SPARKLING MATHEMATICIANS, ADVENT, THE HAJJ AND MORE.....

 Class JA have been very busy........ this week has rushed past and  the class has enjoyed covering lots of areas of the curriculum.

In maths, the children have used their tables knowledge to create Christmas cards which look really effective (and sparkly). The glitter they have used is made from recycled materials and is recyleable. Each morning, the children are taking it in turns to select a non edible (!) gingerbread tree decoration from our advent calendar and   then complete an advent jigsaw. We are really impressed with how sensibly everybody is waiting for their turn.

In R.E. the children have been learning about the Hajj and developing their understanding of Islam. Their recent focus has been the Five Pillars of Islam. We watched a fascinating short film about The Hajji and listened to people's account of going on this very important pilgrimage. 

Further, we are also using a virtual  (online) advent calendar from the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich that Mrs Cann shared with us. The focus each day is moving from darkness to light and we have enjoyed looking at the image through the virtual windows. So far, the favourite has been an image of Abram  counting the starts in the night sky. It was great as the children were able to link this to their Stargazers topic.

                                                          Abram counting the stars

Discussing/planning an email to Mrs Nunn (R.E. Subject Lead) about The Hajj

Sparkling Mathematical Christmas Cards

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Congratulations to the JA Science Quizzers who really demonstrated their progress with their super scores in the class quiz about Earth and Space.

****Your knowledge is phenomenal****

*WOW*

What a wonderful week of Nativities we have had!

All this week the children in Reception, Year 1 & 2 and Nursery have been delivering their own take on the Christmas Story.  Not only have they performed for other classes in the afternoons, but they have also performed for parents and grandparents each morning.

We are so proud of these children, for their confidence in standing up on a stage with the bright lights shining down on them, for their amazing recollection and delivery of their lines, and for the beautiful singing of their Christmas songs.

These Nativities remind us of the magic of Christmas, and the reason we celebrate it - the birth of Jesus, son of God.

Here are a few images from the class Nativities this week, there are many more on the website gallery, and parents will be sent a private link to the video recordings next week.

Well done to all the staff who worked so hard to pull the wonderful nativities together.

Thanks too, to the Friends for hosting refreshments at the start of each performance, and to all the families who donated to the leaving collections for EACH.

Festive Cake Sale today!

Come along for a sweet treat from the pavillion in the front playground after school.

Thanks to the families of ES & JA for the wonderful baking.

Year 5 + 6 House Swimming Gala

On Wednesday, children from Years 5 and 6 competed in the annual inter-house gala at Framlingham College Pool. 

The children demonstrated  resilience, determination, and perseverance throughout the event. 

In the end, Mills emerged as the champions, proudly lifting the coveted trophy, while Bulstrode claimed the runner-up position. 

Congratulations to all participants!  We hope the parents enjoyed watching from the gallery this year.

A special thank you goes to Framlingham College Pool and the team there for hosting the event and for supporting our Years 5 and 6 students with their swimming lessons this term.

Handball Competition

On Tuesday the Year 3 and 4's competed in a handball inter-house competition. 

The children performed really well considering how muddy, wet and cold it was. 

The children showed some great team spirit and played some fantastic handball. 

A big well done to Mills who were the winning house.

Football vs Kyson Primary School

The year 5 and 6 boys competed in a football competition on Friday last week at SRH Framlingham. 

We had four 6-a-side teams which played against 4 teams from Kyson Primary School. 

Two of our teams came joint first in the competition and the other two teams came 3rd and 8th. 

There were some outstanding individual performances and some great goals scored from both schools and overall, the boys made the school proud.

Music Soiree this Friday in the hall at 6pm

 Come along to hear all our talented musicians and singers in the hall at 6pm.

*** All welcome! ***

The soiree promises to be a wonderful event to get you in the spirit of Christmas.

Cake Sale on Friday!

 

Class JA & ES are baking for the sale on Friday.

Remember to bring some pocket money to buy a sweet treat.

Worship Team Assemby

 Last week our Worship Team lead our whole school assembly. 

They taught the children about St Francis of Assisi.  They told the children how St Francis was a man who lived over 800 years ago, but his teaching had some inspirational ideas.  He wanted people to care for our environment and the world around them.  He wanted everyone to live in peace. 

The Worship Team did an amazing job and there was a special appearance from Pumpkin.

 

Mills House assembly

The house captains and vice-house captains from Mills house led the assembly sharing facts and information about Thomas Mills.  The children shared facts about how the Mills Grammar school and the Thomas Mills High School were started.  They told us how Thomas Mills was instrumental in supporting education in Framlingham and also housing for the poor in the Almshouses.  The Mills Trust still supports  education in Framlingham. 

 

Super Speller Winners so far this term

 

Lunchtime Sports

In November we started a football lunchtime 'World Cup'. The children play with a chosen partner in a 2 vs 2 match every Tuesday and Thursday lunchtime. This will be an ongoing tournament finishing in the summer term with a 'World Cup' final match. 

The children have enjoyed playing and watching the other teams and also cheering each other on for support. The matches have been refereed by the Year 6 Play Leaders. 

This term we have also started a lunchtime Netball club for the Year 5 and 6 children on every Tuesday and Thursday to get them ready for their competition after Christmas.

Space... the final frontier!

In VW, the children have been learning about Space. 

They've investigated the timeline of different models of the Solar System and seen how the views changed over time. 

They saw how opinions then gravitated towards the Heliocentric model. They've also looked at the body of evidence presented for Flat Earth and Spherical Earth theories. 

Additionally, they've investigated how we experience day and night, creating short explanation texts on the matter.