Assembly Time at St. Mary's
Musicians play in assembly. The school's violinists and pianists performed a variety of pieces in front of the whole school and parents.
Preparing for our Christmas Show
The reception children were all very excited to perform their nativity show.
Operation Christmas Child
Once again this year the school took part in the Operation Christmas Child appeal. Last year the school sent over 100 shoe boxes to the appeal, containing gifts for children less fortunate than ourselves.
All of the boxes were sent in late November and this is one way in which we can all focus on the true meaning of Christmas.
Harvest Festival
During the last week before the half term holiday we celebrated our Harvest Festival. On Tuesday 23rd October Key Stage 1 and Foundation Stage pupils performed their Harvest assembly in front of parents and grandparents as well as the Key Stage 2 children. It was a packed house but as always and the children brought up many harvest gifts. The next day it was Key Stage 2’s turn to remind us all about the Harvest and once again it was standing room only. It too was an enjoyable occasion including a Harvest rap from Year 6.
Our harvest festival ended with the Harvest mass on the Thursday morning, after which volunteers stayed behind to make up the parcels to send to the elderly in the parish and surplus tinned goods were sent to the Salvation Army.
Science Show
Early this term we had a visit from the travelling Science Show. Key Stage 1 and Reception class learnt about pushing and Pulling and Key Stage 2 learnt about electricity. Everyone found the activities most enjoyable and learnt a lot of new things. Below you can see some of the experiments that the children took part in.
Author Visit
We were very lucky this term to have a visit from a real author. Peter J Murray, the author of the Mokee Joe books gave a talk to the Key Stage 2 children about his work and how he finds his ideas for story writing, especially the characters. The children found it very inspirational and drew their ideas of what they thought the Guardian Angel would look like.
Farewell to Mrs Lea
This summer we said a fond farewell to Mrs Lea as she begun her retirement. Mrs Lea had taught at St Mary’s for over 28 years and she had long been involved with St Mary’s before that joining the PTA when it was first formed over 30 years ago. The children and staff prepared a special goodbye assembly for her and her family. I’m sure its not the last we will see of her, she has promised to come in and see us from time to time. Good luck Mrs Lea in your retirement!
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