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Stradbroke Primary School
It has been a great Autumn Term so far. Last week we took 50 pupils on a fantastic
school visit to London. We started the day with a tour which took us past Horseguard’s Parade, the Cenotaph,10 Downing Street and past the Houses of Parliament.
We then walked to The Globe Theatre where we had a workshop on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. After lunch at the Golden Hinde we walked to Tower Bridge
where we had a great tour and saw the city lights as it became dark. Overall it was an
amazing day and we are so proud of our children who always behave so well!
Last week the children also enjoyed a fantastic performance of the play “The Snow Queen”from “Working
Space Theatre”. Well done to all the children for being such a fantastic
audience and to Cherry, Lucy and Charlie for playing characters in the
play. On Thursday we were all very excited and looking forward to
two Lego Team building workshops. In the morning Classes 3 and 4
learnt more about circuits through building a lego “electro-city”. In the
afternoon Classes 1 and 2 were LEGO town planning– building a LEGO
city! These workshops promote excellent problem solving and communication skills as the children work together to build Lego based kits on a
grand scale. Take a look at the fantastic photos on our website from all of
these events! We continue welcomed lots of new children into our
school recently. If you are considering schools for your child please feel
able to contact us for a tour to see what makes Stradbroke Primary so special.
We are now looking forward to our Christmas events including a nativity play “Prickly Hay” and our very popular Christingle Service at Stradbroke Church. It promises to be a great end to term with another whole
school visit to the pantomime “Cinderella” at Norwich Theatre Royal. A great way to end the Autumn Term.
Melanie Barrow, Headteacher Stradbroke Primary
Stradbroke High School
Visit to Ypres and the Somme
At the end of September forty eight students and
five staff left Stradbroke High School for a two day
visit to Ypres and the Somme.
Visits to two cemeteries were followed by an
emotional evening at the Menin Gate where four
Stradbroke students, smartly dressed in a variety of uniforms, laid a wreath as part of the Last Post Ceremony.
On the second day the group visited Newfoundland Park and the Somme battlefields, where students were
gripped by accounts of the reality of life on the front line. Another trip is already in place for 2014.
Mrs R Spence and Mrs H Rowe, English Department
Battlefields Trip - Tyne Cot and German Graves
As a part of the WW1 battlefields trip we visited many graves from both allied and axis forces.
Firstly was Tyne Cot. It was humbling to see the 11,956 commonwealth servicemen laid out before us all in
neat rows with dazzling white gravestones and gardens so they feel at home in ‘forever England’. Many of the
graves were marked as ‘known unto God’ as the person could not be identified at the time yet were still given
the respectful burial they each deserved.
At the front stood a massive curved memorial made from the same white stone as the graves carrying the
35,000 names of those whose graves aren’t known. To see such unity, respect and order in a war cemetery
told us clearly how much people still care about the carnage and t