Events: 2024-25
Term 6 – Summer Concert
What talent we have in Sea Mills! Children who have piano or singing lessons performed in a wonderful concert showcasing both their confidence and musicality. Well done to all our young peformers.
Term 6 – Sports Day 2025
We had a fabulous day being Athletes on Sports Day. It was such a hot day and we challenged ourselves doing different activities. The adults even had a race too!
Term 6 – Choir
Sea Mills pupils joined The Lead Choir for a wonderful performance at The Beacon. It was a moving experience to see the children sing with so many others to a massive audience.
Term 6
Year 5 and 6 put on a marvellous show this week! It had it all – great songs, comedy and loads of action. The children delivered their lines brilliantly and the acting was spot on too. Two very creative classes showing their best. Brilliant!
Term 6 – Thank you to Barry!
The Early Years Team would just like to say a very big thank you to Barry. Arne’s Dad has been so very kind and built so many things for our outside provision in Nursery and Reception over the last two terms. We hope that your children will enjoy all of the new outside activities and furniture that has been purchased to support your child’s fun and love for learning. Barry has spent a long time building for us all and we think he deserves a very big THANK YOU! We are so very grateful. These are just a few photos of some of the things that he has made.
Term 6 Look Draw Build:
In June, Year 5 participated in the Look Draw Build competition in which they had to design and make a train station using only the materials provided as well as considering sustainibilty. Year 5 were incredibly successful and came second out of several schools across Bristol and Reading. Year 5 were rewarded with several engineering books for the classroom as well as a plaque to display in school. We are incredibly proud of their creativity, perseverance and teamwork!
Term 5 – Year 2 Trip to Sea Mills Community Gardens
Year 2 were fantastic on their local walk to the gardens. We planted wild flowers, made birds nests and used clay to make eggs! We also went on a nature trail and used our senses to listen out for the bird song. Well done everyone for your brilliant participation.
May 2025 – 2YO nursery visiting Sea Mills play park
April 2025 – Train Workshop
Year 3 have taken part in a workshop to find out about how to stay safe at train stations and on trains. We had lots of thoughtful questions and suggestions. There was also fancy dress, which we all love!
March 2025
Sally from Alzheimers Society joined us to run ‘Dementia Friends’ workshops with classes across the schools. The children learnt how dementia affects people to help them understand an issue that is so common for families. Sally was very impressed with the questions the children asked and their interest.
Term 4 – Year 3 and Year 4 Production
Year 3 and Year 4 took on the challenge of learning an opera and we learnt and performed the Magic Flute! We really enjoyed the different style of music and performing in a different way.
Authors Week 2025
Sea Mills have had a wonderful Authors week. We had a visit from an Author called Tom Allen who shared his journey to becoming an Author before leading workshops for reading across the school. He then held a book sale after school and also gave us some of his books for our book corners and school library! We have also enjoyed a fabulous world book day where we dressed up as a book character, held classroom book swaps and a drop everything and read. Well done to all staff and children for their participation and hard work.
February 2025
Spring is here and Nursery have been out planting in our Sensory Garden. It looks fantastic!
February 2025 – Y2 Zoo Lab
Year 2 had a fantastic WOW visit from zoo lab. They learnt all about habitats and even had the chance to hold a snail, tarantula and a snake! They were all incredibly brave and showed great engagement in our new enquiry unit all about animals.
February 2025 – HInduism Assembly
It was great to welcome Uma to Sea Mills to tell us more about Hinduism.
January 2025 – Bristol Chamber Orchestra
What a treat! Bristol Chamber Orchestra visited us to play to the children and then worked with groups of children to try out instruments. The children absolutely loved the music and sat rapt through the whole performance!
January 2025 – Shakespeare Workshop
Year 5 and 6 loved the workshop learning about Shakespeare through story, drama and dance. They showed confidence, creativity and loads of interest and were inspired to find out more in class.
The end of term concert by our young musicians was a wonderful occasion. Well done to all our young performers!
Christmas dinner was delicious as usual. Massive thanks to Claire our amazing chef.
Year 3 Term 2 – Roman Baths Trip
On Monday, we visited the Roman Baths in Bath. We had a great day! We explored the baths and the museum, dug up artefacts, dressed up as Romans, created mosaics, built bridges using ancient Roman techniques and learned about what took place in the baths. It was a fantastic day and we discovered lots of new information.
Year 3 Term 2 – The Romans in Sea Mills
Mrs Phillips took us on a walk around our local area to find out about the Romans in Sea Mills. We found out lots of interesting facts and saw some real Roman ruins near the Portway. It was a beautiful afternoon for a walk too!
Year 2 Term 2 – Trip to Druid Stoke Care Home
Year two enjoyed a trip to share stories with elderly residents at Druid Stoke in Bristol. We engaged in a storytelling workshop and made a bird feeder with our peers. We also got to choose a book and read this with a resident.
Glow Disco – November 2024
Last week’s Neon UV Disco was a huge success. Our visiting DJs provided amazing tunes and our children showed their best dance moves!
Year 5-6 Adventure Days to Mojo Active – September 2024
At the end of September, Year 5 and 6 took part in three days of adventure with Mojo Active. Sessions included: football golf, a climbing wall, paddle boarding, fire building, den and dam building, exploring tunnels, obstacle course, nerf ‘war, low ropes, high ropes and orienteering. The children faced their fears, worked as a team and represented Sea Mills Primary brilliantly!
Thank you – October 2024
Massive thank you to Kim for our beautiful new sign for our Sensory Garden. Jeffrey also helped with the painting!
See more of Kim’s work here:
Harvest Around the World – October 2024
Thank you to all the families who joined us in the church to celebrate Harvest Around the World. It was lovely to see so many of you. All the donations you have given will be going to Bristol North Foodbank. They will help make a difference to local families.
Summer Breakfast Club – August 2024
It was so lovely to see so many families access the Summer breakfast club! We had lots of lovely activities taking place which everyone enjoyed alongside a very yummy breakfast! We were lucky enough to have a visit from a fire engine and a police van. We had an ice cream station, nail painting and many more exciting activities. If you didn’t manage to join us this time then do come along in the future – it is lots of fun!
