REMEMBER, SATS ONLY TEST TWO SUBJECTS…

At the moment, you’re doing a lot of English and Maths, but never forget you’ve got lots of other skills too. SATs don’t test these skills. Skills like whether you’re a creative person, good at I.T. or brilliant with pets and animals. They don’t test your speaking skills or whether you’re fantastic at making or mending things. They don’t measure whether you’re arty or sporty, a musician or someone who is really kind and cares for other people. They don’t test whether you are a hard worker, a good team player or someone who always has a good sense of humour. Although subjects like Maths and English are important, never forget you are a very special and unique person who has been blessed with talents in plenty of other areas too. I know that when you move on from St Mary Magdalen’s RC Primary you will be a real asset to your new schools. We wish you the best of luck this week in your tests – We are all very proud of you!

Mr Duncan

Year 3W celebrated Sir David Attenborough’s 90th birthday today. All the children turned into David Attenborough to mark the special occasion and also enjoyed a piece of rainforest chocolate cake! Thank you to Mrs Wilkinson for providing the 90 candles for the cake – they  were spectacular, despite  setting off the smoke alarms!!!

Good Luck to our Year 3 Tennis players who will be representing our school today in a local schools tennis competition. The children will be competing at Seaham Leisure Centre and I’m sure they will do the school proud whether they win or come runners up.

Our Reception children have been helping Mr Duncan and the police in trying to solve the mystery of who broke into their classroom last week! Lots of mess was created and some items were stolen (Golden Goose & Golden Harp to name but a few). The culprit left their finger prints so they should be identified soon. I’m sure our Reception children will get to the bottom of this mystery!

Thank you to everyone who joined us at St Mary Magdalen’s church to celebrate our children’s KS2 Easter service. It was such a lovely way to end the Spring term and to be reminded of the true meaning of Easter. I wish all of our school community a very happy and holy Easter and I look forward to seeing you all at the start of the Summer Term.

Mr L J Duncan

Our school ‘Mini Vinnies’ visited Beachcomber (local residential care home) at the end of the term to hand deliver Easter cards to the residents. All of the cards were greatly received and it was lovely to see so many happy faces and smiles!

Well done to all those who entered our Easter paste egg competition. All the entries were fantastic and very original – what creative young people and parents we have at St. Mary Magdalen’s! Although all the entries are winners in our eyes –  a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place was awarded for each class. All entries will receive a well done prize in assembly on Thursday. If you would like to see some of the eggs on show please take a look at the ‘School Events’ section of our website under Classes. Alternatively you are always welcome to pop into school, at the end of the school day, before the eggs go home on Thursday.

Easter Egg Donations

Thank you to everyone who donated a chocolate Easter egg for our end of term class raffle. We have had a great response and our children certainly now have a great chance of winning an egg!