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We are part of FOSS - the Family of Small Schools. There are a number of ways we collaborate and connect across the year. This includes sports tournaments, additional experiences for Year 6 pupils to join together, teacher subject groups (e.g. maths leads pooling ideas), and in July there is FOSS DAY!

For 2025, FOSS Day is on Friday 4th July. The year groups across the schools go on organised coaches to different host schools. All travel happens within school hours.  This year the arrangement is as follows:

Reception: Martlesham (our children will travel with Claire and Karen)

Year 1 and 2: Bealings (here on site with Becky, Joy, Sophie and Laura M)

Year 3 and 4: Bucklesham (our children will travel with Alice and Frankie)

Year 5 and 6: Waldringfield (our children will travel with Trish)

It's a great opportunity to feel part of a bigger year group - if only for a day. In fact it is part of our strategy for preparing children for secondary school, something we have to think carefully about as we are quite a small school on our own.

The theme is Friendship and the day tends to consist of a few activities like scavenger hunts, art and drama, problem solving and design challenges. 

Children will be with some of their own class at all times and will have a designated classroom base in the school where they gather together at the start, end and for breaks. Here are a few details about what they will be getting up to:

Reception: 

Year 1 and 2: Friendship bracelets, paper plate portraits and parachute games

Year 3 and 4:  

Year 5 and 6: 

If you have any questions or worries, please speak to an adult in your child's class.