Back-to-School Guide
Please find below a handy guide to all the need-to-know, back-to-school information.
Please find below a handy guide to all the need-to-know, back-to-school information.
Please find below a letter from the Chair of Governors, updating parents and carers on the work of the Governors over the past twelve months.
Please find below a letter from Mrs Price, explaining the arrangements for the school opening in September.
Please find below the School Newsletter from Friday 10th July, and the Look Weekly Newsletter from Church.
Skylarks pupils once again took part in the annual competition, which sees schools from across the country participating. The Oxford University German Department called all young learners of German to enter the competition and the theme this year was “Natur und Technik” – Nature and Technology.
Skylarks were asked to research and reflect on “Natur und Technik” in the German-speaking world, how and where the two concepts overlap and what challenges they might pose to us in the 21st century.
There were more than 750 entries submitted by pupils from 97 schools across the UK.
We are extremely pleased to report that four of our pupils were successful in the competition! Maisie McCormick and Zachary Bosworth were highly commended in the category “Design a robot and label its parts, write what it can do.” Darcey Meredith was highly commended in the category “You’re going to set up a community on Mars – draw your spaceship and the fifteen most important things to take, and label them.” Matilda O’Connor was runner up for the same category, and has been invited to receive her prize at Oxford’s prestigious Bodleian Library next year. We should add that it is the second year in a row that Matilda has received a prize – bravo!
Well done to all of the Skylarks who participated, the standard of your work was truly excellent.
The St Mary’s Team have created a video to show pupils how happy we are to return to learning after the Easter break. We hope it brings a smile to your faces and we are looking forward to seeing you all again soon. Keep up the hard work and stay Happy! See below.
The Language Department at Oxford University have once again invited 9-11 year olds to enter the Oxford German Olympiad Competition. This year the theme is Natur und Tecnik (Nature and Technology). Skylarks learned about Natur und Technik in the German-speaking world, how and where the two concepts overlap and what challenges they might pose to us in the 21st century. Then, pupils were invited to enter the competition, choosing from these three categories:
In the gallery below you can admire this year’s impressive entries, the results of the competition will be released in June….fingers crossed!
This Advent time, all children at St Mary’s took part in the beautiful Italian tradition of the Blessing of the Bambinelli. St John Paul II began this tradition early on in his papacy, when he invited the children of Rome to join him in St Peter’s Square on the Third Sunday of Advent during his Angelus address. He asked the children to bring the little statues of the baby Jesus from their Nativity scenes at home, and he blessed the figurines.
Here at St Mary’s, all children created their own figurine of the baby Jesus in school. We used natural materials such as wood, clay, hay and straw. Then, we took the Bambinelli to Mass during the Third Week of Advent and Father Arul blessed each and every one. Children took the Blessed Bambinelli home, and the Baby Jesus’ arrival in the Nativity scene was made even more special.