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2023
March
New Term, New Topics
Our children continue on their historical journey of distant discoveries this term. Nursery and Reception children have come back to school to find some very unusual creatures roaming in their garden area, laying eggs and looking for plants or meat to eat – the dinosaurs have come to Elgar Class! This exciting new topic will provide lots of rich learning experiences for our youngest children and everybody now knows that Mrs Gascoyne-Cecil’s favourite dinosaur is a stegosaurus ! In Years 1 and 2, the children’s learning will centre around the lives of pirates in the Elizabethan era, building on their learning about the experiences of different modern -day explorers last term. Our historians in Years 3 and 4 are comparing the Iron Age to the Stone Age this term and enjoying bringing to life Ted Hughes ‘ text The Iron Man through their reading and writing. Finally, in Years 5 and 6 the children continue to discover the Tudor age and will move on this term to learn about the aims and impact of famous and not so famous, Tudor explorers on lives then and now.
Rainbow Values
In Collective Worship this term, we will be exploring the value of kindness and how this is taught in the bible and demonstrated by Christians around the world. We will reflect and pray for thanks for the many acts of kindness in our world and encourage the children to demonstrate this value in all that we do and in our fundraising efforts in school. A kindness tree will be growing in our school corridor and new leaves will emerge with messages of kind actions taken by our school community. We aim to cover our tree in fresh leaves by the end of term! We also have a special Art Rainbow Value day planned this month with lessons linked to kindness and our curriculum cog of Courage. Look out for our finished artwork and projects on our website next month
Pupil Voice
Pupil Voice groups continue to be an important part of our ethos of ‘Cherish All, Achieve Together’. Our Language Ambassadors written bids to the leadership team in school for some extra French Dictionaries was successful and the new dictionaries have now been introduced to both Britten and Chopin Class to help deepen vocabulary knowledge. The School Council is busy organising fund-raising events for World Book Day & Red Nose Day. They have also given up their time and helped to prepare the school raised beds ready for Spring planting.
World Book Day
Reading is the golden thread of our school. This year, we celebrated the magic of books by having a fantasy-themed World Book Day event. The children looked amazing dressed up as different fantastical book characters and the day centred around a carousel of different activities linked to reading, our favourite books, magical stories and culminated in the whole school writing their own magical story and sharing it together. We now have some very proud authors and illustrators in our classes !
Learning with Lego Campaign – get ready to collect!
We are participating in this campaign. Tokens will be printed daily in the Eastern Daily Press (two on Saturday), Norwich Evening News (two on Saturday), East Anglian Daily Times (two on Saturday) and in the Ipswich Star. If you, or anyone you know, reads these newspapers, we ask you to collect the tokens and drop them into the school office or post box before the paper is recycled! The two schools with the most tokens (as an average per pupil) will win the main two prizes meaning that all schools have a chance, both big and small. The last tokens will be printed in the paper w/c 24th April 2023. Look out for extra special bonus token days throughout the campaign. Please help us collect as many tokens as possible.
Gardening With joy
We have all noticed the signs of Spring beginning to arrive and our children are getting going with digging the soil, tidying the greenhouse and starting to sow seeds and plan what to grow. They are always looking for donations of compost, seeds, plants, canes or tools. If you can support our gardening team in any way then please contact the school office or pop in to school. Many thanks for your help.
Friends of the School – Easter Raffle
The Friends successfully work hard to raise much appreciated money to fund specific equipment, activities and coach travel for enrichment experiences. They are holding an Easter Raffle at the end of this term and are looking for special donations and vouchers to offer as bigger prizes. If your company is able to offer a gift voucher or you would like to donate a quality raffle prize then please contact the school office. All support is much appreciated. Willows Nursery Our full-time nursery is thriving and caring place full of curious, confident learners. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see our curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit .
January
New Year, New Topic
We start the new year with our curriculum being based on a brilliant, new whole-school topic : ‘Distant Discoveries’. This exciting history-based topic will be embedded across our teaching with a focus on exploring Dinosaurs in EYFS, learning about Queen Elizabeth 1 and Pirates in KS1, going right back to the Stone and Iron Ages in LKS2 and finally upper KS2 will study the exploration of our world during Tudor times. Threaded throughout this topic, there will be opportunities to read and share lots of fantastic stories and non-fiction books which will help to build our children’s understanding and increase their topic knowledge. Our Book Buzz areas have new books for the term ahead as our children return ready to delve in and get reading.
Rainbow Value
This term our collective worship will focus on our Rainbow Value of Co-operation. The children will reflect on how Christian beliefs demonstrate co-operation and they will read bible stories to understand the importance of learning how to support one another as God wanted. Our Collective Worship Ambassadors will reward children for their co-operation each week and they will lead a collective worship to the rest of the school.
Nativity
Despite a lot of pupil absence due to illness, the school nativity performances were a great success last term with many families coming to watch their children performing live that special Christmas story ‘Born In A Barn’. We were very proud of all the children’s perseverance when learning their lines and actions and of their courage to take on parts in the performance at the last minute! Our KS2 children even learnt and sung Silent Night in French – tres bien tout le monde!
Road Safety Reminder
Winter is definitely upon us and with it comes darker cold mornings and afternoons, so please can we remind all members of the community to drive carefully through the village. We have children coming to school on foot and bikes at pick up and drop off times and so it is important to be vigilant and use safe driving at all times. Many thanks for your support.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is a happy, caring place full of curious learners, eager and ready to explore and be challenged. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class to see the learning in action so please do contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here and celebrating our family and caring ethos.
December
Happy Christmas everyone from the pupils and staff at Worlingworth Primary School!
Diversity Week
Last month, as part of our teaching of our Rainbow Values, we celebrated how wonderfully different and special we all are and how we are equal in our world. Our week was launched by the children coming to school wearing odd socks which initiated discussions and learning about us not all needing to match. The children learned about the importance of tolerance and being able to reach out for help if they need it, but also the importance of knowing how to reach out to others who may be treated unfairly
Helping Our Environment
Well done to the School Council and the winning team in Britten Class for their successful nature project; together they have successfully raised over £80 to fund a new bird-feeding station and bird boxes for the school grounds. It will be wonderful to watch the species of birds who visit the feeding station in the coming months and (fingers crossed) choose to nest in our grounds in the spring! The RSPB would be proud!
Power of Pupil Voice
At Worlingworth, our motto is ‘Cherish All, Achieve Together’ and this is no more adhered to than in the strength of our pupils’ voices being listened to and valued in our community. This month our Collective Worship Ambassadors have been reflecting about their Christmas wishes for this world next year that was created for us to thrive in and we would like to share some with you
My wish is for an end to the war in Ukraine and for there to be peace everywhere. Gareth
I wish for global warming to end and our world to be safe. Sam
I wish for everyone to have a safe home to sleep in when it is dark, wet and cold. Bethany
I wish for everyone this Christmas to receive a present James
I want deforestation to end in the rainforests and hunting to stop for ever Eli
I wish for all people to be kind and to care for each other and there to be no nastiness or hurt Beau
- Nativity
- December is of course the season for singing and the school is full of it! Rehearsals are taking place for our exciting, new Christmas nativity this year called ‘Born In A Barn’. The performance will include singing, dancing shepherds, angels and an assertive cockerel and looks set to be a fun evening reminding us all about the true meaning of Christmas. The nativity will take place at the Community Centre on Monday 12th December at 2pm and 6pm and everyone is welcome to come along . We would like to say a huge thank you for the sponsorship from Sax Vehicles who have generously paid for the hire of the community centre on our behalf.
- Christmas Charity Appeal
- Our Rainbow Values teach kindness and responsibility and so for our Christmas charitable work, the children in Chopin Class have discussed different charities and voted for the Christmas appeal they would like the school to support this year. They decided to support the Salvation Army’s Christmas Present Appeal which collects donations of new, unwrapped toys which are then wrapped and given to people in need who would otherwise not receive a gift this year. If you would like to donate a new present to the appeal, then please drop it off in the collection box in the school entrance by Friday 9th December. Many thanks for your support.
- Christingle
- Our Christingle service will be held on 16th December at the Community Centre led by Rev.Chrissie Smart, with the children participating and singing carols. This is a special, reflective service to end our term and always provides some seasonal candlelit magic. Everyone is welcome to join us in our worship.
- Advent Angels
- The children have worked hard this month using all of their creativity to make beautiful angels to adorn the font in the church and some decorations for the Christmas tree in the Community Centre. St Mary’s Church are holding their special carol concert on 18th December at 11am so pop along to admire the angels and join in with the singing.
- Off To The Panto
- ‘He’s behind you!’ Our pupils in KS1 and Ks2 are able to enjoy a special treat at the end of term to go and watch a pantomime at the Theatre Royal in Bury St Edmunds. This year the pantomime will tell the story of Robin Hood. It is always wonderful to see the children enjoying joining in with the singing, dancing and jokes and is a wonderful way to begin the Christmas holidays. Thank you, once again, to the Friends who through all their hard work and fundraising, are able to contribute towards the cost of the coach which really does make a huge difference to our families.
November
Remembrance
The school will be participating in acts of Remembrance this month. We will be holding a special Collective Worship for Remembrance led by Rev Chrissie on Friday 11th November. The children will be reflecting on the importance of Remembrance Day in lessons that week and our collective worship ambassadors will be participating in a prayer workshop with Rev Chrissie to create their own prayers on this theme. Thank you to the church who have kindly agreed to lend the school one of their poppy crosses to help stimulate discussion about the meaning of wearing poppies for Remembrance Day.
Be Curious …
One of curriculum cogs is curiosity. This month we will be celebrating the incredible curiosity of our pupils as they complete a special home project to answer the tricky questions they have about our planet. Here are some examples: Which animal lives the longest? How are mountains formed? What causes a rainbow? Why is the sky blue? Why are rivers not salty like the sea? What is the Taj Mahal? Each class will hold a presentation of the pupils’ projects and some will be published on our website if you want to know the answers to their questions! Thank you to our families for supporting the children with their learning.
London Marathon Runners
Congratulations to the children in Britten and Chopin Class who set themselves the challenge to complete the London Mini Marathon event last month. They completed a 2.6 mile run and demonstrated responsibility towards supporting each other and lots of perseverance. We are cultivating some passionate runners. Next stop – the Cross-Country Race at Framlingham College.
Northampton All Saints Rugby
We are welcoming professional rugby players from the All Saints team in Northampton to our school this month. They will be teaching the children Tag Rugby skills, how to keep fit and healthy and showing them how your maths can be improved by playing sport! We hope to inspire our children to enjoy exercising, play more sport and perhaps sign up for a local tag rugby club. Busy bodies builds better learning!
School Council Making A Difference
Our newly elected School Council are working hard already on matters which are important to them. They have tidied the school vegetable garden and plated bulbs for the Spring and are working with the winning team in Britten Class, to put cosy bird boxes up in the field area and to install a new bird feeding station for the winter. They have researched the costs and aim to raise the funds by holding a bake and book sale this month. Great team work everyone! Encouraging wildlife is an important part of our Cherish All ethos.
Help us to fundraise! Bags to School Collection
Our next collection of good quality second hand clothing will be on Wed 2nd November. The school receives payment for the weight of the items collected. Please fill the bag with good quality items that can be re-used such as adult and children’s clothing, paired shoes, hats, belts, handbags, ties and soft toys.
Bags are available from the school office. We look forward to receiving the bags on the morning of 2nd November, in time for the collection at 9am.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is a welcoming, nurturing environment which is full of busy bees learning and happily exploring. This term the topic is Hot & Cold Countries with a variety of activities planned each day: an igloo role-play area, lots of stories, poems and scientific exploration on the theme are mixed with singing songs, cooking, building and drawing. So much to see and learn each day with us! We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of photographs and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
October
The first month of the academic year as always has flown by and it has been so wonderful to see all our children return, new pupils start and all quickly settle into their new classes. There is always such a lot to remember! The school has been a hive of activity with lots of phonics, reading, discussions, thinking, music-making and laughing. The children have enjoyed learning about their new class names which are all composers – Elgar, Vivaldi, Britten and Chopin! Examples of music by these composers is regularly listened to as the children work or come into school and our new music resources are supporting exciting music lessons each week for everyone.
Curriculum Cogs
This term our cogs of Care & Community and Curiosity are very much present in our teaching and learning. We continue to support all our children to be curious in their learning and to value asking questions in order to know more. We teach the children the value of understanding and being part of different communities - from families to the wider world; through our special Rainbow Value Harvest day in which we collected donations to help others and through our topic work on the lives of global communities in China and South America.
Responsibility
A focus for the first part of this term has been to support children with our Rainbow Value of Responsibility. So far, the children have learned how to be responsible for their time, their words, their feelings and their actions. They have listened to bible stories about being responsible and reflected on their beliefs and those of others and why this value is so important for Christians. We have made links to role models who demonstrate responsibility including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. As a school community we wrote and prayed together in memory of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and set up a community prayer space for everyone to write a prayer or express their thoughts to commemorate her importance and life-long service.
Pupil Voice
This month sees the announcement of the results of our pupil voice elections for representatives for our : School Council, Eco Group, Language Ambassadors, Collective Worship Ambassadors and Year 6 Sports Ambassadors! We very much value our pupils’ voices and look forward to holding meetings and seeing the elected representatives take on their responsibilities with care and passion to help educate each other and develop their projects in our school. This year we will be asking our pupil voice groups to share with the community some of the projects they work upon – so look out for their written updates in the future!
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is a happy hub of activity with our youngest children now settled in well and enjoying exploring their current topic of Fur, Fins and Feathers through listening to stories, singing songs, exploring objects, role-play, building and making as well as getting busy with activities in their garden area. We always welcome new families to come and visit our special Early Years class, to talk to our teachers and see the learning in action. Please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
Keeping Our Village Safe
Just a reminder to all drivers to be extra vigilant for pedestrians and cyclists when driving through the village at school opening and closing times. We have a number of children who bike to school and with the combination of parked cars and blind bends it can be hazardous. Please obey the speed limits. Thank you.
Get to know us and find out more
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk There are lots of photographs and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
September
If Music Be the Food of Learning, Play On!
This year, we will be focussing on further developing our musical curriculum; teaching the children a love of listening to and participating in a range of music. So, to begin our musical journey, we have a musical theme for the names of our four classes with each class being named after a classical composer. Our youngest children in Nursery and Reception are in Elgar Class, Our KS1 class are called Vivaldi Class, our Years 3 and 4 class is called Britten Class and our Years 5 and 6 class is called Chopin Class.
Children will be learning about their composer and listening to and evaluating their music. Throughout the year, a variety of music will be played in the classrooms and to begin Collective Worship and we are planning to take the children to a classical concert in the future so they can experience the beauty of an orchestra playing. Our weekly celebration assembly will include our ‘Virtuoso of the Week’ award for a pupil who has shown considerable skill and achievement in their learning that week. Their musical note will be placed on our whole school display to create our own musical composition of greatness!
New Year – New Teachers
We are very excited to welcome new teachers to the school: Mrs Brkovic who will teach in Elgar Class and Mrs Havers will be teaching in Vivaldi and Britten Class. We look forward to helping them both settle in and to see them apply their considerable experience and skills to become vital parts of our growing school community.
School Improvements
Taking a pride in all that we do is something we teach the children and so the school has had a mini make-over! Last month when the school was closed, was a good opportunity to get some much-needed redecorating completed and new carpets fitted into two classrooms. Outside the doors and windowsills have been repainted and new eye-catching signs are ready to be fitted onto the building showing our new logo. Both pupils and staff appreciate the care shown and the smart improvements!
Whole School Topic
For the Autumn term our curriculum will be taught through our exciting new whole school topic ‘What A Wonderful World!’. To begin this intriguing global topic, the children’s learning will take them to South America, China and North & South Poles bringing with them a wealth of geographical questions for the children to investigate about the people, landscape, culture, wildlife and climate. Each class will participate in cross-curricular learning about their topic and explore the continents of our world using maps and globes.
Rainbow Values
Our Rainbow Values continue to be very much part of daily life and learning at the school. We want all our children (new and old) to have a positive start to school and so collective worship and lessons are carefully planned around our values with a focus on teaching the children the importance of listening, friendship and showing compassion and tolerance in our community and further afield. Our focus for the first term will be ‘Responsibility’ and how we can show responsibility in our actions, words and beliefs.
