Samba Time

As part of their music lessons this term, Class 2 have been having Samba lessons. The photo shows the children playing surdo, tamborim, agogo and the snare drum.

Samba is recognised as a symbol of Brazil.

Wikipedia's definition is:
"The modern samba that emerged at the beginning of the 20th century is basically 2/4 tempo varied with the conscious use of chorus sung to the sound of palms and batucada rhythm, adding one or more parts or stanzas of declaratory verses. Traditionally, the samba is played by strings (cabaquinho and various types of guitar) and various percussion instruments such as tamborim."

Pancake Day Races

Armed with homemade pancake (or an El Paso fajita for those who cheated!!) and frying pan, the children limbered up on Tuesday 21st for the annual Charsfield Primary School Pancake Race!

There was a chill in the air but fortunately, unlike the week before, there was no snow on the ground.

The children lined up to receive the race instructions and then they were split into year groups.

Two lengths of the playground flipping the pancake 3 times on each length in the fastest time would be the winning formula, except for Class 1 who only had to complete one length - they do have shorter legs after all!


The finalists were split into Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 for one last lap which concluded with an all female first place finish - Grace for KS1 and Amber for KS2!

Chinese New Year

Monday 23rd January
Today we travelled to Dennington Primary School to celebrate the beginning of the Chinese New Year, the Year of the Dragon. We were split into 6 groups, a mix of both ages and schools.



We made dragon masks, wrote our date of birth in Chinese numerals, made fans and tangrams. One of the funniest and hardest things to do was to use chopsticks. We tried with brussel sprouts and chick peas before attempting to eat our delicious Chinese dinner with them (sweet and sour chicken). Some of us managed to eat more lunch than others!!

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.