23rd September 2025
New Intake - Reception 2025
Our new Reception children have settled in really well. They have been exploring the school environment and making new friends.
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14th July 2025
Year 3 Roman Day
On Tuesday 8th July the Year 3 class had a Roman Day linked to their history unit ‘Emperors and Empires’. They came dressed as Romans and made mosaics, shields and clay pots. They also learnt a song about the Romans and had a brilliant day!
9th July 2025
Year 2's Beach trip
On Thursday 3rd July the children in Year 2 went on a family beach trip to Well-Next-The-Sea. This was to support their Geography project on 'Coastlines' and their Design and Technology project 'Beach Hut'.
24th June 2025
Year 2's Funky 5k.
Each class raises money, annually to buy new books for class libraries in school. Year 2 decided to have a Funky 5k. We are super proud of Year2 as not only did they all run/walk 25 laps of the side field they showed many personal qualities.
17th June 2025
Solar for Schools
Andy from Solar for Schools came in to school today to do his annual inspection of our solar panels. He spent some time with our Eco Ambassador Leaders Milly and Everly looking at our online data and then they got to explore a model solar panel and power a fan and an alarm. We're hoping that Milly and Everly will be able to give regular reports in assembly on how well we are doing.
6th June 2025
Compass for Life Foundation
We were very fortunate to have an inspirational visitor on Thursday: Floyd Woodrow from the Compass for Life Foundation joined Years 5 and 6 for an all-day workshop which aimed to provide them with the tools to articulate their dreams.
3rd June 2025
Roman Conquest: Iceni Revolt trip
In Year 3 our history unit is ‘Emperors and Empires’, focussing on the Romans. As part of our history learning, we went on a Roman Conquest: Iceni Revolt trip to The Time and Tide Museum. During the day, we experienced what is was like to be a Roman soldier.
23rd May 2025
Sports Day 2025
On Friday 23rd May we had our annual sports day. The children had the opportunity to participate in sprint, long distance and obstacle races.
16th May 2025
Year 1 Homes Long Ago
On 16th May the Year 1s went back in time and found out what it was like to live in Victorian times. This was part of a 'Homes Long Ago' event at Gressenhall Museum. They made drop scones, helped clean the house, played with toys and spent time in the classroom. The children looked great in their outfits.
15th May 2025
Asian Fusion Workshop
The Year 2 children invited family members to join them at an Asian Fusion Workshop. This was facilitated by our school catering company, Aspens. The children and adults learnt how to create and roll sushi. One child won a prize for the best rolled sushi. The children and adults also had the opportunity to try some stir fry.
8th May 2025
Bug Handling
The Year 2 and Reception children were really lucky to have a FREE 'Bug Handling' workshop. The children had opportunities to handle a variety of 'bugs' and observe others.
1st May 2025
Year 2 make Eton Mess
In the Design and Technolgy project 'Remarkable Recipes' the Year 2 children had to follow a recipe to make Eton Mess. The children really enjoyed making this dessert and even more so eating it. There were lots of empty bowls after the tasting session!
20th March 2025
Amazing Safari
During March the Reception children had some human and animal visitors come into the classroom to support their project Animal Safari.
14th March 2025
Gressenhall Reception Visit
The Reception children went to Gressenhall to participate in a 'Once Upon a Time' event.
7th March 2025
World Book Day 2025
On Thursday 6th March we celebrated World Book Day. The children were invited to come dressed as their favourite book character. The children spent the day sharing their favourite books and their favourite book characters.
12th February 2025
The Breckland Crucial Crew Safety Education Event
Year 6 attended a fantastic event at The Breckland Crucial Crew safety education event. Organisations and services represented included: Norfolk Constabulary, Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service, St John’s Ambulance, HM Coastguard and The RNLI.
11th February 2025
Olly Day Road Safety
Year 3 and Year 4 had a visit from Olly Day’s Road Safety Magic Show. The children learnt lots of useful information about road safety, whilst having fun and watching magic tricks.
