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In our School Council's most recent meeting, the children brainstormed Winter Gritter Truck names fo...
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The librarians have been working really hard in their jobs. They have been ensuring the book shelves...
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Year 4 were visited by a professional weaver who showed the children some of the fabrics she has mad...
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During work and enterprise week, year 3 interviewed our school kitchen manager who explained her dai...
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It was great seeing collaborative engagement from governors, staff and pupils at our recent Governor...
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Our Digital Leaders kick started Safer Internet Day by delivering an assembly with a focus on being ...
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To support their Humanities learning, year 4 took a trip to see the Anglo-Saxon exhibit at the Museu...
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Year 1 have been learning about clay this half term in Art. We have looked at different clay models ...
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The children in EYFS spent an afternoon making healthy 'non-bake oat cookies' to sell during our rec...
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Year 5 visited the Science Museum where they had the opportunity to visit the 'Exploring Space' gall...
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Our Green Team were visited by an Environmental Education Officer from Hackney Council to support us...
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Hackney Foodbank will be handing out free children’s packed lunches* from all of their distribut...
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At Southwold we are trying to recycle more because we understand that plastic can be harmful for the...
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In Reception, we met an anaesthesiologist and a radiographer. We found out that an anaesthesiologist...
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Year 2 had the opportunity to learn about exotic animals and how to care for them during a workshop....
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As part of Work and Enterprise Week, year 1 are learning about the role of a Police Officer. They ha...
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Last week during PSHCE, year 1 had a visit from a nurse. She spoke to them about how she became a nu...
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The children in EYFS are learning about people who help us. This week, they focused on different veh...
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The Eco-Schools team are very happy that Southwold are trying to use more eco-friendly prizes. Our n...
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Children in Reception had a great opportunity to work with our gardener, Alex this week. During the ...
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Some photos of our peer mediators doing what they do best - ensuring children have a safe environmen...
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Our Debate Mate team have been practising how to prepare for a trial debate. The motion was: We shou...
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The Digital Leaders met for a cross-site meeting with the other digital leaders from the two other s...
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During Year 3's recent trip to the Science Museum, they went on a Forces Hunt where they had to find...
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Year 3 have been using Google Classroom to create a fact file about the Roman general and statesman,...
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In year 5's recent science lesson, they created a model of the Earth and used a light source to demo...
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Last term year 1 went on a field trip walk to learn more about our local area, including finding hum...
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The children in EYFS have been busy role playing in their new veterinary clinic. They have explored ...
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Last term year 5 did a great job of creating pop art paintings in the style of Andy Warhol's work. H...
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The children in early years were in full festive spirit during Christmas jumper day, where they enjo...
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Year 6 spent a Geography lesson practicing their their compass reading skills in Milfields Park. The...
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Year 5 visited the London Buddhist Centre to learn more about their R.E Topic Buddhism. The children...
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Year 1 spent an afternoon hunting bugs in the school's garden! After looking very carefully, they fo...
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Year 1 took part in an exciting minibeast workshop, where we learned many new facts. The children we...
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Year 4 have been learning about the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer in their art lessons; as part of ...
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In PE, reception class have been exploring how to imitate the movement of animals in order to travel...
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The children in year 4 learnt about all of the different types of human teeth before making their ow...
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Year 6 learnt all about the different parts of the heart during their science workshop. They learnt ...
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Year 3 had a fantastic time learning about how to make bread in a 'Lessons in Loaf' workshop. The ch...
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EYFS created their own houses for DT day using a variety of items including lollipop sticks, paper, ...
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Year 4 spent the afternoon of DT Day sewing juggling balls. The children found it quite tricky at th...
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In Year 1 we have been reading The Gruffalo for literacy. One of our children made her own puppet sh...
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This half term year 1 have been learning about dance. This week they practiced moving like animals a...
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Here are some recent photographs of our Year 5's and 6's at the Young Hackney's Netball Competition ...
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Here are some recent photographs of our tennis champions at Young Hackney's Tennis Festival. ...
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Year 6 had a week's worth of visits to Into University, where they were divided into four groups; Ma...
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Children in years 5 and 6 attended the launch of Debate Mate 2021 at the Emmanuel Centre on 3rd Nove...
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Children in reception are enjoying the new role play area - igloo! They are learning about Arctic an...
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Year 4 have been learning about the different processes involved in turning flax into usable fibre. ...
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During World week, Year 1 enjoyed the sounds of Bengali music by participating in workshop. They san...
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Year 5 took a trip to the Museum of London and were able to experience first hand how the Anglo-Saxo...
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In year 5, we have been learning how to perform traditional Indian dancing. To get into the spirit o...
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For 'World Week', Year 4 took part in a very exciting Capoeira workshop. They were taught some basic...
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In EYFS, they have been looking at how diverse our world is. They learned about different countries ...
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In science, Year 6 are learning about evolution and inheritance. They have particularly enjoyed lear...
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Year 6 enjoyed an African drumming workshop. where they learnt lots of different chants, songs, drum...
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In year 1 we have been learning about the body and the five senses. Here are some photos from our re...