Harvest Festival
It has been a very dry summer and as a result, an early harvest took place in July but there will still be plenty of fruit and vegetables to harvest in our gardens! September always sees us celebrating this special time and once again this year, we shall link with the Harvest Festival in St. Mary’s, creating displays for the service there. In school, we will also be holding a special Collective Worship that week led by Rev Chrissie Smart. We will celebrate and remember in our prayers how lucky we are, particularly in a world with growing needs and complexities and the children will donate produce to go to the Church and then to be given to local Food Banks to help those in need in our community.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery continues to blossom with numbers increasing! Our youngest and newest children are all quickly settling in and enjoy learning through lots of role-play, listening to lots of stories and getting busy building and co-operating together as well as having fun playing games in their wonderful Early Years garden. We always welcome enquiries from new parents so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment to visit and see the curriculum in action.
Info and Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of photographs and information about our curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
July
Go For Gold
We are delighted to be able to perform an end of year production to our families once again this year. Acting and participating in a performance offers our children an opportunity to develop their speaking and listening skills, to listen to different types of music and learn to sing with others, to dance and collaborate and finally to take responsibility for their part and encourage others when they feel challenged. We are very proud of their efforts and hope that our parents and families will enjoy coming to watch our Greek time-travelling adventure.
Sports Equipment For Schools – Token Collection
We are still collecting tokens for this competition which are being published in the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star. The final tokens are published on July 16th. Please bring any tokens you have collected into school. Many thanks.
Sports Events- Cricket Success
Last month, our children participated in both Cricket and Quadkids Athletic events and we are delighted to announce that our Cricket team won their tournament. They showed excellent sportsmanship throughout the tournament, adapted their skills and strategies well as their games progressed and they became accustomed more to the pitch. Congratulations to all of them and a special thank you to our Year 5/6 teacher Mrs Gourlay, our cricket expert, who taught and trained them so brilliantly. Our Sports Day takes places this month with a carousel of events in our jewel houses, followed by races on the track. Will Diamond House hang onto the cup this year? Fingers-crossed for a dry day so lots of sporting fun and competition can be enjoyed.
Curriculum Enrichment
Year 6 are off this month on their residential trip to Manor Adventure Norfolk Lakes resort where they will be challenged to learn a variety of new activities such as : paddle-boarding and kayaking and develop their independence ready for their transition to secondary school. In addition to this, as part of our PE curriculum, Years 1-5 are off on a special end of year trip to Whitlingham Adventure near Norwich. The children will explore different sports such as dinghy sailing and climbing. They will challenge themselves to do something new physically and to work well with others.
Looking Ahead
Whilst the end of the school year approaches, we have looked forward to September this term (!) welcoming our new Reception children into school for a special morning visit and holding our whole-school ‘ Moving Up Morning’, which provides children with a taster of their new class and teacher/s for September. We have also been delighted to welcome many of our new nursery pupils to school for an Open Morning and a trial visit this month. We are pleased to report that our school and nursery continue to thrive with pupil numbers increasing.
School Improvements
During the summer holidays, we are making a few improvements to the school. Some of the windows and doors on the outside of the building are being repainted and new carpet is being fitted in two classrooms to replace existing worn through flooring. On the front playground we are removing the old, damaged benches and have plans to fit an exciting new piece of play equipment next year to replace them. Our new school logo will officially launch in September. We will be fitting new, improved signs outside the school, to replace the rusty, faded ones and to reflect this change in logo.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is growing from strength-to-strength. It is a happy, caring place full of curious learners, eager and ready to explore and be challenged. We welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
June
Go For Gold
Rehearsals are underway for our new summer production, ‘Go For Gold’, which is a time travelling adventure taking the audience all the way back to the Ancient Greek Olympics. The children are busy working hard to learn their lines, lyrics and actions and it looks set to be a fun and entertaining show so look out for more information and come along in July to one of our shows.
Sports Equipment For Schools – Token Collection
We are collecting tokens for this competition which are being published in the East Anglian Daily Times and the Ipswich Star on a daily basis. Please bring any tokens you have into school and ask friends and neighbours to keep them too. The more tokens we collect the better the prize! The final tokens are published on July 16th. Many thanks.
Sports Events
Summer is the best time of year, to enjoy physical activity, getting healthy and playing sport together. All our children from Year 1 to Year 6 are participating in a sports competition this month. We wish them lots of luck and know they will demonstrate our Rainbow Values of respect, co-operation and responsibility when working as a team and with other schools. Next month we will hold our Sports Day so it is all good practise!
Rainbow Value Day
We always encourage our children to learn and think about the wider world and their role within it as they grow older and so for our Rainbow Value day this month, the children enjoyed a special day of learning about different languages and practising the skills of communicating and translating organised by Miss Kenny. The children learnt to say songs, rhymes, simple sentences and vocabulary and developed their confidence communicating to others in another language. Our Rainbow Values of respect for others and our Curriculum Cog of curiosity were very much at the centre of the day. We are pleased to see we have a growing group of linguists in the school!
Curriculum Enrichment
We continue to seek opportunities to enrich our curriculum and further embed the children’s learning with carefully planned trips and visits. This month as part of their History topic, Europe Class are off to the Time & Tide Museum and the beach at Great Yarmouth to explore how the seaside has changed over the last 150 years. Oceania Class are also visiting Baylham Rare Breeds Farm for the day to discover and meet up close a variety of animals as part of their topic on how animals change and grow over time.
Bags to School
Thank you to everyone who donated bags of unwanted clothing for this fund-raising collection. We collected over 80 kilos of clothing and will receive a payment of £32.00. Every little helps! Thank you.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is thriving. It is a caring place full of curious learners, happy and ready to be challenged. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see our curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit.
For updates and further information about the school :
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here, celebrating our family and caring ethos.
May
Whole School Topic
We have a wonderful new topic this term called ‘Time Travellers!’. This topic will focus on two of our curriculum cogs - communication and curiosity. Each class will be studying this topic in different ways. Oceania Class will explore how things change over time in the life cycle of plants, animals and humans; Europe Class will learn about the history of seaside holidays and how seaside resorts have changes since Victorian times; Africa Class are travelling back to the time of the Ancient Egyptians, whilst our oldest pupils in Asia Class, will be learning about the impact of the Ancient Greek civilization today and comparing to other historical societies. This is a brilliant and engaging topic that will allow the children to be curious, to ask and seek answers to their many questions and to learn how we have communicated in the past and to practise their own communication skills in various forms. Stand by for updates and pictures next month!
Collective Worship
This term our Rainbow Value is Friendship. The children will be exploring the concept of friendships in Collective Worship, how to be a good friend and why friendship is so important as a citizen of our world. We shall learn and reflect on the teaching of friendship in the bible and how Christians demonstrate friendships to others as part of their faith.
Year 6s
For our wonderful year 6s this will be their final term at primary school and as well as continuing to complete their primary curriculum learning and try their best in their SATs this month, they will begin to focus on their transition to High School. Part of this transition is to plan their project to raise funds towards their special Year 6 hoodies. This fun but important project encourages them to problem solve, work together as a team, write publicity and explain their ideas to others as well as setting a budget and managing costs and income. We wish them lots of success and look forward to participating in their event.
Jubilee Celebrations
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee we are holding a special Jubilee Garden Party this month for the children and parents. Tea and sandwiches and cakes made by the children will be served on the field and the children will sing and perform with their instruments. An exhibition of portraits of the Queen by the children will be open and their will be plenty of bunting and decorations too!
Community Prayer Spaces for the Jubilee
To commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we are taking part in this project organised by the Diocese to create special prayer spaces in the community. We are holding a special prayer day to learn and explore the meaning of the Lord’s Prayer and the Queen’s Jubilee prayer and to spring clean our reflective garden in school and display our own prayers there. Pastor Adam will also visit the school and lead a session on the importance of the Christian faith for the Queen and the significance it has played in her long reign.
Bags To Schools
Just a reminder that we are collecting unwanted clothing, sheets, towels etc to raise funds for the school. Bags are available from the school office and should be returned to school on the morning of Tuesday 3rd May ready for collection. Many thanks.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is thriving. It is a caring place full of curious learners, happy and ready to be challenged. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see our curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit.
For updates and further information about the school
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here, celebrating our family and caring ethos.
April
School Council
Our School Council have been busy demonstrating our Rainbow Values of kindness, co-operation and responsibility this term by planning and organising fund-raising events for Comic Relief and a collection for the UK Help Ukraine appeal. We accumulated lots of boxes of donations to send to Ukraine and the children enjoyed dressing up as super heroes on Red Nose day and entering our Bake Off Competition. We have some very talented bakers in our school community!
Plant A Tree For The Jubilee
This term our curriculum cog is ‘Care & The Community’ and as part of our learning about caring for our environment and to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we have planted two trees in our school grounds : a crab apple and a wild cherry. Well done to Gardening Club!
Easter Celebrations
The children will participate this month in a special whole school RE Day focussing on exploring the events of the Easter story and their significance. The day will finish with an Easter Egg hunt organised by the Friends and an Easter Collective Worship led by Pastor Adam Blowes at the Community Centre.
Enrichment Opportunities
It is wonderful for the children to be able to go on educational trips again. This month our children in Africa Class will be going to visit the School Farm & Country Fair, learning about food production and farming techniques now and in the past. As the weather improves we have been making the most of opportunities to develop our PE experience, with a cricket taster day for the whole school and our children in Year 5 and 6 participating in a hockey tournament at the Magpie Hockey Club.
Cleaner Vacancy
We are currently advertising for a cleaner for 15 hours per week at our school and some hours in the holidays. If you or anyone you know, is interested in finding out more then please contact the school office for a link to Vertas our cleaning company and further information.
Bags To School Collection
Having a spring clean? We are collecting bags of unwanted clothes, sheets and towels in order raise money for the school. Our collection date is 3rd May. If you have items to donate then please drop off your bag by 9.30am on the day. If you require any empty bags, then please come to the school office and we can supply you with some.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is a busy, happy and caring place full of curious learners, ready to be challenged. This term their topic is What’s in the Ocean? and they have been singing songs, reading and sharing stories, drawing, making and observing things to do with the world’s oceans. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see our curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here, celebrating our family and caring ethos.
March 2022
Winter Book Challenge
Becoming a confident reader is at the core of our curriculum and reading opportunities are threaded through lessons each week. Recent feedback from some of our youngest and oldest pupil indicated that they all enjoy reading and love choosing books.
To build on this positive attitude, we are running a special Book Challenge this term. The children are invited to read as much as they can each week in order to complete a stage on their space race chart. All pupils who complete the race will receive a book-themed goodie bag at the start of our special ‘Science Fiction Book Week’ in early March. So far, we have been amazed by the amount of home reading children are participating in. The teachers are doing pretty well too! Look out for pictures of our Book Challenge winners next month.
Playtime Success
Our Sports Ambassadors have taken the lead in helping to improve playtimes at this time of year. With wet, slippery and cold weather resulting in the field and trim trail out of use, we have had to get creative in thinking how we can use our small playground better to keep everyone safe, active and happy at playtimes! We now have different play zones and themed days with the Sports Ambassadors also leading dance, keep fit and multi-sports games three times a week at lunchtimes. Children are enjoying using different equipment each day and having more choice of how to get active, to co-operate and have fun together. Lots of smiley and red faces coming into class prove this! Well done to our Year 6 Sports Ambassadors for doing such a good job.
Keeping Safe On the Internet
This month is the national ‘Safer Internet Day’ and as a school we will be collaborating together to think about the dangers posed by being online to children and to learn the important actions children must take to protect themselves and be able to use the internet safely. We know that many parents worry about the constant changing online world, the impact it has on their child and the risks it can pose. They report struggling to keep up-to-date with the newest and most popular games for young people and knowing what they can do to help. There is lots of advice available and we would recommend both these websites as excellent starting points for advice and tips to ensure your child is safe when online:
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/parents-and-carer
Online Safety for Children - Tips & Guides | NSPCC
Fancy A Night Out? Auction of Promises
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary School are holding a special Auction of Promises on Saturday 19th February at the Community Centre in Worlingworth to raise funds for new playground equipment. Anyone is welcome to come along to the event and join in the bidding for some wonderful prizes! It starts at 7.30pm with Suffolk Wild Flour Pizza van available too for a tasty dinner to eat as you bid. Contact : Friendsworlingworthschool@gmail.com for a list of the auction lots in advance.
Collective Worship Ambassadors
The role of our Collective Worship Ambassadors is very special. They select and read prayers, light candles and award our Rainbow Value Certificates each week in our Celebration Worship. This term however, our group of Collective Worship Ambassadors will be further developing their role by taking a more active lead in our collective worship. They will be planning and presenting a collective worship as a group to the whole school. They will be reflecting on our current value of co-operation and researching appropriate bible stories , songs and prayers to use. We wish them luck in their new role and look forward to joining them in their collective worship this month.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is thriving and a hub of happy learners. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here, celebrating our family and caring ethos.
February 2022
Winter Book Challenge
Becoming a confident reader is at the core of our curriculum and reading opportunities are threaded through lessons each week. Recent feedback from some of our youngest and oldest pupil indicated that they all enjoy reading and love choosing books.
To build on this positive attitude, we are running a special Book Challenge this term. The children are invited to read as much as they can each week in order to complete a stage on their space race chart. All pupils who complete the race will receive a book-themed goodie bag at the start of our special ‘Science Fiction Book Week’ in early March. So far, we have been amazed by the amount of home reading children are participating in. The teachers are doing pretty well too! Look out for pictures of our Book Challenge winners next month.
Playtime Success
Our Sports Ambassadors have taken the lead in helping to improve playtimes at this time of year. With wet, slippery and cold weather resulting in the field and trim trail out of use, we have had to get creative in thinking how we can use our small playground better to keep everyone safe, active and happy at playtimes! We now have different play zones and themed days with the Sports Ambassadors also leading dance, keep fit and multi-sports games three times a week at lunchtimes. Children are enjoying using different equipment each day and having more choice of how to get active, to co-operate and have fun together. Lots of smiley and red faces coming into class prove this! Well done to our Year 6 Sports Ambassadors for doing such a good job.
Keeping Safe On the Internet
This month is the national ‘Safer Internet Day’ and as a school we will be collaborating together to think about the dangers posed by being online to children and to learn the important actions children must take to protect themselves and be able to use the internet safely. We know that many parents worry about the constant changing online world, the impact it has on their child and the risks it can pose. They report struggling to keep up-to-date with the newest and most popular games for young people and knowing what they can do to help. There is lots of advice available and we would recommend both these websites as excellent starting points for advice and tips to ensure your child is safe when online:
https://saferinternet.org.uk/guide-and-resource/parents-and-carer
Online Safety for Children - Tips & Guides | NSPCC
Fancy A Night Out? Auction of Promises
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary School are holding a special Auction of Promises on Saturday 19th February at the Community Centre in Worlingworth to raise funds for new playground equipment. Anyone is welcome to come along to the event and join in the bidding for some wonderful prizes! It starts at 7.30pm with Suffolk Wild Flour Pizza van available too for a tasty dinner to eat as you bid. Contact : Friendsworlingworthschool@gmail.com for a list of the auction lots in advance.
Collective Worship Ambassadors
The role of our Collective Worship Ambassadors is very special. They select and read prayers, light candles and award our Rainbow Value Certificates each week in our Celebration Worship. This term however, our group of Collective Worship Ambassadors will be further developing their role by taking a more active lead in our collective worship. They will be planning and presenting a collective worship as a group to the whole school. They will be reflecting on our current value of co-operation and researching appropriate bible stories , songs and prayers to use. We wish them luck in their new role and look forward to joining them in their collective worship this month.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is thriving and a hub of happy learners. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here, celebrating our family and caring ethos.
January 2022
New Year, New Topic
We start the new year with our curriculum being based on a brilliant, new whole-school topic : ‘Our World Above & Below’. This exciting geography and science-based topic will be embedded across our teaching with a focus on exploring light & dark in EYFS, learning about space, planets and astronauts in KS1 and understanding how volcanoes and earthquakes are created, where they are in our world and the impact they have on populations in our KS2 classes. Threaded throughout this topic, there will be opportunities to read and share lots of fantastic stories and non-fiction books which will help to build our children’s understanding and increase their topic knowledge. Our Book Buzz areas are looking especially inviting as our children return to their classrooms ready to delve in and get reading.
Rainbow Value Day
This month the children will be participating on one of our special challenge days focussing on our Rainbow Value and Curriculum Cog of Cooperation & Challenge. The children will participate in a range of specially planned challenging lessons which will encourage co-operation through good speaking & listening, excellent team work and using their problem-solving skills.
