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• Educational Art and History Project

  Thu 23 Feb 2023

  Swaffham Church of England Primary Academy has been working with the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (SCVA) and Swaffham Museum Heritage Collection as part of their History and Art curriculum to explore Egypt and enrich the pupils’ learning about Howard Carter.

  Through funding from Arts Council England, the Year 6 children have been able to visit the Sainsbury Centre in Norwich and see the Visions of Ancient Egypt exhibition and our Year 2 and Year 3 classes have been able to work with a professional artist.

  SCVA Associate Artist and illustrator Rose Feather visited Swaffham Primary to work with Year 2 and 3 on a story book and illustration activity telling the story of Howard Carter and creating hybrid animal/human illustrations.  Both classes have worked as a team to create their own class concertina books.

  The Year 2 book tells the story of the discovery of Tutankhamun by British archaeologist, Howard Carter, as the children have been learning about this local hero.  Their book contains wonderful illustrations and printing that the children made with Rose Feather.

  Sue Gattuso, manager from Swaffham Museum visited the school to talk to the children about Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb, sharing photos and artefacts.

   “This has been an amazing experience for our children. We are very excited and proud that our pupils’ work will be displayed within Swaffham Museum and we are looking forward to continuing the links made through this project.”

  Rose Feather worked with our Year 3 class too teaching them how to create a hybrid animal in the style of the ancient Egyptians as well as creating their concertina book based on Howard Carter’s life.

  The aim of the funded project is to create cultural partnerships between institutions and build on links between the community and Swaffham Museum.

  Artists Rose Feather and Ian Brownlie have developed creative resources to support learning for both primary and secondary schools, that can be used whilst on future visits to the Swaffham Museum Heritage Collection.

  

• Community Pancake Race

  Wed 22 Feb 2023

  Mrs Rice and Miss Macleod took 6 Year 5 children into Swaffham town to take part in our community pancake race run by the Lions of Swaffham. We were exceptionall proud of the behaviour of these children; they were wonderful representatives of Swaffham Primary Academy. We came second place, and we participated with integrity and maturity. Thank you to the community of Swaffham for this great race!

  

• Christmas Lunch

  Wed 14 Dec 2022

  Swaffham Primary Academy celebrated Christmas in style with our fantastic lunch. Thank you to our incredible Aspens team for making such a delicious dinner. As Chloe in year 6 said, "The best bit was eating dinner with all of our teachers and helpers!" 

  

• School Council Elections

  Fri 02 Dec 2022

  It is that time of year again! Our school hall turned into a Polling Station as we had a democratic vote to decide which candidates would become our new School Council. 

  

• Book Fair 2022

  Fri 18 Nov 2022

  We had the Book Fair at school this week. Thank you to our amazing families for raising money and spreading our shared love of reading. We spent over £900 on books, which meant we had an incredible £600 to spend on resources for our school. 

  

• Our Pupils' Art Work on Exhibition

  Sun 06 Nov 2022 Mrs Kaye

  We were delighted to showcase our pupils’ art work as part of The Swaffham Rotary Club’s Annual Art Exhibition over Half Term in the Assembly Rooms in Swaffham- a stunning venue!  Our pupils have been exploring the theme of conservation.  Our Year 1 pupils have been exploring light and dark effects using different drawing tools.  Our Year 6 pupils have been drawing from observation, experience and imagination focusing on finding creative ways to use tones of the colour green.  It was wonderful to exhibit our pupils' art work alongside the art of professional artists.  We had a great spot for our exhibition board.

  

• In memory of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  Fri 16 Sep 2022

  Each class reflected on what the Queen means to them, including their memories of our great Queen Elizabeth. We shared our reflections and memories in a beautiful assembly to pay tribute. Next, we planted a tree, a flowering Cherry Blossom, in memory of Queen Elizabeth with the help of our Eco Warriors and School Council. 

  

• Josie-Grace wins Welcome Home Competition!

  Tue 28 Jun 2022

  Following a greetings card design competition with Barratt Homes, Josie-Grace in Year One, age 6, won the competition for her design to be turned into a card for new residents in Swaffham at Ceres Rise. 

  

• The Great Jubilee Sunflower Plant

  Sun 22 May 2022

  On Thursday 19th May, the whole school participated in the Great Jubilee Sunflower Plant. In order to celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, ever child planted a sunflower on the school grounds, in an area which would be seen readily every day.  Sunflowers are a symbol of hope, longevity and most of all, joy. It won't be too long until the school grounds are shining beautifully yellow. 

  

• Year 6 Trip to Gressenhall WW2

  Sat 21 May 2022

  Lucia summed up the trip well, "It was really fun and exciting because we got to dress up, go to the farm, hear the air-raid siren and we got to learn even more about WW2.'