Filter CategoriesFilter - AllPSHEDebate MateYear 6Year 5Year 4Year 3Year 2Year 1 30th June 2017 Digital leaders design e-safety leaflet Last week, the Viridis digital leaders met at Southwold to collaborate on and create an e-safety lea... 2nd August 2018 Viridis are celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter The work of our digital leaders has been celebrated in the Childnet Digital Leaders newsletter, dist... 14th September 2018 Welcome Back Everyone! At the end of the Summer term, we held our first ever Viridis Federation Music Festival at Hackney R... 28th September 2018 Homework Champions! Children created many excellent holiday homework projects during the Summer reflecting their up-comi... 3rd October 2018 Bring A Significant Male to School Last Wednesday we were joined by significant males (dads, granddads, uncles, brothers, cousins...) w... 3rd October 2018 Year 2 Bread Making Workshop Year 2 had a workshop on bread making! 'Lessons in Loaf' teaches pupils how to turn their homegrown ... 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 Cycling at Southwold Southwold is proud to be a Bikeability school! Bikeability is today’s cycle training programme. It’s... 19th October 2018 It's Another Harvest Festival... This week we celebrated Harvest at Southwold. A harvest festival is an annual celebration that occur... 19th October 2018 Democracy Day This week we had our Democracy Day where the new class and school councillors were elected. Councill... 29th October 2018 Becoming Florence Nightingale! Year 1 learnt about Florence Nightingale in Autumn1. Florence Nightingale was famous for her nursing... 29th October 2018 London's Burning... Year 2 visited St Paul's Cathedral, to learn about how the building was affected by the great fire o... 29th October 2018 Harvest Collection Just before the half term we had our harvest festival. On Friday 19th October our Year 5 pupils help... 29th October 2018 Apollo Music Project Our Year 5 classes had the opportunity to work with professional musicians from Apollo Music. They w... 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... 31st October 2018 Year 4 Flax Workshop Year 4 children were learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their homegrown flax fibre into a ball ... 5th November 2018 Homework Champions A huge well done to our Autumn2 homework champions who won golden awards for creating excellent proj... 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... 6th November 2018 Baking in Reception The children in Reception are learning about traditional tales this half term. Jay Class set about m... 6th November 2018 Getting crafty in Reception Reception linked their Design and Technology day to their Traditional Tales topic. They invited pare... 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... 6th November 2018 Reception class get digging! The children in Reception Jay enjoyed their workshop with Cassie and Fran. They helped to tend to th... 7th November 2018 Inclusion Quality Mark Flagship! We are delighted to share with you that Southwold Primary School has been awarded 'Flagship' status ... 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... 12th November 2018 Ofsted Success! On 25th September Southwold Primary School received a short one day i... 13th November 2018 Barefoot Opera visit Southwold! This week Year 5 had a fantastic opportunity to work wit... 14th November 2018 We're going on a bug hunt... Year 1 went on the look out fo... 16th November 2018 Going Green in Year 6... Year 6 are learning about 'sustainability' and ... 16th November 2018 Run, run, as fast as you can... Nursery have been reading 'The Gingerbread Man'. They le... 19th November 2018 Leaf Printing in Nursery Nursery Robin Class went to the garden to collect a vari... 20th November 2018 Viridis School Council Meeting The Viridis School Council mee... 20th November 2018 Year 1 get out and about in Clapton! Year 1, who are learning about their local area... 21st November 2018 Year 1 visit Spitalfields Farm Year 1 visited Spitalfields Ci... 21st November 2018 School Council meeting with Caterlink This week our school council met with Keely from Caterlink (area mana... 22nd November 2018 Spanish Visitors It was great to w... 28th November 2018 Cross-Country Success! Pupils from Year 5 Osprey Class and M... 29th November 2018 Hands On Science - Heart Dissection Year 6 had a Hands-On Science Heart Dissection ... 29th November 2018 Hackney School Streets This week parents, children and staff completed a traffi... 30th November 2018 Hands On Science - Teeth Workshop This week Year 4 had a Hands-on Science worksho... 14th December 2018 Year 2 make their own dye in the garden! This week Year 2 children collected plants and flowers f... 14th December 2018 Key Stage 1 Christmas Pantomime This week key Stage 1 were vis... 18th December 2018 Christmas Jumpers and Christmas Lunch! On Friday 14th Decem... 18th December 2018 Reception Jay Class do some Christmas baking! On Friday 14th Reception Jay C... 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... 