Race for Life

On Friday 6th July, Snowsfields and Tower Bridge met at Southwark Park for our annual sports day.   The parent running group kicked things off by running the 5km course with staff members. We were so thrilled that new parents joined…

Bridges Makes A Splash!

On Wednesday 11th July, both Snowsfields and Tower Bridge Year 5, along with a Year3/4 class from Robert Browning Primary School and others, took part in Southwark Splash Anthology. The children have been rehearsing for weeks and all the hard…

Bridges Choir Meet HRH Prince William, Duke of Cambridge

On Wednesday 9th May, children from the Bridges Choir were invited to sing at the Grand Reopening of London Bridge Station.​ Enthusiastic and excited, the children worked really hard on their performance ready to shine at the event. On…

The Little Half

The Little Half On Friday 9th March, we ran 2.4 miles around the Snowsfields playground. We had to use our resilience and run non-stop so we could receive the Little Half medal and t-shirt. We were all determined, parents, children and teachers!…

A Visit to Parliament

On Wednesday 28th February, Year 5 braved the snowy conditions and went to Westminster as part of their learning about Democracy.   Year 5 went to Parliament. The journey was really cold because... THERE WAS SNOW! The last time it…

School Closure

Tower Bridge and Snowfields schools will be closed tomorrow  Friday 2nd March due to weather warnings and travel disruption. We will reopen on Monday 5th March. Keep warm and stay safe!   We will be closed today due to the adverse…

NSPCC Day!

This year the school council decided to raise money for the NSPCC -National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children- so on Wednesday 21st February all the children had a 'Wear something green' day to support this charity. We had some…

People who help us!

Last week, as part of our people who help us topic, we had the police and firefighters visit our school. The police talked to us about their job and how they keep us safe in our community and what number to call if we are in trouble. The firefighters…

The Bridges Running Club- for parents, carers and staff!

In September 2016 we introduced the 'daily mile' for the children at the Bridges Federation. We noticed that this had a brilliant impact on the children's health and well-being. They were more resilient and focused in class too. Following…

Lantern Parade

It has come to be an annual tradition where year 5 have been involved with the Lantern Parade at Potters Fields and Hay's Galleria, kindly organised by Team London Bridge. Helen Harrison runs the lantern making workshops and always manages…

Parent and Pupil Questionnaires

Thank you to all the parents and pupils at both schools for completing your questionnaires. The results are overwhelmingly positive. You clearly love your school. You can read all the results on the Ofsted and Parent View pages under each school…

2017 Road Safety Campaign

https://www.think.gov.uk/education/resource/crossing-the-road/ We are really proud of our year 1 and 2 children who took part in the 2017    road safety campaign! 'I was asked to take part in a road safety film and I loved it! My favourite…

Blue Class: Lanterns of Light

This week we had a lantern workshop. We had to make them for a lantern parade!! First we put ourselves in two groups. I was in the Berry group. On the first day we met Helen who was our teacher. First we made the shape with bamboo. The next…

International Week 2017!

We had an amazing time during International Week! We learnt about very famous and inspirational scientists while having the most fun ever! Joshua Year 5 This week we have learnt about Black History Month.  This poem is inspired by…

Paddington!

Some of our children were lucky to be invited to the official launch of the new film: Paddington 2!   They went to meet Paddington at MoreLondon, who happened to bring another star of the film, Hugh Bonneville as well as the Mayor,…

INTERNATIONAL WEEK 2017!

International Week celebrated Black history Month with a special focus on scientists and inventors. The children have spent this week writing biographies, creating portraits and writing poetry to be read aloud at International Evening. We…

LPESSN – Girls in Sport Week

The LPESSN (London PE and Sport School Network) held some events to celebrate Women in Sport. Girls from the federation took part in American Football and Boxing. On Monday some of us went to learn how to play American football. First we…

Cross Country Running

For the past year, children have been running everyday for 5 minutes at the beginning of morning play. They have been building up their stamina and resilience - some are even running a mile each morning!!! Last week some of the Year 5 and 6…

IntoUniversity Week

Year 6 spent a week working with IntoUniversity, a local learning centre which runs workshops and projects inspiring young people to achieve a higher education. Purple class were lucky enough to visit HMS Belfast and visit Trinity College…

