Here are some supporting documents to help you with your child’s reading journey at St Mary’s. Further information about the Read, Write, Inc scheme used in school can be found on the English section of the website.
Visit from Sheffield Teaching Hospital
Today, we met with two wonderful physiotherapists from Sheffield Teaching Hospital to talk about the role they do within the NHS. We enjoyed the live event and can't wait to see who we will be meeting next week. #jobsforeveryone [gallery type="rectangular"...
Today, we held a history day…
...organised by Miss Wood, to celebrate the history of the royal family. Each class looked at a different area of the National Curriculum and produced a piece of work to share in school. We also looked at the upcoming Coronation of King Charles and shared the...
What a day!
As part of our history day, celebrating this history of the royal family and the upcoming coronation on King Charles, we have enjoyed a street party style lunch. The children all looked amazing and were in great spirits. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Gold Award winners
This week's Gold Award winners have shown courage, kindness and dedication. There were lots of proud parents in the hall today. What a way to end our coronation celebrations today!
It’s always a pleasure to present the children with their weekly awards…
Our Superstars this week have made a great start back after half term and shown a range a great qualities including: great enuthiasum for learning, kindness, support for peers, resilience when finding tasks challenging and welcoming visitors to school. We are very...
Today we had a visit from the Yorkshire Air Ambulance.
We learned all about the incredible work they do and how to support the charity if we wish to. We got to experience what it is like in the cockpit of the helicopter and practised flying a helicopter simulator....
Our littlest band…
Our newest musicians couldn't wait to take part in their first music session today on their chosen instruments. Our littlest band is growing- such huge smiles leaving school today.
Easter Mass…
Today was our Easter Mass in school and also Father Jay's last Mass with St Mary's. The children sang so beautifully and read our selected prayers wonderfully. Holding a Mass in school always creates a wonderful community feel. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Jobs for Everyone
We are so excited to receive our pack from the Jobs for Everyone programme today. We can’t wait to promote this in our Reception class and Year One class in the summer term.
Meet this weeks Gold Award winners!
Exemplary behaviour, wonderful role models and determination to succeed we some of the reasons teachers shared for choosing our Gold Award winners this week.
Today marks our Reception Class’s first World Book Day.
They were so excited and really enjoyed dressing as their favourite book character. The children shared their favourite books and their reasons for their choice as well as meeting with their reading buddies to hear a story. [gallery type="rectangular"...
In PE…
...we have moved in lots of different ways on, under, over and through apparatus! We discussed how to stay safe for example by bending our knees to jump and using our arms to help balance.
For our ‘Colour and Light’ topic…
...we made our very own stained-glass windows. We experimented with colour mixing and learnt what happens when colours overlap. We have them up on our window so we can look at our outdoor area in all different colours! [gallery type="rectangular"...
Inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe…
...we made some amazing sunflower Artwork! We used blue watercolour paint for the background and let it dry before drawing with oil pastels. We experimented with light and dark shades and blending them together to create our final pictures. [gallery...
To start our new plants topic…
...we had the chance to investigate! We used tweezers and magnifying glasses to have a closer look at the parts of the plants. We learnt some of the roles these parts have like the roots collecting the nutrients and water from the soil. We also made predictions about...
Shrove Tuesday…
We celebrated Shrove Tuesday in Reception, the pancakes were absolutely delicious! We learnt that Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday when Christians use up foods such as eggs, milk and sugar before Lent begins. [gallery type="rectangular"...
In RE we discussed prayer…
We talked about why people pray and what they might pray about. We recalled some of the times we have prayed, like our lunchtime and after school prayers, Collective Worship and at Church. We then had the oppurtunity to tie a ribbon to our class 'Prayer Tree' if we...
‘After the Fall’…
We used 'After the Fall' by Dan Santat as a hook for our PSHE task. We spoke about Humpty Dumpty getting back on the wall after his fall and linked this to things we have tried that maybe didn't work out how we wanted them to the first time and how we showed...
Progress in writing…
The progress of our writing during Read Write Inc lessons is amazing! We are now learning some 'special friends' sounds which is where two letters are together to make one sound. We are always practicing correct letter formation too. [gallery type="rectangular"...
This week’s Gold Award winners have really impressed lots of staff in school.
Awards this week were given for excellent behaviour, trying hard with reading and selecting challenging texts and working well in a team. Well done everyone!
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