Lambs Visit School!

This morning, Miss Whipps brought in two Suffolk ewe lambs, Bonnie and Bessie, to visit the children. Each class had the opportunity to meet them and ask lots of fantastic questions.

During the visit, we talked about a variety of interesting topics, including why sheep wear ear tags, what they eat, and what makes the Suffolk breed special. The children learned that sheep are ruminants, which means they have a complex stomach made up of four compartments, allowing them to digest tough plant materials like grass more efficiently.

We also discussed how to behave safely around animals and the importance of caring for them with kindness and respect. 

Post-SATs Celebrations

On Thursday, our Year 6 children completed their final SATs test, marking the end of a challenging and hardworking week. To celebrate their incredible effort, we took advantage of the dry weather with some well-earned time on the school field. The children enjoyed a relaxing break with snacks, games, and plenty of laughter – a perfect way to unwind after their hard work.

We are all immensely proud of the resilience, determination, and positive attitude they have shown throughout the week. They truly rose to the occasion and demonstrated just how capable and committed they are.

With SATs now behind them, Year 6 are excited to begin rehearsals for their end-of-year production, Hoodwinked! We can’t wait to see their talents shine in a different way as they take to the stage.

Vacancy for a Caretaker

 

Census Day Lunch - Thursday 15 May

 

Main course is Pizza, followed by the children's favourite Iced Sponge cake

Tennis Tournament

On Friday, Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham’s took part in a Tennis competition at Framlingham College school. 

We took 60 children from Years 1,2,3,4 and 5. 

The children all enjoyed their day and many of the children won lots of games with some of them not losing one game.  Well done to all who took part.

Pumpkin is having a holiday

Palm trees, sunshine, home away from home... 

Lucky Pumpkin is having a few days away from his usual place of residence - ie the Year 6 classrooms - as he can be quite a distraction some mornings! 

The Year 6 children are working hard and busy concentrating on their SATs for the next few mornings, so Pumpkin has taken up residence in the office :)

Wonderlicious Excitement Today!

The children were so excited to pick up their Wonderlicious chocolate bars today and unwrap them to see if they had won a 'Golden Ticket'!

A huge thank you to the Friends for organising this fun event for the children, we look forward to the prize winners week in the last week of the half term.  If you're a winner make sure to bring your golden ticket to the office on Monday.

Thank you to the families for supporting this and an extra-big thank you to Ernest Doe and Ardent Hire for their generous sponsorship of the event.

New School Hat option

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Coffee Morning Tomorrow at 8.45am

 

COFFEE MORNING

FRIDAY 9 MAY @ 8.45

A relaxed session for parents to chat to the senior leaders and parent Governors while having a morning cuppa!

This time a representative from East Suffolk Roadshow will attend to advise & signpost parents to local Suffolk services & parent groups

VE day CRMBr

To celebrate VE day class CRMBr found out about the WRENS in the navy and how they used Morse code and Semaphore to send messages in code.  We then used our flags that we had made for the 'street party' to learn the alphabet.  We practised by making up short words or using our initials.  

We also talked about childhood in the wartime and wondered what it would have been like especially not having any technology.  We learnt how to use sticks to play pickup sticks; used stones to play ‘Jacks’ and learnt how to play hopscotch properly.  One child found 'Jacks' really testing and reminded us that we needed to persevere, our value for this half term.  Another child said that 'pick up sticks' game was a real test of skill.  In the end we had a vote for our favourite.  17 children preferred 'pick up sticks', 5 preferred the hopscotch and only 3 liked 'Jacks' but many found it tricky.                                          

Year 6 Inspired by Live Piano Recital in Framlingham

Yesterday afternoon, our Year 6 children had the amazing opportunity to attend a live piano recital by Aisa Ijiri in Framlingham. The performance featured stunning works by Bach, Chopin, Liszt, and Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet — and the children and adults were truly captivated.

It was a fantastic chance for them to experience live classical music, many for the very first time, and they returned full of inspiration.

We are incredibly grateful to Penny Cook, who works with Framlingham Concerts Community Interest Company, for making this unforgettable experience possible. 

