Happy Easter!
Thank you for the warm welcome to St Mary's Church Pop Up Café this week. Class 3 really enjoyed singing their Easter songs to the local residents of the village. Thank you to the café staff for the delicious cakes afterwards!
Musical learning at Newcastle!
Thank you to Rupert Marshall (https://www.rupertmarshall-luck.com/), a local professional violinist, for a fantastic performance at Newcastle School this week. He explained how sound was created by the violin and explained all of the different parts of the instrument. His rendition of Ferdinand the Bull with his wife as storyteller was outstandi...
Medieval fun at Ludlow Castle!
Class 1 recently had our visit to Ludlow Castle to explore, have fun and learn about why castles are built where they are and what life was like in a castle. They had a good time with no rain falling, despite the drizzly forecast. They walked around the outside of the castle, went up some of the towers, saw a dragon, looked inside a well and wen...
Spectacular Science
All of Key Stage Two had a fabulous time celebrating National Science Day this week! Here is what the Year 5s had to say about the experience: ACE AND SPACE! Thank you to Mrs Rowsell for organising a spectacular Science event as part of National Science Day this week. It was an amazing opportunity to be in the company of scientists from Warwick...
Catherine Cooper announces the winners!
Class 2 and 3 were treated to another fantastic online session with Brit writers Award winning local author Catherine Cooper to announce the prizes to our recent writing competition. Each child was tasked with designing a new object for a character from her books: either for Peabody's Emporium or the Armoury where all the weapons (which can't ha...
Visit to the mosque in Craven Arms
Thank you to the Imam of The Islamic Centre in Craven Arms for giving us a fantastic tour of the different features of a mosque as well as supporting us in our learning about the faith of Islam.
Viking Visit
Thank you to the Jorvik Viking Centre for visiting us virtually this week in Class 3 to teach us about viking invasions and weapons. We feel very inspired to find out more about our topic this term!
Stone Age Day!
Class 2 had a visit from some Stone Age visitors last term, learning the skills of flint knapping and making clay pots. They also explored a wide range of animal skins and tools/weapons and found out lots about the Stone Age, led by someone who had actually lived as a Stone Age person themselves!
Christmas at St Mary's!
Well done to all of the children of St Mary's Primary for a truly fantastic and professional Christmas performance at our special, local church which looked so beautifully decorated for the festive season. We hope that you all have had a restful Christmas and are looking forward to a new exciting term! Happy New Year everybody!
Singing and cake!
Class 3 sang beautifully at St Mary's Church Café this morning and brought festive cheer to their local community!
It's panto time. Oh no it isn't! Oh yes it is!
The whole school enjoyed a fantastic fun-filled trip to the pantomime last week to see 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. From the continuous string of jokes and pantomime antics to the delicious ice creams, the smiles never left the children's faces and they all thoroughly enjoyed themselves! Thank you to our wonderful 'Friends of St Mary's' committee w...
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Hands on learning with artificial intelligence
A big thank you to Darcy's mum who came in last week to run an exciting workshop all about Microsoft and AI (Artificial Intelligence). The children learnt how AI can be used to benefit society and participated in a fun activity which involved designing their own educational game and designing an image using AI. Mrs Perry also announced the winne...
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St Mary's win the Reading for Pleasure Award for a second year running!
We are thrilled to announce that St Mary's has won the Reading for Pleasure Award for a second year running! Nominated for the award by local author, Catherine Cooper, Key Stage Two won a fantastic virtual workshop in which they were shown Catherine's new book cover (hot off the press and unseen as yet by the general public!) as well as a select...
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Class 2's visit to the Discovery Centre!
Class 2 had a fantastic trip to the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre this week as part of their 'Stone Age' topic. What a wonderful resource to have on our doorstep.
Harvest Festival Fun!
Well done to all of the children for the hard work that they put into preparing for this year's Harvest Festival! From big, red combine harvesters to autumnal choral speaking, we were treated to a fabulous selection of performances from all age groups.
Pearl of Africa workshops
What a fantastic day we have had with the team from Pearl of Africa. The children were given the opportunity to work alongside talented musicians, learning a catchy call and response traditional African song as well as having a go at drumming and dancing! The smiles never left their faces! You can find out more about this amazing charity here .
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