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The Christian Journey of Life and Death
Many thanks to Reverend Susan who gave a great talk on The Christian Journey of Life and Death. And thank you too, to key stage 2 children who listened so well, and asked such deep and thoughtful questions.
Number Day 2022 at Fressingfield Primary!
We decided to organise our first ever NSPCC Number Day at Fressingfield. The NSPCC is a great charity, and we at Fressingfield love maths – the children love learning maths and the adults love teaching maths.
Flossie decided to wear number 10 on her back, because she ‘really wants to be 10’.
Oliver wore number 42, as it was his favourite number; ‘straight from a Spiderman movie’.
Ms Perry wore number 1999, because she felt like she could ‘party like it’s 1999’!
The children enjoyed a range of activities, from outside learning (finding collections of a number, and being a number) to cracking codes involving letters on the page of a book. Mrs Buckenham chose the sneakiest, trickiest number bonds puzzle, which her class refused to give up on! And Ms Perry finally found a way to crack division with remainders by using packets of Skittles!
Here are some quotes from the children in Congo Class:
‘I thought the Roman numerals treasure hunt was clever. I found the first one really hard, but the rest easy. I learned my Roman numerals better because of this.’ – James
‘It was medium hard. The trickiest thing was trying to find out the words. I enjoyed having a partner to help me. I learned a lot more Roman numerals.’ – Sienna
‘I found the Skittles division medium, because at the start I got them wrong, but soon after I started to understand. Now I know how to do divide.’ – George
‘I found putting the number bonds in the right place (on the triangle) hard, but I got it in the end’ – Oliver
‘The number bonds puzzle was tricky at first, and then it got easier, and I got the hang of it.’ – Daisy
‘The number bonds were tricky, because I didn’t really understand at first, but at least I learned some number bonds to 100’ – Charlotte
New School Council!
We have some fantastic news. We have elected our new school council!Many thanks to all of our children, who have elected such an enthusiastic and dynamic group of children. They all had plenty of ideas when they spoke to their classes, and clearly persuaded their classmates to vote for them.
They are:
Sol and India, Emily B and Isaac, Kayden and Summer, Gino and Daisy, William and Hannah and Jayden and Imogen.
Mr Taylor, Mr Leicester and Ms Perry are really looking forward to working with you all.
Ruby Attends Children’s Parliament As Part Of COP26
We offer our congratulations to Ruby who was nominated to participate in the Children’s Parliament as part of the lead up to COP26 on Friday 28th October. Ruby is keenly interested in politics and, as a passionate environmental campaigner, is also a member of our Eco Committee. She was nominated to sit as the member for North Ipswich and Mid Suffolk (the seat currently held by Dr Daniel Poulter MP). The event was due to be hosted by Sir David Ames MP, so started with a tribute to his work helping establish the Children’s Parliament. An introduction was also made by both Prime Minister Johnson, and the Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle. The formal debate was wide-ranging and the contributions made by the members (who ranged in age from 7 to 13) were extremely informed, passionate and impressive. A vote was taken on which issues were the most pressing for young people and the Parliament voted that the need to reduce the use of carbon was their prime concern – this will now be relayed to representatives attending the Climate Change Conference in Glasgow at COP26.
If you would like to watch the debate in full, it can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/bQnb4Mb8R0Q
Well done Ruby.
Cross-Country Success at Mellis
Well done Nancy, Sonny and Liam who came second, fourth and fifth in their year groups. The three will now proceed to the Cross-Country County Finals which takes place in the Spring. Indeed, well done to all the children who raced around the (very) long course on Mellis Common last Friday. All the children in Yangtze and Congo classes took part and great resilience and determination was shown by all. Some opted to take part in the fun run (which was also over a long-distance) and others took part in the competitive course, which was slightly longer again.
Reflection Shed
We now have our very own Reflection Shed! Many thanks to the monitors in Congo Class, who have been helping children by showing them how to use the artefacts in our Reflection Shed. Our first theme was Rainbows, and was very popular with children. What an amazing rainbow you all made out of handprints! Lots of you also said you liked decorating the prayer tree and holding the ‘worry balls’. And a few of you even managed to make your own rainbows using the torch and prism.
This half-term’s theme is Respect. There are some interesting and exciting activities on this theme, for children of all ages. Come and take a peek!
A Trip to Eaton Vale
The children in Yangtze and Congo Classes had a fantastic day of adventurous activity when they visited Eaton Vale. The trip had been organised to replace the normal Year 6 residential visit to Hollowford in the Peak District that had been cancelled due to Covid restrictions. Thankfully, the Scout Centre at Eaton Vale set up a ‘residential-replacement’ day trip for us all to give us all a taste of the whole experience. And we thought, let’s take the Year 5s too!
The day was packed full of activity, including: air rifles, a cave bus to wriggle through, team-building games, go-karting and grass sledging, and – best of all – canoeing.
The day ended with the Eaton Vale Buggy Derby. Groups of children had to first dress up then use the posts, barrels and ropes provided to create their own buggy for a downhill race. Dances and songs needed to be written and performed to the other groups before racing could begin. Silliness, as you can no doubt imagine, ensued.
