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

• St David's Day - Friday 1st March

  Fri 01 Mar 2024

  Today is St David's day and all members of St David's house group came to a special assembly this afternoon led by our St David's house captains, Indy and Theo. 

   

  They told the story of St David to all the members of St David's house and they celebrated their feast day with squash and biscuits.

  

• Year 3 - Maths work - telling the time.

  Fri 01 Mar 2024

  Year three have had a tricky week practising telling the time, but they have persevered and have definitely gained confidence at telling the time in different forms: digital, analogue and in words.  Please see the main newsletter for some great games that can help support your child's learning.

  

• Year 5 - Science exploring gravity and forces

  Fri 01 Mar 2024

  Today, during their science lessons, year 5 were tasked with designing a parachute in order to land an egg safely without it breaking.  Their learning involved exploring gravity and forces.

  

• CAFOD Assembly

  Thu 29 Feb 2024

  Mike Dean, our Deacon from St Mary's, who is also a representative of CAFOD visited us on Thursday. You may remember that we raised £422.36 for CAFOD from our Nativities and our Advent services at Christmas time and as a result Mr Dean came into school to thank us for the money raised as well as explain how the money raised by us would be used to help others across the world. 

   

  

• Year 4 Forest School - Cooking

  Thu 29 Feb 2024

  Year 4 finished off a fantastic series of Forest School sessions with campfire cooking on Thursday. We made delicious savoury or sweet 'pizza wraps' and of course, we enjoyed our usual hot chocolate too! 

   

  

• Green Class Visitors to talk about Stonehenge

  Thu 29 Feb 2024

  On Wednesday, we welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Edwards to school, who used to volunteer at Stonehenge. 

   

  They talked to Year 3 about the importance of Stonehenge, thinking about how it was formed, when it was built and why it was formed.  The children got to handle replica artefacts and discuss their ideas. 

   

  At the end of the afternoon, they re-enacted a Neolithic burial, looking at the objects that would have been buried with important and influential chieftains in the barrows surrounding the henge.  

   

  Many thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Edwards for giving up your time to talk to the children, they had a very enjoyable and informative afternoon. 

   

  

• Jazz Trio Assembly

  Wed 28 Feb 2024

  St. Mary's was treated to a range of musical performances by the talented trio of Orlando, Jason and Chris on Wednesday morning. 

   

  The children were introduced to the joy of Jazz as Orlando explained how the double bass is played in different ways.

   

  Chris explained to the children how he plays the different parts of his drum kit. The trio then played well known songs in different styles for the children to guess.

   

  It was a wonderful morning enjoyed by all!

  

• Beacon Cluster Stingers Netball Tournament - Year 6

  Wed 28 Feb 2024

  On Wednesday, a group of Year 6 children went to Beacon to take part in a netball tournament. 

   

  It was a wonderful opportunity to develop their sporting skills as this was a new sport for many.  They needed to change position every half, learning about marking, attacking, passing, defending, intercepting and shooting.  It was great to see them persevere with a new sport and demonstrate excellent sportsmanship throughout.

   

  Well done to everyone involved!

   

  

• Red Nose Day 15th March 2024 - Link to Comic Relief donations page.

  Fri 23 Feb 2024

  On Friday 15th March it will be a non-uniform day and children are invited to wear something red, clothing or an accessory in exchange for a contribution to Comic Relief. 

   We have decided to support this national event as one of our

  charitable campaigns for the year.  Many of you will be aware of the good work that this UK charity does. The money you raise could help put food on plates and roofs over heads, keep little ones safe and help support families affected by conflict and

  climate change.

  This year ParentPay have collaborated with the charity and are offering a donation page for all their users which also allows Gift Aid payments and the funds go directly to the Red Nose Day charity. 99.25% of the donations from Donations Pages goes to Comic

  Relief and ParentPay does not profit from donations made.   

   

  Please follow the link below to make a donation.  Please note that this a is not available on your child’s ParentPay log in—only via this link.

   

  https://app.parentpay.com/ParentPayShop/Foc/Default.aspx?shopid=14231

   

• Year 2 class visit to the Post Office and an extra stop at the Police Station.

  Wed 21 Feb 2024

  In their English lessons, the children in Year 2 have been learning how to write an informal letter and they were very excited to write a letter to a friend in their class.

   

  On Wednesday, the children visited the Post Office on Croft Road to post their letters. The Post Master explained to the children that their letters would be sent to the sorting office in Gatwick and then sent to the local delivery office back in Crowborough.

   

  The children had an extra treat on the way back to school as we popped into the Police Station to meet PCSO Amy who talked to the children and showed the children the police cars.