Stowmarket Middle School

Comic Relief 2013

Posted Tuesday, 19 March 2013 14:56

Fabulous news!

Stowmarket Middle School pupils and staff have currently raised £388.48 for Comic Relief's Red Nose Day 2013 ... so far: we are still due to collect more money from our 'Stowmarket's Got Talent' show later this term, so watch this space for our final update!

Short Story Competition Winners

Posted Tuesday, 19 March 2013 13:04

We are delighted to announce the winners of our Short Story Competition as follows:

KS2:
1st place
'Silvermane' by Ella Yeaman 5LE (Townsend)

2nd place
'Rags and Riches' by Bethany Skoulding 6MK (Townsend)

3rd place
'Foundling' by Jorga Hargreeves 6MK (Townsend)


KS3:
1st place
'Curiosity Killed the Cat' by Edward Harvey 7MB (Cavell)

2nd place
'The Cat that tried to eat the Dog' by Ben Sitton 7MB (Constable)

3rd place
'Who will join us' by Carys Fisher 7MB (Cavell)

These stories can be read by clicking on them under the 'English Short Stories' tab under 'English' in the 'Subject' area of our website.

Creative Writing by 5RR

Posted Thursday, 28 February 2013 11:22

Class 5RR were inspired by The Snow Dragon (Vivian French) to do their own creative writing, the result of which was so good the class sent it to Miss French.  To see what happened, and to read their work, look on our 'Events & Activities - Year 5' section of the website.

Public Meeting

Posted Tuesday, 12 February 2013 10:28

on Standards in Education in Suffolk
Monday 25 February
6.00 pm until 8.00 pm
at The Apex in Bury St Edmunds

Who should attend - Anyone with an interest in the education of children in Suffolk (past, present or future) and who believes that Suffolk County Council should be making decision on the basis of sound evidence.

Councillor Newman said in a recent BBC Radio Suffolk interview: ‘...let's open up this debate and, actually, it’s for the whole of Suffolk to take this forward. …we need to be working on this stuff together: parents, teachers, governing bodies, the whole shebang…’. We have taken him at his word.

Parents, governors, teachers, school leaders, town and county councillors, and MPs are all being invited to come together and contribute to the open debate that Councillor Newman so clearly desires. The meeting will be about what we can do to return Suffolk to its 2001 standing as an ‘outstanding local education authority’. The debate needs to be informed by what has got us to our current parlous showing in the national league tables (142 out of 151 at GCSE, in 2001 we were ~30th) and the developing educational trends that are in the pipeline. Regional and national media will also be in attendance.

If you would like to help with the organisation of the meeting, or if you would like to recommend someone who might speak on some aspect of Suffolk education, please contact SATS (Suffolk Action for Truth on SOR) on This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .