Image of The week commencing Monday 24th February we are learning about lent and the runaway pancake!
11 February 2020

The week commencing Monday 24th February we are learning about lent and the runaway pancake!

The week commencing Monday 24th February we are learning about Lent and pancake day. We will write lists of ingredients, make pancakes and then write instructions explaining how to make them. We will also develop our maths skills by ordering numbered pancakes up to 20 and we will also double the…

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11 February 2020

We enjoyed playing in the snow!

Yesterday afternoon we had some unexpected snow! We wrapped up warm and went outside to explore in it! We felt the snow, observed it and commented on what we found. "It's melting!" "It's cold." "It's turning into water." The children had a lot of fun throwing snowballs, building mini snowmen and…

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10 February 2020

Class 4 Knowledge Mats Spring 2

As well as our half termly newsletter we have now created knowledge mats for key topics to help your child with their prior learning for next term. Please find attached our Science and History topic information. 

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10 February 2020

Cross Country

Superb team work, dedication and hard-work on Friday as St Mary's finished second int he intra-school cross country tournament at Richard Crosse. 

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10 February 2020

This is 'snow' interruption!

Class 3 got a little distracted in Big Maths today! 

We were VERY excited to see it was snowing outside so had to have 5 minutes watching the snow fall! We did get back to Big Maths eventually!

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9 February 2020

Gymnastics

More fun in gymnastics.

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7 February 2020

Marmalade sandwiches

We've been learning about Paddington this week so today we made marmalade sandwiches and wrote instructions for others to be able to make them.

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7 February 2020

Identifying parts of plants

Today we made plants using nuudles and labelled the parts. 

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7 February 2020

Reception phonics ideas for home learning!

The reception children are learning how to read digraphs (2 letters that make 1 sound e.g sh, ee and or.) and trigraphs (3 letters that make 1 sound e.g igh, air, and ure). Here are some online activities that you can try at home to support your child's reading development.

These can be counted…

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6 February 2020

The week commencing Monday 10th February we are learning around the story of Hansel and Gretel!

Next week is our last day before the February half term holiday. We have had a fantastic half term full of wonderful learning!

The week commencing Monday 10th February we are going to be learning more about the story of Hansel and Gretel! This week we will write the story and learn more about…

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6 February 2020

County Warning: Child on Instagram?

 

We have been made aware this morning by one of the high schools in Staffordshire that there is a concern regarding Instagram and a bogus modelling agency grooming children.

West Midlands Police have advised that students at a number of Secondary schools in our area have been contacted by a…

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3 February 2020

Nursery have been representing numbers!

The nursery children have been learning how to represent numbers through pictures and marks. The children have also been doing this as they play! They have been able to explain the marks they make and have even used them to sing their own number songs with their friends! 

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