7th January 2019 Hockey and Cricket in Upper School Playground! At the end of the Autumn Term,... 10th January 2019 EYFS hunting for snails! This week children in Nursery ... 11th January 2019 Holiday Homework Champions Here are the pictures of our Spring 1 homework ... 18th January 2019 Digital Leader Cross-site Meeting Last week the Viridis digital ... 18th January 2019 Early Years cooking up a mud stew! The children in EYFS have love... 22nd January 2019 Year 5 Cycle Training The children in Year 5 are completing their Level 1 trai... 22nd January 2019 Parents into Reading Friday was a busy day in Recep... 25th January 2019 A hat for Flaxman! The children in Year 4 have created an amazing, new hat ... 25th January 2019 Students enjoy exploring the Postal Museum! The pupils really enjoyed visi... 28th January 2019 Year 3 Billingsgate Workshop As part of 'work and enterpris... 28th January 2019 Year 1 Fire Station Visit! Last wee... 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... 31st January 2019 Year 1 visit Museum of Childhood Year 1 went on a trip to the M... 26th February 2019 Lunchtime Gardening Club Lunchtime gardening club have been busy watering and weeding the garden with Cassie and Fran. With t... 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... 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... 8th March 2019 World Book Day Fun! On Thursday 7th March we celeb... 26th March 2019 Year 3 Visit Natural History Museum Trip Year 3, who are learning about Earthquakes, too... 1st April 2019 Science Fayre Flubber Fun! The theme for our Science Fayre this year was Flubber! The children had the opportunity to experimen... 1st April 2019 Collegio El Caton Erasmus Visit The Viridis Schools and El Caton Partnership ha... 10th May 2019 Chicks in EYFS! Southwold Early Year's have got some new friends - chicks! The children have been making close obser... 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... 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 Grandparent Afternoon Tea As part of Families' Week we invited in Grandparents/Significant Older People in to have afternoon t... 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 Year 3 Canopic Jars Year 3 had a fantastic afternoon today in Art, making the first part of their Canopic Jars. Art this... 10th May 2019 Design & Technology in Year 2 In Design and Technology, the children in Year 2 designed and then made a healthy packed lunch. They... 6th June 2019 Walk like an Egyptian! Last half term Year 3 had an exciting workshop linked to the History topic ‘The Ancient Egyptians’. ... 6th June 2019 Ragged School Museum - Year 4 Trip Year 4, who were learning about the Victorians in History, went on a trip the Ragged School Museum. ... 6th June 2019 Lessons in Latin! Last half term Year 6 spent an afternoon on Southwold's flourishing roof top garden with Cassie our... 2nd July 2019 Maths Madness in Year 1 Year 1 had a great afternoon measuring weight using the scales to weigh cubes! ... 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 ... 2nd July 2019 Practical Maths in Year 3! As part of their geometry unit, Year 3 made 3-D shapes using different every day materials! ... 2nd July 2019 Cross-site School Council Last month our cross site school council met at Hoxton Garden. The children discussed the upcoming s... 16th September 2019 Welcome to our new Early Years pupils! This week we have been welcoming our children new to Nursery and Reception. For some of these childr... 16th September 2019 Parents into Reading! We welcome parents/carers of children in Nursery, Reception, Years 1 & 2 to stay and read with t... 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 Learning about 'Evolution Theory' in Year 6 Year 6 are looking at evolution and inheritance this half term. The children looked at some fossils ... 16th September 2019 Outdoor Learning in EYFS At Southwold we seek to cover ... 16th September 2019 Drama for Writing in Year 2! Year 2 are reading 'Prince Cinders' in their Literacy lessons. To help them with their writing the c... 24th September 2019 Year 3 Stone Age Hunters and Gatherers This half term Year 3 are learning about the St... 24th September 2019 Southwold Pupil Voice Fayre! Last week Southwold hosted the... 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 Year 4 Flax Workshop This week children in Year 4 had their first gardening lesson of the year. The children were ripplin... 7th October 2019 Bread making in Year 2! The children in Year 2 made the bread using the wheat that they had grown in the garden at school. E... 7th October 2019 Busy in Robin Class! The children in Nursery Robin Class have been very busy! In Maths they have been comparing bears by ... 7th October 2019 Learning about Autumn! This week the children in Early Years have been learning about the season of autumn. They have been ... 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... 31st October 2019 Reception Caring for our Planet! As part of ‘World Week’ the children in Nursery and Reception were learning about how to look after ... 