15th June 2022 Year 5 at Kench Hill - Day 2 Day 2 was extremely packed with many activities. The children created lovely eco art pieces using na... 14th June 2022 Year 5 at Kench Hill - Day 1 The children settled into their rooms and groups extremely well. Yesterday was an extremely busy day... 30th May 2022 Primary Science Quality Mark 2022 - 2025 Award We are extremely delighted to announce that we have been awarded our Primary Science Qua... 26th May 2022 Sunflower Growing Class Competition Each class is taking part in a sunflower growing competition, where the children are responsible for... 25th May 2022 Anti-idling Workshop With Key Stage 2 Last term a few Key Stage 2 children took part in an anti-idling workshop with the Idling Action gro... 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 distribut... 11th February 2022 Exploring the Science Museum with Year 5 Year 5 visited the Science Museum where they had the opportunity to visit the 'Exploring Space' gall... 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 ... 2nd February 2022 School Council Brainstorm Ideas for a Hackney Council Competition In our School Council's most recent meeting, the children brainstormed Winter Gritter Truck names fo... 1st February 2022 Timestable Rockstars Awards During our Phase Leader assembly, our Times Table Ambassadors handed out some 'Times Table Rockstars... 1st February 2022 Recycling Across Southwold At Southwold we are trying to recycle more because we understand that plastic can be harmful for the... 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... 19th January 2022 Our Peer Mediators In Action Some photos of our peer mediators doing what they do best - ensuring children have a safe environmen... 19th January 2022 Debate Mate Team Prepare For A Trial Debate Our Debate Mate team have been practising how to prepare for a trial debate. The motion was: We shou... 17th January 2022 Digital Leaders Meeting The Digital Leaders met for a cross-site meeting with the other digital leaders from the two other s... 17th January 2022 Discovering Day/Night Time On Earth With Year 5 In year 5's recent science lesson, they created a model of the Earth and used a light source to demo... 10th January 2022 Pop Art Paintings With Year 5 Last term year 5 did a great job of creating pop art paintings in the style of Andy Warhol's work. H... 13th December 2021 Year 5 Visit a Buddhist Centre Year 5 visited the London Buddhist Centre to learn more about their R.E Topic Buddhism. The children... 18th November 2021 Young Hackney Netball Competition Here are some recent photographs of our Year 5's and 6's at the Young Hackney's Netball Competition ... 10th November 2021 Debate Mate With Years 5 and 6 Children in years 5 and 6 attended the launch of Debate Mate 2021 at the Emmanuel Centre on 3rd Nove... 20th October 2021 Year 5 Visit The Museum of London Year 5 took a trip to the Museum of London and were able to experience first hand how the Anglo-Saxo... 20th October 2021 Year 5 Indian Dance Workshop In year 5, we have been learning how to perform traditional Indian dancing. To get into the spirit o... 12th October 2021 Years 4 and 5 Race Against The Clock at Springfield Park Children from Years 4 and 5 took part in the Hackney Cycling League 'hill climb' at Springfield Park... 11th October 2021 Year 5 Participate in a Tag Rugby Festival Year 5 participated in a tag rugby festival where they learned to play the game through different fu... 30th September 2021 Parents as Partners - Hackney Education Online Event Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say! 13th May 2021 Year 6 Apollo Music Workshop Children in Years 5 and 6 are participating in Apollo Music workshops this half term. Last week the ... 11th May 2021 ABQM Cross-Site Meeting Last week our Anti-Bullying Quality Mark (ABQM) pupil group met. The group is made up of representat... 11th May 2021 Timestables Learning in Key Stage 2 Year 3 have been trying out some fun and practical ways to learn their timestables. They are focusin... 11th May 2021 'Get Caught Reading!' During the partial closures we asked children to share their ‘get caught reading’ photos with us. Fr... 11th May 2021 DebateMate in Years 5 and 6 Children in the Year 5 and Year 6 have been taking part in weekly Debate Mate sessions. Just before ... 29th January 2021 Key Stage 2 Roller Racing! The children in Years 5 and 6 had the opportunity to take part in a spot of socially distanced rolle... 