Save The Children
Our Christmas Jumper Day last term was full of sparkle, red noses and sequins and raised a total of £45 for the charity Save The Children. So a big thank you to everyone who sent in donations which will go towards projects which support vulnerable children in countries around the world.
Eco Group
Our Eco Group have nearly completed their ‘Save Our Seas’ mural using recycled bottle tops. It is looking wonderful! However they do more blue plastic bottle tops - so if you have any please collect them and drop them into the school office so they can be artistically reused!
Community Centre
The school nativity performances were a great success last term with many families being able to once again watch their children performing live that special Christmas story. We would like to say a big thank you to community centre committee for allowing us to use the hall for the nativity – it makes a big difference and we know that it was a particularly busy time for bookings.
Road Safety Reminder
Winter is definitely upon us and with it comes darker mornings and afternoons, so please can we remind all members of the community to drive carefully through the village. We have children coming to school on foot and bikes at pick up and drop off times and so it is important to be vigilant and use safe driving at all times. Many thanks for your support.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School. There are lots of wonderful photos on our website and information about our curriculum and values which give a flavour of life as a pupil here and celebrating our family and caring ethos.
December
Diversity Week & Rainbow Values
Last month, as part of our teaching of our Rainbow Val-ues, we celebrated how wonderfully different and special we all are and how we are all equal in our world. The children explored some stereotypes of women and men – Can a woman be a vet? An astronaut? A lorry driver? Can a man be a midwife? A hairdresser? We then learned about inspira-tional women who have strived to change the world and build fairness whilst overcoming challenges through their perseverance. Africa and Asia Classes also went to a performance at the Norwich Playhouse of a musical version of the book ‘Fantastic Women Who Changed The World’ which really got them thinking as well as smiling!
A Planet Friendly Christmas
With COP26 still present in our minds, our Eco Group have been busy finding out about ways we can have a wonderful Christmas without creating lots of dam-aging rubbish for our world. We pledge to use bio-degradable glitter in Art and DT lessons, create plastic- free crackers, make labels out of old Christmas cards and use coloured string instead of shiny ribbon on presents. We will also remember to turn off our fairy lights when we don’t need them on! How will you pledge to have an environmentally friendly Christmas?
Nativity Rehearsals are well under way for our fantastic, new Christmas performance this year called ‘The Landlord’s Cat!’ which we hope will take place at the Community Centre on Tuesday 14th December at 2pm and 6pm. There is much excitement at learning lines, singing the songs and of course considering their costumes…!
Christingle
Our Christingle service will be held on 17th December at the Community Centre led by Rev. Burrell, with the children participating and singing some of our favourite carols. Please note, this is a pupil only service this year. Look out for photos of our magical Christingles and this service on our website though.
Sugar For Schools
Our Rainbow Values teach compassion and humility and so for our Christmas charitable work, the children have decided to again collect bags of sugar in order to support shelters in East Anglia for the homeless and families in crisis. The sugar is used to provide vital food and hot drinks for the needy during the holiday period. If you would like to make a donation, then please bring a bag of sugar to the school office by December 8th. Many thanks for your support.
Christmas Decorations & Tractor Trail
The children have used all their creativity to make beautiful decorations to adorn the new Christmas tree in the Community Centre which will be ready just in time for the special Christmas Tractor Trail event in the village on Saturday 11th De-cember. So, pop along and enjoy the seasonal fun, carols, mince pies and admire the wonderful tree!
Pantomime Trip
Yes, we are finally off to watch the panto, (Oh no you’re not!). Pupils in KS1 and KS2 are able to enjoy a special treat at the end of term to go and watch a live pantomime. This year the children will be going to the Theatre Royal at Bury St Edmunds, to watch ‘Cinderella’. It is always wonderful to see the children enjoying joining in with the singing, dancing and jokes and it will feel even more special this year after the disruption of last year. Thank you, once again, to the Friends who through all their hard work and fundraising, are able to contribute towards the cost of the coach.
Seasonal Fun & Fund-Raising
To celebrate the end of term, the children and staff will sit down and enjoy a delicious Christmas Dinner together, pull their home-made and plastic free crackers and share their handwritten Christmas jokes. The children will all come to school that day wearing their Christmas Jumpers, learn about the lives of children less fortunate than themselves and about projects working to help them and raise money for Save The Children who work to help vulnerable children around the globe.
Local Foodbank run by Rev Susan Loxton
For any family struggling to put food on the table, phone 07759 179446. You will need to give your full name and address and explain how many people are in your family and give approximate ages. A voucher for food can then be issued and it can be picked up or be deliv-ered. This service is confidential.
Books for School Vouchers
A reminder that we are collecting these book tokens. The tokens appear in the East Anglian Daily Times until Friday, December 31. They also appear in the Ipswich Star and EDP. Bonus tokens will be published throughout the promotion. Please ask your friends and family who read these papers to collect the tokens too! Please drop off your tokens in an enve-lope in the school post box or send your tokens in to school with a pupil. Thanks for your support.
November
Remembrance Day
We will be holding a special Remembrance Assembly in the Community Centre on Thursday 11th November at 2.30pm. The assembly will be led by Rev. Burrell. Unfortunately, with cases of Covid still present in our local area we have decided to keep the assembly as a school only event to keep everyone safe. However, the children will be spending time that week learning about Remembrance Day and we will be creating our own Remembrance Reflection Display on the school fence to share with our wider community. Thank you to the church who have kindly agreed to lend the school one of their poppy crosses to help stimulate discussion about the meaning of wearing poppies for Remembrance Day and to display during the service in the Community Centre. The Friends of the school will be selling cakes and bakes after the assembly to take home and enjoy and any donations given will be shared between the school and the Royal British Legion.
Big Thanks - Flower & Harvest Festival Donations
Thank you to everyone who donated food for the Waveney Foodbank in school and for further food donations made by the church following their Flower & Harvest Festival. A total of 48kgs of food was donated in total which will help to provide over 69 meals to people in crisis in our community. Well done everyone!
Guinness World Record
Congratulations to all the children at school who entered this competition, to design a new stamp in memory of all the keyworkers who have worked throughout the pandemic. Your certificates were awarded this week and excitingly, their wonderful designs contributed towards achieveing a GUINESS WOLRD RECORDS title for the largest postage stamp design competition.
Rainbow Value
This term our Rainbow Value is Perseverance. The children will be reflecting on how we can develop resilience by having a growth mindset and tackling difficult challenges in life together, using our friends, family, teachers and God to support us. We will link collective worship and reflection on remembrance to the efforts and perseverance of many people in order to change our world and improve the lives of others.
Books for School Vouchers
Schools can never have enough books and we always need to extend our Library and Book Buzz areas with new titles to promote our love of reading and ensure all our children become confident, fluent readers as quickly as possible. We are therefore delighted to see that the East Anglian Daily Times and Ipswich Star are running their Books for Schools promotion again this Autumn and we will be taking part.
Tokens will appear in the East Anglian Daily Times from October 16 until Friday, December 31. They will also appear in the Ipswich Star from Monday, October 18 until Friday, December 31. Bonus tokens will be published throughout the promotion with the first ones appearing on October 25, 26 & 27. Please ask your friends and family to collect the tokens too! Please drop off your tokens in an envelope in the school post box or send your tokens in to school with a pupil.
Having a sort out? Help us to fundraise! Bags to School Collection
Our next collection of good quality second hand clothing will be on Thursday 11th November. The school receives payment for the weight of the items collected. Please fill the bag with good quality items that can be re-used such as adult and children’s clothing, paired shoes, hats, belts, handbags, ties and soft toys.
Unfortunately, duvets, pillows and cushions, work or school uniforms are not accepted. Please see www.bag2school.com for a full list. Bags are available from the school office. Why not ask a friend or neighbour if they would like a bag too?
We look forward to receiving the bags on the morning of Thursday 11th November, in time for the collection at 9am. Please do not bring the bags to school before this date as we have limited space and are not able to store them.
Playground Improvements - Spring Colour
Our school motto is ‘Cherish All, Achieve Together’ and so our School Council and Eco Group are planning to get busy and plant some Spring bulbs at the start of next term to make our school entrance and playground colourful, hopeful and eye-catching as Spring arrives next year for everyone in the community to enjoy! Therefore, if you have any spare flower bulbs or large ceramic planters or troughs that you are happy to donate for our flower project, then please contact the school office and we will put them to good use. Many thanks.
Children In Need
Our newly elected School Council members are busy planning our fund-raising event for this annual charity day. They have some good ideas and are keen to get everyone involved so watch out for posters, spotty clothing and Pudsey ears being worn.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is thriving and a hub of happy learners. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the curriculum in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of photographs and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
October
The first month of the academic year has whizzed by and it has been so wonderful to see all our children return and new pupils start and help them quickly settle into their new classes. There is always such a lot to remember! The school has been busy with discussions, thinking, singing, reading and laughing and the children have enjoyed learning about their new class name and the other continents of the world. Our new giant wall maps have been excellent starting points for class discussions.
Curriculum Cogs
This term our cogs of Courage and Creativity are very much present in our teaching and learning. We continue to support all our children to have courage and be positive when things are tricky and to have a growth mindset by valuing each learning step and to keep on going. It is great to observe their self-confidence growing as they start to learn to be brave and to persevere with challenging tasks whether it is learning to read your first words, to spell your name or to solve a complex mathematical question the smiles on the children’s faces tell us they are getting there!
Watch Out ! The Invaders Our Coming!
This month Romans, Anglo-Saxons , Kings, Queens and Knights will be invading the school as part of our special whole school topic day . Children will come to school dressed as an invader and will further build on the historical knowledge they have learned this term by making a human timeline, sharing their knowledge of how to successful invade a country or castle and enjoying cooking and sampling a historic feast on the field.
Responsibility
A focus for the first part of this term has been to support children with our Rainbow Value of responsibility. So far, the children have learned how to be responsible for their time, their words, their feelings and their actions. They have listened to bible stories about being responsible and reflected on their beliefs and those of others and why this value is so important for Christians. We have made links to role models who demonstrate responsibility including those important family members and those in the community who help us.
Keeping Our Village Clean
Just a reminder to all dog owners to act responsibly and please clean up after their dogs. We have had unwanted deposits left near the school which is not safe or pleasant for families and visitors at picking up and dropping off times. Thank you.
School Garden
The fruits of the children’s labour germinating, weeding, watering and digging during last Spring and Summer has paid off and our school garden has now been harvested and some of the produce enjoyed. This year, we grew delicious tomatoes, beans, potatoes, raspberries and lettuce along with some impressive pumpkins which are ripening ready to be carved. We are very grateful for the support of our gardening club volunteer who helps the children to maintain the garden.
Morrisons : It’s Good To Grow
Morrisons are offering schools free equipment for their school gardens. We have now registered for this competition. You will be able to exchange Grow Tokens awarded when you shop for free gardening equipment to get children gardening and growing. Please log on to your Morrisons' account for more information how to collect the tokens or ask in store next time you shop. Thanks.
Pupil Voice
This month sees exciting, new elections for representatives for our School Council, Eco Group, Junior Road Safety Officers, Collective Worship Ambassadors and Year 6 Sports Ambassadors! We value our pupils’ voices and look forward to holding meetings and seeing the elected representatives take on their responsibilities to help educate each other and develop their projects in our school.
Willows Nursery
Our full time nursery is a hub of activity with our youngest children settled in well and enjoying exploring their current topic of Kings & Queens through lots of games, art, role-play, listening to stories and singing songs as well as activities in the garden. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the learning in action so please contact the office if you would like to arrange a visit or require further information.
Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of photographs and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
September
Global Challenge
This year, we have a geography theme for the names of our four classes with each class being named after one of the continents. Our youngest children in Nursery and Reception are in Oceania Class, Our KS1 class are called Europe Class, our Years 3 and 4 class is called Africa Class and our Years 5 and 6 class is called Asia Class. To help children learn all the names of our continents we have also named the school and headteachers’ offices as North and South America and the Staff Room is Antartica! Our added covid- safety ventilation does make it a bit chilly in the winter so this is quite appropriate!
Each class has been equipped with large wall maps, new globes and more atlases to help children explore and learn about the continents, countries, oceans and cities of our wonderful world through their lessons and independently. Children in our upper KS2 Class are already keen to learn as many facts as they can. How many countries and their capital cities cane you name? We hope to hold regular quizzes throughout the year to allow the children a chance to share and demonstrate their new expertise.
New Year – New Teachers
We are very excited to welcome two new members of staff to the school: Mrs Bothwell O’Hearn who will teach in Africa Class and Mrs Kenny who will be teaching in Asia Class. We look forward to helping them both settle in and become vital parts of our school community.
Whole School Topic
For the Autumn term our curriculum will be taught through our exciting new whole school topic ‘Here Come The Invaders!’. The Romans, Vikings and Kings & Queens will be coming to Worlingworth, bringing with them a wealth of historical and geographical questions for the children to investigate. For example: How did the Anglo Saxon’s react to the arrival of the Vikings? Why did Boudicca want to fight the Roman invasion? How did different castles protect Kings and Queens from angry invaders? Each class will participate in cross-curricular learning about their topic and class trips to Colchester Castle and West Stowe are already organised to enrich the children’s understanding.
Rainbow Values
Our Rainbow Values continue to be very much part of daily life and learning at the school. We want all our children to have a positive and smooth transition back into school after the complexities and challenges experienced last year and so collective worship and lessons are carefully planned around our values with a focus on teaching the children the importance of listening, friendship and showing compassion and toler-ance in our community and further afield.
Language Day
To help further launch our geography theme - this month we will be celebrating the World Day of Languages asking children to travel to another country and use their courage to communicate with others in a different language and have fun experiencing the creativity of other cultures. The children will participate in a carousel of language games and activities, being rewarded for taking part and demonstrating our curriculum cogs this term of Courage and Creativity .
Info and WebsitePlease log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of photographs and information about our curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and infor-mation about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
Fairies and Elves
Unfortunately, until guidelines change, we are having to postpone our monthly baby and toddler group meeting. As soon as the situation changes, we will be inviting parents and grandparents and their children back in for an afternoon of tea, talk and toys. Please check with the school and our website updates.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery continues to blossom with numbers increasing! Our youngest and newest children are all quickly settling in and enjoy learning through lots of role-play, creating art masterpieces, listening to lots of stories and getting busy building and cooperating together as well as having fun playing games in their wonderful garden. We always welcome enquiries from new parents so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment.
July
Challenge Day
Our whole school Challenge Day linked to our Curriculum Cogs of Creativity and Communication was very successful. The children demonstrated their positive mindsets as they were challenged to complete a variety of tasks ranging from blind trail games, Lego Wedo programming and memory tasks to designing and creating projects and learning to Lindy Hop. The children enjoyed the new experiences and were all able to participate and value ‘giving something a go’ rather than recognising success as completion.
Adventure Day
This month, our pupils in Year 6 are off for a special trip to the Eaton Vale Activity Centre in Norwich. They will spend a day having fun learning new skills such as canoeing and trapezing ! There will be evening activities designed to test their team building skills involving eggs and buggies finished off with a special BBQ dinner and a few songs all together.
Local History Trip
Our Lower KS2 class are excited about having the opportunity to build on their learning about the Americans in WW2 by visiting the Red Feather Club at Horham this month. They will be able to listen to volunteers’ stories as well as exploring and handling a range of artefacts from that period of history. It is wonderful to be able to bring their learning to life again by making connections to their local community.
WW2 Street Party
As part of our whole school topic, the school grounds are going to be transformed for an afternoon of flag waving, music, food and dancing to bring together our learning this term. The children will be using their cookery skills to bake some traditional wartime foods and learning about the music and dance of this period of history and the events that led to VE day and the end of the war. Look out for photos on the school website.
