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. 

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. 

 

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! 

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 

The day I floated over Framlingham

We had a real treat in assembly today! As part of our literacy‑based curriculum, every class across the school has contributed a chapter to our very own school book, The Day I Floated Over Framlingham. We listened as each teacher proudly read their class’s chapter, and it was wonderful to see the excitement and joy on the children’s faces as they realised they had become authors themselves.

(PS - if anyone knows of anyone who could help us print an illustrated version  - please get in touch - it would be so exciting for the children to see their work published). 

Hooray for Spring!

Key Stage 1 had a wonderful morning supporting each other in their poetry competition today. 

Each class performed a spring themed poem beautifully, with admirable confidence, clarity and obvious enjoyment. 

Well done to our winners, Class MB. We are very proud of you all!

Visit from Author and Illustrator, Kate Rolfe

On Tuesday, the children were incredibly lucky to welcome author and illustrator Kate Rolfe, who came to share her beautiful new book, Owl and Moon. She read the story aloud and talked about the personal inspiration behind it, explaining that the relationship between the characters was influenced by her own bond with her mum.

Kate also gave us a fascinating insight into the illustration process, telling the children that some illustrations have to be drawn many times before they’re just right. The children asked thoughtful questions about her experiences, and we learnt that Wolf and Bear took 4.5 years to produce, while Owl and Moon took around 1.5 years. She explained how much rewriting and editing goes into each book and shared that she continues to learn and grow as a writer and illustrator.

Kate spoke openly about her creative journey and how her own life experiences have motivated and inspired her work.

A huge thank you to Kate Rolfe for giving our children such a memorable and inspiring visit!

World Book Day 2026

Today, we joined people across the globe for World Book Day.   Did you know that over 100 countries take part? 

It is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy of reading and storytelling and the importance of sharing books. 

This day is not just about books, but it is about fostering a love for literature. 

Some of these photos may be published in the EADT next Tuesday.

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. 😀🥚🐣🐤

World Book Day Menu - Thursday 5 March

 

WORLD BOOK DAY – THURSDAY 5 MARCH

 Children can dress as a character from their favourite book, a book title, or a word (eg stripey, orange).   

We ask for a donation of £1, if you can, to Book Aid International please, this charity ships reading books to schools, hospitals, universities and refugee camps in deprived and war-torn countries. 

This can be in coins on the day or via the Payments > Shop section of ParentMail (from 24 Feb), thank you.

CANCELLED - Tuesday's Story Bridge at the Library - due to library closure

Snapshot in VW

This week, the children in VW have been busy!

Linked to our class text Lizzie and Belle, they explored descriptive language to capture the tense moment a chandelier fell and injured Lizzie’s father, Ignatius, focusing on the calm before and the drama after the fall.

In maths, they’ve been adding and subtracting fractions and progressing to mixed numbers. For History, they researched influential figures including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and the Windrush generation, organising their findings in chronological order. We used the library for this. 

In RE, the class learned about the Qur’an and how Muslims recite it in Arabic. They looked at the opening section of the Qur'an,  Al-Fatiha, and tried memorising short sections for 10 seconds at a time- quite an interesting challenge! They reflected on what it might feel like to share Allah’s message with the world.

Story Bridge at the Library - TOMORROW

 Story Bridge at the Library - Tues 14 Oct 9.15am

If you have a pre-school child, please bring them along to the Framlingham Library for this new half termly event.

The Bear and the Piano - Class DR

A new text and another fabulous WOW moment for Class DR. The children created their own theatre tickets, ready for a very special show. We swapped our tickets for some delicious popcorn and found our seats in the theatre. Class DR were inspired as we watched a very clever bear playing a piano. We can't wait to find out more about 'The Bear and the Piano'. 

The Bear & the Piano Special Menu on Thursday

We're looking forward to our special menu on Thursday celebrating our new book that Year 1 & 2 are reading 'The Bear & the Piano'.

Fantastic 'Journey'

What a fantastic ‘JOURNEY’ we have been on throughout the first few weeks of term. The whole school has been inspired by our book by Aaron Becker and our new curriculum. Be sure to ask the children about the stories they are writing this week. Here’s a sneak peek of some work the children shared in assembly.

Don’t forget you can find out all about the new curriculum on Wednesday 1^st October at 2pm.

Literacy Tree

Over the first few weeks of term, our whole-school writing focus is centred around 'Journey' by Aaron Becker, used as our 'Writing Root' through the Literacy Tree curriculum.  Literacy Tree provides a step-by-step framework with creative activities that develop strong writing skills and inspire imagination.

'Journey' is a wordless picture book about a girl’s magical adventure using a red marker. Without words, it encourages children to use their own language to tell the story and build their skills.

To launch this,  Mrs Cann revealed key items from the book: a red balloon, blanket, crayon, and boat during last Monday's assembly, exciting both children and staff!

Literacy Tree also links literacy with other subjects, helping students apply their skills across the curriculum.

Battle of the Bookworms

Today, four Year 5 students (two from ES and two from JA) visited Thomas Mills High School to participate in their Battle of the Bookworms Competition alongside another primary school and a team of Year 7 students.

Before the competition started they were able to help decorate a ‘We Love Libraries’ banner which will be displayed in the Thomas Mills library once finished. The first part of the competition consisted of several rounds with five questions each round. Each team had to agree on an answer collectively before writing it down. The rounds covered a variety of themes and included childhood classics as well as more recent titles. Mrs Vale the school librarian was very impressed with how focused and quick the pupils were at answering each question!

The primary teams were also able to come up with their own questions to test the Year 7’s with – they came up with some quite tricky ones and really showed their knowledge and enjoyment of reading. They also had the chance to play a game called ‘Literary Slam Dunk’ which involved reading / listening to a short extract from a text and then answering questions – the quickest person to raise their hand was given the chance to answer. This game was really enjoyed by the students and is one they will be able to play in their library lessons in Year 7 at Thomas Mills.

It was a very fun morning out and it was lovely to see the enthusiasm for books from our students. The competition was very close and in the end the SRH team came in Second Place with 31 points (the winning team had 32!) They received a certificate and were able to choose a selection of books to take home.

Well done to the four competitors, and thankyou to Mrs Vale and the Year 7’s and Year 10’s at Thomas Mills for such an enjoyable morning!

KS1 poetry competition

Key Stage 1 and Reception recited some beautiful poems for their poetry competition.  Some of the nursery children popped in to hear them too.  Reception performed their poems about Springtime whilst Key Stage 1 classes wrote and delivered their poems using some great rhyme, rhythm and actions about the Great Fire of London.  What a great way to remember the facts about the Great Fire of London! Well done to each and every child who performed Our judges, Rev Chris Davey and Mrs Akerman were astounded at the quality and found it really hard to decide the winners but Class DR won by a very small margin!  Rev Chris then finished the assembly with a prayer said as a poem.