25th May 2023 Cycle Races And Free Bike Checks On Sunday 11th June Join Cycling Club Hackney on Sunday 11th June at Well Street Common Festival for fun cycle races as ... 24th May 2023 Our New Pen License Holders Well done to our new pen license holders who have shown great care and pride in their ... 24th May 2023 End Of Summer 1 Staff Breakfast A lovely staff breakfast to say thank you and well done for all their hard work put in throughout th... 19th May 2023 Clean Air Poster Competition From Mayor Of London We are encouraging all children to participate in a competition to create a poster based on the them... 16th May 2023 Year 1 Prepare for Sports Day Year 1 has been focusing on their Athletics skills to help prepare for sports day next term. This we... 15th May 2023 Gold and Silver Cycling Medallists Well done to Leon and Mia for taking home gold medals and Brooke for taking silver in last Friday... 10th May 2023 Save Water With Eco-Team Did you know that it takes 20,000 litres of water to make just 2 pairs of jeans. This is equivalent ... 3rd May 2023 Year 1 Meet Scientist Year 1 met a Scientist who taught them their new topic on light and shadows. They role-played in gro... 3rd May 2023 Gardening With Year 1 Year 1 visited local community garden to explore the different plants growing there. In groups, they... 28th April 2023 Crown Competition - Friday 5th May On Friday 5th May, we are inviting children to make a crown and wear it to school to celebrate the c... 28th April 2023 Bring a Significant Female to School Day A massive thank you to the adults who joined us on ‘Bring a Significant Female to School’... 28th April 2023 Earth Day 2023 Southwold took part in Earth Day his year where children dressed in the colours blue and green. They... 28th April 2023 Year 1 Become Artists Year 1 have been learning about the famous Artist, Matisse. They practised their cutting skills to c... 25th April 2023 Kings Coronation Day Menu – 5th May 2022 Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Friday 5th May for the Kings Corona... 29th March 2023 Easter Bonnet Competition Winners The School Council had a difficult job in deciding the winners of the Easter Bonnet Competition this... 29th March 2023 DT Day Creations With Year 1 Year 1 have been exploring mechanisms as part of DT day. They designed and created levers and slider... 22nd March 2023 Year 1 Create Portraits Year 1 have been creating portraits in Art. Using their artistic skills, they mixed a range of prima... 22nd March 2023 Year 1 Explore Plant Structures Year 1 loved their visit to the local community garden to learn about plants for Science. They worke... 15th March 2023 Year 1 Create Portraits Year 1 enjoyed making portraits of their partner in Art. They have been using their fine motor skill... 8th March 2023 Cake Sale For Charity Thank you for all of the kind and generous donations to our cake sale on Friday. We raised £286 to s... 8th March 2023 Year 1 Nature Walk Year 1 went on a walk in the local area to investigate the variety of plants that can be found as p... 2nd March 2023 Artwork Competition A fun art competition has arisen! Please see the details below on how to submit any fantastic pieces... 1st March 2023 World Book Day Southwold did an amazing job of dressing up in their favourite characters for World Book Day! You al... 1st March 2023 Art Competition Winners Well done to our Art Competition winners for their amazing paintings inspired by Keith Pipper. ... 1st March 2023 Reading Books In Extreme Places Children at Southwold have been caught reading in ‘extreme’ places over the last week. T... 24th February 2023 Holiday Homework Celebration In Southwold’s Headteacher Golden Award Assembly today, teachers celebrated children who have ... 24th February 2023 Year 1 Learn Plants Year 1 are learning their new topic on ‘plants’ in Science. They looked through a range ... 24th February 2023 Year 1 Interactive Maths Lesson Year 1 have been enjoying their interactive Maths lesson this week. They explored how to add number... 