we then recognised David Attenborough's 100th birthday and shared facts that we had learnt during the morning finding out about his life and his values.  We discovered that he wants people around the whole world to know the 'truth' about what is happening to the animals and plants with regard to climate change. 

Lego Last Supper

As part of their RE unit on Eucharist, Year 6 recreated The Last Supper using Lego. The children were asked to think about the importance of the event, both at the time and to Christians in the modern day, in order to explore their unit question 'What is the great significance of the 'Eucharist' to Christians?' The children exhibited strong knowledge of the events and described why Christians take bread and wine as part of Eucharist. 

We studied how the scene has been depicted in various famous works of art before settling on Da Vinci's for inspiration. 

As well as recreating the scene using Lego brick and mini-figures, the children had to create thought and speech bubbles depicting what might have been said or thought by Jesus and his disciples during the revelations made by Jesus at the meal.