Film Club – visit from London HQ!

On Wednesday 9th November, Dominic Laycock arrived at Charsfield School as part of parliamentary week to discuss democracy with all of us.

He showed us a short film made by young film clubbers from around the country about democracy. As a group we discussed what we had seen and gave our opinions.

Mr Laycock then showed us a film called ‘The Secret of Nimh’. We had a short interval (with popcorn and drinks!) before discussing this film. We got into small groups to discuss how we could make a difference. A democratic vote was taken to decide on the most popular pledge. This was to “help people if they are stuck”. The whole school has made this pledge and we all signed it.

Dancing at Dennington

Over the last 3 weeks Class One have been learning how to dance with Dennington School. We learnt how to do a Medieval dance, a Waltz and how to hand jive. It was hard work but a lot of fun and even the teachers joined in.

Orford Castle Trip more photos

Some more photos of our trip to Orford Castle.

Orford Castle Trip

Class One had a fantastic hands on experience at Orford Castle. The children had such a wonderful day and learnt a great deal about life in a castle in Suffolk. We couldn't have asked for a nicer day.

The new term in Class One

We have been working hard in Class One and the children are now settling in well.

Dance East Musical performance

Highly recommended!

R.E.

The whole school got together with Dennington and went on a trip to Bury Cathedral on 4th July. It was a truly beautiful place and the day was filled with 'Ooooh's and 'Ahhhhhhhh's coming from children and staff alike.

Summer Fayre

Thank you to all that supported this event. A brilliant time was had by everyone and we must acknowledge all the hard work put in by the Friends committee and all the volunteers who helped.

We managed to raise a whopping One Thousand Pounds!

Well done everyone!

On your Bike!

This year, rather than the usual cycling profficiency test, we have brought in the help of the Bikability people. Children in Class 3 have been learning all about road safety, looking after their own bikes and generally increasing their confidence and awareness on the roads.

Class 3 Trip to Dunwich

We had a wonderful day at Dunwich beach, looking at the coastal erosion there, which we have been studying this term. The weather was amazingly kind and we managed to dodge the thunder storms and almost all the time we spent outside was in glorious sunshine, though there was a very dramatic moment in the museum where the weather thought it would add weight to the story that was being told of the big storm that destroyed a lot of 'Old Dunwich' by causing a power cut and adding fantastic thunder and lightening effects!

Science and DT Day at Thomas Mills

Once again our thanks go out to the organisers of another brilliant day at Thomas Mills. We learnt a lot about the science behind our favourite circus acts from Mr. Halls, like the tight rope walk, high dive and our favourite, the human cannon ball! With Mr. G. we made our own tight rope walkers in the DT rooms, using loads of cool tools!

Ipswich Museum

In line with their topic on Ancient Egypt this term, Class 1 have taken a trip to the Ipswich Museum, where there is a wonderful display of Ancient Egyptian artifacts and lots of information to absorb.

Ipswich Town Football Club Visit

A great day was had by classes 2 and 3 on the 9th June, when we all wnt to ITFC for a tour and to partake in activities.

We were taken round all the unseen areas, including the director's box, the 'dug out', the tunnel that all the players come out of and even the changing rooms, which were very plush!

Year 6 make an afternoon of fun for Class 1

After the rigours of SATs exams, the Year 6 pupils devised obstacle courses for Class 1.

Class 1 want their Mummies

Our Ancient Egyptian theme is well under way. This week we built a pyramid in the classroom and the children mummified each other!

Easter egg hunt

We had a lovely time at the end of last term on our Easter egg hunt!

A right Royal day!

To celebrate the Royal Wedding our first day back for the Summer Term was an exciting one! We all came dressed as princes and princesses and didn't we all look smart! Everyone made an effort, I'm not sure I've ever seen a more glamorous primary school! (Though there were some more unusual outfits, for example, the Zulu warrior and did I see Wills and Harry off to play polo?) We have to acknowledge the wonderful efforts of all the parents who provided such amazing party food. As you can see from the slide show of pictures below everyone really, really enjoyed it all!

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Sporting events this half term.