Churchill’s War Room

On Monday 18th September, we went to the Churchill War Rooms. Once inside, we were shown a video from World War 2. We were handed out some devices that informed us about the different rooms. Interestingly, the people that worked there left the…

Snowsfields Portrait Gallery

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Our KS1 Christmas performance is the highlight of the Autumn term and I’m sure you’ll agree that this year was no exception! The children executed the songs with such enthusiasm and enjoyment which was only matched  by the quality of their performance! Well done to our talented children and thanks to all staff members who […]

The children have joined tens of  millions of students across 180 countries to complete the ‘Hour of Code’. This event takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week.  Our digital leaders helped the younger classes access the computer coding session.                               […]

Thank you to the Foundation Stage parents who attended our hat making workshop. Children and parents have thoroughly enjoyed the session and produced some lovely hats for the EYFS Winter Concert. We are looking forward to seeing all of the parents from Caterpillar and Butterfly classes on 14th December at 10:00.      

The children in Foundation Stage have been learning about winter and the changes that take place around us during this season. These are some of the homework projects they have completed this half term.

Borough Market and their lovely visitors were treated to the dulcet tones of the Federation choir.

On Tuesday morning we welcomed many parents and children to a Winter Crafts workshop.

On Monday 5th December, the federation choir and Year 5 from Snowsfields and Tower Bridge gathered to parade their lanterns from Potter’s Fields to Hay’s Galleria. The Mayor of Southwark turned on the lights and we all sang carols, led by the choir. We certainly caught the attention of people leaving their offices and tourists […]

Year 5 and Year 6 have met their Shine Mentors for this year. Students from Kings College sign up to mentor a pupil over the academic year. They support in lessons and give up their valuable time each week to check in on pupils in school. Here are some of the children giving a grand […]

The Bridges Federation Choir began their series of concerts at the Norton Rose Fulbright Holly Fayre. They sang beautifully and attracted many people from their desks to listen.

Year One visited Surrey Docks Farm as part of their topic work.                                              

Year Five have been making lanterns for the Lantern Parade along the river on Monday 5th December.

Year One were invited to Potter’s Fields to learn about how chocolate is made by Divine Chocolate. They also received an advent calendar.

Year 1 and 2 have been to Millwall to take part in a multiskills competition.

On 25th November, the school was held to ransom by Viking Invaders! Year 5 have been learning about the Vikings all term. They presented us with artefacts and a retelling of the famous story Beowulf! Well done to all the children, Ajita and Ben for their hardwork. Thanks too to all the parents who came […]

On Monday 21st November, we were pleased to welcome 34 delegates from across the South East who attended a one day seminar for G&T coordinators . This course was a led by Pauline Hinchliffe a NACE Award Challenge assessor who provided the coordinators with the foundations that support good provision and guidance on strategies for creating […]

The pupils from year 5 and 6 classes met their Shine mentors yesterday! The project which is organised by Shine Mentoring has been running across the Bridges Federation for several years and has been very successful. The children benefit from some 1:1 coaching and mentoring, throughout their last years at primary school. The mentors are […]

Andrew Dawes from @ReFormArchi shared with our KS2 classes some interesting facts about the proposed  pedestrian and cyclist bridge which will connect south east London to the Docklands. Did you know that there are 32 bridges across the River Thames to the west of Tower Bridge and only one to the east? If the project goes […]

‘Our assembly was a short reconstruction of what life was like for young Londoners during World War II. Children were known as Evacuees as they had to leave the city and travel to the country side where they were safe from deadly air raids. During the assembly, we shared some facts about what the evacuation […]

On Monday 21st November, year 4 went to Lullingstone to visit the Roman Villa and see the artefacts there as part of their topic work on the Romans. Here are some of their diaries from the day: On Monday, Year 4 went on a trip to Lullingstone Roman Villa and it was really fun. We […]

On Friday 18th November, the School Council spoke to the whole school in an assembly to explain what Children In Need to and why we are raising money. Children have donated £1 to wear pyjamas to school. They have also donated cakes for a bake sale in the afternoon. We will reveal how much we have […]

On 16th November, children in Nursery and Reception bought their teddy bears to the Teddy Bear Hospital. Medical students from Kings College University helped the children learn about how to look after their teddies, what to give them to eat and how to clean their teeth.