30th January 2025
Bikeability
Our Year 4 and 5 children participated in some Bikeability cycle training with Pedal Power. The children learnt some essential road safety skills as well as learning how to give their bikes a health check.
24th January 2025
Long Ago
The children in Reception class have been exploring the topic ‘Long Ago’. The children were invited to explore some antiques brought in by staff.
20th January 2025
Space Centre
Year 5 went to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday 10th January.
19th December 2024
Wriggly Nativity
Our Reception, Year 1 and 2 children performed a Wriggly Nativity. The Year 2 children took the roles of narrators as well as being main characters from the story.
12th December 2024
Year 1 Writing Workshop
In Year 1, the children have been using the story "I want my hat back" by Jon Klassen as a stimulus for their writing. For their final piece, the children wrote and illustrated their very own sequel called "I want my friend back".
12th December 2024
Firefighter Visit
On Wednesday 4th December the Reception children had a visit from Dereham Firefighters. They taught the children about Fire Safety including 'STOP, DROP, ROLL!'
5th December 2024
Road Safety Awareness week 18th - 22nd November
Our annual needs assessment for Life Skills continues to tell us that Road safety is of high importance for our school.
3rd December 2024
Reading Café
On 12th November Years 1-6 hosted a whole school reading café. Parents/carers were invited to come into school to think and talk about their reading identity with their children.
18th November 2024
Exploring the story of local hero, Edith Cavell
On November 7th the Year 2 children went to Norwich Cathedral to explore the story of our local hero, Edith Cavell. Edith told her story while navigating the children through the beautiful Cathedral.
8th November 2024
Reception Reading Workshop
Reception Class welcomed their parents in for a Reading Workshop.
4th November 2024
Talk Through Stories Visit
We are grateful to have received a bundle of books from Rotary BookAid to support ‘Talk Through Stories’, an initiative which will extend and deepen our youngest children’s vocabulary.
22nd October 2024
Year 3 visit Gressenhall Museum
On 22nd October our Year 3 children went to Gressenhall Museum to learn about Neolithic Britain.
10th October 2024
Reading Buddies
Our Year 5 children are spending time with our Reception and Year 1 children once a week to share a love of reading.
3rd October 2024
Developing the children's roles and responsibilities
Our School Council have been meeting to focus on our current 'Life Skills' curriculum, finding out what the children think they need to learn to keep them happy, healthy and safe.
16th September 2024
New Intake 2024
Our new Reception children have settled in really well. They have been exploring the school environment and making new friends.
16th July 2024
'The Wrong Way Round' Production
Our Year 6's have been working hard in recent weeks to put together their leavers performance of 'The Wrong Way Round'.
15th July 2024
Library Fundraising Event
The classes have been busy completing fundraising events to raise money to purchase books for their class libraries.
5th July 2024
Roman Day
Our Year 3 children participated in a 'Roman Day'. The children were invited to dress up in Roman style costume. They did lots of crafts including creating mosaics, shields and coiled pottery using clay.
1st July 2024
Year 5 and 6 visit Bawdsey Manor
A group of Year 5 and 6 children went on a residential educational visit to Bawdsey Manor, Suffolk
21st June 2024
RNLI Visit for Water Safety Week
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution visited the school for water safety week to deliver a presentation to all the children.
18th June 2024
Science Fortnight
We have had some more visitors in to support our Science fortnight. We had a marine biologist who worked with the Year 5 and 6 children and gave an interesting presentation about life under water.
14th June 2024
Solar for Schools Visit
On Friday 7th June we had a visit from Danielle who works for Solar for Schools.
5th June 2024
Sports Day 2024
On Friday 24th May we had a whole school Sports Day. The children had the opportunity to participate in a sprint and an obstacle race. This was rounded off with a family picnic lunch and some fundraising stalls. A great day was had by all.
4th June 2024
Year 6 at the Breckland Crucial Crew safety education event
The children learnt valuable life skills that would help prepare them as they become more independent with their transition to high school.
