Class CA in the Rainforest

We went on a plane to the rainforest to see what animals we could find.

Tily said it was 'fabulous'.

Cross-Country District Finals

11 of our children (who finished in the top 5 at the area championships) took part in the North Suffolk Finals on Mellis Common yesterday evening.

Our children all ran very well. Charlie Peacher got a bronze medal in the boys race. We also had a 4th and 5th in the junior boys plus a 4th in the junior girls.

In the senior girls we had 4th, 5th and 6th place - a super effort.

Essex Cricketer Coaching in School

Professional cricketer - Reece Topley came into school to give some coaching to some of our promising bowlers in years 5 and 6.

Reece gave the children some expert advice on bowling faster and more accurately.

He bowls left handed and very fast for Essex and has played for England under 19s.

Reece also spent time answering questions and signing autographs.

Howard Win House Chess Tournament

Our first ever inter-house team chess tournament reached its conclusion yesterday.

The last set of matches were very close with Hitcham and Bulstrode finishing 2 wins each. Howard and Mills also drew 2-2.

Over the 3 weeks each team had played each other.

The final results saw Howard finished 1st with 7 points.

Mills were 2nd with 6, Hitcham 3rd with 6 points and Bulstrode 4th with 5 points.

The children are grateful for the introduction of the house chess competition - giving them further opportunities to play matches. They would also like to thank Mr Byer for giving up his time on Monday lunchtimes to run the competition.

No Newsletter this week

We are not issuing a school newsletter this week, the next letter will be circulated on Tuesday 5 May (day after the Bank Holiday).

Year 4 Children at School Farm Fair and Country Show

The Year 4’s have been to the annual Suffolk School Farm Fair and Country Show held at Trinity Park. This event is like a mini Suffolk Show for children and aims to educate Suffolk school children about farming and food production in Suffolk.

Our children enjoyed holding chicks and ducklings, eating various food samples, seeing the Air Ambulance, watching sheep shearing and making smoothies on a bike as well as lots and lots of other things. It was a fabulous day!

Children playing the piano on a tablet

We have recently added some new APPs to our school tablets.

This one is called: My Piano.

It is great for learning how to read music or learn about a keyboard.

The children can even record their tunes.

The keyboard can be set for different instruments as well.

Even more impressively - a boy from Class DB has programmed his own keyboard using the Scratch software that we have been using in school over the last 3 years.

Watch the video below of Josh using his keyboard on a laptop.

Yoga Classes at SRH

On Thursday mornings we have been lucky to have a visiting Yoga teacher working with a number of classes. The children (and staff) in year 6 have really enjoyed the sessions - they have helped us relax in the build up to the SATs tests.