Hitcham's Blog

Bright Smiles Ahead!

2026-07-15T11:25:00.655+01:00

Sarah from Dentaid visited all the children from Nursery up to year 4 to remind them about the importance of looking after your teeth. The children had some very engaging conversations and were shown the right way to clean their teeth. Some of the children in year 1 and 2 reported “I found it good to find out about cleaning twice a day”; “it is important to go round and round with the toothbrush” and “we need to use a pea size amount of toothpaste, and we mustn’t swallow it.”

Some of the older children said “we need to drink through a straw so that the drink doesn’t go on our teeth as much” and "I didn't realise that there was so much sugar in squash!" Sarah showed all the classes terrible pictures of an adult and a child who didn’t look after their teeth. Some of the children (and staff) were very shocked! All the staff felt the children had learnt a lot and it was so good to have the reminders. They all went home with a new toothbrush and some toothpaste. Thank you to Sarah and Dentaid for providing this useful opportunity for the children.

Water safety assembly

2026-07-14T09:58:05.337+01:00

With the holidays fast approaching, we turn our thoughts to holidays and days out by the sea, rivers and lakes. We were extremely grateful to Emma from Stradbroke Swimming Pool who visited us to give the whole school valuable skills and strategies to use if they were to get into difficulty. She shared about the "float to live" and also told us about which flags to look out for at the beach and their meanings. Thank you to Emma for sharing such important facts with the children.

Chrissie Sains - author visit

2026-06-23T17:27:43.463+01:00

As part of our new literacy curriculum with "Literacy Tree", we have been lucky to enjoy a range of books this year and also welcome some great authors and today, was no exception, where we have had a very inspirational and uplifting day with Chrissie Sains, the author of such books as ‘Alien in the Jam factory’, ‘Slugs in Jam’ and others. The children heard about Chrissie's first attempt at writing, which she shared and was proud of as it went on the classroom wall!! She spoke honestly and openly about her struggles with writing as a child. She also shared that “Alien in the jam factory” was inspired by her god-daughter who had Downs Syndrome and so she helped Chrissie write this first novel.

After this introduction, year 3 and year 4 were invited to create their own ‘creature’ using a variety of ideas from her “Treasure chest of ideas”. See the picture below which the children helped to draw and was designed by voting for each part from a choice of features. Reception and nursery enjoyed singing a song all about strawberry, banana, orange and apple jam with actions. Year 1 and year 2 designed their own jam:- “Strawberry jam with chocolate sprinkles, pink icing and flying dust” all voted for by the children from certain features. They then each designed their own jam. Year 5 and year 6 – see separate blog post.

Some of the comments from the children:- “she was so good – I’m going to go home and write my own story”; “I loved listening to her and loved the magic that came out of treasure box”; "I loved designing my own beast” and “It was so good – I can’t wait to start drawing”. Some of the teachers were also in awe of her inspirational box of ideas! It was such a lovely day.

Thank you to “The Friends” who kindly supported this event and thank you to Chrissie for being so inspiring to us all!

Waste Watchers

2026-06-09T10:40:54.873+01:00

On Thursday, Big Bubble Theatre transformed our KS1 children into 'Waste Watchers'. To support the introduction of our new text 'Stella and the Seagull', we were taught about plastic pollution and taking care of the Earth. Remember to REDUCE, RECYCLE and REUSE!

Friday was World Environment Day, this year the focus was on lowering the impact on our environment, so KS1 children took to the playground to limbo, encouraging them to think about how they can reduce their environmental impact.

Dance Workshop Tomorrow! Wear PE Kit!

2026-06-04T11:10:24.020+01:00

Seek Ye First The Kingdom Of God

2026-05-21T20:41:11.211+01:00

During assembly on Monday the children sang the hymn 'Seek Ye First The Kingdom of God' in a round. This was inspired by the Year 5 Easter service when the children had performed it in the church.

Lead by Mrs Brown, Years 5 and 6 sang together whilst years 1, 2, 3 and 4 joined to sing the staggered verses. The effect of the children singing together in this style has really resonated with staff and left a lasting impression. We hope it connects and resonates with you all too.