Year 6 Leavers
We wish our Year 6 pupils all the best as they leave us and move on to High School and the next phase in their education journey. We are immensely proud of their resilience this year in managing the changes to the normal structure of their final year. Our special Leavers Assembly will be held on the school field with some Year 6 family members able to attend which will provide a special moment to celebrate all their achievements and memories of their time with us. When chatting to the children we asked if they would like to comment on their time with us and here are a few of their thoughts to share:
‘Our Rainbow Values have taught us how to behave well. They taught us to be responsible, to persevere, to co-operate and be kind to others.’ Lola
‘I loved my time at Worly and the school taught me to be kind and respectful towards others. I have learned lots ready for high school and I will miss all the teachers who have helped me become smart.’ Millie
‘The school has helped me develop my learning about myself and about others. I have had lots of fun here with everyone and learnt to laugh!’ Catrin
‘I love how good the lessons are. School has helped my brain have a positive attitude even when things are tricky.’ Imogen
‘I learnt how to have a positive and growth mindset.’ Zac
‘I’ve really enjoyed the Art and Science here in school. The school has taught me to a level so I am confident and ready for my new lessons at high school.’ Jack
Eco Group
Our Eco Group have been working hard to clear the area near the pond in order for the frogs and pond snails to thrive. This was hard work but they were all very pleased when they looked at how much progress had been made afterwards. They will be continuing with this job over the next couple of weeks. There is also good news about their wild flower patch which was sown back in early Spring. The poppies, cornflowers and floc are all beginning to bloom! We have even seen a hedgehog out there enjoying the area!
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
June
Build Your Brain Power
We are asking all the children to participate in a series of growth mindset challenges for our special Challenge Day all linked to learning through our Curriculum Cogs. They will be developing team building skills and having to use their growth mindset to complete the given challenges. For example : How would you transport a box of eggs with only a given amount of materials? This will help the children focus on our Cogs of Creativity and Communication as they race to achieve the task!
Book Fair
The travelling book fair from Scholastic Publisher is coming to school this month. The children are always very excited to see the ‘Bookshop’ pop up in school and have the opportunity to browse through a large variety of new and wonderful books and if they are lucky buy a copy or two to read at home. As a school, we are passionate about teaching all children to become fluent and able readers and to develop a love of reading and for every book that is purchased, the school gets a voucher and can purchase lots of new books for our library so it is a win-win situation!
Summer Production
Our eldest children in Monet Class have begun rehearsals for their summer performance ‘World War II’ . This term, in history, the children are learning about the Battle of Britain and their show is a play linked to the events and themes of this time and will include a performance of some well-known tunes from World War II played by the children on their brass instruments! We are enjoying hearing sneak previews al-ready in the Staff Room!
Sports Day
Get ready, Get set, Go! Our five jewel houses are already in training for our annual Sports Day which will take place this month. The children will participate in a round robin of competitive and fun events and finish with running and relay races on the track.
Times Tables Rock Stars Do you remember learning your times tables at school? It is one of our building blocks and the children complete their daily practise online in order to master their tables by Year 4 and become a times table rock star! This month we are having a TTRS day in which the children will celebrate their achievement so far in learn-ing their tables and play maths games, sing times table songs and use their mathematical knowledge to help solve various maths questions. There may even be some rock star teachers coming to school that day …..
Local History
Thank you to the Worlingworth Local History Society for providing our KS2 teachers with excellent information and stories about our local area during World War II. It is wonderful for the children to listen and learn about the realities of life in the war for people in the village and helps to bring their topic learning to life.
Bags To School
Thank you to everyone who sent in donations of unwanted clothes for this fund-raising event. The school raised over £30 which will go towards activities and resources for the children.
May
Whole School Topic
We have a wonderful new topic this term which ‘Up, Up and Away!’. Each class will be studying this theme in different ways. Matisse Class will explore all things that fly, Picasso Class will focus on learning about the history of flight- in particular the pioneering female aviators such as Emilia Earhart and Amy Johnson and in KS2, they will focus their curriculum on aviation in World War 2, with Lewin Class learning about Suffolk during the war and how and why the Americans came, whilst our oldest pupils in Monet Class, will be learning about a key historical event - the Battle of Britain. This is a brilliant, relevant and engaging topic that will allow the children to develop their skills across all areas of the curriculum and embed our curriculum cogs ‘Communication and Creativity’. Stand by for updates and pictures next month!
Collective Worship
This term our Rainbow Value is Kindness. The children will be exploring the importance of being kind and demonstrating kindness and compassion towards others seriously as part of the Christian faith. They will be focussing on carrying out kind acts at home and in school. We will be making regular use of our reflective garden for opportunities for RE teaching and prayer as the weather improves.
Year 6s
For our wonderful year 6s this will be their final term at primary school and as well as continuing to complete their primary curriculum learning, they will begin to focus on their transition to High School and they will begin their project to raise funds towards their special Year 6 hoodies. This fun but important project encourages them to problem solve, work together as a team, write publicity and explain their ideas to others as well as setting a budget and managing costs and income. We wish them lots of success and look forward to enjoying their events.
Comic Relief
Thank you to everyone who made donations during our special superhero fund-raising day. We raised a total of £88.00 for the charity.
Bags To Schools
Just a reminder that we are collecting unwanted clothing, sheets, towels etc to raise funds for the school. Bags are available from the school office and should be returned to school on the morning of Thursday 13th May ready for collection. Many thanks.
Schools Football Week
With warmer weather arriving, we all enjoy exercising and being outdoors as much as possible and keeping ourselves fit and healthy so we are taking part in Schools Football Week this month, promoting the skills and rules of football and encouraging children to work together in a team and to play and win as many football games as they can! This is a national event and we aim to inspire children to take part in a new or familiar sport and to understand why this sport is treasured by so many in British culture! Whistles at the ready!
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
April
School Reopening
The school successfully reopened last month and it was wonderful to welcome all the pupils from Nursery to Year 6 back to their classes. They were a lot taller and most with longer hair but still as caring, kind and energetic as ever! Our Pirate Week was a great success providing an imaginative and stimulating way for the children to return to learning in school and to relax and socialise with their peers again. Thank you to Tuckwells for their enthusiastic support in our Treasure Hunt around the village.
Summer Term
Our Summer Term begins this month with the launch of an exciting new whole school topic : Up, Up and Away! Each class will be experiencing carefully planned lessons linked to the theme of flight. From birds, rockets and the history of flight with our youngest learners to the events of the Battle of Britain and the perils and experiences of Evacuation in WW2 with our oldest pupils. Our two curriculum cogs of Creativity and Communication will be the foundation of these lessons threaded together by a strong emphasis on reading using a range of quality texts to inspire learning.
Successful Letter Writing
We were very proud of our youngest children in Matisse Class who received a special letter from Sir David Attenborough thanking them for all their work and ideas about looking after the seas and oceans on our planet. The children wrote a letter together explaining what they had been learning in their topic about the ocean and they were very excited when a handwritten letter arrived back. Well done children for your environmental efforts and your writing skills!
Comic Relief
Thank you to everyone who contributed and made donations to our fund-raising for Comic Relief. We raised over £80 which is brilliant and the children managed to make us all laugh with their jokes in our Comedy Club!
Bags To School
We are arranging a Bags To School collection on Thursday 13th May to raise money for the school. If you are having a spring clean and have clothing, sheets etc that you no longer require, then please come and collect a plastic bag from the box outside the school gate to fill up. All full bags should be dropped off at the silver gates on the morning of 13th May by 9.15am and not before as we do not have storage facilities. Many thanks for your support.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of new photographs showing our activities and learning in school. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
March
Clopen
At the time of writing this, we are still awaiting the Government’s announcement on whether and how schools will reopen so we will start this term with children continuing to access their learning online at home via live lessons and set assignments with our keyworker, vulnerable and nursery children learning in school. We very much hope that we will be able to welcome back all our pupils soon and we can come together again fully as a school community. Teachers and staff have very much missed having the children in school and teaching them face to face, however noisier this may be!
However, we continue to plan opportunities to enrich our curriculum this month to support our whole school topic of Distant Discoveries and to keep our children learning at home fresh, engaged and excited :
Pirate Book Week
To celebrate World Book Day on March 4th, we will be delivering a cross-curricular week of Zoom live sessions and lesson activities linked to stories, poems, jokes and books all about Pirates. The week will begin with the children having a day in which they learn how to be a pirate and then each day there will be a special Story Time zoom to listen to and share some excellent sea-faring pirate tales. A Treasure Hunt challenge will be set for our budding pirates to complete around the village – so watch out for the book-themed clues as you go for a walk! On World Book Day itself, the children will have live Writing Workshops, a Draw- Along, and Book Time to attend which will be led by some rather familiar Worly pirates. The children can dress up too if they wish and will be given their digital book voucher to spend on a new book. To finish the week, we will share some of the Pirate Stories and Books the children will have created and announce the winners of the Treasure Hunt Challenge and most importantly, give them clues as to where they can find their prize!
RE Day
The children will spend the day learning about Hinduism and the Hindu Festival of Holi, exploring the routines and rituals of this occasion, the importance of it for Hindus and how it supports their beliefs and faith.
Easter Discovery Day
What is Easter? Why do Christians celebrate it? This year it has been difficult to plan any Easter events but we will spend a special day learning interactively about the events of the Easter Story and reflecting on it and considering the significance for Christians around the world. We will write some Easter prayers for our Reflective garden and include some opportunities for the children to enjoy making some traditional Easter decorations and treats to enjoy with their families.
Comic Relief
We all need some extra opportunities to laugh and smile at the moment and so the children will be participating in a day of learning about the work of the charity and taking part in some hilarious fund-raising events for Comic Relief.
School Garden Donations
As we slowly start to head towards Spring with warmer weather and lighter days, our teachers and pupils are planning their jobs and planting in the school garden this year. We are in need of some seeds and compost for our raised beds and greenhouse. So, if you have any spare vegetable or flower seeds, or seed potatoes that you do not need we would be happy to make good use of them! Bags of unopened compost or manure would also be gratefully received. Please contact Mrs Lawrence in the school office if you can help.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of new photographs showing our activities both in school with our keyworker and vulnerable children and at work completed at home . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
February
New Year , New Lockdown!
After a very uncertain start to the new term and despite the delivery of last-minute news from the Government about the closure of schools due to the national lockdown, the delivery of our new whole school topic ‘Distant Discoveries’ and the teaching and learning of all our pupils has continued in a new and exciting form! We are currently providing daily live lessons for all pupils with their teachers via Zoom combined with online lessons set each day via our new online classes on Microsoft Teams or Tapestry. These new remote channels for delivering learning have not quelled the high expectations or enjoyment levels for all pupils which are set by the staff at our school. To date a variety of Zoom lessons have been delivered including practical Science lessons looking at the heart, Topic lessons digging and exploring archaeology and the Stone Age , English lessons on Shakespeare and Poetry , French conversations sessions and RE journeys into the beliefs and values of Hinduism.
We are enormously proud of how well our pupils and their families have quickly adapted to managing their new routines of learning, which when combined with work and other family commitments, can be very challenging at times. We have welcomed how as a school community we have come together and supported each other to ensure the safety of everyone and most importantly, ensured the continuity of learning and education for all - so thank you.
Supporting Online Access
One of our key priorities last month at the start of lockdown, was to immediately provide all our pupils with the right technology needed to access the Government’s requirements for online learning. We are therefore extremely grateful to the Southolt Townlands Trust and the Worlingworth Charities for their generous donations to the school which enabled us to purchase several digital devices for some of our families most in need. In addition, we would like to say a special thank you to the local Worlingworth resident who kindly donated a lap top and ipad to the school which again were quickly assigned to some of our families. The feedback from pupils who received donations is very positive and it has enabled them to quickly and easily complete their online lessons along with their peers and to keep on learning.
Clopen School
Whilst many children are studying from home, the school continues to remain open for children of keyworkers and our vulnerable pupils. In addition, our Nursery is open each day providing excellent quality of care and learning for some of our youngest and newest school members.
Rainbow Values
This term our new Rainbow Value is Co-operation and the children are exploring the importance of this value and how it is reflected in Christian beliefs and actions through their online lessons and also in our weekly assembly via Zoom. This value is proving to be particularly pertinent during this period of time where we are all very much working together and often value the encouragement of being part of a team.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities and learning even during lockdown. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
Dear Diary,
Today I moped and moped some more,
for my sweet Rosaline does not love me anymore.
I tried to win her heart, I tried and tried,
but now I think she just lied and lied to me all this time.
Oh I will never find anyone as lovely as she;
no one in this world is as right for me.
( extract of writing linked to Romeo & Juliet from a Yr 6 pupil)
January 2021
Distant Discoveries
A new year sees a brilliant new topic for the pupils at Worlingworth to get their teeth stuck into. This term all our topics are linked to discoveries from the past – Matisse Class will be discovering Treasure, Pirates and the Oceans, Picasso Class will learn about the what explorers Christopher Columbus and Scott discovered, Lewin Class are off to discover the Stone Age and our eldest pupils in Monet Class will delve into the world of Tudor Discoveries and the wealth and goods brought back by Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. Our cogs this term will be Courage and Challenge with the children concentrating on learning about the challenges faced by others when making discoveries and how without courage discoveries may never have been achieved.
Rocking Our Times Tables
This month we are organising a special Times Tables Rock Star Day for KS1 and KS2 where we will be inviting children to come to school as cool rock stars and to complete special times tables challenges throughout the day. Our growth mindsets will be needed to succeed! At the end, we will see who is top of the leader board, celebrate effort and discover who has made amazing progress so far since September with learning their times tables. The world of numbers has never looked so fun!
Reading Challenge
Reading is the golden thread that links all of our curriculum together and it is something we greatly value at our school. This term we will be setting a new innovative Reading Challenge for all the children to support the development of their reading fluence and to help fire a love for reading and to experience a wealth of books, poems and stories. As our choices of entertainment dwindle in the current crisis, reading remains a joyful option for us all and offers a wonderful way to escape the gloom and boredom so this challenge has never been more relevant! More details to follow next month.
Christmas Jumper Day
The school uniform was transformed for a day in December with mischievous elves, Rudolph, Santa and snowmen sparking and lighting up. The children raised a total of £57.00 for Save The Children as a result. Well done to Ava in Year 6, for raising an extra £10.70 through her competition to guess the number of Candy Canes in the jar.
Friends of the School
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary have been busy raising funds for the school through a successful Zoom Quiz, Pumpkin Competition and Christmas Raffle. They were able to fund the end of term online panto performance of Robin Hood and His Band of Socially Distanced Men which the children all enjoyed so thank you everyone. They are always looking for new volunteers to help plan, organise and run events. This can be as little or as much time as you can manage but every little helps as they say!
If you are interested in helping then please contact Laura Elliot the Chair of the Friends via email : friendsworlingworthschool@gmail.com
and find out how to support and take part in future fund-raising events.
Road Safety Request
Please can we remind all members of the community to drive carefully through the village. We have children coming to school on bikes at pick up and drop off times and so it is important to be vigilant and model safe, cyclist-aware driving at all times. Many thanks for your support.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
December 2020
Mask Fundraising
Well done to one of our families who have been busy making and selling masks over the last few months in order to raise money for the NHS and school. We are very grateful for their generous donation towards purchasing the extra equipment we need to provide in school in order to keep all the children and staff safe. Thank you to all of you in the community who contributed and purchased one of their special masks to help you keep safe.
Christmas Story Day
Reading is the golden thread that links all learning at Worlingworth and to encourage a love of reading and to promote festive cheer, the children will be spending a super special Christmas celebration day reading and sharing an advent of 24 wonderful Christmas stories across our four classes. Cross- curricular lessons will be linked to the different stories, characters and events and one of the stories celebrated all together, will be a special reading of that most special of Christmas stories: the birth of Jesus. Dig out your Christmas jumper or Christmas socks and be ready to get cosy and have some fun!
Nativity – The Show Must Go On!
Despite the challenge of the times we are in, the staff were determined to have a Christmas nativity performance for the children to enjoy participating in and to share with their families. So – this year, we are pleased to announce we will be performing and filming ‘The Christmas Jigsaw’ in our class bubbles and once edited and put together we will be streaming two performances of the finished nativity via Zoom for parents and wider family members to enjoy. We hope to return to the Community Centre in the summer for a knock- out live performance but we are already delighted by the enthusiasm of all the children to play their part in this puzzle of a Christmas play!
Christingle
Our Christingle service will be held via Zoom at 2.30pm on Friday 18th December. The service will be led by Pastor Adam with the children participating and perhaps singing in our bubble one of our favourite carols. However we connect, whether virtual or in person, it is always a magical Christmas service and a time to reflect and enjoy. All family members are welcome to join us via Zoom.
Christmas Charity Appeal - Sugar For Schools
Our ethos is Cherish All, Achieve Together and so for our Christmas charitable work, the children are collecting bags of sugar in order to support shelters in East Anglia for the homeless and families in crisis this year. The sugar is used to provide vital food and hot drinks for the needy during the holiday period. If you would like to make a donation, then bring a bag of sugar to the school or give to a family to bring in by Monday December 7th. Many thanks for your support.
