Around School 20th September
The children in Robins and Wrens were shocked to find that Humpty Dumpty had been pushed off his wall and wanted to solve the mystery of who pushed him. Using their scientific skills the children were able to classify soft, fragile and strong materials and decided to design a jacket for Humpty…
Around School 13th September
RE - We are all precious and unique.
God has called us by our name. We belong to him ...
Just look at some of our beautiful writing and creativity in Wrens and Robins this week...
It is wonderful to see the uptake on violin sessions increase this term. The children in Swifts will…
Around School 6th September 'Welcome Back!'
What a fabulous first week back we have had!
Our school family continues to grow... welcome to our new starters in nursery and reception, as well as across school.
This week, the Robins and Wrens have been learning all about our emotions and colours! In Science, we explored how rain…
Around School 12th July 2024
We have had such a busy week again this week- full of celebration and recognition of the many talents and interests of our children.
On Thursday we had our very first Sports Awards Presentation, led by Miss Callender. We had 14 nominations for the awards, all nominated by pupils, teachers and…
Around School 28th June 2024
What a fantastic week the Larks have had this week! It is as well I ordered more Headteacher sticker awards! The children had so much fun practising for their sports day next week with Miss Callender- the sack race was a firm favourite!
In class, both in and outdoors the children have…
Around School 21st June 24
Transition EYFS
"We're going on a bear hunt!"
This week in Robins, we have been learning all about bears who hide! We were a bit shocked to see that our biscuits had been taken by Big-Brown Bear, who had been sniffing in our bags for a delicious birthday treat to eat! We decided to plan a…
Hardwick Park June 2024
Some snapshots of the fun filled day our Swifts class had yesterday at Hardwick Park in Sedgefield.
The children were able to explore the park identifying, naming and classifying plants using a range of skills. It looks like you all had a fabulous time as scientists, carrying out your…
Around School 14th June 2024
What writers we have in Larks class! The children are thoroughly enjoying their Seaside topic and using this as a theme to write a range of poetry this term. So far we have explored rhyming poetry, acrostic poetry and repeated poetry. One of our Year 2 pupils made me smile when she came up to me…
Around School 7th June 2024
Another week of forest adventures for our Wrens and Robins. This week the theme was pollinators and as always the Robins had a garlic tea and apple juice cafe; unfortunately today they weren't taking card, just cash!
Larks class have enjoyed linking lots of learning across the curriculum…
Around School May 24th 2024
This week has been all about Oliver’s vegetables. On Monday we read the story and wondered what spinach tasted like as lots of us had never tasted it before. This prompted us to write shopping lists on Tuesday, ready for our market stall visit on Wednesday. We took our shopping lists and visited…
Around School 17th May 2024
Another busy week at St Mary's. Seaside's, SATs and Water Cycles!
Here is a selection of photographs from across school. I hope the children can tell you all about their learning!
Around School 3rd May 2024
Larks have been doing all things measurement this week! The children have loved learning about volume, capacity and temperature. They have been recording the temperature each day outside so we can look at patterns. The children have been using water to explain if something is full, half full or…