English Autumn 2023
Year 2 Talk for Reading - Overheard on a Saltmarsh
Year 2 Talk for Reading - Overheard on a Saltmarsh
Attenborough Class - The Little Red Hen
Rashford Class - The Enormous Turnip
Tabei class - How to look after a pet unicorn
Year 2 Earhart - How to look after a pet unicorn
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A Rubbish Project
A Rubbish Art Exhibition - the public opening
In July 2023, we created an Art Exhibition of Rubbish Art in an empty shop unit in our town which was open to the public. Willow Phoenix worked with us for 2 days, creating willow and rubbish fish. This work was supported by the BFER. We exhibited paintings and sculptures of rubbish pulled from the river by the Thetford River Group. We were also honored to display sculptures created by Sean Ready, a founding member of the Thetford River Group.
PLASTIC
Our Dance Club created a dance with Miss Burnap to accompany the PLASTIC song from https://onemoresong.co.uk/
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Art
Art Trail 2022
In 2022, every pupil at Drake created a self portrait inspired by the work of Angélica Dass. These were displayed as an Art Trail for our 2022 'Diversity through the Arts' Summer Festival. This project was part of our wider work on Diversity and anti-racism and we found it to be a really powerful way to scaffold important conversations about skin colour and identity. The next step in our project is to create a town-wide trail of Humanae inspired self-portraits to celebrate the rich diversity of Thetford.
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'Live at Lunch' - FULL SHOW RECORDINGS
Live at Lunch - British Science Week
World Book Day 2024 - Live Show
Jolly Joke Show - 20/10/23
Jolly Joke Club with Ms McLeod, Mr Hewitt, Tony and Victoria
First Live Show of the Year 2023
Radio Council's first live broadcast of the new year.
Year 6's Farewell Live Show
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Visitor Interviews (Radio Drake Podcasts)
SAW 2024 - Year 5
Tommy from Rocksteady
Victoria and Isabella interview Tommy from Rocksteady. Producer: Tony
Sports Council Interview with Mr Adair
Mike Capper - School Improvement Review
Victoria Interviews Conductor Chris Parsons
"Chris Parsons is a community musician, conductor, trumpeter and teacher based in the UK. He read Music at the University of York before completing a Masters in Historical Performance Practice at the Royal College of Music in 2014. In September 2022 he won the ‘Best Music Director’ Award 2022 from Making Music for his work in Community Music (specifically with the Bury Friendly Orchestra) and Ely Hero Award 2022 for his work with Ely Arts Festival." - https://eboracumbaroque.co.uk/
Lily Woodham
Emily, Isla and Mia-Lily interviewed WSL footballer Lily Woodham as part of a 'Live at Lunch' live show.
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Radio Council (Radio Drake Podcasts)
Mia's Guide to Cats
Produced by Emily (Year 6) Royalty-free music from Purple Planet
Emily and Lena Report from The Festival of Thetford & Punjab
Radio Council - 'A Day in the Life'
Radio Drake 2023-24 Introduction - Tony and Mr Fox
Chess with Lucy - Episode 2
This episode was planned, recorded and edited entirely independently! Great work, Lucy!
Chess with Lucy - Episode 1
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Year 6 (Radio Drake Podcasts)
Pokemon Cards with Syd
Grayson - 'White and Red' Poem
Royal Norfolk Show - Aratas Investigates
Year 6 - Gressenhall Trip
Mia-Buttercup - The Missing Children (Story)
Year 6 Radio Exhibition (2020-2021)
This is a collection of all the radio content Year 6 made during transition week 2021.
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Whole School (Radio Drake Podcasts)
Children in Need 2023
Victoria Interviews Carol from Craft Club
Coronation Celebrations
Botanical Artist - Radio Snippet
Botanical Artist Visit (BFER)
This podcast includes an interview with Nicole Hudson from the Brecks Fen Edge and Rivers Landscape Partnership (BFER). It also contains snippets from the art sessions at Drake conducted by Jac Campbell. Finally, we have an interview with Zuzanna who went on to win second place in the Norfolk Gardens Trust competition with the piece of art she made. Find out more about the work of the BFER: https://brecks.org/ Find out more about Jac Campbell's work: https://jaccampbell.com/
Interview with Nicole Hudson (BFER)
Find out more: https://brecks.org/
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Year 1
Up Pops Mondrian by Rashford Class
Rashford have been learning all about the Great Artist Mondrian. For World Book Day they made a pop up book full of pictures inspired by Mondrian's paintings.
Thetford by Year 1
Welcome to Thetford by Year 1. We have been exploring our local area; learning about physical and human features in Geography and being introduced to all the fantastic historical people who made Thetford their home.
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Christmas 2022
Thetford Children's Lantern Parade - 2022
Our first Thetford Children's Lantern Parade held to celebrate the switching on of the town's Christmas lights. With special thanks to the Brecks Fen Edge and River Landscape Partnership Scheme (BFER), Thetford Town Council, Willow Phoenix, Lindsay Carruthers and Dave Mitchell.
Attenborough - Christmas Performance
Andersen - Christmas Performance
Christmas Week at Drake - Highlights
With special thanks to the Breks Fen Edge and River Landscape Parnership Scheme (BFER), Thetford Town Council, Willow Phoenix, Lindsay Carruthers and Dave Mitchell.
Year 2 Nativity
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Maths - Calculations
Calculations
Calculations
Calculations in Reception
Calculation Strategies Year 1
Year 2 Calculations
Calculation Strategies Year 2
The videos show children across the school, selecting a calculation to complete, talking about and explaining the strategies used to find the answer.
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Poems!
This is Drake - by Year 5
This is Drake was written by Year 5 for our Summer Arts Festival 2021. They wrote the poem with our Arts Lead Mrs Booth to accompany a digitial soundscape of the school that they created with our Musician in Residence, Mr Taylor.
Nonsense Poetry
Earhart have been exploring tongue twisters, nursery rhymes and nonsense poetry. The children read a few nonsense poems by Spike Milligan and then, as a class, voted for their favourite one. They rehearsed the poem in groups and then as a whole class. Watch the video to hear the poem 'Today I saw a little worm.'
On the Ning Nang Nong
Year 2 have been exploring tongue twisters, nursery rhymes and nonsense poetry. The children have read a few nonsense poems by Spike Milligan, watch the video to hear the poem 'On the Ning Nang Nong.'
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Eco Council
Eco Code
Eco Council wrote an Eco Code to promote environmental awareness in our school.
Eco Council- Reducing Food Waste
Eco Council have come up with some ideas to raise awareness of and reduce food waste in our school.
Eco Council - Environmental Review Topics
Eco Council climate change assembly
Eco Council watched some videos from COP26. We have been researching ways to tackle climate change. If everyone promises to make one change for the planet, it adds up to a huge difference.
Eco Council 2020-21
This term, Eco Council have been working to increase biodiversity in and around our school environment.