Year 4 children were learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their homegrown flax fibre into a ball of linen yarn that will then be knitted into a hat for our ‘flaxman”, who gets a new item of clothing every year. Pupils also learnt how Egyptian mummy bandages were made! Paul Henry – the spinner/ kilt maker has also been using some homegrown school madder from our dye garden to dye some wool to show the range of colours you can get from this one plant.
Year 4 children were learning how to scutch, heckle and spin their homegrown flax fibre into a ball of linen yarn that will then be knitted into a hat for our ‘flaxman”, who gets a new item of clothing every year. Pupils also learnt how Egyptian mummy bandages were made! Paul Henry – the spinner/ kilt maker has also been using some homegrown school madder from our dye garden to dye some wool to show the range of colours you can get from this one plant.
Today marked the start of our study visit as we travelled from London to the Canary Islands. Pupils from Southwold and Hoxton Garden Primary Schools arrived at Gatwick Airport full of excitement and…
Year 4 visited the Ragged School Museum, the largest Victorian ragged school, which once served some of Hackney’s poorest children. As part of their Humanities learning on the Victorians, they…
KS2 pupils cycled to The Engine House, the historic former pumping station located within Walthamstow Wetlands. How amazing!
Year 4 began exploring primary and secondary sources from the Victorian era, analysing historical images and using their observations to make thoughtful inferences about life at the time. They examined…
For World Book Day, Southwold was delighted to welcome parents into classrooms to share the joy of reading with their children. It was a lovely opportunity for families to experience…
Southwold celebrated some fantastic holiday homework completed over the half-term break! Children proudly shared their research and creative projects, which are now on display in their classrooms.
Our Head Gardeners got together to create seed packets for wildflowers, to sell at the Work and Enterprise Fayre. They created a range of vibrant, eye-catching packs and also wrote…
Thank you to our Friends of Southwold for a successful Winter Fayre. It was a wonderful opportunity for so many of our families to join together and enjoy the festivities.…
Our Head Gardeners have been hard at work, choosing the perfect sunny, tucked-away spot for a new bird house and planning areas to grow blackberries and strawberries this summer. They…