Here is a recording of the hymn featuring our SRH pupils.

"Learning, Caring and Inspiring" assembly

2026-05-15T12:47:01.373+01:00

Rev Chris Davey joined Mrs Cann in our assembly to share the "School Vision " and to talk about spirituality and how this affects us all. The children gave some great examples including how they have been inspired and have a sense of awe and wonder of events in their lives including previous inspirational speakers we have had to visit us.

The Key Stage 2 children, who are doing Robin Wood as their enrichment at the moment, presented a beautiful, huge collage that they all helped make to celebrate Sir David Attenborourgh 's 100th birthday. This really was an inspirational piece of work and will adorn the walls in the hall shortly. Thank you to Mrs Skeggs and Miss Eliot who have created this with the children.

David Attenborough's tribute assembly

2026-05-08T15:51:00.002+01:00

Key stage 1 and Key stage 2 joined over one million other children from around the world in this special assembly to celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday. There were lots of new facts shared; he gave a short note of thanks for all the kind wishes and then Steve Backshall joined the assembly and gave a really interesting talk about how Sir David has inspired him himself to become the naturalist that he is today. Happy 100th Birthday Sir David!

Visitor assembly

2026-05-08T12:02:00.000+01:00

Major David Squirrel from the Salvation Army delivered a super assembly fitting in with our value for this half term - 'Truth'. He shared a story with the children about a shopkeeper searching for light and discovering the truth. After this he read a short extract from the bible.

Dressed in blue and green, we then recognised David Attenborough's 100th birthday and shared facts that we had learnt during the morning finding out about his life and his values. We discovered that he wants people around the whole world to know the 'truth' about what is happening to the animals and plants with regard to climate change.

Truthful assembly

2026-05-01T11:46:00.003+01:00

Julia Rose led a very engaging assembly about truthfulness showing a video which the BBC aired about spaghetti trees. The children were very engaged in finding out and discussing this but it turned out it was shown on April Fools Day 1957 and was not true!

Harnessing the understanding of truth, Julia turned to the bible where we learnt about King David. Julia also shared references that Jesus made in the bible about truthfulness and Jesus saying "I am the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6).

The day I floated over Framlingham

2026-04-24T12:21:00.000+01:00

We had a real treat in assembly today! As part of our literacy‑based curriculum, every class across the school has contributed a chapter to our very own school book, The Day I Floated Over Framlingham. We listened as each teacher proudly read their class’s chapter, and it was wonderful to see the excitement and joy on the children’s faces as they realised they had become authors themselves.

(PS - if anyone knows of anyone who could help us print an illustrated version - please get in touch - it would be so exciting for the children to see their work published).

Hooray for Spring!

2026-03-20T17:02:00.000+00:00

Key Stage 1 had a wonderful morning supporting each other in their poetry competition today.

Each class performed a spring themed poem beautifully, with admirable confidence, clarity and obvious enjoyment.

Well done to our winners, Class MB. We are very proud of you all!

Chicks at SRH

2026-03-06T15:02:00.004+00:00

What a busy few days we've had. SRH have welcomed nine beautiful chicks. The children across the school have been fortunate enough to watch the chicks hatch and observe them as they have dried out and fluffed up. They have been mesmerised ever since. As scientists, it has been the perfect opportunity to discuss life cycles, understand how to take care of animals and what they need to thrive.

How EGG-citing!

2026-03-03T16:11:00.000+00:00

To celebrate our upcoming book 'The Odd Egg', Key Stage 1 have welcomed some egg-cellent visitors. Watch this space for some egg-ceptionally cute updates. Thank you to The Friends for providing us with this egg-citing opportunity. 😀🥚🐣🐤

Wonderful Nativity Week

2025-12-12T12:00:00.011+00:00

What a delight we have had all week, with every Foundation & Key Stage 1 class performing their individual Nativities, not just once but twice! Each afternoon we have had the dress rehearsals to the other children and then each morning the parents & grandparents have come along to watch.

Here is a snapshot of a few photos from each Nativity, but do take a look on our website gallery page to see some more: Framlingham Sir Robert Hitcham's CEVA Primary School - Photo Galleries

Stars shine out in the church

2025-12-09T14:38:00.004+00:00

Every class contributed to the wonderful display of stars in the church. We all enjoyed making one and they look stunning.... do check them out when you visit the church to see our beautiful tree that our eco club decorated too.

