Year 6 Production – Dragon Days

This week, Year 6 had the exciting opportunity to spend several days at Framlingham College, rehearsing and preparing for their production of Dragon Days. The children spent Monday and Tuesday settling into the theatre environment, familiarising themselves with the stage, props and technical aspects of the production.

On Wednesday morning, they performed to the rest of the school before taking to the stage again for their first public performance in the afternoon. The final performance took place on Thursday evening, and the children truly rose to the occasion, delivering a confident, energetic and memorable show.

We are enormously proud of every member of Year 6. Throughout the week, they demonstrated resilience, determination and teamwork, stepping out of their comfort zones and embracing every challenge that came their way. Their enthusiasm, commitment and talent shone through in every performance, and they should be incredibly proud of what they achieved.

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Framlingham College for the exclusive use of their beautiful theatre, which provided the perfect venue for this special event. We are also grateful to all the staff, families and volunteers who supported the production and helped make it such a success.

Photo credits to our ex-teacher John Byer, who has taken some fantastic shots, 

more will be shared via the website gallery next week.

The recording of Wednesday morning's performance will also be shared with Year 6 families next week.

Music filled the air at the Arts Festival

We had a wonderful afternoon filled with music, singing, dancing and joyful performances. 

The sound of the guitars, violins and clarinets created a fantastic atmosphere, and everyone thoroughly enjoyed taking part and listening to each other. It was a truly memorable event that brought smiles to everyone’s faces. 

A huge thank you to Mrs Mawson for organising such a special afternoon and giving us all the opportunity to share and celebrate our talents together.

Class DR had recorded their wonderful song about the environment and their words are below.

Learning in VW

Last week VW had a busy week! They were preparing for their production, writing diary entries from the perspectives of either Beowulf or Grendel, and making origami lotus flowers to recognise how they symbolise enlightenment for Buddhists.

As part of Eco Science Week, they also took part in a very smelly science investigation using natural dyes — including turmeric, red cabbage, blueberries, tea and more — to dye natural materials such as wool. The results were mixed, but turmeric was the clear winner for releasing the most pigment. We explored how anthocyanins and tannins affect colour, and we experimented by adding bicarbonate of soda and apple cider vinegar to the red cabbage dye to observe the colour changes and learn about pH scales.

The class also enjoyed two workshops delivered by CAP (Christians Against Poverty), focusing on money management, budgeting for the future, and prioritising expenditure — all incredibly valuable life skills. Thank you to them for delivering such informative sessions. 

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. 

Music Assembly - Senior Choir recording

 

Thank you for the Music!

Yesterday, our KS2 children took to the stage for the annual House Singing Competition. 

This year’s theme was ABBA, and all houses performed “Thank You for the Music” and then they presented their own individual piece:

• Bulstrode > Waterloo
• Howard > Super Trouper
• Hitcham > I Have a Dream / Medley version
• Mills > Money, Money, Money

Each performance was filled with enthusiasm, energy, and pure delight. 

We were incredibly impressed with the creativity and individuality each house brought to their performances. The children truly lifted the roof—and it was fantastic to see both pupils and staff savouring such a vibrant, joyful atmosphere.

We were joined by three judges who took on the unenviable task of selecting a winner. After much deliberation, Mills proudly lifted the House Singing trophy for 2026.

A huge thank you to all staff who supported the children with their performances and brought so much energy to the stage. 

We are also grateful to Mrs Clare, Mrs Barclay, and Mr Lockyer from Thomas Mills for judging this exciting event.

At the end of the day, the children came together once more to perform “Thank You for the Music” for parents on the playground.

We have shared the audio recording of the contest with parents via a link through email from Arbor.

We are Rockin' it!

The whole school have enjoyed two days of very interactive, energetic and fun workshops using body rhythms with the brilliant Bassistry Arts music group.  

We learnt a range of original songs along with movement and dance and also explored the drum kit, various percussion instruments covering a wide range of styles, such as Latin, African and Caribbean & Popular Music.  

These Bassistry drum & bass workshops have been funded through the wonderful support that parents have given to the Friends fundraising efforts this year - so thank you to all involved.

A few photos from this morning's Year 4 workshop.

VIOLIN CONCERT 4 March

Our Violin pupils will be holding a recital this week. Everyone is welcome to come to the hall at 3.20pm on Wednesday.

This is an ideal opportunity for parents of children in Year 2 to consider whether Violin is something you may wish your child to take up when they move to KS2 in Year 3 in September.

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.