Pantomime Experience
Sadly, our annual panto trip is cancelled this year due to current restrictions, however we are delighted, along with Bedfield Primary, to be able to bring the Panto to Worly and offer the children a chance to sit back, relax and watch a special performance of ‘Robin Hood’ performed and streamed online into their classrooms. It may not involve the excitement of the coach trip but we will endeavour to provide the authentic interval experience of ice-creams in tubs and a socially distanced queue for the toilets in our bubbles! Singing, dancing and lots of laughing is sure to bring a smile to all our faces.
Rainbow Values Day
Our Rainbow Values underpin everything we teach, learn and do at the school. This month we are planning a special day in which the children will explore the values and their meanings then listen to and find out how the Bible can teach and encourage us to follow these values in our lives.
Eco Christmas Choices
Our Eco Group is busy working hard to remind us all about reducing the amount of plastic waste we create this Christmas. Can you choose cards without cellophane? Buy recycled wrapping paper? Use string instead of tape when wrapping a gift? Forget the glitter and tinsel and use natural objects to create Christmas decorations. These are the messages our Eco Warriors will be delivering so are you ready to take on their challenge and work together to make our world a cleaner place?
Remembrance Assembly
I would like to thank everyone who attended our Zoom Remembrance Assembly led by Reverend Burrell and thank you to the church for lending the school their wonderful poppy cross and poppies. They really provided an excellent stimulus to our lessons on the meaning of remembrance. We hope people in the village could stop and notice our poppy fence as a tribute to those whose who died.
For further updates and the latest information about the school:
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November 2020
Wonderbeans!
We will start the new half-term by holding a special ‘Wonderbean Day’ to support Christian Aid’s Autumn Appeal. The day will aim to teach children how communities around the world can work together to support families in need- using examples of growing cocoa beans on community farms in Nicaragua. The children’s learning will focus on completing four bean-themed challenges in their lessons to encourage them to dig deeper into their learning, to question, problem solve and work together to achieve something they think might be impossible! They will learn about all types of beans including cocoa beans and there might even be some members of staff dressed up as beans and bean themed jokes to share at lunchtime……… We look forward to seeing how far our donations can make the bean plant grow on our bean-o-meter!
Remembrance Day
We will be holding a special Remembrance Assembly via Zoom on Wednesday 11th November at 1.15pm. The assembly will be led by Rev. Burrell and any members of our school families are welcome to join us via the Zoom link sent home. The children will be spending time that week learning about Remembrance Day and we will be creating our own Remembrance Gallery of their artwork on the school fence for the community to share. Thank you to the church who have kindly agreed to lend the school one of their poppy crosses to help stimulate discussion about the meaning of wearing poppies Remembrance Day.
Rainbow Value
This term our Rainbow Value is Perseverance. The children will be reflecting on how we can develop resilience by having a growth mindset and tackling difficult challenges in life together, using our friends, family, teachers and God to support us.
Bags to School
We are collecting bags of unwanted clothing and bedding to raise funds for the school. Bags are available from the school office and should be dropped off at the school gates by 9.30am on Thursday 5th November.
Spring Bulbs Request
Our Eco-Group are planning to get busy and plant some Spring bulbs at the start of next term to make our school pots and flower beds come alive and offer us all colour and hope when Spring arrives next year. If you have any spare flower bulbs or that you are happy to donate for our Eco Groups then please contact the school office. We hope to include some of our planting at the front of the school for all the community to benefit from. Many thanks.
Children In Need
Our newly elected School Council members are busy planning our fund-raising events for this annual charity day . They are full of ideas and are keen to get everyone involved so watch out for posters and Pudsey ears being worn.
Harvest Festival Donations
Thank you to everyone who donated food for the Waveney Foodbank and who purchased some of our produce from the school garden. We raised a total of £14.50. All of our donations have now been successfully delivered to the Foodbank along with further food donations made by the church following their Harvest Service.
For updates and further information about the school:
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of wonderful photos of all the classes busy working and learning. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
August 2020
As the end of an unusual year draws to a close and we say goodbye to our Year 6s, celebrating their success and sharing their memories, I have been reflecting on our ethos of ‘Cherish All, Achieve Together’ and so I would like to say thank you:
Thank you to all of our children who returned to school since the start of June and who have coped brilliantly with the ‘new normal’ of school life. You have worked hard, cared for each other, been sensible and followed all our new rules with dili-gence and patience. It has been lovely to welcome you back into your Pods.
Thank you to all of our children who were not yet able to return to school, for con-tinuing to work hard at home with your home learning activities and for sharing with us so many wonderful photos of you and your writing, art and topic projects. It was great to see you having so much fun! We have all missed you and are really looking forward to seeing you back in school in September when our school will be different but will still be the friendly, safe and happy place where we to learn to-gether.
Thank you to our parents and carers for all your continued support during the last few months. You have done a brilliant job of continuing your child’s education at home and helping them to learn so many new things. We know that this time has also been extremely challenging for everyone and presented many worries and uncertainties for individuals and families so well done, you are all amazing and thank you!
Finally, thank you to all of our staff who have worked really hard throughout Clopen, supporting Keyworker children, children and families at home and during the last couple of months, preparing the school and working in Pods as our school reopened. It has been such an unusual period of time but you have all worked tire-lessly and professionally to ensure that we continue to achieve the very best to-gether for all of the children who belong to our school community.
As we close for the summer, I am proud to be part of such a special, caring school and know that we will continue to thrive and create new memories and achieveme Looking Ahead - School Improvements
Our wonderful school is growing and we are very excited to be opening in September with four classes : Nursery / Reception, Years 1/2, Years 3/4 and Years 5 /6 classes. During August we will be preparing the school ready to welcome the children back – three classrooms will be redecorated and old flooring is being re-placed in the corridors and a classroom. We will be utilising the hall as our fourth classroom for our EYFS class until a more long-term solution has been implemented. Outside - the play houses and the greenhouse will be repainted too. Pictures of the finished results and more information to follow in September!
What Lockdown Meant For Me
Here are some thoughts from a few of our pupils :
Since the 30th March, I have been attending school as a Keyworker’s child. At first, we just had one pod and we were switching back and forth between Worlingworth and Thorndon schools every two weeks. Now after nearly three months of lock-down school, I have joined the other Year 6s in our own pod. There are many more pods in school now and the work is getting harder as we get ready for high school. I really enjoyed being in the Keyworker pod but I am much happier in the Year 6 pod because I am around people my own age and the work is more challenging. By Amelie Putt
When school closed down, I felt really upset because I wanted to continue a good education. At home I finished my work quickly before lunch and had the rest of the day off, but I really wanted to go back to school. At home I couldn’t talk to my friends which made my parents suffer as I constantly talked to occupy myself. Since the start of June, I have been in the Year 6 pod and I like it because I get challenged and see my friends four days a week. We created a life cycle of a star book which I liked illustrating. I am looking forward to our Leaver’s Party but I don’t want to leave school. By Thomas Mckee
At the beginning of lockdown, I couldn’t see my friends and I didn’t have a phone to chat to them so the only way of communicating that I had was through letters. Every couple of days, we were running up and down the road delivering letters to each other! Now I am back at school and we are doing different lessons every day with my friends. I don’t know if I prefer home-schooling or being at school as a pod but both were new experiences! By Emma Lewis.
I did all my homework during lockdown. My sister is at home rather than at university. I had to speak to Faraj on the phone instead of seeing him which made me feel sad. Now we can see each other again it makes me feel happy! By Jamal Tukur
During lockdown I missed all my teachers, friends and family. I couldn’t give friends a hug. I missed the school and learning. When school ended I cried because I did not know what might happen next and we all couldn’t see each other. When I came back to school, I was the happiest I’ve ever been and I saw some of my friends. Then school got busier and busier and my heart was raised again. By Zac Barrow
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs and information showing our curriculum and the latest Ofsted report is available to read. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
July 2020
Reopen
We are delighted that the school reopened from 1st June with some of our youngest and oldest pupils returning to school to learn in small ‘pods’ with a teacher. Whilst the structure of the school day is very different and the children must adapt to practising social distancing in the class room and at playtimes, it is wonderful to see how happy the children are to be back with some of their peers, to see their teachers and to get to grips with school-based learning again. They particularly love the fact that they must have their own pencil cases in school to avoid sharing equipment with others! Following on from further government announcements, we are looking forward to welcoming back more pupils from Years 2,3,4,5 from the start of July to join our Keyworker Pod and Year 6 and Nursery/Reception/Year 1 Pod on a part-time basis.
Home Based Learning
We continue to work closely with all our families who remain home-based, providing daily and weekly lessons and topic web activities to complete and we regularly support parents with their learning questions. Recent topics have included the fairy tale adventures called ‘Once Upon A Time’ and a physically challenging topic called ‘Health, Fitness & Sport’. Both topics were taught in school and by our parents and carers at home and it has been wonderful to receive lots of pupil’s work from parents and photographs of the children carrying out their Science, Art and Music lessons in the house and more often than not the garden! Giant gingerbread men biscuits, Jack’s magic beans growing very tall, measuring pulses and creating giant maps of the digestive system are just a few examples which spring to mind. Thank you to all our families who continue to rise to the challenge of home learning, you are doing a brilliant job in challenging circumstances.
Zooming On Up
This term the staff have developed their technological skills further to plan and deliver class sessions to children at home using Zoom. Class Sessions have focussed on a quiz, show & tell and listening to stories, jokes and poems. There have also been whole school assemblies and this month we plan to welcome both our new Reception intake via Zoom and then give all our children a chance to meet their new teachers for next year in a Zoom Moving Up session. It is amazing how technology provides us with the capacity to be together as a school community - even when we are apart ensuring we continue to focus on delivering our ethos of Cherish All, Achieve Together despite the physical separation.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities in our newly reopened school and from our pupils learning at home. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
May 2020
Clopen
This is the special name we have given our school during this period of lockdown as we remain closed but open! Along with Thorndon Primary, our partner school, we remain open to vulnerable children and those of keyworkers by running a three week rota alternating between both school sites during the holidays and in term time. The new system has been successful with the children attending school following the same timetable as children at home, making some new friends and practising social distancing as much as possible. The children have completed lots of gardening too so we look forward to a bumper crop of fruit and vegetables later this summer and an abundance of flowers to fill pots and to make the school environment perfect for bees and people walking past to admire! We hope you have been uplifted by seeing their rainbows on the fence and on the playground - a sign of hope and our presence within the community.
Home Learning
The majority of our children though are busy learning at home with their families and we have been delighted by their efforts, diligence and enthusiasm to take part in the tasks set by their teachers. All children have a daily timetable to help structure their home schooling which includes Reading, Maths and English tasks and alongside this, we are setting a fortnightly Topic which provides children with a variety of cross -curricular learning tasks to choose from. We started the summer term with ‘Rainbows’ as our topic and we have already received photos of children making their own rainbows, learning how they are made and thinking why God sent a rainbow to earth in the bible story of Noah’s Ark. Each topic web also includes a special challenge for everyone to work on and this week we are all learning to sing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’. We then hope to create our own virtual recording of the children and their families singing it to share. We know how challenging it is for parents at the moment combining work, family care and home schooling along with keeping safe and healthy and so we would like to take this opportunity to thank all our families for their hard work in keeping the children happy and learning at home.
Website Info
Please do remember to check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing all the fantastic home learning that our pupils are busy doing and work from those pupils attending Clopen. Lots to see and celebrate! You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School for further updates and news.
Reading Challenge
A huge ‘Well Done’ to all the children who completed our Space Reading Challenge at the end of last term before we closed. Each of you had completed the challenge to read for at least 3 times per week for the whole of the Spring term! Some of you read much more than that each week which was amazing! Congratulations also to our top three readers who read the greatest number of times overall – Imogen, Ross and Eira. Prizes and a letter have been posted to all winners and we can’t wait to hear about the books you have been enjoying during your time at home. Reading is the perfect way to let your mind travel and escape to different places!
#Worlyrocks
Keep your eyes open as you go out on your daily walk…. The children have been busy creating special messages of hope and hiding them around the village.
EYFS News
Our numbers on role continue to grow, with another increase in places offered for children starting school in Reception in September. We are really looking forward to welcoming all these children to the school - some new and some familiar faces- and working with their families as the children begin their school adventure.
Willows Nursery
Our full-time nursery is also thriving and our youngest children quickly settle in and enjoy getting to grips with their learning. We always welcome new parents to visit and chat about our Early Years class so please do not hesitate to email the office if you are considering childcare options and would like to discuss this further for the future.
Governor Thanks
We are very lucky at Worlingworth Primary School to have a wonderful team of committed and hardworking governors who support the staff and pupils at the school tremendously well. Janie Woods who has been our Vice Chair of Governors for several years stepped down from her role last month and so we would like to thank her for all her work during this time. She will be greatly missed as one of the governors and we hope that we can still persuade her to come and hear the children in Mercury and Saturn Class read each week!
School Improvements
During this time of Clopen, we are taking the opportunity to give parts of the school a makeover so when we are able to reopen the school will be looking super smart! Over the last few weeks, the hall and classroom corridor have been painted and we are planning to move on to redecorating some of the classrooms later this month. We have some surplus furniture (8 stools and a couple of class tables) which are free and available for anyone to have if they are able to come and collect them from the school. Please ring the office and leave a message if you are interested and we will get back to you.
Mr and Mrs Twit appeared on role just before Easter – well done children a great effort!
April 2020
Despite the unusual and uncertain times we find ourselves in as I write this, I feel it is important to celebrate some of the wonderful opportunities and events that have taken place at the school last month. Sadly, April marks the beginning of a new type of schooling for our pupils but as a team, we are de-termined to work hard to continue to support, educate and communicate with all our pupils, their families and commu-nity members to ensure that even if we are not physically side- by- side, we are there for guidance, celebrations, education and help. Therefore, we look forward to soon shar-ing with you some of the projects and work completed by the children on our website, and next month to writing in the Par-ish News stories of their success and smiles achieved at home. Our children are as keen as ever to keep growing their brains and we will assist in that.
World Book Day
Where did all the children and staff go? On this special book-themed day, the school was filled with a variety of wonderful characters from books – we had char-acters from Roald Dahl, Dr Seuss, Harry Potter, Eric Carle and Michael Morpurgo to name a few authors. Many of the children proudly brought in their book to match their favourite character and the whole school had fun exploring the characters and the type of stories they are in. Alongside a day of book-themed lessons , the School Council organised and ran a successful Big Booky Book & Bake Sale after school which raised over £100 for the charity Book Aid International . We were very proud to see our children taking responsibility to lead such an event. Well done !Sports Relief From horse-rider to ballet dancer, all the children came to school dressed in different sports wear and participated in a day of extra sporting activities in order to fund raise for this charity and to also raise awareness about the needs of others in the UK and around the globe. It was an active and fun day!
Expanding the Curriculum
We are celebrating the success of a recent trip for Jupiter Class to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to find out more about the lives of the An-cient Greeks. The polite and sensible behaviour of all our children was noticed and reflects well on the true values of our school and the eagerness with which our children approach new situations. Well done Jupiter Class – it is fantastic to see the children enjoying learning both in and out of school.
Keeping Active
Well done to our Years 5,6 for competing so well in the Quicksticks Com-petition. You showed excellent teamwork and really tried your best. Our PE Ambassadors continue to develop their role in the school, as they have started to teach fun games sessions at lunchtimes with some of the younger children as well as leading our regular ‘Wake & Shake’ session at 8.55am on the playground!
Visiting Artist
Mercury Class have enjoyed doing some painting and printing this month connected to the natural world with a visiting art degree student. These lessons culminate with an exciting project of taking the artist’s work into the Nursery Garden with the painting and decoration of the play shed area, planting and decoration of natural objects so our youngest children can enjoy the colours, shapes and forms of art whilst exploring and playing outside.
Litter Awareness
The Eco Group continue to actively campaign on important issues. This month they helped to organise a special assembly from a representative from Suffolk County Council who spoke to the children about why littering is damaging our community and how we can all help to prevent it. As a result, the school is taking part in a county-wide competi-tion to design posters to raise litter awareness with the winning posters being used on buses and boards around the county. So watch this space for news on our progress.