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 ... 31st October 2019 Year 2 African Jewellery Workshop The children in Year 2 had a work shop in which they learnt about African tribes and how the differe... 31st October 2019 International Evening Just before half term we had ‘World Week’ which culminated in International Evening. We had an amaz... 28th November 2019 Southwold is Ofsted Outstanding! Between 16th - 17th October Southwold received a full Section 5 Ofsted Inspection. The inspection te... 13th March 2020 The Seven Continents... This week Year 1 have been learning about the 7 continents of the world. The children created their ... 13th March 2020 Eco-Schools Take Action... The Eco-Schools teams from Orchard, Hoxton Garden and Southwold met up to discuss Eco issues and wha... 13th March 2020 Reception Trip to Discovery Reception classes visited Discovery in Stratford. They learned about story telling and made their ow... 13th March 2020 Year 2 Trip to The Science Museum Year 2 went on a trip to the Science Museum for their topic on 'Everyday Materials'. They went on an... 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 Debating Team Success The school debate mate team competed at a school in Bethnal Green against other London schools. The ... 13th March 2020 Year 4 Eat Like Vikings! Last half term Year 4 were learning about life in Viking Britain. Did you know that The Viking peopl... 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... 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... 29th January 2021 Year 3 Science In Year 3 the children carried out an investigation to find out what makes up soil. They set up diff... 29th January 2021 Year 4 Cycling In the Autumn Term Year 4 started their cycling lessons, which will take place weekly. As some of yo... 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... 29th January 2021 Year 2 Science - Making Electrical Circuits! In the Autumn term Year 2 were learning about electricity and had fun in their Science lessons maki... 29th January 2021 Year 3 Stone Age Art This the Autumn term Year 3 were learning about the Stone Age. In Art the children used charcoal to ... 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... 29th January 2021 Year 4 Debating In the Autumn term Year 4 were learning about Ancient Greece. In their History lesson they talked ab... 29th January 2021 Year 3 Chess Lessons Each academic year, our Year 3 pupils participate in weekly sessions. This week the children learned... 29th January 2021 Year 4 Gardening Year 4 classes have been learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their home-grown flax fibre into a ... 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 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 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 2 Science In Science Year 2 have been learning about sound. In order to investigate how sound travels and how ... 29th January 2021 Year 4 Teeth Workshop The children in Year 4 had a hands on workshop all about teeth The children learnt about the differe... 29th January 2021 Early Years' Gardening Workshop The children in Nursery and Reception have been learning about seeds and bulbs and how plants grow. ... 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 Reception Phonics The children in Reception have now learnt all of the initial sounds. They have now started to use s... 29th January 2021 Reading in Early Years Although we have not been able to invite parents in to read on Friday mornings, we still use the tim... 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 ... 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 Year 2 Dance Year 2 have been studying 'Dance' in their PE lessons. The children were moving around the hall pret... 11th May 2021 EYFS Art and Craft! As the children in EYFS were learning about transport, they had a go at designing hot air balloons. ... 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 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 Year 3 Science! Year 3 have been learning about magnets. The children used magnets to test if different materials in... 11th May 2021 Year 4 Science - Habitats Year 4 have been learning about animals and their habitats within Science. The children made predict... 13th May 2021 Year 3 Science Fun! The children in Year 3 started their new Science Topic ’Plants’ by investigating plants and recordin... 13th May 2021 Garden Centre Role-play in EYFS! The children in Reception came back to a fabulous garden centre role play area. The children have be... 13th May 2021 Year 4 Inspired Sports Workshop Year 4 took part in a multi-sports workshop. The children had the opportunity to take part in a vari... 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 ... 13th May 2021 Year 3 Gardening Workshop Children having gardening work shops this half term have been focusing on planting seeds which they ... 13th May 2021 Year 2 Art - Clay Work This half term Year 2 are working with clay in Art. The children are using clay to make a relief til...