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 5 Science - Investigating Insulators! In the Autumn term Year 5 were investigating sound and insulators. They came up with a method of wra... 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 Fire Safety Workshops in Years 2 and 5 Last week both Year 2 and Year 5 had a Fire Safety Workshop with the London Fire Brigade. The childr... 13th March 2020 Debating Team Success The school debate mate team competed at a school in Bethnal Green against other London schools. The ... 28th November 2019 Southwold is Ofsted Outstanding! Between 16th - 17th October Southwold received a full Section 5 Ofsted Inspection. The inspection te... 31st October 2019 International Evening Just before half term we had ‘World Week’ which culminated in International Evening. We had an amaz... 24th September 2019 Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre! Last week Southwold hosted the... 2nd July 2019 Cross-site School Council Last month our cross site school council met at Hoxton Garden. The children discussed the upcoming s... 2nd July 2019 Boxercise and Archery in Year 5! As part of 'Keeping Healthy Week' Year 5 Osprey enjoyed lessons in boxercise and archery - not your ... 10th May 2019 Gardening like Mayans in Year 5! Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop this week and it was linked to their History unit of Mayans... 10th May 2019 Grandparent Afternoon Tea As part of Families' Week we invited in Grandparents/Significant Older People in to have afternoon t... 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 learning.... 10th May 2019 Design and Technology in Year 5 Year 5 used seasonal fruit and vegetables to make their own balanced salad. The children used the fo... 1st April 2019 Collegio El Caton Erasmus Visit The Viridis Schools and El Caton Partnership ha... 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 celeb... 5th March 2019 London Fire Brigade Visit! This week Year 5 had a visit from London Fire Brigade and learnt about how to prevent fires from hap... 26th February 2019 Year 5 trip to The Science Museum Year 5 visited The Science Museum. The children were able to explore artefacts that had been used on... 22nd January 2019 Year 5 Cycle Training The children in Year 5 are completing their Level 1 trai... 18th January 2019 Digital Leader Cross-site Meeting Last week the Viridis digital ... 11th January 2019 Holiday Homework Champions Here are the pictures of our Spring 1 homework ... 7th January 2019 Hockey and Cricket in Upper School Playground! At the end of the Autumn Term,... 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 a... 18th December 2018 Christmas Jumpers and Christmas Lunch! On Friday 14th Decem... 28th November 2018 Cross-Country Success! Pupils from Year 5 Osprey Class and M... 22nd November 2018 Spanish Visitors It was great to w... 21st November 2018 School Council meeting with Caterlink This week our school council met with Keely from Caterlink (area mana... 20th November 2018 Viridis School Council Meeting The Viridis School Council mee... 13th November 2018 Barefoot Opera visit Southwold! This week Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to work wit... 12th November 2018 Ofsted Success! On 25th September Southwold Primary School received a short one day i... 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' status ... 6th November 2018 Debate Mate Trip On 1st November some of the Year 5 children went to the launch of Debate Mate. Here the children wer... 5th November 2018 Homework Champions A huge well done to our Autumn2 homework champions who won golden awards for creating excellent proj... 30th October 2018 Learning about Shabat Year 5 who were learning about Judaism had a special visitor to tell them about how Jewish people ob... 29th October 2018 Apollo Music Project Our Year 5 classes had the opportunity to work with professional musicians from Apollo Music. They w... 29th October 2018 Harvest Collection Just before the half term we had our harvest festival. On Friday 19th October our Year 5 pupils help... 3rd October 2018 Cycling at Southwold Southwold is proud to be a Bikeability school! Bikeability is today’s cycle training programme. It’s... 3rd October 2018 First Aid Course for Year 5 Year 5 had a course in First Aid this week. They practiced using bandages effectively on hands and ... 3rd October 2018 Bring A Significant Male to School Last Wednesday we were joined by significant males (dads, granddads, uncles, brothers, cousins...) w...