We have made it to the end of term St Mary’s! And what a wonderfully busy week we have had to finish off the year. The children have enjoyed their transition sessions, picnics and as always have worked incredibly hard right to the very end. Have an amazing summer and see you in September…
Stars of the Week 15th July
Congratulations to the Stars this week:
Robins: William
Larks: Tomek
Swifts: Theo
Owls: Whole Class!
Around School 9th July
Wrens and Robins had a wonderful sports afternoon together and they also enjoyed tucking in to their picnic. They all tried so hard and most importantly had so much fun! We can’t wait until we are able to hold our annual sports evening again and have you all there to watch and join in the excitement. Fingers crossed next year we can!
Larks also enjoyed their sports afternoon. They cheered each other on and celebrated their own personal bests too! Wonderful sportsmanship Larks. They have also designed their own tee-shirts this week , pressing flowers and using a stone to create some very unique designs. I love the creative use of natural objects and I also loved how different each design was. Fantastic!
Swifts sports afternoon was another afternoon full of fun and excitement! They enjoyed the traditional sprint races as well as the foam javelin, egg and spoon, skipping and the sack race. It was great to hear the excitement of the class and their beaming faces as they all crossed the finish line. Well done Swifts.
Owls had an amazing residential visit to the Hub in Barnard Castle. Both Mrs Porter and Miss Holywell said how beautifully behaved the children were and how lovely it was to give our children a small slice of normality. We know how important a residential is when you get to year 5 and 6! I am so pleased you all had fun boys and girls and that you also let me know to recommend it for future years too… brilliant. Thank you also to Mrs Porter and Miss Holywell for making this happen.
Stars of the Week 9th July
Robins: Matthew
Larks: Tommy
Swifts: Phoebe
Owls: Toby
Congratulations Stars!
Around School 2nd July 2021
We have had a wonderful week this week celebrating and supporting Missio’s ‘Day of Many Colours.’ The day is all about children being able to celebrate their belonging to God’s Universal Family. Based on the five colours of the Mission Rosary, this special day encourages children to unite in prayer with their sisters and brothers in Africa; the Americas; Europe; Oceania; and Asia. Altogether we raised £87. Thank you for your kind donations. Here is a selection of all the wonderful liturgies, prayer and outdoor learning that took place across the week across school.
Stars of the week 2nd July 2021
Congratulations this week to:
Robins: Maxim
Larks: Edward
Swifts: Joshua D
Owls Emily and Toby
Congratulations Stars! Keep shining like the Stars you all are.
Around School 25th June 2021
Wrens and Robins have had a very creative outdoor week, making tribal shields and bow and arrows ready for battle. They were inspired by the archery session this week too with Kyle and have decided to have their sports afternoon themed around natural resources and races. I can’t wait to see what they come up with!
Larks have really impressed me this week with their designing and making skills in art. A lovely link to their topic too as they each added new features to their tribal headdress! They’ve used pattern, rubbing, cutting and colouring and also added a few real feathers in there too! They have also enjoyed their outdoor science where they had to predict whether trees on our school grounds are deciduous or evergreen having learned about their differences. There is also an additional member of Swifts too… Slippery the snail!! Well done Larks.
This week, the Swifts have been working incredibly hard on their fronted adverbials. They soon began to apply their understanding to real life context such as writing instructions and linking it to their connected curriculum topic. They created delicious hot chocolates and tasty tortillas! So far, they have liked all of the Mexican/Mayan nibbles they have tried so far.
The class have progressed with their understanding of sound, learning how it travels and how our ears work. The class got into teams and built their own ear through junk modelling. They labelled the parts of the ear and presented the sound waves travelling on sound particles into the ear. It was fantastic!
The class have been learning about statistics. The circles had a challenge to tally up all of the minibeasts they could find. There were a few screams when Mr spider appeared but we all survived!
The children also took part in Make music day. They loved dancing and singing to the songs as well as playing on all of the instruments! Another fantastic week of fun and learning… well done Swifts.
Owls we have been exploring inherited characteristics in science this week and in their art/topic they made a model of a slum like the one in their class text. They are really enjoying reading Trash and making links across the curriculum to the text. The models were amazing Owls and it is lovely to see them on display- I love how they are all different. Well done.
Stars of the Week 25th June
Congratulations this week to:
Robins: Florence
Larks: Rosie
Swifts: Sam
Owls: Imogen P
Congratulations Stars… keep shining brightly!
Around School 18th June 2021
Little Wrens have been super busy this week. They explored our school grounds looking for signs of summer. They found lots of wild plants and garden plants and were able to identify them on their picture checklist. They then used some of their flowers and plants to make beautiful summer crowns! Little scientists!!
Robins also enjoyed their science summer hunt this week and used their checklists to help them identify lots of different flowers. They impressed me with how many they could identify and name! Lots of outdoor learning opportunities too, investigating whole numbers using part/part whole methods and even finding time to dig for pirate treasure! ‘Ahoy Me Hearties!!!’
Larks have took part in lots of practical learning this week. They used cotton buds to print arrays in maths, investigating multiples of 5. They’ve also planted their sunflower seeds of hope and enjoyed watching them grow and measure them with their rulers. Some are already over 3cm in less than a week! Great to see some of children back at our after school clubs too… chess is always a popular game in our Chillout Tuesday Club!
This week the Swifts have had a very busy week outdoors! They have been exploring sound, quickly learning that all sounds are different and travel through vibrations. In maths they have been continuing looking at time, focusing on reading time and converting it. In RE they have been exploring how our choices effects others and together we created a full class tree as part of our well being and liturgy. Next week we plan to paint it . The focus is on times and situations where we feel as small as a mustard seed but can feel and grow as large as a tree.
Stars of the Week 18th June 2021
Congratulations this week to:
Robins: Ben H
Larks: Sophia
Swifts: Isla
Owls: Annabelle
Well done boys and girls, keep shining like the Stars you are!
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