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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!

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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'.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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14th March 2025

Gressenhall Reception Visit

The Reception children went to Gressenhall to participate in a 'Once Upon a Time' event.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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20th January 2025

Space Centre

Year 5 went to the National Space Centre in Leicester on Friday 10th January.

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