March 2020
Word Book Day
This year’s exciting World Book Day takes place on March 5th when the children will come to school dressed as a character from a book! Throughout the day they will read stories altogether, as buddies and individually and take part in a carousel of activities based on different books and writers linked to our ‘Out of the World’ topic. After school, the School Council are helping to run the BIG BOOKY BAKE OFF and BIG BOOKY BOOK SALE to help raise funds for the Book Aid charity, which this year is focussing on raising money to supply child refugees from war zones with books to read. Any donations of cakes to sell (they do not have to be booked link unless you wish!) and children’s books to sell would be gratefully received. Please drop off at the school office on the day.
Enhancing the Curriculum
At Worlingworth, we passionately believe that all our pupils thrive when their learning is supported by opportunities to embed or experience the knowledge they have acquired in a variety of ways. Therefore, this month, we have some amazing enrichment opportunities planned to support our creative curriculum. Jupiter Class are spending the day at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, handling and observing artefacts linked to their history learning about the lives of the Ancient Greeks. They will also broaden their understanding of Art and DT when they explore the Impressionist Art Galleries and the Armoury & Ceramics Gallery. The whole school will then be transported ‘Out of this World’ with our second Space Day which this term will focus on the world of astronomy and the planets. A special Space Dome or Planetarium is coming to the Community Centre for the children to visit and take part in a workshop to watch, listen and find out about the stars and the stories created about them. Saturn Class are especially looking forward to showing off their knowledge about the planets to the Professor of Astronomy leading the workshops!
Reading Challenge
Many of our pupils are rocketing to success in our ‘Space Reading Challenge’, whizzing from planet to planet in a bid to complete the challenge by the end of this term and claim their prize! Reading is at the centre of all our learning and it is a core part of the curriculum at Worlingworth and so it is a pleasure to see so many children enjoying reading and sharing books, comics, poems and magazines at home as well as in school. Keep it up everyone!
Mother’s Day Lunch
We are inviting mothers and grandmothers into school for a special lunch on Thursday 19th March so the children can celebrate their importance in their lives and thank them for everything they do. This is always a lovely spring occasion when our hall and classroom tables are decorated with flowers and tablemats and the children are proud to have their special person eating beside them.
Sports Events
Sports Relief takes place this month and so the children will be getting fit and fundraising for this important charity. For a donation they can come to school dressed in their sports gear and then take part in lots of extra fun sports activities throughout the day, some of which will be led by our fantastic Sports Ambassadors.
Also coming up this month, Years 5 & 6 will be using their hockey and team playing skills when they take part in a Quick Sticks Hockey Tournament at the Magpie Hockey Club. Several members of Jupiter Class will also be representing the school at a swimming gala. Good luck to all and do your best!
Easter Egg Hunt
The Friends are organising another fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt at the end of term to raise money to pay towards resources, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school. It will take place on Wednesday 1st April at 3.15pm. Any donations of Easter Eggs can be brought to the school office. Many thanks.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Tuesday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Tuesday 3rd March. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, see the school, relax and have a cup of tea.
Plant to School Tokens – EADT / EDP
Just a reminder that we are collecting these vouchers published each day in the EADT. Please drop off any vouchers you collect to the box in the school entrance. Many thanks.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
February 2020
Plea to Dog Owners
Please could we politely ask that you do not leave your dog’s waste on the paths or grass sections near to the school (or indeed anywhere in the village!) but use a bag and take it home or put it in a dog waste bin. Unfortunately, we have had cases of children stepping in dog mess at dropping off and picking up times and this is unsatisfactory for everyone concerned. Many thanks.
Open Morning
We are holding an Open Morning on Tuesday February 25th from 9.15-12pm for all age groups from Nursery to Year 6. This is chance for any prospective parents to come and visit, have a tour of the school, meet the staff and children and see our cross- curricular teaching and learning in action. Please contact Mrs Lawrence in the office if you would like an appointment or further details about places available in our Willows Nursery.
Online Safety Day
As part of the national Online Safety Day, this month the children will take part in special lessons which focus on teaching the children how to use the online world of the internet, gaming and social messaging in a safe manner.
Plant to Plate Tokens
The East Anglian Daily Times are running a promotion for schools to collect Plant to Plate tokens which, if we collect 1,000 tokens, could provide us with a gardening pack worth £130. If we collect more tokens and are in the top 3 schools we could win £1,000 worth of products for our school garden! Please could we ask you to help us and start collecting the tokens that the EADT and Ipswich Star publish each day and ask friends or family to do so also. Please bring any tokens to the school office where we have a collection box. Many thanks.
Going Green
We are pleased to announce that our school Eco Group has successfully campaigned to change how the milk is provided to our EYFS children in order to use less plastic and waste. Following a letter requesting a change, the milk is now delivered in recyclable glass bottles instead of using individual cartons and plastic straws wrapped in a plastic case! Well done to them!
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Tuesday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next date is 4th February 2020. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others and have a cup of tea too.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
January 2020
Fantasy Lands
A new year sees a brilliant new topic for the pupils at Worlingworth to get their teeth stuck into. This term all our topics are linked to Other Worlds – Mercury Class will be exploring the Solar System, Saturn Class will discover the Planets and Jupiter Class will delve into the past world and the lives of the Ancient Greeks. This month the children will take part in their second Challenge Day linked to their new topics where they will be challenged to work together to solve difficult questions and tasks. Our growth mindsets will be needed to succeed!
Maths Cafe
We are beginning the New Year with a special Maths Café on Friday 10th January where we will be inviting parents and carers in to school to come and work alongside their child to develop their understanding of numbers. The world of numbers has never looked so fun!
Author Visit
We are delighted to have organised an exciting author visit to the school in January. Children’s writer Grant Strong, is going to come and spend the morning with the children , talking about inspiration for books and being an author, reading from his books and working alongside the children to develop their writing and reading skills.
Sugar for Shelters
The children chose to focus our Christmas charity work on this local farming based charity that supports vulnerable families across East Anglia providing them with food throughout the year and a Christmas lunch. Families and parents donated a total of 35kg of sugar which was collected by the head of the charity last week. She wanted to pass on her thanks to all who donated.
Christmas Jumper Day
The school uniform was transformed for a day in December with mischievous elves, Rudolph, Santa and snowmen sparking and lighting up. The children raised a total of £24.00 for Save The Children as a result.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Tuesday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next date is 7th Jan 2020. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others and have a cup of tea too.
Friends Meeting
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary have been busy raising funds for the school and their next meeting is on Thursday 28th January at 3.15pm at the school. All parents and grandparents are welcome to come along have a cuppa and find out how to support and take part in future fund-raising events.
Road Safety Request
Please can we remind all members of the community not to park on the zig zag lines outside the school. The lines are there to keep our children safe when arriving and leaving from the school. Many thanks for your support.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
December
Remembrance Assembly
We would like to take this opportunity to thank the WI for their generous donations of cakes for our Friends Remembrance Tea. A total of £57 was raised for the Royal British Legion.
Bags to School
Our collection last month of unwanted clothes, bedding and shoes raised a grand total of £80 for the school! So a big thank you to all who supported us. It does make a difference.
Eco Christmas
Our School Council and Eco Group will be busy this month, helping to promote greener ways of celebrating Christmas with their peers. As a result, the school has already pledged to use only biodegradable glitter during Christmas DT and Art lessons and to make homemade plastic- free crackers for the school Christmas Lunch. How might you mirror the school with their aims?
Advent Boxes
Each class has been busy preparing prepared an advent tableaux to be displayed in the church as part of the special advent service this year on Sunday 1st December at 4.30pm. So do go along and see if you can discover our Bethlehem, sheep and angels amongst the 24 windows!
Nativity
Have a space in the diary? Rehearsals are well under way for our great, new Christmas performance this year called ‘Lights, Camel, Action!’ which will take place at the Community Centre on Tuesday 10th December at 2pm and 6pm. Everyone is welcome to join us and come and watch the children perform in their special festive show. Following on from the evening performance, Tea/ Coffee and mince pies and Christmas biscuits will be served and the Friends will be drawing their special Christmas Hamper Raffle with last minute purchases of tickets available before the performances.
Christingle
Our Christingle service will be held at 2.30pm on Wednesday 18th December at the Community Centre. The service will be led by Pastor Adam with the children participating and singing some of our favourite carols so why not come along, reflect and enjoy this magical Christmas service with us, all our welcome.
Sugar For Schools
As part of our lessons on Humility this term and for our Christmas charitable work, the children are once again collecting bags of sugar in order to support shelters in East Anglia for the homeless and families in crisis. The sugar is used to provide vital food and hot drinks for the needy during the holiday period. If you would like to make a donation, then please bring a bag of sugar to the school office by December 13th. Many thanks for your support.
Pantomime Trip
It is that time of year again (oh no it’s not!) when the whole school is able to enjoy a special treat to go and watch the pantomime. This year the children will be going to the Theatre Royal at Bury St Edmunds, along with children from our partner school at Thorndon Primary, to watch ‘Peter Pan’. It is always a delight to see the children enjoying joining in with the singing, dancing and jokes. Thank you, once again, to the Friends who through all their hard work and fundraising, are able to contribute towards the cost of the coach.
RE Day
This month we are focussing on developing the children’s understanding of the Christmas Story through an ‘Open the Book’ type event to help the children understand the meaning and importance of events in this most special of stories.
Christmas Lunch & Christmas Jumper Day
On Tuesday 17th December, to celebrate the end of term, the children, staff and governors will sit down and enjoy a delicious Christmas Dinner together, pull their home-made and plastic free crackers and share their handwritten Christmas jokes. The children will all come to school that day wearing their Christmas Jumpers and make a donation towards the important charity Save The Children who work to help vulnerable children around the globe.
Fairies and Elves
Our toddler group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Tuesday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next Christmas themed session is Tuesday 3rd December 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Furniture Sale
The school has some stools, rectangular tables and office swivel chairs which are surplus to requirements and need a good home. Should you or someone you know be interested in using any of this furniture then please contact Mrs Lawrence in the office for further information.
For updates and further information about the school :
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
November
Plastic Free Lunchtimes
We are excited to announce that through pupil advocacy, the school has reduced the amount of single-use plastic used at lunchtimes.
As part of a campaign to reduce plastic waste in the school, the School Council worked alongside the Head of School and pupils in Upper Key Stage 2 to write persuasive letters to their catering company Vertas to demand that single use plastic be replaced for more sustainable and eco-friendly options. Their passionate letters included concerns over the use of plastic spoons, plastic straws and drink containers along with plastic pots and lids for desserts which were being supplied on a daily basis with school packed lunches and hot dinners. On receiving their typed letters, Julie Ann-Murray, Operations Manager for Vertas was impressed by the power of their arguments and has since worked alongside the catering supplier at Hartismere High School for the school to put in place alternative packaging and systems which are plastic free and re-useable. So foil has replaced cling-film and plastic pots; washable cups and bowls are now used for drinks and puddings and all cutlery is metal! By the end of the first lunchtime, all that was left in the bin was a large ball of foil to be recycled.
Whilst delighted with the lack of plastic brought in at lunchtimes, the pupils are now refocussing their campaign to reduce plastic in other areas of the school, such as laminating and to encourage all parents to ditch single-use plastic at home.
Challenging Our Learners
We will start the new half-term by giving all our children specific challenges in their lessons to encourage them to dig deeper into their learning, to question, problem solve and work together to achieve something they think might be impossible! Our Growth Mindsets will also be called on in our Space Inventions Day that week when asked to explore and explain the science behind rockets and then to compete in classes to design and build the most effective rocket from a few materials. Look to the sky as you might just catch sight of one!
Remembrance Day
We will be holding a special Remembrance Assembly and Tea served by the Friends on Monday 11th November at 2.30pm. All our welcome to come and join us. All donations made for the refreshments will be given to the Royal British Legion. We are also selling poppies in the school office to raise money for the Royal British Legion.
Keeping Active
Part of our ethos and curriculum is educating all our children about the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle. Our newly elected Sports Ambassadors are ensuring that all children and staff start the day with 5 – 10 minutes of activity through their fun Wake and Shake moves to music. They will also be running a special Sports Club at lunchtime. In addition, our Key Stage 2 children will be putting skills learnt into practise and getting active this month in two Sports Competitions:
a Football Tournament and a Multi Skills Sports Festival. We wish them all lots of luck and enjoyment whilst reminding them to use their growth mind-set to remain positive and keep persevering!
Playground Update
Our playground has had a much needed revamp with some new bright and colourful markings added to the front playground. These markings and tracks are aimed at encouraging our pupils to play actively in pairs and teams doing a variety of games and movements. We hope they will keep them all happy and busy during the colder winter playtimes to come when the field is wet and soggy.
Children In Need
Our newly elected School Council members are busy planning our fund-raising events for this annual charity day based on the theme of Come Together. They are full of ideas and are keen to get everyone involved so watch out for posters or letters home!
Date for Diary
As the nights draw in, the teachers are looking ahead and planning our Nativity performance on December 10th at the Community Centre at 2pm and 6pm. This year the show will be called ‘Lights, Camel, Action!’ – put the date in your diary now and come along for some festive entertainment, with a Christmas Raffle and Christmas refreshments in the evening too.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Tuesday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Tuesday 5th November 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
For updates and further information about the school :
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
October
Farmer’s Market
This month on Friday 11th October we will be holding our Farmer’s Market at 3.15pm, all are welcome to pop along and join us. This year we will be celebrating Orchard Fruits with the children making and selling a variety of puddings and cakes using some produce grown in the school garden and some donated or gathered locally. All money raised will go to further support school nutrition projects with the children. Thank you to Mrs Woods, Mr Wilkinson for working with the children in Gardening Club during the Summer and Autumn terms.
Fairies and Elves – New Time
Our friendly and fun tea and toys group, Fairies and Elves is moving its day to the first TUESDAY of the month. The next meeting will be on Tuesday 8th October at 1.30-3pm at the school. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! Above all else, it’s a great chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea!
Aldi Team GB Stickers
We are taking part in Aldi’s Kit for Schools competition and a chance to win up to £20,000. We would appreciate it therefore if you could please collect any Team GB stickers offered when shopping at Aldi and drop them off into the collection box in the school entrance. We need 300 stickers to enter the competition! Many thanks for your support.
Crumble Robot Day
As part of their Robot topic, our Upper Key Stage Two children are being challenged to enter the world of Robotics at a special day at Adastral Park this month where they will learn how to use computing and technology to programme robots to carry out tasks and discover the impact of robotics on day to day life. We are hoping they will not come back and wish to replace their teacher with a robot instead!
Willows Nursery
Our full time nursery is a hub of activity with our youngest and newest children settled in well and enjoying exploring their current topic of ‘Invention of the Wheel ‘ through lots of games, art, role-play, listening to stories and singing songs as well as activities with wheels and cars in the garden. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the learning in action so please contact the office if you would like to pop in.
Literacy Café – Mercury Class
This month there is a special Literacy Café on Thursday 10th October to which all parents or carers of Reception and Nursery children are invited to come along and learn alongside your child in a variety of reading, phonics and writing activities. As well as having fun with your child, it is a chance to ask the teachers and support staff any questions about Literacy in the Early Years in order to help you provide the best start possible for your child’s journey to become a fluent reader and able writer.
Bags to School
Do you have any unwanted clothing, shoes, sheets or towels etc? We are once again collecting these items through the Bags to School organisation in order to raise funds. Bags are available from the school office and any donations should be dropped off at the school on the morning of Tuesday November 5th. Many thanks for your support.
Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of new photographs from our residential trip and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
Date for the Diary
We will be holding a special Remembrance Assembly and Tea on Friday 8th November at 2.30pm. All our welcome to come and join us.
September
New Year – New Classes
This year, to fit in with our whole school topics, we have a space theme for the names of our three new classes. Our youngest children in Nursery and Reception are in Mercury Class, Our Year 1,2 and 3 class are called Saturn Class and our Year 3,4,5 and 6 Class is called Jupiter Class. There will be a special Space day planned each term linked to our whole school topic so the children can develop their understanding of space in more detail. Watch out for further details on this in October’s news.
Whole School Topic
For the start of the new school year and the Autumn term our curriculum will be taught through our exciting new whole school topic ‘Inventions & Inventors’. Each class will participate in cross-curricular learning about different inventors and types of inventions. Mercury Class will be learning about the invention of the wheel in our world; Saturn Class are focussing on the history of inventions which have helped communication from the printing press to the internet and Saturn Class will be learning about the world of robotics and new inventions helping to reduce Climate Change and help us to recycle.
