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

                                              Lilah Lucy…

LPESSN Awards 2017

This year Adele and Lateefah were nominated for Primary Sports Leader of the year. Sadly they missed out on winning, however we are very proud of all their hard work and the hard work of their fellow sports leaders. Without them the federation…

EYFS: Graduation

On Tuesday 11th July EYFS had a special ‘Graduation’ with our friends and parents. We were really excited to show our families our good behaviour, fabulous singing and also celebrate our excellent year of learning together. We sang ‘Baby…

Race for Life

Last Friday we joined together at Southwark Park to take part in sports activities and Race for Life. Staff, children and parents all joined in—as you can see we had a wonderful time!

Splash Project 2017

                                          Last night, the…

We are currently following public health advice issued to education settings. They state that the risk to individuals remains low (guidance as of 23.2.2020.) Link to advice: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-for-schools-and-other-educational-settings We have hand sanitiser in all classrooms and are reminding children of good hand washing and nose blowing procedures. If we are concerned that a child is […]

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Outstanding achievements of Snowsfields Primary School recognised by the Mayor of London The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has celebrated the outstanding performance of Snowsfields Primary School in Southwark with an awards ceremony. Snowsfields Primary School was honoured for its work to reduce educational inequality and achieve exceptional results for children who were previously behind […]

For the last 12 months we have been working in partnership with Robert Browning Primary School as part of a soft federation. We are now consulting all staff, parents and children about whether Robert Browning should join us in a hard federation. Please find attached the consultation documents. Federation consultation document 2019 Federation consultation letter 2019 Federation […]

On Tuesday 16th July, after many weeks of tireless rehearsals, Year 5 at Snowsfields and Tower Bridge, and Year 3 and 4 from Robert Browning performed wonderful songs and dances at Southwark Splash. Southwark Splash is a wonderful experience for the children. Not only do they receive specialist tutoring in singing and dancing, but they […]

Laura Neuveglise, Deputy Headteacher, has been working with pupils and the council and secured funding to install a green screen along the boundary with Tower Bridge Road. Pupils at Tower Bridge Primary School kicked off the campaign with Councillor Richard Livingstone, Cabinet Member for environment, transport management and air quality. He visited the school’s new […]

Old school magic meets the modern world in the epic adventure THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING. Alex (Ashbourne Serkis) thinks he’s just another nobody, until he stumbles upon the mythical Sword in the Stone, Excalibur. Now, he must unite his friends and enemies into a band of knights and, together with the legendary wizard […]

On November 29th Team London Bridge hosted the annual London Bridge Christmas Carols and Lantern Parade, marking the start of Christmas in the area. The event was in collaboration with longstanding partners London Bridge City, Potters Fields Park Management Trust, Network Rail and the stars of the show: Tower Bridge and Snowsfields Primary Schools from The Bridges Federation.   As the […]

To commemorate 100 years since the end of World War One, every pupil in the school made a poppy to display around our portraits of Walter Tull and Albert McKenzie. They learned more about the heroic efforts of these young men and how they were among the hundreds of thousands who lost their lives at […]

On Friday 9th November, Purple Class performed an assembly to the school and their parents. Based on their historical learning about World War Two, it evoked many emotions in all of us. Click here to view.

The exceptional performance of Snowsfields and Tower Bridge Primary Schools has been honoured by the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.  The schools were  invited to the Schools for Success awards ceremony at City Hall on Friday 5th October, to celebrate their achievements in supporting pupils needing extra help to fulfil their potential. More than 100 […]

On Thursday 4th October we were visited by an assessor from NACE (National Association for Able Children in Education). She met with parents, pupils, staff and Governors and observed lessons. We are pleased to announce that from all the evidence she saw, she awarded the school with the NACE Challenge Award. We are now the […]

On Friday 28th September we celebrated Disability Awareness Day. We thought about our similarities rather than differences. We studied famous people with disabilities and learnt about their achievements and how they overcame their individual difficulties. Look out for some of the people we studied in the new photos around school. It was a very inspirational […]

On Wednesday 19th September, Purple Class and Green Class took part in a Southwark cross country event with lots of different schools. We were so proud of their resilience and determination! Tower Bridge came 4th in the Year 6 competition and 3rd in the Year 4 competition.   Special mentions to Rubie  who came 4th […]

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 in. Well done to all those who took part. Children then ran, took part […]

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 work paid off. Snowsfields dazzled us with some amazing dance moves, Tower Bridge and Robert […]

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 Wednesday the choir went to London Bridge Station for the grand reopening. We sang 3 songs […]

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! S.M Sports Leader Today we ran for thirty minutes straight. We ran with […]