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STEM - Home Learning Lessons
Wed 06 May 2020STEM Lessons
STEM are excited to launch a selection of free curriculum-linked science lessons for pupils and parents to support home teaching.
Covering a range of topics, these lessons are remote-delivered and can be accessed at any time of the day, making them easy to fit around your schedule.
Suitable for all ages, these science lessons help improve subject knowledge and understanding.
Browse the range of lessons below:
STEM will continue to add more remote lessons each week, so please keep checking their website.
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Laudato Si Resources
Tue 05 May 2020Laudato Si
Follow the link to see some wonderful Laudato Si resources from CAFOD.
Don't forget to share your work on Twitter or via Purple Mash email.
Home-Children-Home Learning Packs-Whole school-Religion
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Great Science Share
Mon 04 May 2020It's here...
The Great Science Share launches its weekly themes today to inspire children to ask questions in the run up to 16th June 2020!
To see some of the activities for Theme 1: International Dawn Chorus Day, visit our Whole School Home Learning Science pages.
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Visit the Get Involved page to discover how to take part!
Bringing children, young people, families, teachers and STEM professionals together.- The first Weekly Theme is LIVE for you to explore. All you need to do is get curious using brand new GSS Question Makers and talk to others about what you're curious about.
- The Great Science Groove-along is a creative way to share science. It's also released this week, so rally your family, friends and colleagues and have some fun recording your groove.
- A wide range of extra resources provide ways to investigate and explore the theme further. It's up to you how much you do!
- Now share your favouritre questions and any investigations to feature on the 2020 Great Science Share Gallery, using the GSS Upload, Twitter @GreatSciShare, or Facebook @GreatSciShare4Schools
Let's make this year the greatest - seeing all the science you share in the coming weeks! The 16th June will be a special day where we bring it all together with more ideas and activities.
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VE Day Resources
Sun 03 May 2020We can't wait to see your pictures from your VE Day parties. To help you celebrate, we have put a pack of resources together that you may like to use. Have a look on the website at:
Children - Home Learning Packs - Whole school - VE Day
Have fun and don't forget to share your photographs on Purple mash emails.
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Stay At Home VE Day Picnic Party
Fri 01 May 2020Who's joining us next Friday 8th May for our very special Stay at Home VE Day Picnic Party? Make some red, white and blue decorations, a bit of bunting, and plan your picnic for an afternoon of celebrations. You could even wear your red, white and blue clothes. Don't forget to share your pictures of the celebration on our school twitter page.
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Celebration Assembly
Fri 01 May 2020Good morning everyone!
As we end week 6 of staying at home we hope you are all safe and well.
This week we celebrated the 100th Birthday of Captain Tom Moore. A war veteran, who raised £32 million by walking laps of his garden, what an inspiration to all! We hope you enjoyed making birthday cards for him!
The teachers have again enjoyed seeing all of your work both online and photographs of your creations, experiments, baking and exercising. Thank you for all your hard work and to your parents for being such fantastic teachers as well as working from home or being key workers, we really do appreciate it.
This weeks Purple Mash Stars of the Week are:
Nursery = Noah K
Reception = Bobby B
Year 1 = Erin
Year 2 = Julia
Year 3 = Ava H
Year 4 = George K
Year 5 = Sophie
Year 6 = Rony
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravissimo Very Well Done!
Class winners:
Spelling Shed = Year 4
Maths Shed = Year 4
We can see other classes are racing up the leader board and trying for top spot but Year 4 have topped it again this week for BOTH! Well done Year 4!
Can they be beaten next week?
Keep up the hard work, check the website and twitter for updates and fantastic ideas!
Have you seen our post about next Friday?
St Mary's Stay at Home VE Day Picnic Party!
Read our flyer for more information we hope you all join us!
Please remember our St Mary's community in your prayers each day, stay home and stay safe.
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Charlie Waller Memorial Trust Wellbeing Challenge
Thu 30 Apr 2020The CWMT Wellbeing Challenge is a free interactive challenge that has been adapted for parents to do at home with their children in the current circumstances.
The idea is to encourage young people to think positively about their mental health; it’s based around the ‘Five Ways to Mental Wellbeing’:Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Give.
The challenge is running for two weeks (Monday 4th May - Sunday 17th) and you could be in with the chance of winning a fabulous prize.
The main aim is to complete at least one wellbeing activity for each of the five ways during this two-week period.
If you would like to sign up to receive your free pack, please visit https://www.cwmt.org.uk/wellbeing-challengeGood luck!
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Competition Time
Tue 28 Apr 2020The children's author, Luke Temple, is very passionate about getting children engaged with reading and writing. He has provided St Mary's with some exciting 'home school' resources. Luke has:
* Made his most popular book, Mutating Mansion, completely free to download.
* Created an activity pack for KS2, 'Luke Temple's Writing Toolbox'. This contains lots of the tools he uses to make his books really exciting, fun and scary to read.
* There is also a competition in the activity pack to win a signed book and a free author visit to our school (there are 3 prizes up for grabs).
The closing date for the competition is 31st May.
The book and activity pack can be downloaded from www.luketemple.co.uk/toolbox
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The Wednesday Word
Mon 27 Apr 2020Every Wednesday morning, our children usually take part in classroom collective worship where we share the Gospel from the previous Sunday's mass. We now have The Wednesday Word available to us online. Press the following link for this week's Wednesday Word. at: wednesdayword.org/stopgap/Special-Edition.pdf
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Friday Celebration Assembly
Fri 24 Apr 2020Hello everyone, we hope you are all well and keeping safe.
After a relaxing Easter break the home schooling has resumed this week and what a fantastic job you are all doing! Have you explored the new work packs under the children's tab? All the teachers have been very impressed with the work you are completing on Purple Mash, Spelling Shed and Maths Shed...keep up the hard work!
This week BBC Bitesize Daily shows have started, we hope you have been enjoying them! If you haven't seen them yet, they are really easy to find on the BBC iplayer on your TV, smartphone, ipad or computer! Our keyworker children in school have been learning from them in between exploring the ideas on our website. This week we baked cakes and biscuits to say thank you to the wonderful NHS staff which their parents took into work for us! They sent a huge thank you to you all!
Let's see who our Purple Mash Stars of the week are this week, WELL DONE to:
Nursery = Noah M
Reception = Harry C
Year 1 = Florence T
Year 2 = James T
Year 3 = Max H
Year 4 = Alfie D
Year 5 = Holly H
Year 6 = Archie R
Bravo Bravo Bravo Bravissimo Very Well Done!
Which classes have topped the leader board this week?
Spelling Shed winners = YEAR 3
Maths Shed Winners = YEAR 4
WELL DONE everyone, keep up the hard work!
Keep tweeting us your photos @st_swinton we love seeing your happy faces and your fantastic work. All the photos you send us we save on the school website, under the children tab-Gallery! Any videos you send us we also save to the website, under the children tab-Video resources Centre! Thank you to Year 3 and Year 5 who have sent thank you videos they really made us smile! We hope you all enjoyed our Easter Video.
Have a fantastic weekend in the sunshine everyone, look after each other and stay safe!
