St EdmundsPrimary School

One of our recent newsletters from the classes showing how each year group expand their science knowledge and work collaboratively to expand their learning.

On Thursday Acorn class were joined by Seedlings class to enjoy a day celebrating colours. We read the story 'Elmer' together and the children then made their own wonderful elephants from milk bottles and tissue paper. They then used their gross motor skills to mix coloured powder paint and soapy water outside on the playground with mops. Our day ended with Donna from Drama tots taking us on a wonderful adventure to colour land. It was fantastic to see all the children listening so well and joining in dancing and singing together. #school #eyfs #colours #drama #learning #learningthroughplay

Please have a look at some of our whole school events - Christmas time is always very festive!

Beech and Juniper came together once more, for a fascinating science field trip to Thetford Forest. We have been learning all about habitats this term and this trip gave us the opportunity to apply our knowledge to a real-life situation. The children were so excited to find the living organisms and share their findings with each other. #school #learning #outdoorlearning #science

The children have made a great start to their Outdoor Learning adventure. This half term the children are focusing on Flora. Their activities have been based around finding out what flora is, using flora to create pictures in different ways, to make and provide an information booklet about types of flora and investigating about the structures of woodlands. The mud kitchen has been a huge success, with some very interesting "cakes" and "drinks"! The children have helped with developing the site, making areas where activities can be carried out such as den building and making homes for insects. #outdoor #outdoorlearning #school #schoollife #learning #LearningThroughPlay

Beech and Juniper joined together to become immersed in Roman life for a day. They had the opportunity to act as archaeologists looking at different Roman artifacts, using the knowledge they have gained from their History lessons, to work out what the objects may have been used for and what type of person may have owned them. We had the opportunity to dress up as Roman Legionnaires, test out lots of activities that Roman soldiers would have had to keep them busy at camp. The children were able to try food that Roman soldiers may have eaten, some enjoyed the food, but others were not too keen! Finally, we went outside to become Roman soldiers, taking part in marching, fighting formations and ending with a battle. #school #learning #education #romanempire #romanlifestyle #romanlife #educational

The first pupil parliament of the year saw our Head Pupils and Eco-Warriors joining children from around the trust to discuss bio-diversity and sustainability. Through the day they focused on how we can improve bio-diversity in our school grounds through simple but effective measures as well as thinking about some larger scale projects. The children from Mendham and St Edmunds will continue the discussion together moving forward and support each other to develop projects at both sites. #school #learning #Education #EcoFriendly #biodiversity #EcoWarriors