Taking part in Young Voices 2025 was an inspirational experience. Along with the excitement of visiting London, being able to perform as part of a choir of over 6000 children was incredible. Having world-famous artists on stage performing with us was amazing, and the result was a spectacular evening of dance, music and song. Well done to our choir – our video gives a glimpse of the experience, from rehearsals in school to performing in the O2 arena.
Working with our Buddies, the older children helped younger children create Christingles. We then held a special Christingle Service in school, to reflect on the ‘Light of the World’ and how the Christmas story reflects Christian beliefs about creation and salvation. The Christingles helped inspire us in our school vision to ‘Shine as bright as the sky’ as we thought of ways to ‘shine our light’ over the Christmas period.
The ‘Herald of Herod’ visiting theatre from St Benets Chaplaincy gave us a different angle on the Christmas Story. We thought about the experience of the Wise Men and how they came to see and realise the importance of the King of Kings.
Remembrance 2024 – Poignant poetry written by our Year 5 and Year 6 children as part of their WWII studies, displayed for visitors to our school. A special act of remembrance was held on 11th November with our whole school.
Raising money for Children in Need and learning about the good causes we are supporting whilst enjoying dressing up in yellow and our Pudsey Bear themes!
Studying actual historical documents was an incredible and rare experience for our pupils at the Norfolk Records Office. Part of the Deopham Church ‘Roots’ project, children were able to piece together aspects of people’s lives from the Deopham area over the last 200 years.
27/3/24
A wonderful end to our term with our Easter Service at Tacolneston church. Filled with singing, storytelling, prayers and choir performances, the service was a joyful celebration. We were grateful to Bishop Ian for joining us, and for his words about the message of Easter – one of love for each and every one of us. Enjoy the beautiful singing in the Easter videos!
27/3/24
Great fun seeking Easter eggs on the school field in our annual Easter Egg hunt after the Easter Service. The children were really quick to gather hundreds of eggs, ready to share out equally between everyone!
15/3/2024
Thank you to Raise Kids for an amazing Easter Experience day! Being able to enter, touch, taste and listen to the different parts of the Easter story really engaged the children with ideas and reflections; they considered concepts such as sharing through a ‘last supper’ experience, and who we can stand up for in a ‘Gethsemane’ garden, which made the Easter story relevant to the children’s own lives as well as being memorable. A great day, with RE literally brought to life!
14/3/2024
Robins Class assembly gave the opportunity for us to celebrate their artwork, writing and poetry. The children performed a story about the destruction of woodland habitats which made everyone think about their role in caring for the world, finishing with dreams and pledges from the children about how they will play their part in making the world a better place. Thank you to all our adults who came along and were a fantastic audience for the children.
7/3/2024
James Mayhew, author and illustrator, has long-standing links with Tacolneston Primary. As part of our book week focus, we looked at his books and original artwork which is displayed around school, with special galleries of James’ work and children learning more about his life and career. Thank you James!
7/3/2024
World Book Day dressing up was fantastic! Well done to all our children and families for embracing book characters and coming up with such creative costumes. World Book Day is always special and gives children an excellent focus on reading, authors and the pleasure of books.
12/2/2024
What an amazing adventure into outer space! We really did feel like we went to the moon and back with this science-based interactive show, linked to Science week. The children loved learning space-related facts while on the adventure together to a moon landing in our school hall!
29/1/2024
Building Lego staircases is always a tricky challenge! As part of our Collective Worship series on Perseverance, children were tasked with building a Lego staircase as big as possible, and to think about their emotions as they built. From excitement, through disappointment when it breaks, to pride when finished – we all experience a range of emotions when taking on a challenge. Learning to manage these is a very useful life skill. Maybe try the Lego challenge to experience this!
26/2/2024
To begin Lent, we had a fantastic time trying out Pancake Racing! First in the hall during Collective Worship with our House Captains, and then outside for anyone wanting to take part. Lots of fun and a good way to celebrate the start of the Easter season!
25/2/2024
Super learning from Year 3 in art. The children have been learning about Kente Cloth patterns, the meaning of the different colours and starting to think about designing their own. Great work Year 3!
24/1/2024
Silhouette artwork in Sparrowhawks class – building on learning about smooth blending of watercolours, the children created these marvellous palm tree silhouettes.
19/1/2024
Children in Robins Class loved sharing books with their parents. Some chose personal favourites whilst others chose books they had read in school. Some children even decided to make books of their own!
19/1/2024
Kingfisher Class reading with parents – thank you to all parents who join in with the weekly Friday reading sessions – it is great to have you in school and sharing in the children’s learning!
10/1/2024
Forest School is a highlight for children at Tacolneston. Today, Year 3 were in the woods, making dreamcatchers, firelighting, working with shelters and playing active games in the forest.
10/1/2024
We welcomed Mrs Cox to Collective Worship. She shared with us the story of Mary Jones and her Bible, inspiring us with the incredible perseverance Mary showed to raise funds and travel far to buy a Bible of her own. We learned the message together from Philippians 3:14 “I keep trying to reach the goal and get the prize”. Thank you Mrs Cox!
10/1/2024
Children love coming to Art Club, which is organised and run by Year 6 pupils. Here they made star and flower streamers, which the younger children were quick to dub ‘magic wands’! Well done to Year 6 for giving their lunchtimes so kindly and skillfully to run Art Club.
4/1/2024
Happy New Year 2024! Children enjoying playtime together, playing with their friends and their buddies from different classes. A lovely happy playground!
5/1/2024
Exploring common factors and inverse operations in maths using practical equipment. Well done Y3/4!