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(May 2024)

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Suffolk Show Large Gold Award!

Suffolk Show Large Gold Award!

JUNE 2026 - We won!! Congratulations to our fantastic head gardeners who designed and created a beautiful garden for this year’s competition. Well done to all of you and a huge thank you to Mrs Harvey for supporting them. Large Gold Award!  

Y5 Lime class trip to London

Y5 Lime class trip to London

MAY 2026 - Lime class had a great time on their trip to London. Starting with a flight on the London Eye then lunch in the park followed by watching 'Matilda' the musical in the West End and finishing off with dinner at Pizza Hut!

Pond Dipping

Pond Dipping

APRIL 2026 - Oak and Beech Class both had a wonderful time pond dipping with Juliet.  We are so lucky to have fantastic habitatis to explore and investigate on our doorstep.  A huge THANK YOU to Juliet and Rougham Estate for giving the children an amazing learning...

Walk for Water

Walk for Water

MARCH 2026 - On Monday 23rd March all the children wore blue and walked laps of the school field to raise money for the charity Water Aid.  Thanks to the sponsorship money the children collected they have so far raised just over £900.00.  

Inclusive School Award

Inclusive School Award

MARCH 2026 - We are excited to share that we have just achieved the Inclusive School Award! IQM said "The school's vision is rooted in an uncompromising commitment to inclusion. Leaders, staff and pupils share the deeply held belief that every member of the school...

Lime class Monster Kickabout

Lime class Monster Kickabout

FEBRUARY 2026 - Our Year 5 children had an opportunity to attend a Monster Kicks Football event, which was sponsored by Nike and Sports Direct. They had the opportunity to practice many football-based skills through drill activities and teamwork games. They also met...

Whole School Birdwatching Day

Whole School Birdwatching Day

JANUARY 2026 – Our first enrichment day for 2026 was our ever-popular bird day. We started the day with an assembly to refresh our bird spotting skills – I don’t think there are many children in the school that can’t tell the difference between a buzzard and a red...

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!

JANUARY 2026 - It's a snowy start to the term as we welcome the children back to school on Tuesday 5th January.

It’s Christmas!

It’s Christmas!

DECEMBER 2025 - Christmas is in full swing here at school. The trees are up and decorated.  Willow class had a lovely walk across the fields a few weeks ago to choose two trees, one for the hall and one for the main entrance foyer.  Thank you to Rougham Estates once...

Little City visit Willow Class

Little City visit Willow Class

NOVEMBER 2025 - The topic for Willow class this half term is 'People Who Help Us'. To enhance the children's learning about the different roles in the emergency services Little City came to visit and set up various role play 'stations' for the children to explore. ...

Ash Class Trip to Hedingham Castle

Ash Class Trip to Hedingham Castle

OCTOBER 2025 - Ash class visited Hedingham Castle for a Hands on the Past day to bring their history topic to life.  They met all sorts of people that would have lived in the castle many years ago and found out about what their life would have been like then and the...

Open Mornings

Open Mornings

SEPTEMBER 2025 - It was lovely to see many new faces at our first open morning.  If you have a child due to start school next year and would like to visit our school we have another open morning coming soon - Saturday 18th October. Don't worry if you missed the first...

Ash class to Felixstowe

Ash class to Felixstowe

JULY 2025 - Ash class had a great trip to Felixstowe as part of their Geography topic. They walked along the sea front and completed field work by looking at the various attractions. The children then surveyed a small number of local people about what it is like to...

Maple class trip to Aylmerton

Maple class trip to Aylmerton

JUNE 2025 - Maple class had a great weekend in Aylmerton. The first afternoon was jam-packed with pirate activities including high ropes, zip lining over water and building shelters. The following day wading through the mudflats at Blakeney and finding critters was...

Rock Kidz

Rock Kidz

MAY 2025 - On Wednesday 21st May we were visited by Rock Kidz. There was a lot of music, dancing and laughter as they helped us to think about resilience through workshops and a whole school 'rock concert'.  Thank you again to Friends of Rougham Primary for helping...

Sports Day

Sports Day

MAY 2025 - Sports Day was very well attended and it was lovely to have so many family members here to cheer everyone on.  As well as the activities and races watched in the afternoon, the children spent the morning in their house gruops thinking about how they could...

Lime class trip to London

Lime class trip to London

MAY 2025 - Despite a VERY long coach journey Lime class had a wonderful day in London at the beginning of May. They all enjoyed a trip on the London Eye followed by lunch in the park.  After a short walk to the theatre, it was time to watch The Lion King, followed by...

British Science Week

British Science Week

March 2025 - The theme for the week this year was 'Change and Adapt'. The children accessed online workshops and completed lots of related activities. Thank you to FORPs for funding the day for the children.

World Book Day

World Book Day

March 2025 - On Thursday 6th March we celebrated the wonderful world of books for World Book Day.  The children (and staff!) came dressed as either their favorite book character or ready for a bedtime story in their PJs and dressing gown.  In the afternoon the...

Safer Internet Day

Safer Internet Day

February 2025 - All of the classes completed activities or lessons linked to Safer Internet Day. Our Year 5 digital leaders did an excellent job presenting a very informative assembly to the whole school. The theme for this year is ‘Too good to be true? Protecting...

Annual Bird Day

Annual Bird Day

January 2025 - As always, we kicked off the year with our annual Bird Day. It was lovey to see the knowledge about our feathered friends that the children (and teachers!) have retained from the last few years. We had a wonderful whole school birdwatching walk and had...

Eco Council – Upcycling Challenge

Eco Council – Upcycling Challenge

November 2024 - The Eco Council set the school a creative upcycling challenge over the half term holidays.  They wanted the children to find things that they no longer use or are going to throw away, and turn them into something new and even better!  Lots of useful,...

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