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Quad Kids

On Wednesday 14th June we took part in Quad Kids, an athletics tournament for over 50 Suffolk primary schools held on the Northgate athletics track. Our team was Reuben, Jensen, Alfie, Harry P, Harry E, Maddie, Meredith, Isla, Sofia and Rose, who had to take part in four events: a 75m sprint, a 600m long distance race, standing long jump and throwing a vortex hurler. Every school taking part represented a different country and ours was Senegal. The children had made flags and had their faces painted with the colours of the Senagalese
national flag. It was a hot afternoon but a lot of fun, and the children ran, threw and jumped us proud. Thank you to Mrs Sampson and Mr Pickeringshaw for helping with lifts.












Cross Country Running

Alice Heather-Hayes and Sandy Page organised a fantastic Cross Country Event for us on Friday 9th June. It was a lovely sunny day and all of the children gave it their all with some parents there to cheer them on. Children who came 1st , 2nd and 3rd in their race were presented with medals in assembly. Well done to the whole school for fantastic running and a tremendous effort!

















Girls football match against Rendlesham

The girls from Year 6 played an excellent football match away at Rendlesham. It was a very exciting match with their performance improving throughout the game. We sadly lost 3-0 but the players were all very committed and there were some great saves from Sophia, our goalkeeper. Well played girls!











Farm Boy

The Mercury Theatre came in on Monday 15th May to perform their production of ‘Farm Boy.’ This performance was to years 3, 4 and 5 some of whom have been studying the book by Michael Morpurgo in class. The performance was very exciting and loved by all. Great to have live theatre in the school!












Farmer's Market

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!




















French Shop


Mrs Davey and French Club have started a Stationary Shop! The children all have a chance to go to the stationary shop and practise their French conversation; greetings, asking for items for example. The children are really enjoying having this opportunity.












Tennis


Woodbridge Tennis Club came in to work with classes R, 1 and 2 on Thursday 18th May. Jon played some games with all the children to help with their ball and racket control. The children were then invited to an Open Day at Woodbridge Tennis Club which some of our children attended. Thank you to Jon and Woodbridge Tennis Club for an enjoyable afternoon.
















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


Combined Schools’ Dance Project –
‘Of Love and Aether’

Our Year 5 class worked with Sam Moss, our dance tutor, over a period of several weeks creating a dance based on the book ‘The Snow Merchant’ by Sam Gayton. The children then met with pupils from three other schools (Springfield Juniors, Bealings
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. 





Spring Fair 2017

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

Drama Club presented ‘The Railway Children’ on 28th March, first to the school and then to an adult audience. The children all played their parts with excellent characterisation. Children also took part in sound production and lighting.


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

On Monday, 23rd January, Grundisburgh took part in the Suffolk School Games U9 dodgeball festival at Inspire Suffolk. We were one of 16 primary schools playing, and the only one from the Woodbridge area. This was the first time our school had played in a dodgeball festival and we weren’t at all sure what to expect, but it turned out to be a fun and action-packed afternoon.

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.

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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!