Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 3 History learning about Iron Age Staters

  Fri 17 May 2024

  This afternoon, Year 3 have researched Iron Age Staters.  These were like coins and were used by different tribes in the 2nc Century BC.   They enjoyed reading to identify key vocabulary and then wrote their own paragraphs to explain their undertanding.  To work out what a stater was, we started with a game of 20 questions and they were able to correctly identify.  Well done!

  

• Year 3 Artistic inspiration

  Fri 17 May 2024

  To celebrate the Mary in the month of May, Year 3 have been drawing their own Georgia O'Keeffe inspired flowers.  They looked at examples of the artist's work and shared what they liked and found interesting about her pieces.  Thinking about bold colours and simple lines, they have worked with pastels or water colours to create their own masterpieces!

  

• Photographs from Drusillas with Year 1

  Fri 17 May 2024

  Both year 1 and year 2 went to Drusillas this Tuesday.   They shared a double decker coach to and from school to make the trip more economical and affordable for both year groups.   Year 1 had their own education session on Minibeasts to tie in with the their curriculum learning.  

  Thank you to all the parent helpers that volunteered to make this trip possible for the children. 

  

• Year 2's Trip to Drusillas on Tuesday

  Fri 17 May 2024

  On Tuesday 14th, Year 2 went to Drusillas. The children saw lots of different animals and discussed their habitats. Lots of the children were excited to see a baboon!

  We also then had the opportunity to meet a snake and a chinchilla up close!

   

  After lunch, the children were excited to explore the fun rides on offer. The children were beautifully behaved throughout and were a credit to our school. A massive thank you to the parents who were able to help out on the day!

   

  

• Year 3 learn to play golf.

  Fri 10 May 2024

  This week, Year 3 have been learning a new sport.  We have been trying our hand at golf! 

   

  We practised long shots with the driver and shorter, more accurate, lighter shots with the putter.  The children also had lots of fun creating their own 'crazy holes' and experimenting with different forces and speeds. 

   

  We look forward to more lessons in the sunshine where will create our own golf courses.

  

• Year 6 get their Leavers Hoodies

  Fri 10 May 2024

  Thank you so much to the Friends of St Mary's for their kind donations towards Year 6's leavers hoodies! We absolutely loved receiving them last week and have been wearing them non-stop! Year 6

   

  

• Year 2 Music Lesson

  Fri 10 May 2024

  Year 2 enjoyed using the glockenspiels to play simple chords to accompany our Minibeast song. They worked with a partner and performed as class. 

   

  

• Friday's Celebration Assembly

  Fri 10 May 2024

  There was much to celebrate in our weekly celebration assembly held today.

  Congratulations to Max and Monte in Year 1 sharing their rugby success by proudly displaying and talking confidently about their medals.

   

  Good luck to Year 6 who have been working hard preparing for their SATs which are next week.

   

  The fabulous swimming gala participants received certificates for their participation.

   

  Certificates from the Year 3 and 4 football tournament at Wadhurst football club - the boys worked hard together and came second overall in this tournament before the Easter holidays. 

  

• First Holy Communion Celebrations

  Fri 10 May 2024

  Last weekend the First Holy Communion mass was held at Our Lady Immaculate & St Philip Neri Catholic Church in Uckfield.  Mrs Scanlon attended when two of our Year 4 pupils Issy and Hal received the sacrament of First Holy Communion during the special mass celebrated with family and friends.

   

  During the Easter holidays, Anit received the sacrament of her First Holy Communion in  India, which was very special to all the family that they could join together on this important day.

  

• Swimming Gala victory for St Mary’s

  Fri 10 May 2024

  Swimming Gala victory for St Mary’s

  It was Wednesday 8^th May and it finally felt like spring had sprung so perhaps not the perfect afternoon to be spending by a hot poolside, or would it be?

  
  22 children from years 3 to 6 and their travelling band of teachers and vocal parents, travelled over to Goldsmiths full of enthusiasm and excitement.

  
  The races started with the width races, short sprints of races in crawl, backstroke and breaststroke. There were magnificent

  performances across a distance that the children are used to,

  including 13 first place finishes and a whole host of 2nds and 3rds as well.

   

  Excitement about overall placing was starting to bubble amongst the team as the gala moved into the length distance events and

  relays. We placed consistently in the top 2 or 3, including three

  victories over the longer distance. All things combined; this left us with a combined score of 97 points –

  enough to be declared overall winners by just 4 points.

  A fantastic achievement by the whole team.

   

  A big thank you to the parents and Mrs. Brand for their support on the day and a huge thank you to Mrs. Tanner and Mrs. Rickwood for their fantastic swimming teaching and preparing the children for the gala. An extra thank you to Mrs. Rickwood and Mr. Smith for the ice creams.