Year 5: The Business of Learning

    Children across the federation have been out in the community to learn about jobs people do as part of Enterprise Week. We have even had some visit us. Here are some of the experiences we have enjoyed. News UK On…

Glow In The Dark Science Workshop

Members of King's College came to work with Year 1 to Year 6 to investigate light. On Monday, the whole school got a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to discover the world of “Glow In The Dark” science. During the science workshop, brain…

Books, Books, Books!

Last week we celebrated World Book Day across the federation. All the children spent the day making their reading and book corners more inviting and engaging with the new books they had chosen. Thank you to our partner,  Norton Rose Fulbright…

It’s All Greek To Us!

As part of their learning and research into the Ancient Greeks, Year 5 went to the British Museum to study real artefacts for that era.   On Wednesday 22nd February, we went to the British Museum to learn about Ancient Greeks. We…

Roaming the Rainforest

Before half term, Year 3 had a busy week. They went to London Zoo and performed their class assembly.   The Zoo by Tomy On my way to the zoo I went on a big scary long escalator then on a ultra-fast train. Finally I went off when I…

Lessons in Law

Year 5 have been lucky enough to visit City Hall to enhance their learning about the Ancient Greeks. Nancy and Caitlin wrote this report of their experience: On Wednesday 8th February 2017, we lucky Year 5s went to City Hall. When we arrived,…

Digital Leaders Lead Safer Internet Day

  This week we celebrated Safer Internet Day. Classes took part in a range of activities to support the e-safety we already embed into our curriculum. We are very lucky to have 4 amazing pupils who support all the staff and children…

He’s behind You!

On the 27th January 2017 year 5 & year 6 from The Bridges Federation were given the chance to watch Hansel & Gretel at The Peacocks Theatre. We loved the fact that we were in mixed groups with children from Tower Bridge and learnt many…

A Generous Donation

The Japanese restaurant Wawa on Tower Bridge Road presented us with a cheque this week. They held a raffle over Christmas and raised £300 which they have donated to the school. Thank you so much!

Bridges at Bett 2017

On Thursday the Digital Leaders from the federation went to the Excel Exhibition Centre to look at all the new products and ideas to enhance ICT provision at the schools. Here is their report: Today we had a fun experience coming to BETT…

Running at Snowsfields

At the beginning  of the year we were encouraged to do a 5 minute run around the playground to make sure that we stay fit and healthy. Throughout the terms, it has become more and more challenging. We have had many people saying that they feel…

Rainbow News

This week in Rainbow class, we have been busy baking currant buns as part of our literacy work on 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit'. We had fun tasting the ingredients first and then kneading the dough and rolling it into balls. We also noticed the…

We won an Oscar!

Back in December some of us took part in a road safety project. We were directed by Dan Hobson from @theriotact to produce a film on how to keep safe on the roads. On the 17/1/17, we were escorted to an award winning ceremony. All of us were…

EFL Football Tournament

On Wednesday 18th January, we were chosen to participate in the EFL Cup for Kids. The EFL is the English Football League. We were playing 5 a side and we had to take part in 4 matches. There were 2 different group and altogether 12 teams. The…

Year 6 Assembly

Last Friday Year 6 treated us to a lovely assembly. We based our assembly on our learning about World War Two. We used the book “Otto” which we read last term and we performed our own version including facts about Winston Churchill and…

Bridges Come 3rd!

Some of the Year 5 and Year 6 children from the federation took part in an athletics tournament earlier this week. Ola has written this report for us. When I went on the sports trip we did lots of races and relay races. We had to do 4 laps,…

Tower Bridge Does The X Factor

There have been rumblings in the corridors for a few weeks now. Clandestine conversations between pupils in Keystage 2. What did it all mean? Children have been rehearsing their acts for weeks and we were treated to an amazing array of talents.…

EYFS – Winter Concert

We were treated to Nursery and Reception's Winter Concert - a lovely show full of winter songs. Some of the children had lines and spoke so clearly and loudly! The singing was wonderful and the children and staff had worked so hard to learn…

(Hour of Code)

Last week children across the federation took part in The Hour of Code to promote computing and continue to develop the skills taught in lessons. They were supported by our amazing digital leaders. Learning to code is an important part of the…

Peaches The Penguin Shines!

The Keystage One Show this year was a triumph! Peaches the Penguin travelled the world and helped Father Christmas, with songs and dancing along the way. The children and staff have worked so hard to achieve such a high standard of performance…

Snowsfields Got Talent!