Children in need sale

2025-11-18T14:47:00.008+00:00

School council and Eco council did an amazing job with the toy and book sale in aid of Children in Need. We were grateful for the toys, books, jigsaws, boxed games, dressing up toys and soft toys which we received.

Thank you to everyone for your donations and for those of you bought toys and made donations to a very well worth cause. We raised £259.72.

KS1 Seasonal Activities

2025-11-14T14:30:00.000+00:00

KS1 have been keen scientists learning about the seasons and displaying their knowledge through art. As artists, they have used printing, painting, drawing and collage skills to create images to depict spring, summer, autumn and winter. Some of the Year 2 children used seasonal vegetables to make pumpkin soup which all of the children enjoyed tasting.

Wow...what a performance!

2025-11-07T12:45:00.001+00:00

We were given a wonderful treat by our musicians from all year groups in our music assembly. The children from across the school performed solos and in groups and it was so lovely to see some of the older children playing their instruments so eloquently and seeing how much progress they have made whilst they have been learning their instruments. Many children have continued with music lessons following the class music lessons and are playing their instruments fluently.

We listened to recorders, clarinet, piano, guitar, boom-wackers and violins. We also heard some lovely singing from the year 5 and 6 choir under the direction of Mrs Johnson; the year 4 who are off to Snape to sing soon, and some duets and solos from other KS2 children.

It truly was so wonderful to see the confidence shown and shared by all the performers.

DR - Worm Experiment

2025-11-06T21:11:00.007+00:00

This week, Class DR transformed into brilliant scientists. We gathered the materials to create 6 different habitats. Then we searched long and hard to find 30 wiggly worms. We put the worms into the middle of the tray and made predictions about which habitat the worms would prefer. We left the worms over night. The next morning we discovered the worms had all chosen their favourite habitat. Ask your child about what we discovered...

Lego Creations in MB

2025-10-22T08:20:00.002+01:00

On Monday morning, Class MB had a creative morning making 100 Lego models for the Hitcham's Hundreds. The class worked as a team to complete the task. The children thoroughly enjoyed using their imagination and building skills to create some very detailed and complex models. Well done MB and thank you to all the families that have sponsored their child.

Hitcham's Hundreds - 100 pieces of Art

2025-10-21T16:54:00.004+01:00

Class JT have really enjoyed being artists and taking part in all the activities.

Creativity is at the heart of our learning, and we hope you enjoy looking at what we have created.

Hitcham's Hundreds in Class DR

2025-10-20T16:43:00.005+01:00

Today, Class DR completed their 'Hitcham's Hundreds' challenge by throwing 100 bean bags into hoops. The children thoroughly enjoyed this activity and were so excited to reach 100! Well done Class DR and thank you for collecting lots of sponsors.

The Bear and the Piano - Class DR

2025-10-13T16:30:00.003+01:00

A new text and another fabulous WOW moment for Class DR. The children created their own theatre tickets, ready for a very special show. We swapped our tickets for some delicious popcorn and found our seats in the theatre. Class DR were inspired as we watched a very clever bear playing a piano. We can't wait to find out more about 'The Bear and the Piano'.

Harvest assemblies

2025-10-10T16:34:00.000+01:00

We celebrated our harvest festival at St Michaels' s Church. Every class contributed by sharing either a poem, a song or facts about the Waveney food bank. Many of the classes focused particularly on sharing - a message which Reverend Chris reinforced in his blessing. Our donations were being shared with local families through the Waveney Food Bank. Matthew shared some interesting facts and information about the charity at both Key Stage services. The worship team shared prayers about Harvest. Nursery and Reception children held their special assembly at school.

The worship team helped load up the van with not only our school donations but also the donations from the service at St Michael's Church last Sunday.

Thank you to everyone for the donations and we know that there will be families in our local community who will be benefiting from all of these donations.

Thank you also to the parents who kindly offered to help walk the children to and from the church and those that came to join in the harvest celebrations at the church.