Friday’s Visitor Assembly

For today’s assembly our visitor, Saul, began by showing us the image of a small acorn, a simple seed that—given the right conditions—can grow into a mighty oak tree and, ultimately, become part of a vast forest. He used this powerful metaphor to illustrate a deeper truth: each of us carries within us the potential for greatness.

He reminded us that, just like the acorn, we may seem small or ordinary at first. But if we nurture our strengths, remain determined, and continue to grow through effort and perseverance, we can achieve remarkable things. Saul encouraged us to protect and develop the "seed of greatness" that lies within each of us, and to believe in what we can become.

It was a thought-provoking and uplifting message, reminding us of the importance of self-belief, hard work, and resilience. A big thank you to Saul for taking the time to speak with us and for sharing such an encouraging perspective.

Spring Blossom

 Lovely blossom blooming on this beautiful Spring Day

Perseverance

Mrs Cann delivered our first assembly of the Summer term at St Michael's Church about perseverance on Friday.  

She spoke to Mrs Morgan who shared with us about how she had trained so hard for a half marathon and reflected about times where when she felt it was tough but family and friends kept her going.  

The worship team shared a poem about perseverance and lead the prayers. 

Will your chocolate bar have a golden ticket?

 

NO access to school emails today

Please be aware that we currently have NO access to emails in school today.

If you need to contact us about anything important today please call the office on 01728 723354, thank you.

Reception Intake for September 2025

 National Offer Day for Reception September 2025 Intake is 16 April 2025.

As this is during the school Easter Break, the school will contact families who have been offered a place on our return, during the week of 22 April.

Please can we ask that new families do not call the call the school, until after Fri 25 April , if they have any further questions that are not covered in all the communications regarding the offer of a place, thank you.

A snapshot from VW

VW have been busy this week! 

On Monday, the class was saddened to hear about the earthquake that struck Myanmar and felt compelled to write letters to the people of Framlingham, urging them to donate to the Red Cross. 

In Maths, the children have been familiarizing themselves with all four quadrants of the coordinate grid by translating and reflecting shapes. In Science, the class has been learning about Carl Linnaeus and his role in classifying living organisms. 

We discovered that viruses need a host to survive and even created our own plasticine models of viruses!

Sunny days!

What a lovely morning on the field .... rolling around in the grass, the "happy crocodile" game, daisy chains,  hairdressers, tag, mums and dads, just sitting around chatting.... 

Easter Assembly

On this gloriously sunny morning, Year 5 lead a wonderful Easter assembly at St Michael’s Church.  The story of Easter along with various other facts and information relating to Easter were shared.  The singing was uplifting and Rev Chris Davey acknowledged this too as he said the Easter blessing at the end.

Every single child in the school made a daffodil which the church will use to decorate the porch ready for the Easter service.  The whole school walked up through the Market Hill to the Church each carrying their daffodils.

Hockey Tournament

On Friday, Sir Robert Hitcham’s took part in a Hockey competition at Harleston magpies hockey club.

We entered 2 teams into the competition with 1 team coming 5th on the compete side of the competition and the other team coming 5th out of 25 teams in the develop side of the competition. 

All the children worked very hard every Monday and Friday at the afterschool to get ready for the competition and it really did show on the day. The children showed fantastic team work and attitude.

Friends Wonderlicious Event

 Friends Wonderlicious Event - starting straight after the Easter Break

South Africa assembly

Cameron Cann visited us today to tell us about his time volunteering as a PE coach in the Capricorn Primary School in South Africa.  He shared with the children what life was like on a daily basis showing them a video of a typical street with no grass; shops and business made out of disused freight containers and lots of rubbish and squalor.  Their home lives were very tough due to the poverty and hardship so they found school a place of solace and enjoyment.  They had no phones, iPads, X-boxes and not much money for clothes yet Cameron expressed how the children were so happy with their friends and games they played.  He shared videos of a sports carnival and the children singing and dancing and enjoying music - of which they did a lot!  Cameron spoke about the inspirational people that he had met and how they had overcome adversity and hardship and were persevering with their goals.  He also interestingly told us about the food he had enjoyed particularly ostrich and lots of mango.   In our prayers,  we thought about how lucky we are here in Framlingham and prayed for the children at the Capricorn Primary School.