24th May 2024
The Year 3 children visit the Time and Tide Museum
The Year 3 children visited the Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth on Thursday. This supported their learning in History on the Roman Empire. The children found themselves at the heart of a rebellion as they plotted to help the local Iceni tribe rise up against the Romans.
15th May 2024
Visit from Bishop of Norwich
The Bishop of Norwich came and visited our school on Tuesday 14th May.
26th April 2024
The Spring Term winners of our House Cup are Newton. Well done!
23rd April 2024
Holkham Beach Visit
Our Year 1 children had an educational visit to Holkham Beach.
19th April 2024
Reading Workshop
The Reception Parent/Carers were invited in to come and learning alongside their children at a reading workshop this week.
18th April 2024
Stanley's Stick by John Hegley
Our Year 1 children wrote their own innovated versions of Stanley's Stick by John Hegley.
25th March 2024
Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
On Thursday 21st March our Reception children visited Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse.
22nd March 2024
'The West Norwich & Dereham School Sports Partnership' annual dance
Our wonderful Year 2 children participated in the 'The West Norwich & Dereham School Sports Partnership' annual dance show at The Space in Norwich on Friday 15th March
8th March 2024
World Book Day 2024
The children were invited to dress up as their favourite book characters and share their favourite books with their peers.
15th February 2024
Year 4 Reading and Writing Success
Children in Year 4 loved reading their class book: Winter’s Child by Angela McAllister. They took great pride in writing and publishing a sequel story and spending some time sharing their own books with the Year 1 children.
2nd February 2024
NSPCC Number Day
Today we supported the NSPCC Number Day. Children came to school wearing something number related. They also completed some fun number activities in class.
19th January 2024
Spaceship Investigation...
Year 1 children were shocked to find a spaceship had crashed into a tree on our playground.
19th January 2024
House Cup Winners!
The Autumn Term winners of our House Cup are Austen
22nd December 2023
Christmas service at Mattishall All Saints Church
On the last day of term, the children and families gathered together at Mattishall All Saints Church for a Christmas service.
20th December 2023
Bethlehem Bake Off
The Reception, Year 1 and 2 children performed a wonderful performance of Bethlehem Bake Off.
11th December 2023
Marvellous Machines: The Fire Engine
The Reception children had a visit from a Dereham Fire Service to support their Marvellous Machines project.
23rd November 2023
Running Success
One of our Year 4 children competed in the KS2 Cross Country County Finals at High Lodge, Thetford.
23rd November 2023
We raised £118 on our 'Spotacular' fundraising day for Children in Need
Well done everyone!
17th November 2023
Remembrance
Natalie, one of our Year 6 pupils represented our school on Sunday 12th November at the Mattishall Village, 'Laying of the Wreaths'. event.
1st November 2023
Pumpkin Carving Competition
We had 63 fabulous entries, look how amazing they all were. We had a KS1 and KS2 winner!
20th October 2023
Tag-Rugby tournament
On Thursday 12th October, 10 children from Year 5 and 6 took part in a Tag-Rugby tournament at Crusaders Rugby Club.
13th October 2023
The Year 1 classroom became a crime scene.
The animals from the book, Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson, had escaped.
4th October 2023
Look at all these lovely new books we have just received!
25th September 2023
Mattishall Friendship Squad
We have a Mattishall Friendship Squad comprised of children from Years 3-6. These
19th September 2023
Settling in to Reception
Our new Reception children are settling well into our school.
8th September 2023
New Intake 2024/2025
Do you have a child who will be ready to start Reception in September 2024? We would like to invite you to an information meeting and tour of the school.
1st April 2022
Latest News from Mattishall
Head's Report - What's new in school?
3rd April 2019
Fakenham Schools join Synergy on 1st of April
We are delighted to welcome the pupils, parents, staff and governors of Fakenham Infant and Nursery School and of Fakenham Junior School into the Synergy family.