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

• Typing

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  Year 3 had a great morning typing up their letters.  Typing is a tricky skill but the children all tried incredibly hard to type up their fabulous speeches - there is a copy in their bag.

  BBC Bitesize is a great site to help support the children learning to type, purple mash is also a great resource to help practise their typing skills - use the search bar to find typing activities.

   

  

• Football report

  Fri 28 Mar 2025

  On Wednesday 19th March, after a long-wet winter, the year 5&6 boys finally kicked off their league season. When last in action, we ran out convincing winners of the Wadhurst tournament so excitement filled the air as the boys and their ever-present management team of Mr. Neill and Mr. Leach travelled over to Forest Row – a big thank you to the parents for transporting them.
  We started the game slowly and went 1-0 behind midway through the first half but this proved to be the catalyst that was needed as from this point on, we rediscovered our identity – we pressed effectively, passed well on a tricky pitch and after a half-time pep talk, we took control of the game. First to score was goal-machine Freddie L who gleefully ran onto an excellent pass before unleashing a low shot into the bottom corner. 1-1. Not long after, an excellent corner was expertly guided home, again by Freddie L, to give us the lead for the first time in the match. It was a good close game and as time looked to be running out, George latched onto a through-ball and brilliantly scored from an acute angle to give us a well-earned 3-1 victory and a great start to the league season. Ben made some fantastic saves, especially early in the game to keep us in it and there was some great solid defending from Mally, George and Dillon. Henry, Jimmy and Zac ran tirelessly and linked up well in midfield whilst Alfie and Freddie provided good focal points in attack. Well done boys.

• Year 3 - Circus Day

  Wed 19 Mar 2025

  On Wednesday, Green Class had a fabulous day learning a range of circus skills.  The day was fully funded by our class cake sale which made it even more special.  We learnt different ways to spin plates, we had a go at juggling one, two or three scarfs, trying to add turns and claps for an extra challenge.  We also practised our balancing skills on the tightrope and had a go at different stilts.  We loved using the slower sticks to create turns, flips and spins and even had a go at diablos and balancing peacock feathers.  We all had lots of fun, and although we didn't learn maths or English that day, we did learn a lot about resilience and perseverance, encouraging each other and developing our skills.  Thank you to our parent community for helping to fundraise such an amazing amount!

  

• St Patrick's Feast Day

  Mon 17 Mar 2025

  Today was St Patrick's Day and the Green team marked their special feast day by wearing something green, leading an assembly about St Patrick and enjoying a biscuit and a glass of squash.

  

• Science Week

  Fri 14 Mar 2025

  Year 3 have been continuing their work on forces but finding out which surface has the most friction.  

  "If it has the most friction then the car will not go far" Riley

  "The table is super slippery and very very smooth so the car will go further.  There is less friction" Grace

  "Grass is very bumpy and the ground is rough so this will have lots of friction" Connor M

  The children started by writing their own question to investigate and writing down their predictions. Using the word 'because' they had to try to justify their ideas by providing reasoning.  We talked about variables we would have to take into account so that the test was fair.  Working in groups, the class tested different surfaces and measured the distance a toy car travelled.  They recorded their findings and used these to draw conclusions.

  "The concrete was not as smooth as the table so it didn't go as far" Conor M

  "The grass was the worst surface because it was bumpy.  The car only went 0cm!!!" Arthur

  

• Science Week - Year 3 sugar investigation

  Fri 14 Mar 2025

  Year 3 have been investigating the nutritional labels to find out which soft drink contained the most sugar.  We created some questions which we voted on to find out our favourite drink, and which we thought was the healthiest, then we predicted which one would contain the most sugar.  We developed our ideas by thinking about reasons why.

   

  "I think the fudge brownie milkshake will contain the most sugar because I know fudge is made with lots and lots of sugar, and so is a brownie!" Holly

  "I predict the smoothie or the juice will be the healthiest because it contains lots of fruit.  Fruit gives us vitamins" Charlotte

  "I think Prime will have the most sugar because my mum doesn't let me drink it that often!" Casper

   

  We recorded how many grams of sugar there was in the entire bottle or carton, then we used calculators to help us find out how much sugar there was in 200ml.  Having the same volume of liquid meant it was easier to compare different drinks. We then weighed out that amount of sugar so that we could see the difference!

   

  We all had lots of fun using different equipment and thinking like scientists by analysing data.  We were really surprised to find out that the fruit smoothie contained the most sugar with 23g per 200ml!  We were also astonished to realise that the prime hydration had lesson than 1g of sugar in it, meaning that lots of our predictions were wrong!

  

• Science Fair

  Wed 12 Mar 2025

  We all had an amazing time at our Science Fair. So many of our children entered experiments for us all to try and be amazed by.

  Thank you to everyone who took part in this fantastic showcase of Science at St Mary's.

  

• World Prayer Day 2025

  Fri 07 Mar 2025

  The children were able to celebrate World Prayer Day with the help of Mrs Ludgate who shared different ways for us all to pray as well as emphazing the importance of prayer in our lives. A big thank you to Mrs Ludgate for sharing her ideas and activities with us - it was a very special event for us all.

   

  If you would like to add a prayer to our prayer tree or post a prayer postcard then please come into our school foyer where you will find these special prayer areas.

  

• Book Week 2025 Activities

  Thu 06 Mar 2025

  We have all been enjoying our Book Week  focusing on our chosen book 'Wind in the Willows'. It has been great fun making things, acting out scenes from the book and even having a Book Fair to go to.

  

• World Book Day

  Thu 06 Mar 2025

  Year 6 and Year 3 had a great morning buddying up.  The two year groups joined in the sunshine to talk about the books and characters they like and listened to extracts from each other's books.  Afterwards, we had some fun relay races in which the children had to work together to rearrange letters to form the answers to some book related questions - this was a great opportunity to share our knowledge of books and help support each other with our spelling!