European Language Day
This month, as part of the World Day of Languages, the children will be celebrating the wonderful languages and culture of our continent Europe! Throughout the day, the children will take their passports and travel to different European countries and discover greetings, vocabulary, currency, food and landmarks. We will map the countries we visit and consider how best to travel there.
Bawdsey Residential Trip
Our children in Years 4 and 5 are off this month for 3 days to the newly refurbished PGL centre at Bawdsey near Woodbridge. The children will participate in various team building and physical activities, learning new skills and using their growth mindset to challenge themselves in new situations! It looks set to be a wonderful opportunity for all of our children to build their self-confidence and to get learning in a new outside environment.
Harvest Time
September always sees us celebrating the wonderful harvest time: we will be having a special Harvest Festival assembly with prayers and songs to remember how lucky we are and with the children donating lots of lovely produce to be auctioned by the church for charity.
Fairies and Elves
Our friendly tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The first meeting this year is Thursday 3rd October 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Willows Nursery
Our full time nursery is thriving and our youngest and newest children quickly settle in and enjoy getting to grips with their learning through lots of role-play, creating, listening to stories and singing songs as well as games in the garden. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the learning in action so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment.
Info and Website
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . There are lots of new photographs and information about the curriculum and activities in our school as well as policies and information about the school day. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
August
Ofsted Award
We are delighted to announce that following our recent Ofsted inspection, we have been awarded an Outstanding rating in all areas. Ofsted graded the school ‘Outstanding’ in all five categories: leadership and management; behaviour and safety; quality of teaching; achievement of pupils; and early years provision. We are delighted that the school has unusually managed to receive two consecutive Outstanding judgements, having been graded Outstanding in February 2016, as only 2% of schools manage to achieve this. A copy of the Ofsted report is available on the school website to read in more detail, however a few key points from the inspector to be noted are :
- "At Worlingworth, the excellent teaching and support means that pupils make substantial and sustained progress over time."
- “From the moment that pupils enter the playground in the morning, they are valued as individuals. However, there is a real sense of being a close team and part of the wider community. The school is a core part of the village community. Pupils take part in regular events, such as the flower festival, welcome village members to their productions and raise money for local charities. “
- “Teaching is of an exceptionally high standard across the school. Teachers ensure that lessons are both engaging and well-structured to enable pupils to learn well. They have extremely high expectations of what pupils can achieve. “
- “Staff work very closely together and there is a real sense of family. All adults know every pupil as an individual and, equally, all pupils know each other well.”
This grading reflects the hard work and commitment from the staff, our excellent governors, parents, pupils and members of the community in continuing to make Worlingworth the great school that we know it is! Now, we will continue to drive the school forward, adapting and improving to ensure that each and every pupil has the best primary school education possible. Well done everyone!
SATs results
Congratulations to all our Year 6s for their success with their SATs results. We are extremely proud of all of you and wish you all the best for the future and your next steps at High School.
Building Work
Please note that there will be builders on the school premises this month to replace and improve the toilets. We hope that this will not cause any inconvenience to local residents with parking or noise. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Lego Vouchers
Thank you to everyone who collected Lego Education vouchers from the EADT. We are pleased to have been awarded a £50 voucher for Education Lego which all the children will benefit from next year.
Fairies and Elves
Our friendly toddler group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday September 5th 2019. We welcome any young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a well-earned cup of tea.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs and information showing our curriculum and the latest Ofsted report is available to read. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
July
Building Improvements
The end of this month will see the arrival of builders onto the school premises as much-needed work on altering, replacing and improving the boys’ and girls’ toilets finally gets underway. Builders are going to be working throughout the sum-mer holiday period and we have requested that they are considerate towards all our neighbours as much as possible during this time. Both staff and pupils are very excited by this project and we look forward to a grand opening in September and the cutting of the loo roll!
Pirates of The Curry Bean
The children continue to work hard to rehearse our swashbuckling pirate- themed summer production which will take place at the Community Centre on Friday 5th July. There will be performances at 1.45pm and 6pm. The Friends will be serving delicious refreshments after the evening performance. All our welcome to come along and enjoy a fun-filled show!
Hollowford Residential Trip This month our Year 6 pupils will be off to Derbyshire for 5 days with Miss Owen for an exciting residential trip, where they will participate in lots of challenging activities including caving, weaselling and raft building. The trip means they get to explore a different region of the UK and to experience climbing a mountain – something not possible in Suffolk! We wish them lots of fun on their special adventure.
Leavers’ Assembly
On Wednesday 24th July we will be saying goodbye to our hardwork-ing Year 6 pupils as they take the next important step on their educational journeys and begin High School. We will be holding a special assembly for our leavers at 2.30pm. Family and friends are all very welcome to join us to celebrate these special pupils and to wish them lots of success in the future.
Bikeability This month our Year 5 pupils will have the opportunity to develop their cy-cling skills and road safety knowledge through two days of cycling training and exercises. Whilst our youngest pupils in Penguin Class will be having a ‘Bring Your Bike’ to school focus where they will be learning how to ride safely and how bikes move.
Wear It Wild Day
Thank you to everyone who donated during this animal fun- filled day. The children looked terrific in their costumes and raised £46 for WWF whilst learning lots about the endangered animals in our world and how we can protect them and our planet in the future.
Fairies and Elves Our friendly toddler group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thurs-day 4th July 2019. We welcome any young children who would like to enjoy singing, sto-ries and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! In the summer months, the group tends to be outside in the Nursery garden as well as in the hall, making the most of the space and fine weather. Above all else, it’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a well-earned cup of tea!
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlin5 gworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch
and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
June
SATs
Congratulations to all our Year 6s for completing their end of primary school SATs tests last month and to the Year 2s for doing their end of KS1 tests. We were very proud of you all and know that you tried your best and approached your learning with a growth mind set and diligence. A special thanks also to our governors for their support as invigilators during SATs week.
Animal Writing Week
An exciting week of cross-curricular writing about the movement, flight and survival of animals will start the month, beginning with a whole-school trip to Africa Alive so the children can study a range of species close-up. There will be a celebration of the children’s writing to complete each day and the week will end with a Wear It Wild day, for which the children will come to school wearing something animal themed and then learn about the work of WWF in protecting endangered species. They will use what they learn to write leaflets and posters about protecting and caring for animals. We will publish some of our writing on the school website, so do log on, see the photos and share in the children’s writing achievements.
Summer Production
Ahoy there, m’old sea-faring scallywags! Rehearsals are underway for this year’s exciting production ‘The Pirates of The Curry Bean’ which takes place on July 5th at the Community Centre at 1.45pm and 6pm. There will be plenty of songs, dancing and jokes to entertain the audience so do come along and join us for some tropical adventures. No Johnny Depp in attendance but the Friends will be serving refreshments after the evening performance for us all to enjoy!
School Council
Our active school council are leading a pledge for our school to reduce the amount of single-use plastic it uses and so they are organising a ‘Say No To Plastic’ day in which they will teach the children about the damage plastic is causing to our oceans and marine life and to ask them to consider the plastic we use and what we could replace it with. We shall be collecting all the plastic from our lunchboxes for one week and using it to create a sculpture to remind us to drop the use of plastic.
Fathers’ Day Lunch
We are holding a special Fathers’ Day lunch on Thursday 13th June. Please contact the school office if you would like to join your child for a delicious roast dinner and pudding.
Sports Events
Get ready, Get set, Go! Our five jewel houses are already in training for our annual Sports Day which will take place on 20th June. The children will participate in a round robin of competitive and fun events and finish with running and relay races on the track. Parent races included! The Friends will be serving refreshments, fruit and ice lollies after the event to raise money for the school. In addition to this training, our KS2 children are fiercely practising their cricket skills ready for the Worlingworth cricket tournament whilst years 1,2,3 are off to participate in a Quadkids Athletics competition. Don’t worry it has nothing to do with quad biking!
Worlingworth Village Fete
The school will be opening the fete with the children singing some songs from their forthcoming production. They will also be running the face-painting stall and the Friends have a garden theme to their stall and activities. Information about the Nursery and the school will be available on the day and teachers will be there if you would like to chat and find out more about our lovely village school.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 6th June. We welcome all young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities outside or inside with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities. You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
May
Whole School Topic
We have a wonderful new topic this term which is ‘Movement’ . Each class will be exploring this theme in different ways. Penguin Class will explore the movement of planes, trains and automobiles, Panda Class will focus on flight, in particular the pioneering female aviators such as Emilia Earhart and Amy Johnson and in KS2, Panther Class will explore the development of aeroplanes from the hot air balloons to Concorde and spacecraft. Combined with this, in Science and Geography the children will focus on the movement of animals both physically and geographically. This is a brilliant, relevant and engaging topic that will really allow the children to develop their skills across all areas of the curriculum. Stand by for updates next month!
Year 6s
This month our hardworking Year 6s will be confident and ready to sit their SATs and do their very best. Alongside this, they will begin their project to raise funds towards their special Year 6 hoodies. This fun but important project encourages them to problem solve, work together as a team, write publicity and explain their ideas to others as well as setting a budget and manag-ing costs and income. Their first project is a competition to Draw A Teacher (caricatures may be allowed!) and the second a Pupil Swap Day where children can take on some of the tasks of teachers in the school such as taking the register and ringing the bell. We wish them lots of success and look forward to enjoying their events.
Friends of Worlingworth Primary
Thank you to our Friends for organising a successful Easter Egg Hunt which, yet again, was held in the rain but did not detract from the children having a lot of fun. They raised over £130 for the school which is amazing. Thank you to all who supported this event. Date for the diary the Friends are holding a Summer Fair on Friday 19th July from 3.15pm – 5pm. More details to follow but all are welcome to come along, support the school and have fun.
Bags To Schools
Just a reminder that we are collecting unwanted clothing, sheets, towels etc to raise funds for the school. Bags are available from the school office and should be returned to school on Thursday 2nd May ready for collection. Many thanks.
Collective Worship
This term our whole school value is Responsibility. The children will be exploring the importance of being responsible and taking our responsibilities towards others seriously as part of the Christian faith. They will be reflecting on their own responsibilities at home and in school. We will be making regular use of our reflective garden for opportunities for RE teaching and prayer as the weather improves.
Spirituality Day
After a highly successful morning last term, exploring the Stations of The Cross, this month we will be holding a special day which focusses on the meaning of spirituality for followers of different faiths. The children will take part in a variety of active sessions based around what it means to be spiritual, what are spiritual objects and how to practise spirituality in our own actions. The morning will include singing and prayers and a chance to reflect in our beautiful garden.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. Due to the Easter holidays, the next meeting is Thursday 2nd May 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingw5 orthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photo-graphs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School
April 2019
Expanding the Curriculum
As the spring term draws to a close, we are celebrating the success of our recent class trips. The wonderful, polite and sensible behaviour of all our children was commented on from the youngest to the eldest and reflects well on the true values of our school. Our Year 5s and 6s were exemplary on a trip to London, taking every aspect of the day in their stride from navigating the underground; discovering life on a Tudor galleon; questioning a parliamentary assistant from the chairs of a select committee room at the Houses of Parliament; to finally coping with a train journey home in darkness as Anglia Rail had issues with electricity…! Well done to all – it is fantastic to see the children enjoying their learning both in and out of school.
Easter Egg Hunt
The Friends are organising another fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt at the end of term to raise money to pay towards resources, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school. It will take place on Tuesday 2nd April at 3pm. Any donations of Easter Eggs can be brought to the school office. Many thanks.
Easter Assembly
We are holding a special end of term Easter Assembly on Friday 5th April at 2.45pm. The children will be wearing their Easter bonnets and each class will be sharing in the assembly. Everyone is welcome.
Poetry Winners
Penguin class have been very busy writers and Mrs Ryan entered their class poem into a ‘Young Writers’ competition. They all thought of ways to describe winter and created a class riddle and they won the chance to have it published. They were awarded a special certificate and the riddle will be published in a book called ‘My First Riddle 2019-Norfolk and Suffolk.’ Well done Penguins!
Battery recycling
One of the aims of our School Council this year, is to increase recycling and lessen the use of plastic at our school and at home. As a result, they have launched a Battery Recycling scheme where children can collect used batteries and bring them into a collection point at school. If you have used batteries please don’t put them in the bin but bring them into the school office. In the summer term, our batteries will be collected and weighed and we can win prizes for the school depending on the amount collected.
Pond Improvements
As spring makes it way to us, we are pleased, thanks to the Parish Council, that our pond improvement work is starting. New fencing, decking and cleaning of the water and tidying of the plants, will make it not only a wildlife haven but a fabulous natural resource for scientific learning for all the children in the forthcoming months. All we need are some tadpoles!
Wildlife Competition Winners
Congratulations to Henry and Arthur Colenet whose creative bird table design won first prize in an RSPB competition. This month they will be enjoying a day out with a BBC wildlife presenter, Mike Dilger at an RSPB reserve. We look forward to hearing about their explorations.
Bags To School
Having a Spring clean? We are collecting any unwanted clothing, shoes, bedding, curtains etc again in order to raise money for the school. There are bags available to collect from the school office and then it will need to be dropped off to school on 2nd May. Do pop in and collect a bag if you would like to donate.
Keeping Active
Well done to our Years 3,4,5 for competing so well in the Orienteering Competition. You showed excellent teamwork and logical thinking. This month sees that start of special weekly gymnastic sessions for KS1 and KS2 at Stradbroke High School which will ensure experienced teaching and access to a variety of resources for this important area of our PE curriculum. We also have a swimming gala at the start of the month, which will see some of our KS2 swimmers races and compete in a variety of styles. Our PE Ambassadors continue to develop their role in the school, as they have started to teach fun games sessions at lunchtimes with some of the younger children. We all like to keep active and fit at Worlingworth!
Nursery
Our full time nursery is thriving with active learning and exploring taking place linked to exciting topics both inside and out in their garden area. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class , have a cuppa, ask questions and see the learning in action so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment. On April 1st at 10am Homestart are coming for a special visit with the focus on Easter crafts and stories. Do come along and join us if you are a member of this group.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 4th April 2019 which will be Easter themed. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
March 2019
Get Active
As part of whole school approach to getting more active, the children will be learning this month about how to look after themselves and improve their health through special weekly sessions run by Suffolk County Council. They will explore a healthy diet, why we need sleep, learn about body hygiene and getting enough exercise through lots of hands-on and fun activities. Alongside this, we are having a whole school Gardening Competition to grow the tastiest and healthiest fruit and vegetables in our class raised beds – ready for a grand show in the summer term so as spring arrives, the children will be planning and researching their seed choices.
Explorer Book Week
This year’s exciting book week takes place from March 4th – March 8th when the children will become explorers for the week! Through their reading and cross-curricular learning, they will explore the characters, events and themes in the story of Pocahontas leading to the publication of a whole school version of the story with illustrations and cover designs by the end of the week. Plenty of opportunities to explore the world of books are planned for the week with: Cosy Reading sessions for parents, Buddy Reading time in our explorer camp and individual Down Tools reading time! The children have the opportunity to complete our Explorer Book Trail around the village on Wednesday and on World Book Day, everyone will dress up as explorers and the children will take part in a carousel of activities based on three other explorer texts. Look out for the photos on the website!
Arithmetic Café
Following on from our successful Literacy Café last month, we are holding a special morning maths session for all parents and carers to come in and work alongside their children in maths lessons in order to find out how we teach arithmetic and how best to support their child’s learning at home. Don’t be afraid – pop along and have some fun with numbers!
Lego for Schools Tokens - EADT
We are now collecting these vouchers which are published daily in the East Anglian Daily Times. Please save any you have, or ask friends and family to do so and send into Mrs Lawrence in the school office. All vouchers received will provide us with Lego Education Resources for the children. Thank you.
Young Arts East Anglia
We are delighted to announce that Alivia Sharp (Reception) and Leo Farrow (Year 3) have had their beautiful artwork selected to be exhibited in this year’s exhibition at Aldeburgh. Over 2,000 artworks were entered on the theme of ‘Extraordinary Adventures’ this year and they were one of 350 to be selected for the exhibition so congratulations to both!
Mother’s Day Lunch
We are inviting mothers into school for a special lunch on Thursday 28th March so the children can celebrate their importance in their lives and thank them for everything they do. This is always a lovely spring occasion when our hall and classroom tables are decorated with flowers and tablemats and the children are proud to have their special person eating beside them.
