Thank you to everyone who joined us at our St Mary Magdalen’s summer fayre. It was a fantastic day with children and parents having a fun filled afternoon! Thank you to all the volunteers and helpers who worked really hard to make sure the day was a success. Thank you also to all our community business sponsors who donated prizes for the fayre. Special thanks must go to Mrs Spence for all her time and hard work in ensuring the children had a day to remember. The current total raised was £1682 with further donations expected to come in this week. The money raised will go a long way in helping to provide further enrichment opportunities for our children. Raffle ticket winners will be posted at the school office, at the end of the school day on Monday 19th, and winning prizes can be collected from our new school hall.

For further photo’s of the day please visit our ‘Whole School Events’ section of the website.

Wishing all of our children, staff and parents a happy and enjoyable summer half term holiday. School re-opens in two weeks time on Monday 12th June.

Mr L J Duncan

We held a very important assembly today looking at the good work of CAFOD. Thank you to Margaret Hodgson who gave a very special presentation to the children. Our Year 6 will be thinking of ways to fund raise, this summer term, to support CAFOD and  all their good causes.

Thank you to M&M theatre productions who performed ‘Oliver Twist’ to KS1 and KS2. It was a great show full of superb acting, singing, laughter and audience participation.

Congratulations to all of our children who made their First Holy Communion this weekend. Didn’t they all look superb on the day? It was certainly a very special occasion for all involved. Thank you to all the helpers and volunteers who contributed to make the day such a memorable one!

The first chick has hatched! Our Reception children have been doing a fantastic job nurturing their chick eggs over the past few weeks. Now they are beginning to hatch and we expect further chicks to hatch today. Exciting times!

Thank you to author Paula Newman who visited our Year 4 children. She spoke about the skills needed to be a successful writer and shared some of her top writing tips with the children. Year 4H & 4W had a fabulous time and are already beginning to use Paula Newman’s top tips in their own writing!

A BIG Well Done to our Year 6 children who have completed their KS2 SAT’s this week. Well done also to all the staff and parents who have supported them on their Year 6 journey so far. All the children worked extremely hard all week and tried their very best. Everyone at St Mary Magdalen’s R.C Primary are extremely proud of you all. Enjoy your celebration party!

 

Our school kitchen garden is beginning to burst into life. With the help from some kind volunteers our children have begun planting a range of vegetables and fruit. The children and staff have discovered many interesting new facts about growing healthy food and realised that gardening is not just educational but fun too! Thank you to all parent helpers who have shared their skills during planting or donated resources to the school. We will keep posting regular updates on how the garden is growing.

Our Reception children are currently learning all about ‘Growing’. As part of their learning they are looking after a number of eggs in the hope that they will all hatch into lovely young chicks. They have learned that it is very important to keep the eggs warm and to turn them regularly, just as a mother hen would do. They hope that the first chick will hatch in approximately 21 days time.