21st March 2023 Erasmus Tenerife Trip - March 2023 e Monday 20th March 2023 The Erasmus trip to Tenerife began today at (an ey... 16th March 2023 Guest Author Visits KS2 KS2 had a special visit from author, Danny Wallace. He shared his experience of how he become an au... 15th March 2023 Year 6 Explore Southwold Garden Year 6 explored through Southwold's school garden as part of their Science topic on 'Habitats and Li... 9th March 2023 Ellie William Visits Year 6 Year 6 had a special visit from Ellie William who runs a podcast called 'This Girl Talks Money'. The... 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... 3rd March 2023 Pen Licenses Award Congratulations to our new pen licenses winners who have worked incredibly hard on their handwriting... 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 KS2 Share Their Favourite Books For World Book Day, Year 5 and 6 enjoyed reading their favourite books to the Year 1 and 2 pupils an... 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 Debate Mate Discussion The Debate Mate Team enjoyed their session of sharing their points of view on a wide range of topics... 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. Thank you par... 24th February 2023 Holiday Homework Celebration In Southwold's Headteacher Golden Award Assembly today, teachers celebrated children who have shown ... 23rd February 2023 Sport Ambassadors Hard At Work Sports Ambassadors have been busy teaching the importance of staying fit and healthy throughout this... 22nd February 2023 Pen Licenses Award Congratulations to those who were awarded their pen licenses this week for showing excellent handwri... 10th February 2023 Valentines Themed Breakfast Staff enjoyed their Valentines themed breakfast yesterday to celebrate their continued hard work thi... 8th February 2023 Year 6 Recruited To Southwold As part of Work and Enterprise Week, Year 6 learned the various job roles offered in Southwold. The... 8th February 2023 Enterprise Week Awards Big congratulations to Year 6 for winning overall Enterprise Cup for achieving the highest profit ma... 8th February 2023 Year 6 Become Artists Year 6 have been studying the famous artist Picasso in Art, learning all about his 'blue period' wit... 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 6 Meet Artist Year 6 met with local artist and Southwold parent, Ava Haider. She showed the amazing art work she d... 14th December 2022 Christmas Choir Performance Southwold choir took part in a Federation Choir performance at Homerton University Hospital today. T... 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... 7th December 2022 Year 6 Explore Roof Top Garden Year 6 enjoyed adventuring through the roof top garden as part of their gardening workshop. They stu... 16th November 2022 Year 6 Visit IntoUniversity Year 6 enjoyed their week at IntoUniversity. They completed many fun activities such as researchin... 9th November 2022 Year 6 Mould Clay Sculptures Year 6 have been studying the artwork of Henry Moore. They planned and moulded their own artistic sc... 14th October 2022 Harvest Festival Celebration To celebrate Harvest festival, each class sang harvest themed melodies and then researched and learn... 7th October 2022 Year 6 Visit RAF Hendon Year 6 explored through RAF Museum to learn about Word War II today. They attended a workshop wh... 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... 14th September 2022 Summer Holiday Homework Masterpieces During the summer break, each class was given a holiday project to research, construct and present f... 23rd June 2022 Trampolining With Year 6 Year 6 visited ZAP space to enjoy trampolining. They had fun playing different sports and games as p... 13th July 2022 Year 6 Visit Go Ape Whilst some of the Year 6 are away on the PGL trip, those remaining headed to Go Ape to swing throug... 11th July 2022 Year 6 at PGL Day 1 After arriving safely, they went zip-lining and took part in an activity ca... 7th July 2022 DT Day With KS2 KS2 had an exciting DT Day joined by parents where many fun activities were completed. Year 3's made... 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 Healthy Eatin... 23rd June 2022 Year 6 Bake Off After the process of researching and designing cakes, Year 6 spent the afternoon creating edible mas... 10th June 2022 Year 6 Meet IntoUniversity Year 6 met with IntoUniversity and took part in a range of activities to support their transition to... 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 Year 6 Go Kayaking Year 6 enjoyed kayaking after completing all their SATS! They paddled against the strong water and ... 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... 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... 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... 13th December 2021 Year 6 Practice Compass Reading Skills Year 6 spent a Geography lesson practicing their their compass reading skills in Milfields Park. The... 18th November 2021 Year 6's Heart Workshop Year 6 learnt all about the different parts of the heart during their science workshop. They learnt ... 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 Year 6 Visit Into University Year 6 had a week's worth of visits to Into University, where they were divided into four groups; Ma... 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 6 Learn About the Evolution of Plants In science, Year 6 are learning about evolution and inheritance. They have particularly enjoyed lear... 20th October 2021 Year 6 Enjoy an African Drumming Workshop Year 6 enjoyed an African drumming workshop. where they learnt lots of different chants, songs, drum... 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 Year 6 Into-University Workshop Our Year 6 classes took part in Into-University workshops. Into-University is a charity that aims to... 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 Year 6 Heart Surgeons In the Autumn term Year 6 were learning all about the heart. They had the opportunity to be surgeons... 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... 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... 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... 31st October 2019 Year 6 Visit to Natural History Museum Year six visited the Natural History Museum to look at their collection of fossils and to develop th... 24th September 2019 Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre! Last week Southwold hosted the... 16th September 2019 Learning about 'Evolution Theory' in Year 6 Year 6 are looking at evolution and inheritance this half term. The children looked at some fossils ... 2nd July 2019 Cross-site School Council Last month our cross site school council met at Hoxton Garden. The children discussed the upcoming s... 6th June 2019 Lessons in Latin! Last half term Year 6 spent an afternoon on Southwold's flourishing roof top garden with Cassie our... 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.... 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... 31st January 2019 Spring Term Value Award Winners! These children are the winners of the Spring term Value Awards. They won the awards for; empathy... 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... 29th November 2018 Hackney School Streets This week parents, children and staff completed a traffi... 29th November 2018 Hands On Science - Heart Dissection Year 6 had a Hands-On Science Heart Dissection ... 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... 16th November 2018 Going Green in Year 6... Year 6 are learning about 'sustainability' and ... 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 ... 5th November 2018 Year 6 trip to Natural History Museum Year 6 went to the Natural History Museum. There they saw fossils, skulls and skeletons found by pal... 5th November 2018 Homework Champions A huge well done to our Autumn2 homework champions who won golden awards for creating excellent proj... 19th October 2018 Democracy Day This week we had our Democracy Day where the new class and school councillors were elected. Councill... 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 Bring A Significant Male to School Last Wednesday we were joined by significant males (dads, granddads, uncles, brothers, cousins...) w...