Breakfast Club

We have been running a breakfast club hosted by Premiers Sport's Liam Abrahams. Children arrive from 8am and enjoy games and activities before eating a tasty breakfast.

Reception Children Working Hard

The Reception children work very hard to learn new skills. Here is a numeracy lesson where they were learning how to group items in order to count them accurately.

Snow at Charsfield

The cold weather arrived this week and Class One enjoyed playing in the snow.

Class 2 trip to Madam Tussauds

Were we hosting an all star, red carpet event at Charsfield school last week? Have we had tea with the Prime Minister? Is Miss Tuckwell really friends with Lewis Hammilton?

... sadly not, but Class 2 did still have a brilliant day in London!

Safer Neighbourhood Teams Partnership Awards

Well done to all the team involved in this year's campaign! On 8th November our team came joint runner up in these awards, involving teams from all over Suffolk, show casing their various campaigns, aiming to bring co-operation and unity between the Police and community.

It was a very interesting day, if a bit nerve wracking!

Pirate Treasure Chests

Over half term Class One were set a challenge to create a treasure chest which cost no more than £2.00. The children were asked to put items inside which had a value to themselves or their family. As you can see the chests were beautiful and so cleverly made. The items inside were personal and touching, showing us how much thought the children put into their chests. It has been wonderful to work with our lovely children and their families.

Maths week

We had a brilliant time last week with our 'Maths week'. So many activities were organised for us, from baking to seeing a performance from a visiting theatre group. Dennington joined us for a maths trail around the school and grounds and we went there for a 'Maths Olympics'! We had loads of fun designing and making our own maths games and we then invited the parents to come in, have a play and tell us what they thought. Have a look at the slide show below and I'm sure you'll see how much fun maths can really be!

French Day

Drama in Class One

Today we wrote pirate stories in groups in our literacy lesson. Then we acted out the stories in front of the rest of the class.

Healthy Eating in Class One

In Class One we have been learning about healthy eating, because pirates didn't eat a very heathy diet. We thought about the food pirates should have eaten to stop them getting scurvy. Then we learned how to make healthy sandwiches (and ate them).

Numeracy in Class One: 3D Shapes Lesson

Numeracy is always fun in Class One, but today we started learning about 3D shapes using some new equipment called 'Polydron' These are 2D magnetic shapes which link together to form 3D shapes. Can you name these shapes?

French Day in Class One

French Day was a very exciting affair in Class One. During the morning the children decorated hundreds of cakes for their 'Patisserie' which opened at 2pm. They worked very hard. In the afternoon the children learned how to do French skipping, play French cricket and then sold their cakes. They learnt how to count from one to ten in French and how to say the days of the week.

Grandparents' Lunch

A huge thank you to all the grandparents who joined us for lunch today. We were thrilled at the turn out. Some travelled great distances to be there to support their grandchildren. We had attendees from London, Kent and even all the way from Sheffield! A great time was had by all and the children so enjoy showing off their classrooms and all their work.

Share Day in Class 1

On 23rd September Suffolk Share helped Class One organise a special day where parents and carers came into the school to share a fabulous morning of activities with their children. I think it is fair to say that we all had a lot of fun and everyone made fabulous pirate accessories for the children to play with and learn about being a proper pirate.

Book Club in Class 3

This week a new 'Book Club' began in Class 3. Each pupil was given a colourful folder, notebook and pen. The book we are reading is 'Kensuke's Kingdom' by Michael Morpurgo. Ten pupils are taking part in the first book club at Charsfield and everyone is very enthusiastic. The book club is an initiative to promote reading at school by making it a fun, social event where ideas and opinions can be aired.

School Council 2010

This week the new school council had their first meeting. We discussed a new whole school initiative to promote the government's '5 A Day' fruit and vegetable scheme. The school council decided to launch a poster competition with entries in by 27th September, the date of the next school council meeting. Remember you can talk to your class representative if you have any issues you think the school council should discuss.

Mr. Peatfield and Miss Sandal from the High School Sports Partnership came in this Monday and worked with Class 3, helping them to learn games that they can go on to teach younger members of the school, encouraging team work, cooperation and leadership skills.

We have become amazing storytellers..!

Last week Classes 2 and 3 were lucky enough to have a storytelling workshop every morning. Chip, Gloria and Tilda from Snail Tales, started the week by telling an amazing story. Over the week we learned how to share and interprate our ideas into stories of our own. It was a real priviledge to have them in school and the children learned a lot and got a huge amount of enjoyment out of the week.

Welcome to Class One

Charsfield would like to welcome the new children to Class One.

The children have been taking part in a new initiative called 'Gym Trail' which aims to help focus their minds and prepare them for concentrating.

They have been getting better at the tasks each day.

Music in the Village Hall

On Wednesday the whole school, joined by Dennington were lucky enough to have Jonathan Beecher and Sarah Porter from Beecher Acoustics come and perform a concert. Jonathon performed on a 300 year old cello! Class One danced to the music and the older children were taken on a musical journey all round the world!

Pirates Invade Class One

The pirates were seen painting the mast, dropping anchor and repairing the ship's steering wheel.

Pirates Invade Class One

Class One came back to school after their summer holidays to find a pirate ship had docked in their classroom. Pirates have been seen in the playground, reportedly stealing treasure and taking over the classroom.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to all pupils and staff after the summer holidays. Staff were in on Wednesday for our Professional Development Day. We were joined, in the morning, by staff from Dennington, as we are hoping to work increasingly closely with our partner school as time goes on.
The children have been settling in over this Thursday and Wednesday. Its always so exciting moving up to a new class and getting to know your new routine. Even more excited are those new children starting in reception, we welcome them to Charsfield and are sure they will be very happy here.
We've already had brilliant news! Last term Class 3 entered a competition to draw a picture inspired by the sea side. We received the news only yesterday that one of our new year 6s, Brittany Kemp, has won! So well done Brittany. Her prize was a lovely folder full of fun activities and advice to help her become an even better artist!

Cross Country

A Huge Well done to George Ferguson, winner of the Year 3/4 cross country finals held at Boundary Farm last week. Charsfield School is very proud of you!