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Children from Years 4 and 5 took part in the Hackney Cycling League 'hill climb' at Springfield Park...
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Year 5 participated in a tag rugby festival where they learned to play the game through different fu...
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Year 3 took a trip to The Museum of London, where they enjoyed watching a short theater production a...
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In EYFS we want to be fit and healthy! During our PE lessons we develop overall body-strength, balan...
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Parents/Carers really enjoyed the EYFS Developing Language session, where they made sock puppets wit...
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Year 2 have been learning about electricity and are really enjoying working in pairs to make their o...
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We were very happy and excited to welcome our Dads/Significant Males in EYFS this year! It was great...
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Parents/Carers in Hackney - Have your Say!
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Year 3 Put Their Music Skills to Practice
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Year 4 at The Greenwich Royal Observatory
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This half term Year 2 are working with clay in Art. The children are using clay to make a relief til...
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Children having gardening work shops this half term have been focusing on planting seeds which they ...
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Children in Years 5 and 6 are participating in Apollo Music workshops this half term. Last week the ...
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Year 4 took part in a multi-sports workshop. The children had the opportunity to take part in a vari...
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The children in Reception came back to a fabulous garden centre role play area. The children have be...
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The children in Year 3 started their new Science Topic ’Plants’ by investigating plants and recordin...
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Year 4 have been learning about animals and their habitats within Science. The children made predict...
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Year 3 have been learning about magnets. The children used magnets to test if different materials in...
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Last week our Anti-Bullying Quality Mark (ABQM) pupil group met. The group is made up of representat...
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Year 3 have been trying out some fun and practical ways to learn their timestables. They are focusin...
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As the children in EYFS were learning about transport, they had a go at designing hot air balloons. ...
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Year 2 have been studying 'Dance' in their PE lessons. The children were moving around the hall pret...
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During the partial closures we asked children to share their ‘get caught reading’ photos with us. Fr...
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Children in the Year 5 and Year 6 have been taking part in weekly Debate Mate sessions. Just before ...
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Although we have not been able to invite parents in to read on Friday mornings, we still use the tim...
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The children in Reception have now learnt all of the initial sounds. They have now started to use s...
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Our Year 6 classes took part in Into-University workshops. Into-University is a charity that aims to...
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The children in Nursery and Reception have been learning about seeds and bulbs and how plants grow. ...
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The children in Year 4 had a hands on workshop all about teeth The children learnt about the differe...
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In Science Year 2 have been learning about sound. In order to investigate how sound travels and how ...
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The children in Years 5 and 6 had the opportunity to take part in a spot of socially distanced rolle...
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In the Autumn term Year 6 were learning all about the heart. They had the opportunity to be surgeons...
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In the Autumn term we were visited by Dr Bike. It was a soggy, but very busy day for Dr Bike. Experi...
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Year 4 classes have been learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their home-grown flax fibre into a ...
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Each academic year, our Year 3 pupils participate in weekly sessions. This week the children learned...
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In the Autumn term Year 4 were learning about Ancient Greece. In their History lesson they talked ab...
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In the Autumn term Year 5 were investigating sound and insulators. They came up with a method of wra...
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This the Autumn term Year 3 were learning about the Stone Age. In Art the children used charcoal to ...
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In the Autumn term Year 2 were learning about electricity and had fun in their Science lessons maki...
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In the Autumn term Year 1 were learning about the life and times of Florence Nightingale. Through r...
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In the Autumn Term Year 4 started their cycling lessons, which will take place weekly. As some of yo...
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In Year 3 the children carried out an investigation to find out what makes up soil. They set up diff...
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The children attending school this week have been busy helping Ms Ivita to water the garden and plan...
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Last week both Year 2 and Year 5 had a Fire Safety Workshop with the London Fire Brigade. The childr...
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Last half term Year 4 were learning about life in Viking Britain. Did you know that The Viking peopl...
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The school debate mate team competed at a school in Bethnal Green against other London schools. The ...
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Year 1 Swan and Woodpecker classes went on a trip to the Museum of childhood! The children had a fan...
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Year 2 went on a trip to the Science Museum for their topic on 'Everyday Materials'. They went on an...
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Reception classes visited Discovery in Stratford. They learned about story telling and made their ow...
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The Eco-Schools teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and wha...
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This week Year 1 have been learning about the 7 continents of the world. The children created their ...
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Between 16th - 17th October Southwold received a full Section 5 Ofsted Inspection. The inspection te...
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Just before half term we had ‘World Week’ which culminated in International Evening. We had an amaz...
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The children in Year 2 had a work shop in which they learnt about African tribes and how the differe...
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Year 1 were learning about some of the animals that can be found in a garden. They learnt that mice ...
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As part of ‘World Week’ the children in Nursery and Reception were learning about how to look after ...
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Year six visited the Natural History Museum to look at their collection of fossils and to develop th...
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This week the children in Early Years have been learning about the season of autumn. They have been ...
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The children in Nursery Robin Class have been very busy! In Maths they have been comparing bears by ...
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The children in Year 2 made the bread using the wheat that they had grown in the garden at school. E...
