Year 5/6 Mixed Cricket
Well done to our mixed cricket team, who competed in the South Norfolk Championship in June 2025. Finding themselves in a tricky group, they battled hard to finish 9th overall. Many thanks to Mrs Newson, Mrs Richardson and Mrs Winter for organising the team on the day.
Year 3/4 Residential Trip to How Hill
Year 3 and Year 4 from Saxlingham and Preston joined forces for a fabulous residential trip to How Hill. During the week, the children participated in some fantastic learning activities. We completed a nature walk to learn about the various Broadland habitats. We went on a boat trip along the River Ant to Barton Broad and we completed a survey of the birds on the river. We took part in owl pellet dissection and dyke dipping. We also learnt some traditional crafts including weaving and thatching. We also visited the Marshman’s cottage to find out about life in Victorian times. Thank you to all the staff for making the visit possible: Mrs Allgood, Miss Durrant, Mrs Elliot, Mrs Newson, Miss Peers, Miss Walker and Miss Whitefoot.
South Norfolk Girls' Cricket Tournament
Congratulations to the Tas Valley Federation Girls’ Cricket Team who competed in the South Norfolk Championships at the Tas Valley Cricket Club in June. The girls played amazingly well and finished 2nd overall, qualifying for the County Finals. Well done to them all! Thank you to Mrs Newson for organising the team, and to Mr Bealing and Ms Ladbrooke for driving the minibus.
At the County Final, the girls went on to finish as runners up in The Plate Competition by a tight margin of6 runs. This placed the Federation 10th in the whole of Norfolk. Great work Tas Valley!
KS1 Cricket Festival
What beautiful weather for a game of cricket! Our Key Stage 1 children took part in the South Norfolk Kwik Cricket Festival at Tas Valley Cricket Club in beautiful spring sunshine.
Preston’s Year 2’s were in action during the morning and, during the afternoon, it was the turn of Saxlingham’s Year 1 and Year 2.
All the children enjoyed a picnic lunch together.
Thank you to all the staff for making this possible.
Dodgeball Daredevils
Performance of 'A Christmas Carol' with Saxlingham Players
Arts Week and Exhibition
In July, we organised a very busy Arts Week, with children from both Tas Valley Federation schools involved in a wide range of activities:
- Poetry workshop with Lewis Buxton (all year groups);
- Textiles workshop with Claire Spender (Year 4);
- Painting workshop with Adelaide Leeder (Reception and Year 1);
- Lino Printing with Zoe Howard (Saxlingham);
- Minibeast artwork with Andy Jarrett (Year 2);
- Visits to the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (Year 2 and Year 5);
- Arts activities at the church on the theme of ‘What We’ll Build’ by Oliver Jeffers (Preston) and ‘Angels’ (Saxlingham).
- National Youth Choir Workshop with Ben Vonberg-Clark.
We are also looking forward to welcoming the National Youth Choir to work with our children on Monday 15th July.
We were delighted to welcome so many parents/carers, family members and members of the local community to view our artwork at a special exhibition.
Year 5/6 Residential Trip to Bawdsey, March 2024
In March 2024, together with our friends from Saxlingham, our Year 5 and Year 6 children took part in a fantastic 3-day residential trip to Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk. Along with Mr Walker, Mrs Whitefoot, Miss Dignum, Mrs Winter and Mrs Newson, the children enjoyed some action-packed time away, challenging themselves to master new skills and conquer fears! We enjoyed a range of activities including: the big swing, challenge course, problem solving, climbing, abseiling, archery and survival skills. What a fantastic trip it was!