Sports Events
Congratulations to our Year 6s for their excellent effort at the recent basketball tournament. You played with determination and as a team. Coming up this month Years 3, 4 and 5 will be combining their physical and logical skills when they take part in an orienteering competition and several members of Panther Class will be representing the school at a swimming gala. Good luck to all and do your best.
Easter Egg Hunt
The Friends are organising another fun-filled Easter Egg Hunt at the end of term to raise money to pay towards resources, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school. It will take place on Tuesday 2nd April at 3pm. Any donations of Easter Eggs can be brought to the school office. Many thanks.
Trips
We have some amazing trips planned for this month to support our creative curriculum. Our Year 5s and 6s are off to London to find out more about the life on the Golden Hinde and the history and workings of the Houses of Parliament. Penguin Class are visiting the Ipswich Museum to explore fossils and create their own out of clay. Years 1,2 and 3 are off to Time & Tide at Great Yarmouth for an Explorer Experience – created with stories and artefacts from the museum.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 7th March 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
February 2019
This spring the whole school is focussing on the world of exploration and discoveries from the dinosaur fossils, to brave Tudor sailors and on to modern-day explorers the children, through our creative curriculum, will be learning about these interesting events and people and their significant achievements.
Neuroscience Day
As part of our work on helping our children develop a growth mindset and resilience in their learning, the children enjoyed a scientific start to the year with a fantastic day learning all about the brain : what it looks like, how it works, what happens to it when we learn and how it can be affected by situations and tasks given. It was amazing to discover how elastic our brain is and how with persistence, it can continue to grow at whatever age we are!
Computing Week
We have been getting to grips with different technology by having a special computing week where the children were taught specific areas of the computing curriculum and computer science.
Getting Active
We aim to get our children as active as possible each day. We start the day with a Wake & Shake session on the playground, which involves dancing and moving to music. Then Panther Class are swimming at Stradbroke Swimming Pool each week and our oldest pupils in Year 6 will be representing the school at a Basketball Tournament this month. They are practising their skills and focussing on learning the rules so they can really do their best. Good luck to them!
EADT Vouchers
Thank you to everyone who brought in vouchers from the East Anglian Daily Times. We were one of a few schools to collect over 1000 vouchers which means the school will receive £100 worth of new books for the library!
The Children’s Society
Thank you also to everyone who helped to fill up the collection candles with donations for our Christingle service in December. We raised £95.86 for The Children’s Society which is fantastic news.
Nursery
Our full time nursery is thriving and our youngest and newest children are all enjoying getting to grips with their current theme of ‘Explorers & Fossils’ with lots of role-play, reading, singing and discovering inside and outside. We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the learning in action so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 7th February 2019. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Friends Meeting
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary next meeting is on Wednesday 6th February at 3.15pm at the school. All parents and grandparents are welcome to come along have a cuppa and find out how to support and take part in future fund-raising events to raise money to pay towards resources, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
November 2018
Remembrance Week
All the children will be taking part in a special history week to commemorate the 100th year anniversary of the end of the First World War and to develop their understanding about the war and why Remembrance Day is held. The children will take part in a range of History, Geography, English, Drama, Art and Music activities all linked to the subject. To complete our history week, we will be holding a special Remembrance Assembly and Tea on Friday 9th November at 2.30pm. All our welcome to come and join us.
Open Morning
We are holding an Open Morning on November 13th from 9.15-12pm for all age groups from Nursery to Year 6. This is chance for any prospective parents to come and visit, have a tour of the school, meet the staff and children and see our cross- curricular teaching and learning in action. Please contact Mrs Lawrence in the office if you would like an appointment or further details about places available in our Willows Nursery.
Big Sing
This month, our KS2 children are going to be performing a range of songs at Snape Maltings in a mass concert alongside other schools. The children have been busy learning the songs and parts and will participate in a special pre- performance workshop with a specialist singer from Snape Maltings in order to help them prepare and develop their singing techniques. It looks set to be great experience for them!
Cross Country Competition
Our pupils in Years 4,5,6 have been training hard in order to compete this month in the Cross Country Competition at Framlingham College. We wish them all lots of luck and remind them to use their growth mindset to keep on going!
Children In Need
Our newly elected School Council members are busy planning mad-hatter fund-raising events for this annual charity day. On the 15th November all the children will come to school wearing hats for the day, the spottier the better!
Bags To School
Are you having a clear out? Do you have surplus clothing waiting to go to the charity shop? We are currently collecting bags of any unwanted clothing, sheets and shoes to help raise money for the school. If you would like a bag then please pop into the school office where they are available. All bags of unwanted items should be delivered to the school on 14th November ready for collection. Thank you for your support.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 1st November 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Homestart Visit
Homestart members and their babies and children are invited to come along to the school on Wednesday 26th November from 10am to 11.30am and spend time in our Willows Nursery exploring and learning together. Come along and meet the teachers and the youngest members of our school - have some fun and as parents or carers ask any questions you may have about EYFS and our Nursery setting.
For updates and further information about the school :
Please log on and take a look: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
July 2018
Summer Celebration
Rehearsals are well underway for a spectacular Viking themed performance to take place at the Community Centre on Friday 20th July from 2pm. There will be perform-ances from our Years 4-6 musicians followed by singing, poetry and a Viking play. The Friends will be serving delicious refreshments afterwards. All our welcome to come along and enjoy the end of year show.
Hollowford Residential Trip
This month our Year 6 pupils will be off to Derby-shire for 5 days with Miss Owen for an exciting residential trip, where they will par-ticipate in lots of challenging activities including caving, climbing and raft building and get to explore a different region of the UK. We wish them lots of fun on their spe-cial adventure.
Whole School Trip
The whole school is off to Mountfitchet Castle in Essex to-wards the end of the month to find out more about what is was like to live in a Normal Castle. The children will explore the village and castle, feed the livestock and find out about weaponry and defence systems. It looks set to be a memorable trip and a fantas-tic way to bring our whole school topic to a close.
Leavers’ Assembly
On Tuesday 24th July we will be saying goodbye to our hard-working Year 6 pupils as they take the next important step on their educational jour-neys and begin High School. We will be holding a special assembly for our leavers at 2.30pm. Family and friends are all very welcome to join us and to wish them lots of success in the future.
Dictionary Donation
We are delighted to have been chosen by the Suffolk High Rotary Club to receive a set of dictionaries for our KS2 class. In a special assembly, the President of the Rotary Club is coming to present to them to the children this month, where she will explain to the children about some of the valuable work the club does with children in third world countries.
JRSO & Bikeability
This month our Year 5 pupils will have the opportunity to de-velop their cycling skills and road safety knowledge through two days of cycling train-ing and exercises. Meanwhile our two Junior Road Safety Officers are preparing to attend the JRSO Awards at Endeavour House in Ipswich, where they will have tea and get to ask the councillors questions about road safety in our area before being awarded Gold, Silver or Bronze for their work this year in our school. Good luck to them!
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 7th July 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy sing-ing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
June 2018
SATs
Congratulations to all our Year 6s for completing their end of primary school SATs tests last month and to the Year 2s for doing their end of KS1 tests. We were very proud of you all and know that you tried your best and approached your learning with diligence and perseverance. We received a monitoring visit during SATS week from the LA and are pleased to announce that we confidently passed their assessment and that we have in place all the correct administrative procedures. A special thanks also to our governors for their support during SATs week.
Bags To Schools
Thank you to everyone who donated a bag of unwanted clothing. We raised a total of £56.00 which is amazing!
School Council
Following on from our successful Saturday Gardening Morning to tidy up the school grounds, the School Council are planning a whole school focus on reducing litter and recycling. This will include a litter pick in the village and a campaign to encourage the community to be tidier with their litter.
Viking Writing Week
An exciting week of cross-curricular writing about the Vikings will start the month culminating in a special Viking day with everyone dressing-up as Vikings and having a ‘Thing’ on the field to include feasting around the fire-pit, singing, chanting and Viking sports. Watch out for the invasion!
Fathers’ Day Lunch
We are organising a special Fathers’ Day lunch on Thursday 14th June. Please contact the school office if you would like to join your child for a delicious roast dinner and pudding.
Reverence Day
A special day will be held this month to help the children consider the idea of reverence and respect for God and all he created. The children will participate in different activities to explore what reverence is and how we can practise it as a part of a Christian school.
Sports Day
Our five houses are already in training for our annual Sports Day which will take place on 28th June. The children will participate in a round robin of competitive and fun events and finish with running and relay races on the track. Parent races included! The Friends will be serving refreshments, fruit and ice lollies after the event to raised money for the school.
Worlingworth Village Fete
The school will be opening the fete with singing and country dancing. They will also be running some stalls including face-painting and Guess the Name of the Bear. Information about the Nursery and the school will be available on the day and teachers will be there if you would like to chat and find out more about our school.
Music Concert
We are pleased to announce that our Year 4 and 5 percussion musicians will be joining some other primary schools to perform in a specially devised concert at Debenham Community Centre on 19th June. The concert is being organised by the County Music Service and all parents and family members are invited to come along and watch the concert which starts at 1.45pm.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 7th June 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea. Website Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
April 2018
School Farm & Country Fair
As the weather finally improves and Spring arrives, our Key Stage 2 class are off to Trinity Park this month, along with other Suffolk school children, to spend the day learning about different aspects of farming, food production and the countryside through hands on exhibits, talks and demonstrations. Farming covers many different subject areas of the curriculum including Geography, Science, DT, and History and aspects learned will then be built on back in school through work in the Gardening Club, SNAG Group and in lessons.
Summer Term Topic
The new topic for the whole school during the summer term is: Invasions and In-vaders. The school will be pulling up its drawbridge and digging a moat as cross- curricular learning takes place around Castles, Kings, Queens and Dragons along-side the arrival of the Vikings and the events of the famous Battle of Hastings. Opportunities for re-enactment and hands-on learning are already planned for with a host of inspiring texts and films to inspire wonderful writing, reading and role-play are lined up ready to invade the minds of our young learners! Watch out Worlingworth!
Nursery
Our full time nursery is thriving with active learning and exploring taking place linked to exciting topics both inside and out in their garden area. We always wel-come new parents to come and visit our Early Years class , have a cuppa, ask ques-tions and see the learning in action so please do not hesitate to contact the office if you would like an appointment.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. Due to the Easter holidays, the next meeting is Thursday 3rd May 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too! It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Popcorn Night
Love to watch a movie? The Friends of the school are running a special Film Night with Popcorn for all pupils on Friday 27th April from 5-7pm. Watch out for their special posters and flyers with further details! All monies raised contribute towards equipment, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school.
Website Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth. School.
February 2018
Diversity Week From the 5th to 9th February the whole school will be celebrating diversity through a specially planned week of different learning opportunities. The children will explore the idea of diversity by considering how we view gender stereotypes; through learning about the different mental and physical needs of people in our communities and finally by experiencing the diverse cultures of music, food, story-telling, language and dance that make up our country. As well as providing exciting opportunities to further enhance areas of the curriculum such as Music, DT and Art the lessons will also support our school focus on language by encouraging the children to carefully discuss, explain and raise questions about the issues explored.
Wolsey Theatre Touring Production - ‘Based On A True Story’ We are very pleased that we have been able to arrange a performance of this exciting new production for our Year 3 and 4 children along with Thorndon Primary and two other local primary schools. This latest Wolsey Touring Production is about a boy called Billy, who is from another planet and is starting at a new school. It is a story about feeling different and finding your place in a new world… and the universe! It will further support the teaching of the PSHE curriculum in school and help our children to consider our school values of compas-sion, courage and tolerance.
Nursery Our full time nursery is thriving and our youngest and newest children are all enjoying getting to grips with their current theme of ‘Pirates’ through lots of role-play, listening to stories and singing songs, making maps and seeking out treasure with a lot of ‘Yo ho ho’ and ‘Shiver Me Timbers’ coming from the garden! We always welcome new parents to come and visit our Early Years class and see the learning in action so please do not hesi-tate to contact the office if you would like an appointment.
Fairies and Elves Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 – 3.00pm. The next meeting is Thursday 1st February 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer – babies are welcome too!
It’s a chance to meet others, relax and have a cup of tea.
Friends Meeting The Friends of Worlingworth Primary next meeting is on Thursday 8th February at 3.15pm at the school. All parents and grandparents are welcome to come along have a cuppa and find out how to support and take part in future fund-raising events to raise money to pay towards resources, trips and events which benefit the education of all those at the school.
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter: @WorlingworthSch and facebook: Worlingworth.School.
January 2018
SIAMS
We are delighted to announce that following on from our recent SIAMS inspection ( Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools) the school has been graded as outstanding in all areas. Our school was highlighted as a place where
‘ A christian ethos is at its heart. Pupils benefit from the deeply embedded and explicit emphasis on modelling Christian love at all times.' The inspector was very positive about the role of the school within the community and the work they do together, so many thanks to all those who support the school in different ways. If you would like to read a full copy of the excellent report please go to the school website.
Bags to School
Thank you to everyone who donated a bag of unwanted clothing. The bags raised a total of £44.00 for the school.
Children in Need
The School Council's Teddy Bear Picnic day and soft toy stall was very successful and the children raised £75.65 for Children in Need. Well done to everyone.Sugar for Shelters
This year the children chose to focus our Christmas charity work on this local farming based char-ity that supports vulnerable families across East Anglia providing them with food throughout the year and a Christmas lunch. Families and parents donated a total of 33kg of sugar which was col-lected by the head of the charity last week. She wanted to pass on her thanks to all who donated.
Christmas Jumper Day
The school uniform was transformed for a day in December with mischievous elves, Rudolph, Santa and snowmen sparking and lighting up. The children raised a total of £31.00 for Save The Children as a result.
Fairies and Elves
Our tea and toys group is called Fairies and Elves and it is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 - 3.00pm. The next date is 4th Jan 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer - babies are welcome too! It's a chance to meet others and have a cup of tea too.
Computing Week
We are beginning the New Year with a special computing week where we will be teaching specific areas of the computing curriculum and making links across the curriculum to both our under-standing of computer science and use of computing skills.
Author Visit
We are delighted to have organised an exciting author visit to the school in January. Children's writer James Campbell, is going to come and spend the morning with the children performing from his books and working alongside the children to develop their writing and reading skills.
Friends Meeting
The Friends of Worlingworth Primary have been busy raising funds for the school and their next meeting is on Thursday 11th January at 3.15pm at the school. All parents and grandparents are welcome to come along have a cuppa and find out how to support and take part in future fund-raising events.
December 2017
Language Day
We celebrated European Day of Languages with a special German Day in school. The children began their day listening and talking to a parent who is a German speaker and then they participated in different workshops exploring the language and geography of Germany along with tasting traditional foods, listening to music by famous composers and creating artwork in the style of German artists.
Prayer Day
Our beautiful reflective garden is now fully established as a special place to go with the children, so in order to further develop the concept of prayer and reflection with the children, we held a whole school prayer day learning about the significance of the Lord's Prayer for Christians. Children learned to say the prayer using British Sign Language and explored the meaning of key parts through art, drama and writing. We finished by writing new prayers to hang in our reflective garden.
Farmer's Market
We have celebrated the wonderful harvest time : first with a successful Harvest Festi-val assembly and then by holding our Farmer's Market where we celebrated and sold three delicious soups made with produce grown in the school garden. We raised a total of £73.00 to further support school nutrition projects with the children. Thank you to all who supported this event and to Mrs Woods and Mr Wilkinson for working with the children in Gardening Club.
Remembrance Day
Our Remembrance service was held on 10th November
followed by afternoon tea and WI cakes served by the Friends of Worlingworth School. All donations will be shared between the Royal British Legion and the school.
Fairies and Elves
The new name for our Tea and Toys group is Fairies and Elves and is held the first Thursday of each month at the school from 1.30 - 3.00pm. The next dates are 7th December and 4th Jan 2018. We welcome young children who would like to enjoy singing, stories and some craft activities with their parent, grandparent or carer - babies are welcome too! It's a chance to meet others and have a cup of tea too
Website
Please do check the school website: www.worlingworthschool.co.uk as there are lots of photographs showing our activities . You can also follow us on Twitter
July 2017
Folk Band Visit
A Suffolk folk band called 'Bristol Fashion' came in to show us their traditional Suffolk instruments and step dancing. This was a brilliant interactive morning. The children were able to play the Jig dolls, Dulcimer, Melodem, Phonofiddle, Banjo and 'Bessie' the one hundred year old Double bass. We all had a go at step dancing and thoroughly enjoyed the hands on experience.