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This week children in Year 4 had their first gardening lesson of the year. The children were ripplin...
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Year 1 had a great time experimenting using different brush strokes in Art this week. The children a...
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This half term Year 3 are learning about the St...
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Year 2 are reading 'Prince Cinders' in their Literacy lessons. To help them with their writing the c...
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Year 6 are looking at evolution and inheritance this half term. The children looked at some fossils ...
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This half term Year 1 have been learning about how to stay healthy. The children in Swan Class had a...
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We welcome parents/carers of children in Nursery, Reception, Years 1 & 2 to stay and read with t...
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This week we have been welcoming our children new to Nursery and Reception. For some of these childr...
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Last month our cross site school council met at Hoxton Garden. The children discussed the upcoming s...
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As part of their geometry unit, Year 3 made 3-D shapes using different every day materials! ...
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As part of 'Keeping Healthy Week' Year 5 Osprey enjoyed lessons in boxercise and archery - not your ...
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Year 1 had a great afternoon measuring weight using the scales to weigh cubes! ...
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Last half term Year 6 spent an afternoon on Southwold's flourishing roof top garden with Cassie our...
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Year 4, who were learning about the Victorians in History, went on a trip the Ragged School Museum. ...
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Last half term Year 3 had an exciting workshop linked to the History topic ‘The Ancient Egyptians’. ...
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In Design and Technology, the children in Year 2 designed and then made a healthy packed lunch. They...
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Year 3 had a fantastic afternoon today in Art, making the first part of their Canopic Jars. Art this...
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Year 5 took part in a gardening workshop this week and it was linked to their History unit of Mayans...
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As part of Families' Week we invited in Grandparents/Significant Older People in to have afternoon t...
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As part of Families' Week we welcomed significant females in to school to join in with the learning....
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Year 5 used seasonal fruit and vegetables to make their own balanced salad. The children used the fo...
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Southwold Early Year's have got some new friends - chicks! The children have been making close obser...
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The theme for our Science Fayre this year was Flubber! The children had the opportunity to experimen...
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Year 3, who are learning about Earthquakes, too...
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This week Year 5 had a visit from London Fire Brigade and learnt about how to prevent fires from hap...
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Year 5 visited The Science Museum. The children were able to explore artefacts that had been used on...
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Lunchtime gardening club have been busy watering and weeding the garden with Cassie and Fran. With t...
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These children are the winners of the Spring term Value Awards. They won the awards for; empathy...
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Welcome back to the Spring term! We hope that all our children, families and staff had a happy a...
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This week Year 2 children collected plants and flowers f...
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This week Year 4 had a Hands-on Science worksho...
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This week parents, children and staff completed a traffi...
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Year 6 had a Hands-On Science Heart Dissection ...
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This week our school council met with Keely from Caterlink (area mana...
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Year 1, who are learning about their local area...
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Nursery Robin Class went to the garden to collect a vari...
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Nursery have been reading 'The Gingerbread Man'. They le...
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This week Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to work wit...
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On 25th September Southwold Primary School received a short one day i...
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On Friday 2nd November we had our first Design and Technology Day of the academic year. the children...
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We are delighted to share with you that Southwold Primary School has been awarded 'Flagship' status ...
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The children in Reception Jay enjoyed their workshop with Cassie and Fran. They helped to tend to th...
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On 1st November some of the Year 5 children went to the launch of Debate Mate. Here the children wer...
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Reception linked their Design and Technology day to their Traditional Tales topic. They invited pare...
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The children in Reception are learning about traditional tales this half term. Jay Class set about m...
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Year 6 went to the Natural History Museum. There they saw fossils, skulls and skeletons found by pal...
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A huge well done to our Autumn2 homework champions who won golden awards for creating excellent proj...
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Year 4 children were learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their homegrown flax fibre into a ball ...
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Year 5 who were learning about Judaism had a special visitor to tell them about how Jewish people ob...
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Our Year 5 classes had the opportunity to work with professional musicians from Apollo Music. They w...
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Just before the half term we had our harvest festival. On Friday 19th October our Year 5 pupils help...
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Year 2 visited St Paul's Cathedral, to learn about how the building was affected by the great fire o...
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Year 1 learnt about Florence Nightingale in Autumn1. Florence Nightingale was famous for her nursing...
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This week we had our Democracy Day where the new class and school councillors were elected. Councill...
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This week we celebrated Harvest at Southwold. A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occur...
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Southwold is proud to be a Bikeability school! Bikeability is today’s cycle training programme. It’s...
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Year 5 had a course in First Aid this week. They practiced using bandages effectively on hands and ...
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Year 2 had a workshop on bread making! 'Lessons in Loaf' teaches pupils how to turn their homegrown ...
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Last Wednesday we were joined by significant males (dads, granddads, uncles, brothers, cousins...) w...
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Children created many excellent holiday homework projects during the Summer reflecting their up-comi...
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At the end of the Summer term, we held our first ever Viridis Federation Music Festival at Hackney R...
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The work of our digital leaders has been celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter, dist...
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Last week, the Viridis digital leaders met at Southwold to collaborate on and create an e-safety lea...