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.

There was a mysterious break-in at school! Someone had broken into our reception class and made a terrible mess! The police were called and the crime scene was made secure. Who did this terrible act? Our Reception children were determined to find out and they made sure all suspects were questioned and finger printed. Even the headteacher, Mr Duncan, couldn’t escape being interrogated. Finally the culprit was identified and it was no other than …….the big bad GIANT!

I would like to wish all of our pupils, staff and parents a happy and holy Easter. School will reopen after the Easter holiday on Monday 24th April.

Our ‘A’ team football squad did fantastically well in winning the Barry Sutherland Cup final. The final score was 2-0 to St Mary Magdalen’s after extra time. A big well done to our boys and team coach who have done us proud. The team are hoping to continue their success by winning the Bishop’s Cup and league.

Our School Council were invited by the Mayor of Durham to attend Durham Town Hall. The children had the opportunity to look around the historic building and to learn many interesting facts about Durham Council history and our local democracy. Mayor Bell answered many questions and certainly provided the children with a fascinating and memorable experience. The School Council would like to thank Mayor Bell and all at the Town Hall for their time.

The Mayor and Mayoress of Durham visited school this week along with another very important visitor. The Queens’s Lord–Lieutenant (British monarch’s personal representative in each county of the United Kingdom) visited school to talk to the children and to share her experiences and to outline the role that she does. Lord -Lieutenant, Mrs Sue Snowden, had a tour of the school and called into each classroom to speak with the children and to answer a range of questions. We must say, both children and staff thoroughly enjoyed meeting and speaking with Lord -Lieutenant Snowden who was extremely friendly and full of fascinating facts.  We hope she enjoyed her visit into school and she is always welcome to visit again in the future.

Well done to our Year 6 children who represented our school at this years dance festival. They showcased their dancing skills to parents, prior to competing, and certainly did us proud during their final performance.