Our Year 4 and Year 5 Hockey Team demonstrated great skills an d teamwork as they secured fourth place in this tournament against several local schools. The event was held at Sydenham School and all of our team performed to a high standard.
We were proud to see our Girls football team wearing their new Premier League kits as they competed against local schools in a League tournament held over the Summer Term. All of the team demonstrated excellent Attitude, Commitment and Ability.
Easter bonnets and Easter eggs designed by our creative children were celebrated at this special Easter worship. Well done to everyone who took part in our competitions, especially our prize winners! The worship ended with a lively Easter parade around the school.
Planned and organised by our amazing children's Faith Group, the school community joined together to raise money at our Easter Fayre. The money raised will be donated to the charities supported by the Bishop of Southwark's Lent Appeal - including projects in Zimbabwe and Palestine. The children in the Faith Group included many exciting activities that were enjoyed by everyone - a cake sale, Easter egg hunt, egg painting, hook an Easter duck and an egg and spoon obstacle race. A huge thank you to everyone who supported the event by attending or by donating cakes - we raised over £400!
Two teams of children from Year 5 took part in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) challenge event. They joined children from schools across Lewisham and explored electricity, chemical reactions, microscopes and many other scientific challenges.
Congratulations to all members of our swimming team who took part in the Saxon Crown Swimming Gala on 8 March 2024 at the Glass Mill Leisure Centre. Swimmers thoroughly enjoyed the event and we are incredibly proud of how well they did. Once again, St Mary's enjoyed a fabulous week enjoying and celebrating books and reading. Our focus this year was adventures! The highlight of the week was a visit from local Author Rachel Faturoti - who signed copies of her books for the children as well as giving them tips on how to become an Author. In addition, Rachel led a creative writing workshop.
Other events included a Teacher Swap as each class enjoyed books from a surprise visiting teacher! A Reading Banquet offered the children a captivating menu of books to enjoy. Finally, the week was rounded off in style with our ‘Dress Up Day’. Congratulations to our young sports stars, as they travelled to John Stainer School for an exciting Multiskills event. Competing alongside children from other Lewisham Primary Schools, our children performed amazingly across a variety of running, jumping, throwing and team events. On a chilly afternoon, our Year 3 and Year 4 football stars travelled to Catford for a tournament against several local schools from across Lewisham. The children played with skill and determination, representing the school brilliantly!
St Mary's celebrated the Year of the Dragon with wonderful support from our families from our Chinese community. A group of parents kindly prepared a wide range of delicious home-cooked Chinese dishes, which were enjoyed by all of the children (and staff!). Each class were visited by a special guest from China, who kindly shared her knowledge of Chinese culture and language with each class. The parents also led Chinese craft workshops as the children learned calligraphy, lantern making and paper design.
Everyone in the school wore RED clothes as this is a lucky colour in China. Many thanks to Mr Scrivens, Miss Dikule and Mr Parchment who created a wonderful Chinese dragon. Every class took part in a Dragon Dance lesson, the children loved to learn a new dance technique! |
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