Jimmy’s Farm Trip Trip to Felixstowe Beach Quad Kids Cross Country Running Girls football match against Rendlesham On Wednesday 7th June 2017 we held a Farmer’s Market. Members of the local community had stalls and each class also made their own produce for the event. There were brownies, seeds, smoothies and fruit kebabs, to name by a few! There were stalls from outside providers selling Fair-trade items, Stokes sauces, rapeseed oil (Hillfarm Oils) and compost. The children had a great time preparing for this event. Lots of children ran the stalls themselves and it was pleasing to see them working out what change to give and interacting with customers. The Farmer’s Market raised £187.39 and was a successful next step on our journey towards our Food for Life Silver Award. Thank you to all those who helped at the event and attended! School's Farm Fair On Thursday 20th April Years 3 and 4 were lucky enough to go to the School Farms Fair at Trinity Park. From farm machinery and milking cows to butchery and learning CPR. A fantastic day was had by all! Tennis High Five Netball Tournament Grundisburgh took part in the Suffolk Schools Games High 5 Netball competition on Wednesday, 17th May at Ipswich School Sports Centre in Rushmere. We entered a team of nine players, comprising Alice, Lorna, Ceira, Erica, Reuben, Hannah, Lily, Caidee and Rose. The rules of High 5 netball are slightly different from normal netball and the game is played on a strict rotation basis, meaning everyone has to change position every half game (and has to play every position at some point during the tournament). Teams were allowed one minute only at half-time to swap bibs, leading to a bit of confusion during our first game – but we soon got the hang of it! The games were fast and furious. We won our first game (against Heath B) 6:0, but sadly lost the following three games. We ended in a semi-final against Heath A, a close game which they finally won 5:3. We weren’t always confident playing in unfamiliar positions, but everyone did their best and had fun! Congratulations to all of the team, and a big thank you to Caidee’s mum for helping with lifts and to all the parents who came to support. Congratulations to Lily for winning the fair play award. ITFC Congratulations to Harry who was scouted by ITFC and has been lucky enough to train with Ipswich Town Academy and is now playing for them! We are very proud of you Harry! Netball Match Report On Friday 21 April, Grundisburgh Primary School played a netball match against Melton Primary School. Both teams played really well for their first match. Grundisburgh won 7 - 2 but Melton were a good team. Lots of parents came to support our team. Reuben and Caidee supported our team by being on the side line and giving us good feedback as we played the match. About 10 minutes to the end Rose tripped over a Melton player and grazed her knee but she was determined to carry on; unfortunately she couldn'tcContinue playing. We hadn't played as a team together so it was a bit of a challenge. We all played amazingly in our positions. LT & CD = GS MB - WD LIM = GA AJ = GD AP = WA GK = R G-M HB = C ‘Of Love and Aether’ and Rendlesham) to ‘combine’ their dances to create an overall re-telling of the story through dance. The children performed magnificently on stage at Dance East on Ipswich Waterfront, to a packed audience of parents from all four schools. The Spring Fair took place on Thursday 30th March and we had such a beautiful, sunny and warm day for it. There were all sorts of wonderful stalls, largely created by the children themselves. Everyone had a lovely time.
The cake stall run by FOGs raised an amazing £192.79. The children’s stalls raised an equally impressive £218.32. The total raised was £411.11. Thank you to the children for running such impressive stalls, FOGs and other parents for helping. The Railway Children
Thank you to Nicky Seabrook, Stuart Seabrook and Lucie Clayton for helping put on such a wonderful performance and giving the children the opportunity to do so. U9 Dodgeball Festival
We played five matches in all, each comprising three 2-minute games. Each game started with four players on the court, and the winner was either the first team to knock out all their opposing players, or the team with most players on court at the end of the game. Play was rapid and ruthless, with no let-up from the balls thrown by the opposing team, and even once a player was knocked out he/she had to be ready to jump back into play if one of their team mates caught a ball. Jayden, Lara, Lily W, Mason, Niamh and William all played brilliantly, winning three of their five matches (against Waldringfield, The Oaks and Hadleigh St Mary’s). They played 15 games in total, of which they won 9, drew 2 and lost only 4. As this was a non-competitive, participation-only festival, there were no overall winners, but the Grundisburgh U9 dodgeball squad should be very proud of their achievements on the court and good sportsmanship throughout the afternoon. Many thanks to Mrs Doyle for helping with lifts and for staying to support the team, and congratulations to Lara for winning the fairplay award. 
Book Club
We have started a Book Club! Children can come along at any point during a Wednesday or Thursday lunchtime and enjoy reading with others. Books can be brought in from home and shared with others too. We have some older children who are there to read alongside the younger children.
Happy reading everyone!
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