On the 28th of March we went to Woodbridge Rugby Union Football Club for a tag rugby tournament. We took on some very tough teams and came out second from bottom, but we tried really hard. After the tournament we felt annoyed we hadn’t won but happy to have play there and to have won one match. Miss Tuckwell took us to the rugby and we had a great turn out from parents. !
On Thursday 22nd March, our net ball team,Ellie, Brittany, Franki, Harriet, Amber and captained by Millie, went to a High 5 Netball Tournament at Thomas Mills. We had to play against 8 schools. We played against Worthem A, Dennington, Worthem B, Occold, Thorndon , Wilby , Stoke Ash and Bedfield. We lost 5 games but we also won 2 games and drew one and came 7th out of 10 schools. Worthem A came 1st, Stoke ash in 2nd place and Wilby in 3rd place.

Cross Country Event at Stonham Aspall. It was a shame not to have had the sunshine of the last few days, but a great time was had by all. Our intrepid reporter, Florence said, “ It was very tiring and hard. At the beginning it was really noisy, everyone was shouting as the race started. But later when you were running on your own, it was really quiet. As I got closer to the end I felt much happier and relieved!” Well done to George Ferguson for coming 14th overall out of the boys!

Bowling was great fun

Class 1 went bowling this week and we had to do a lot of maths to work out the scores and add up how many pins we knocked over as we went along. What a surprise the bowling lanes were named after planets, we had Mercury and Venus.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

CHARSFIELD SCHOOL NEW WEB SITE LAUNCH!

We are very pleased to inform you that the new school web site has just been launched. We hope you enjoy using it and look forward to your comments.

The link address is: http://www.charsfield.suffolk.sch.uk/ Please pass on this information to as many people as possible, so we can get ourselves to the top of the Google search list!

Thank you,

Corrine de Roeper

Administrative Assistant

Charsfield CEVCP.

Kate Elson - Believe Media UK

Linking in with our film topic this term, Kate Elson, Aunt of one of our year 6 pupils, came in to school last week to tell us about some of her experiences working in the television and music video business.

Phil Barnes, from 'Bikini' talked to us about making movies. His company have made television adverts for products we all recognised, like shampoo ads and the ghd ad. They were also involved in the making of the film 'Streetdance' and have made music videos for some pretty famous names. They brought in a call sheet from a recent shoot with the rather popular new boy band 'The Wanted'!

Molly from Class 3 said, "It was amazing seeing adverts that we've seen on tele before and seeing the real people who made them!"

New Equipment is Fun

Some new equipment arrived in Class One this week and the children couldn't wait to unpack it.

Do something yummy for money! Red Nose Day.

Thank you to all who donated money to this wonderful cause! All together we managed to raise over £130! £50 of which was raised by Class 2 and 3 girls who ran a cake stall in the outdoor classroom, so a huge well done to them!
Following on from our yellow board for liver disease awareness last month we switched to a red board for Comic Relief.

Share Day in Class 1

Share Day in Class 1

Last week Class 1 had a share day with their parents and carers. Everyone had a lot of fun and worked very hard. It was a terrific day. Thanks to all the parents who made it such a special day.

Pancake Day in Class One

Today was Pancake Day. Class One made pancakes, ate lots of them and then had a pancake race.

Space Day with Dennington

This week we had a wonderful day making space ships and space helmets with Dennington. We even made a space ship we could get inside.

Kaleidoscopes

Class 2 have made these wonderful Kaleisoscopes! We took a Pringles tube, (other tubes of crisps are available!), did some clever cutting and sticking, added some mirror card, in the shape of a triangular prism and a set of really good instructions to follow! We were all really pleased with the results!

Big Yellow Friday

Today we have been raising awareness for the Children's Liver Disease Foundation by holding our own Big Yellow Friday! We all donated one pound and wore something yellow. We had a 'Yellow Assembly', where Ted Chaervey's mum came and talked to us about Harry, Ted's brother who suffers from liver disease and the CDLF. We then sang 'yellow songs', had a yellow quiz, some of us even got to eat yellow buns!
Come and see our 'Big Yellow Friday' board in the school corridor!