23rd February 2023 Sport Ambassadors Hard At Work Sports Ambassadors have been busy teaching the importance of staying fit and healthy throughout this... 10th February 2023 Valentines Themed Breakfast Staff enjoyed their Valentines themed breakfast yesterday to celebrate their continued hard work thi... 1st February 2023 Year 1 Programme Algorithms Year 1 learnt algorithms in ICT this week. Using the programme ‘Bet-Bots’, they navigate... 27th January 2023 Enterprise Fayre Thank you for all parents and carers who attended the Enterprise Fayre yesterday! Children loved sho... 27th January 2023 Year 1 Become Entrepreneurs Year 1 loved getting creative where they made their own bookmarks to sell at the Enterprise Fayre th... 19th January 2023 Year 1 Music Performance Year 1 have been learning how to perform a steady tempo in Music. Using a range of different instrum... 18th January 2023 Year 1 Get Flexible Year 1 loved their gymnastics lesson. They explored different ways to balance, working on their flex... 6th January 2023 Year 1 Make Sandwiches To kick start the New Year, Year 1 have been learning about verbs and instruction writing in Literac... 14th December 2022 Sing-A-Long With Year 1 Year 1 loved wearing their cosy Christmas jumpers and eating their festive Christmas lunch today! Th... 14th December 2022 Christmas Lunch Fun Children enjoyed their festive lunch of roast turkey with potatoes, mini sausages and stuffing, with... 14th December 2022 Christmas Coffee Morning We had many family members who joined us for our Christmas crafts coffee morning! A big thank you to... 8th December 2022 Value Award Winners Congratulations too all our Value Award winners for demonstrating the core values of friendship, kin... 8th December 2022 Year 1 Christmas Panto Year 1 enjoyed a Christmas Panto performance of Dick Whittington this week. They had a lot of fun si... 23rd November 2022 Year 1 Visit Local Church Year 1 visited their local Church where they learnt about a range of topics including, how Harvest F... 9th November 2022 Year 1 Learn Shapes Year 1 have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes in Maths. They correctly named and listed the prope... 2nd November 2022 Year 1 Dress In Cultural Clothing As part of World Week, Year 1 participated in many fun activities such as an African dance workshop.... 14th October 2022 Harvest Festival Celebration To celebrate Harvest festival, each class sang harvest themed melodies and then researched and learn... 14th October 2022 Year 1 Active Maths Lesson Year 1 had a fun Maths lesson where they used ‘sorting hoops’ to organise themselves bas... 23rd September 2022 Year 1 Programme BeeBots Year 1 enjoyed using BeeBots in IT this week. They learned many skills including: how to create a ro... 28th September 2022 Bring A Significant Male To School Day We had many Dads, Uncles, Grandads and Mums come in today for Bring a Significant Male to School Day... 5th October 2022 Year 1 Visit The Library Year 1 loved their visit to Clapton library where they listened to a story and chose their own book ... 5th October 2022 Pupil Voice Fayre KS1 and KS2 enjoyed attending their pupil voice fayre this week. The hall was filled with many stall... 22nd September 2022 Southwold Awarded With Best School Garden Southwold Garden has been awarded runner up prize for the Best School Garden. The ceremony will be h... 21st September 2022 Learn Body Parts With Year 1 Year 1 loved their Science lesson where they learned about different body parts. They started off wi... 14th September 2022 Summer Holiday Homework Masterpieces During the summer break, each class was given a holiday project to research, construct and present f... 13th July 2022 Year 1 Celebrate Hispanic Day To celebrate Hispanic day the Year 1’s dressed in red and yellow to match the colour of the Sp... 13th July 2022 Year 1 Go Southend Year 1 loved their trip to Southend. They paddled in the water, built sandcastles, devoured ice loll... 13th July 2022 DT Day With EYFS And KS1 EYFS and Nursery enjoyed DT Day with parents where fun tasks were completed. EYFS created superhero ... 6th July 2022 Hispanic Day - 11th July 2022 Click here to view our special lunch menu that will be served on Hispanic Day! 6th July 2022 Sports Day 2022 Here are some photos capturing all the events which took part in Sports Day including: a relay compe... 