The staff at Sutton on the Forest Church of England Primary School would like to extend a warm welcome to children, parents/carers and members of the local school community for the new academic year. We trust that you have all had a very happy and restful summer break, and that you are ready to embrace...Read More

What an emotional week for all our 2017 leavers ( including myself). The Y6 children performed a super “leavers assembly” on Thursday which was followed by drinks and nibbles with family, friends and governors. They are very proud of their leavers sweatshirts and wore them all week despite the warm weather on some days! They spent the...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have written some super adventure stories this term and they were all very proud of their writing. They were excited to share them with the reception and year 1 children during a paired reading session. Everyone in reception and year 1 enjoyed hearing the stories, and year 2 and 3 certainly...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have really enjoyed learning about forces and magnets this term, so last week we discussed how a magnet was very similar to a compass and that we could make our very own compasses. We did this by magnetising a needle and then floating it on water. It took a lot of...Read More

It was a shame that our Teddy Bears` Picnic was rained off but it did not stop the fun. The children enjoyed their picnic on the PE mats on the hall floor instead of on the grass. There were some super teddies of all shapes and sizes.Read More

A fantastic first day- the weather has been glorious and the children have had a brilliant day. It was quite entertaining watching them put duvet covers on their beds; they all enjoyed lunch ( baked potatoes with various fillings and salad). The children are happy with their dormitories and their groups for the activities so...Read More

There has been a super atmosphere across the school this week as the whole school community worked together to put on a fantastic musical production. The children sang their hearts out and thoroughly enjoyed themselves- A big thank you to all the friends and family members who supported the school either by coming along to...Read More

The climbing wall is always one of the highlights of the school year and what a super treat after all the hard work rehearsing for the school production. The leaders commented on how confident our children were at both the climbing and the archery with a high percentage managing to scale the tower and press...Read More

In our science lessons, year 2 and 3 have learnt about lots of different forces. Last week we learnt about how friction is a force and that it is the action of one surface rubbing against another. We planned an experiment to see which surface caused the most friction when a toy car rolled on...Read More

Year 2 and 3 have been studying the art of Paul Klee in art lessons this term. We have looked at how he uses colours and shapes in his abstract artwork. We used oil pastels and a paint wash to re-create one of his most famous pieces “The Castle and the Sun”. The pieces look...Read More