KS2 had their annual ‘Talent Show’ and as always, it was brilliant!  Well done to our talented children who showcased their diverse skills! We were entertained by a range of acts, including: contemporary dance routines, street dance, singers…

Some of the Year 5 children were asked to help out with the Herb Garden at Snowsfields School.             Today we went to Snowsfields so that we could garden. When we arrived there, we split up into groups of two. The first group planted sage and the second group that […]

We had an amazing show of parents for the Year 2 Reading Café! It was clear that the children love books and enjoyed sharing them with all the adults. “I enjoyed reading with mummy.” “I like reading with my mum because it makes me smart.” “I enjoyed reading “The Moon Jet” because Kipper used his […]

Last Friday Year 1 performed our class assembly. Our topic is on monsters and we performed a play about a good monster who was judged by the way she looked. “I played a good monster. I had to go in the cupboard and then Temitayo and Temidayo took me to the zoo. I enjoyed when […]

      On Wednesday 3rd May Reception had the lovely opportunity to visit the Science Museum! We had a wonderful experience of getting to take the tube and we were very sensible and responsible during our travel. It was very exciting to travel in this way! When we arrived at the Museum we got […]

  Ahead of International Herb Day, which took place on Saturday 6th May, a pop up urban herb garden was erected on Potters Fields. The horticultural display celebrated the benefits of growing and cultivating your own herbs. Gardening expert Charlie Dimmock was on hand explaining how to make the most of small spaces and how herbs […]

Thank you so much to all the parents who were able to come to Year 1 today to read with their children and their friends. The children enjoyed it immensely!   “It was fun; I love the princess and the pea; I learnt what characters I like the best.”   “I like today because there […]

Year 1 treated us all to their class assembly based on “Where the Wild Things Are” which is helping them with their learning about Monsters.

We were lucky to have duck eggs come to Reception on Monday the 24th April. We saw them hatch and we gave them food and water to help them grow. We were able to watch them swim and gave them a cuddle.  I will miss them. – Salma J They are fluffy and soft. – […]

Science Museum 03/05/17 We went to the science museum. We caught the tube there and then were able to play in a garden with lots of great activities. We went to the pattern pod where we were playing with different lights. We also saw lots of different old transport like trains and cars.  

Year 6 SATS Dear Parents/ Guardians, The end of Key Stage two tests will take place in the week beginning 8th May 2017. Here is a breakdown of the tests the children will be sitting.    Monday 8th May: Reading Comprehension Test (1 hour) Tuesday 9th May: Grammar and Punctuation Test (45 minutes) Spelling Test (20 […]

Caterpillar and Butterfly classes have absolutely loved having the ducks at school.  They enjoyed watching them hatch and were fascinated with them when they were walking around. The children were gentle with them and quiet when they were sleeping and when we got them out.  They loved watching them paddle in the water and have […]

On Tuesday 25th April, we were so lucky because we had the opportunity to represent Snowsfields at a math tournament. We were in a team of three competing against other schools doing many math challenges. Our favourite challenge was game 24. In game 24 you have to use all different operations and numbers to make […]

On Friday morning, Year 1 held a reading café where parents were invited into our class to read with the children. It was a fantastic opportunity to choose a range of books from our book corner and to have fun reading!   The children loved having the parents in their class and were excited about […]

On Tuesday 25th April, we participated in the Count on Us Maths Challenge. We had to do four rounds of different maths challenges. There was a shape round including tangrams and pentominoes, a 24 game tournament and a code breaking challenge. Despite the fact that we didn’t qualify for the semi-finals we still really enjoyed ourselves. We […]

It has been a busy week in EYFS. We have been lucky enough to watch eggs hatch into ducklings as well as invite our parents and friends and parents from Tower Bridge to join us in our ‘Federation Garden School’.   When we arrived at the garden we made a large circle. We counted how […]

Year 5 have been writing poems about the river as part of their Literacy and Geography learning. Here are a few of them… Kyler: The River Slowly moving like a snail Leaping and diving through the land. Animals falling and drowning; the poor river gets the blame but it’s not its fault.   The river […]

Year 6 have been working with Lego this week. They made a Milo rover and programmed it to move around on iPads. IMG_1183 IMG_1184

Year 4 have been reading The Iron Man and using it to do some amazing writing. They have used all these ideas to produce animations. All this work has been produced by Year 4. What a talented group of children they are!   1080p (1)1080p (2)1080p (3)1080p

On Monday 27th March Year 5 went to the Science Museum. We saw the Legend of Apollo and it was about three astronauts landing on the moon which was a 3D simulator. It was my favourite. “A Beautiful Planet” is a 3D movie in the Imax theatre and was about astronauts living in the International […]

For the second year, Year 6 at both Tower Bridge and Snowsfields Primary School have taken part in a project called Stride. The aim of the scheme is to develop pupils’ problem solving, confidence, teamwork and leadership skills. Each year 6 class works in groups to create their own company and develop stalls for the […]

Tesco Trip We walked to Tesco to buy some foods to bring back for the class to taste and share. We looked at the different prices of the foods and we helped scan the items at the checkout and pay. On the way there we saw Tower Bridge, HMS Belfast, and other boats in the […]