Year 6 Child Wins Art Contest

Every month our children receive a copy of a magazine called'Primary Times'.

In the latest issue - one of our pupils has won an art contest.

Angelo is a very talented arist.

Here are two of his pictures inspired by our London Trip

SRH Wins School Rugby Tournament

Yesterday we sent 2 teams to the area rugby tournament at Hartismere High School.

8 teams played each other in a league which took all morning.

We have not won this particular tournament for about 10 years so were delighted that our A team emerged as champions..

We won 6 and drew 1 of our 7 games - scoring 43 tries and only conceding 7.

Our B team won 3 games to finish 5th.

Our A team (on the back row) with their gold medals and the B team in front.

A big thank you to Mr Shakeshaft and Mr BK for their assistance and to our parents for their support.

Bulstrode Win Thrilling House Hockey Tournament

4 house teams played a tournament on the astro pitch at Thomas Mills High School last Thursday.

The teams were quite closely matched and the standard was the highest for several years.

The tournament started with an amazing 5-5 draw between Bulstrode and Mills.

There followed a series of close games between all 4 teams.

It all came down to the last round of matches.

Howard beat Mills 2-1 and Bulstrode drew 2-2 with Hitcham to finish as the only unbeaten team: 1 win and 2 draws.

There is an inter-school tournament after half term where we will be entering a strong squad of players.

Action from inter-house rugby tournament

An inter-house rugby tournament was played over 2 weeks with each team playing 6 games.

 

These super action shots were taken by Mrs Akerman.

Thanks also to Mr B-K for refereeing.

Mills (in green) won 4 games, Howard (yellow) won 3, Bulstrode won 2 and Hitcham played well to draw 3 of their games.

The winning house team - MILLS

 

Bulstrode

Hitcham

Howard

 

 

Netball Club

After school netball club on Mondays is run by Mrs Cockle and Miss Dunein.

There are 30 girls from years 5 and 6 involved.

Author James Campbell Visits Our School

James Campbell (author of the Boyface books) seen talking to some of our children.

James did a series of talks to every year group in the school on Thursday last week.

Boys Finish as unlucky runners-up in Football Tournament

Our boys football team pictured after the final of the area tournament.

Ther were 24 teams in 4 groups. Our boys won all 5 group games and a tough semi final vs St Botolphs.

However, in the final vs Eye we could not beat an inspired opposition goal keeper. Despite dominating the game - it finished 0-0 and went to extra time. The Eye keeper mad another string of good saves to deny Framlingham.

The title was then decided on penalties.

SCHOOL WEBSITE TO GO OFFLINE

The company that hosts our current school website (Internet Kit) has advised us today that they have ceased trading. Over the next 24 hours all the websites they host will go offline, ours included.

Although this is a major concern for us we had already started the development of a new website with Green Schools Online. We will now work flat out to speed this up, and hope that by the end of next week we can launch our new site (or at least most of it!).

In the interim, if you require any information that you would normally access from the school website please ask at the office.

Science Club

Members of the new Science Club became 'Bridge Designers' this week.
They discovered that changing the shape could help strengthen a material.
We also discussed how the curve of an arch could help spread the load.
Years 6 and 3 enjoyed working together- they will be testing their designs next week!

Year 6 Children Enjoy Great Day on London

In Parliament Square before going on a guided tour inside.

We visited the British Museum including the Sutton Hoo treasure, Roman items found in Suffolk, the Pathenon Statues from Greece and lots of amazing Egyptian artefacts.

We walked around Westminster seeing the Horseguards, Downing Street, Westminster Abbey and statues of famous politicians.

Inside Parliament photos are only allowed in a few areas such as St Stephen's Hall and Westminster Hall - the original Parliament rooms.

This year we had a special thrill on our tour. We visited the Queen's rooms and spent time in the House of Commons Public Gallery watching a live debate.

We also met and spoke to Lord Phillips - a member of the House of Lords.

On the way home London looked fantastic with all the lights coming on. We drove over Tower Bridge and past the Tower of London.