1st July 2022 Healthy Eating Food Fayre As part of ‘Keeping Healthy Week’, many mouth watering goodies were made for the Healt... 30th June 2022 Year 1 Make Frozen Yoghurts Yesterday, Year 1 had a great time making frozen yoghurt pots which they put in the freezer ready fo... 30th May 2022 EYFS and KS1 Learn About Friction and Gravity EYFS and KS1 had an enjoyable Science Assembly where they learned about friction and gravity. They c... 30th May 2022 Primary Science Quality Mark 2022 - 2025 Award We are extremely delighted to announce that we have been awarded our Primary Science Quality M... 16th May 2022 Visiting a Mosque with Year 1 This week Year 1 visited a Mosque as part of RE learning on Places of Worship. They had a tour of t... 1st April 2022 Year 1 Create Moving Picture Books Year 1 enjoyed making moving picture books as part of their DT project. They designed and created im... 29th March 2022 Year 1 Swan Receive 200 Lining Up Points As a reward for achieving 200 ‘lining up points’ this half term, Swan class were awarded... 25th March 2022 Year 1 Visit King Henry Walk Garden Year 1 really enjoyed their school trip to King Henry Walk Garden. They completed a workshop on how... 26th May 2022 Sunflower Growing Class Competition Each class is taking part in a sunflower growing competition, where the children are responsible for... 23rd May 2022 Eid Celebration Day 2022 Some lovely photos from our recent Eid celebration day held at school! It was lovely having everyone... 20th May 2022 Green Team Gift Every Class With Snake Plants Thanks to our Green Team, each class is now the proud owner of a Snake Plant which is known for its ... 31st March 2022 Free Lunches Over Easter Provided by Hackney Food Bank Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free children’s packed lunches* from all of their distribution... 11th February 2022 Clay Making with Year 1 Year 1 have been learning about clay this half term in Art. We have looked at different clay models ... 10th February 2022 Digital Leaders Deliver an Assembly on Safer Internet Day Our Digital Leaders kick started Safer Internet Day by delivering an assembly with a focus on being ... 1st February 2022 Recycling Across Southwold At Southwold we are trying to recycle more because we understand that plastic can be harmful for the... 25th January 2022 Year 1 Learn About Police Officers As part of Work and Enterprise Week, year 1 are learning about the role of a Police Officer. They ha... 25th January 2022 Year 1 Become Nurses Last week during PSHCE, year 1 had a visit from a nurse. She spoke to them about how she became a nu... 19th January 2022 Eco-Friendly Prize Giving The Eco-Schools team are very happy that Southwold are trying to use more eco-friendly prizes. Our n... 12th January 2022 Year 1 Learn About The Local Area Last term year 1 went on a field trip walk to learn more about our local area, including finding hum... 13th December 2021 Year 1's Bug Hunt Year 1 spent an afternoon hunting bugs in the school’s garden! After looking very carefully, t... 30th November 2021 Mini Beasts Workshop With Year 1 Year 1 took part in an exciting minibeast workshop, where we learned many new facts. The children we... 12th November 2021 Year 1 Literacy Project In Year 1 we have been reading The Gruffalo for literacy. One of our children made her own puppet sh... 12th November 2021 Year 1 Learn About Dance This half term year 1 have been learning about dance. This week they practiced moving like animals a... 9th November 2021 Bengali Music Workshop with Year 1 During World week, Year 1 enjoyed the sounds of Bengali music by participating in workshop. They san... 13th October 2021 Year 1 Learn About the Five Senses In year 1 we have been learning about the body and the five senses. Here are some photos from our re... 30th September 2021 Parents as Partners - Hackney Education Online Event Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say! 11th May 2021 'Get Caught Reading!' During the partial closures we asked children to share their ‘get caught reading’ photos with us. Fr... 29th January 2021 Autumn Term Dr Bike In the Autumn term we were visited by Dr Bike. It was a soggy, but very busy day for Dr Bike. Experi... 29th January 2021 Year 1 History - Florence Nightingale In the Autumn term Year 1 were learning about the life and times of Florence Nightingale. Through r... 25th March 2020 Tending to the Southwold Garden The children attending school this week have been busy helping Ms Ivita to water the garden and plan... 13th March 2020 Museum of Childhood Trip Year 1 Swan and Woodpecker classes went on a trip to the Museum of childhood! The children had a fan... 13th March 2020 The Seven Continents... This week Year 1 have been learning about the 7 continents of the world. The children created their ... 28th November 2019 Southwold is Ofsted Outstanding! Between 16th – 17th October Southwold received a full Section 5 Ofsted Inspection. The inspect... 31st October 2019 International Evening Just before half term we had ‘World Week’ which culminated in International Evening. We had an amaz... 31st October 2019 Animal Footprints in Year 1! Year 1 were learning about some of the animals that can be found in a garden. They learnt that mice ... 24th September 2019 Year 1 Artists! Year 1 had a great time experimenting using different brush strokes in Art this week. The children a... 24th September 2019 Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre! Last week Southwold hosted the an... 16th September 2019 Learning to be healthy in Year 1! This half term Year 1 have been learning about how to stay healthy. The children in Swan Class had a... 16th September 2019 Parents into Reading! We welcome parents/carers of children in Nursery, Reception, Years 1 & 2 to stay and read with t... 2nd July 2019 Maths Madness in Year 1 Year 1 had a great afternoon measuring weight using the scales to weigh cubes! ... 10th May 2019 Grandparent Afternoon Tea As part of Families’ Week we invited in Grandparents/Significant Older People in to have after... 10th May 2019 Bring a Significant Female to School As part of Families’ Week we welcomed significant females in to school to join in with the lea... 1st April 2019 Science Fayre Flubber Fun! The theme for our Science Fayre this year was Flubber! The children had the opportunity to experimen... 8th March 2019 World Book Day Fun! On Thursday 7th March we celebrat... 31st January 2019 Year 1 visit Museum of Childhood Year 1 went on a trip to the Muse... 28th January 2019 Year 1 Fire Station Visit! Last week Y... 11th January 2019 Holiday Homework Champions Here are the pictures of our Spring 1 homework cha... 7th January 2019 Happy New Year and Welcome Back! Welcome back to the Spring term! We hope that all our children, families and staff had a happy and ... 18th December 2018 Christmas Jumpers and Christmas Lunch! On Friday 14th December we... 14th December 2018 Key Stage 1 Christmas Pantomime This week key Stage 1 were visite... 21st November 2018 School Council meeting with Caterlink This week our school council met with Keely from Caterlink (area manager... 21st November 2018 Year 1 visit Spitalfields Farm Year 1 visited Spitalfields City ... 20th November 2018 Year 1 get out and about in Clapton! Year 1, who are learning about their local area, w... 14th November 2018 We're going on a bug hunt... Year 1 went on the look out for d... 12th November 2018 Ofsted Success! On 25th September Southwold Primary School received a short one day insp... 9th November 2018 Design and Technology Day On Friday 2nd November we had our first Design and Technology Day of the academic year. the children... 7th November 2018 Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship! We are delighted to share with you that Southwold Primary School has been awarded ‘Flagship... 5th November 2018 Homework Champions A huge well done to our Autumn2 homework champions who won golden awards for creating excellent proj... 29th October 2018 Becoming Florence Nightingale! Year 1 learnt about Florence Nightingale in Autumn1. Florence Nightingale was famous for her nursing... 3rd October 2018 Bring A Significant Male to School Last Wednesday we were joined by significant males (dads, granddads, uncles, brothers, cousins…...