St Mary's C of E Primary School
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Dear Parents and Carers, Another busy week here at St Mary’s, with a moving Harvest Service and a cheery sea of yellow to end the week. A lovely ‘mellow yellow’ day reminded us all of the importance of looking after our mental health and well-being and this is something both children and adults continue to focus on. Thank you to the 17 parents/carers who have already filled in Ofsted’s ‘Parent View’. For those of you who have not yet got round to it, please do – it helps spread the message about our lovely school and gives you the opportunity to have your say. https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/ Thank you for your ongoing support and have a lovely relaxing weekend. Mrs Osborne and the staff team. Year 6 Sports Leaders Yesterday our Sports Leaders spent a training day at Herts Sports Village. They learnt the skills required to be a leader and took part in activities such as archery, boxing and curling. They also met inspirational rugby players Maud Mir and Alysha Corrigan. They represented St Mary's wonderfully and Miss Gill was extremely proud of them! A message from Jonathan and a polite request On Sunday at 10.00am an All Age Service will take place at St Mary's led by the music group. All welcome, please contact Jonathan on [email protected] if you would like more information. Also, please could parents and carers keep children on the paths through the churchyard and not climb the trees. The churchyard is a special place and we would be grateful if you could encourage your children to respect this. Thank you. - S t Mary's C of E Primary School ‘Excellence Together, Learning through Faith’ Update Friday 8 th October Head Teacher Mrs Lynne Osborne
Transcript of St Mary's C of E Primary School
Dear Parents and Carers,
Another busy week here at St Mary’s, with a moving Harvest Service and a cheery
sea of yellow to end the week. A lovely ‘mellow yellow’ day reminded us all of the
importance of looking after our mental health and well-being and this is something
both children and adults continue to focus on.
Thank you to the 17 parents/carers who have already filled in Ofsted’s ‘Parent View’.
For those of you who have not yet got round to it, please do – it helps spread the
message about our lovely school and gives you the opportunity to have your say.
https://parentview.ofsted.gov.uk/
Thank you for your ongoing support and have a lovely relaxing weekend.
Mrs Osborne and the staff team.
Year 6 Sports Leaders
Yesterday our Sports
Leaders spent a
training day at Herts
Sports Village. They
learnt the skills
required to be a leader
and took part in
activities such as
archery, boxing and
curling. They also met
inspirational rugby
players Maud Mir and
Alysha Corrigan. They
represented St Mary's
wonderfully and Miss
Gill was extremely
proud of them!
A message from Jonathan and a polite request
On Sunday at 10.00am an All Age Service will take place at St Mary's led by the music
group. All welcome, please contact Jonathan on [email protected] if you would
like more information.
Also, please could parents and carers keep children on the paths through the
churchyard and not climb the trees. The churchyard is a special place and we would
be grateful if you could encourage your children to respect this. Thank you.
-
St Mary's C of E Primary School
‘Excellence Together, Learning through Faith’
Update Friday 8th October Head Teacher Mrs Lynne Osborne
Would your child like to play in their very own rock band ?
Rocksteady in-school band lessons are the perfect opportunity for your child to learn
new skills, develop friendships and have the time of their life.
Watch this short video to see what learning in a band could do for your child’s well-
being: https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/watch-video/
Berkhamsted Rotary’s Firework Show
Berkhamsted Rotary’s firework show at
Berkhamsted Cricket Club is on the
evening of Saturday 6th November
2021. (Gates open at 6pm for a 7pm
start).
Once again we are selling tickets for the
display and if purchased in advance you
will save £1 per adult & child ticket and a
£5 saving for a family ticket and the
school will receive a commission on
these tickets (£1.00 each single ticket or
£4.00 for a family ticket).
Adult ticket in advance £8 (£9 on the door) Under 16 in advance £5 (£6 on the door)
Family ticket in advance (2 adults, 2 children) £22 (£27 on the door) Children under 5
are free.
Please purchase your tickets from the School Office.
Don’t forget to follow us!
Keep in the loop with what’s happening here at school by following us on Twitter and
@St Marys916
If you like what’s going on please write a FaceBook review too – let’s spread the St
Mary’s word!
Allotment update
Great news from the Sunnyside Rural Trust, our friends there have offered to ‘bring
our allotment back to life’ ready for Spring. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates.
BRILLIANT BOOKS TO READ!
Hello Families of St Mary’s,
This week I would like to recommend Emily’s Legs by Dick King-Smith.
This is a great little story, just right for children who are starting to read short chapter
books. It has the usual humour and wit of Dick King-Smith
books and a useful theme which will help children think about
why and how bullying happens.
Emily is a delightful spider who gets bullied because she is
different. She lives with her ninety-nine brothers and sisters
and wins all the races on sports day but when they notice she
is different to them her life becomes much harder.
It is also quite a nice read aloud book, if you think your child
would like it but not quite manage the text yet.
If you would like to recommend a brilliant book please write
about it and give it to your teacher to give to me.
You might end up in the newsletter!
Happy reading!
Miss Forsyth
Meet: Mrs Delderfield
Hello, my name is Mrs Delderfield. I have been the
crossing patrol (lollypop lady) at St Mary’s for five
years. I love working at St Mary’s and seeing the
children’s smiley faces every day. I am a very busy
bee, I work in another local school as a midday
supervisor and manage a local charity shop.
When I’m not working I enjoy spending time with
my husband, 3 daughters and 4 grandsons. 2 were
born this year just 3 weeks apart !
I like spending time in my garden and relaxing in
the hottub.
Year 5’s trip to Hudnall Park
A few comments from Year 5:
On our trip to Hudnall Park we started with listening to the surroundings in the woods.
Then we did some snap as we had to find six objects of nature. The objects were a
stone, a feather, bark, stick, a leaf from an Ash tree and a leaf from a Beech tree.
After that, we had to make a hammock and ours worked very well. Next, we put a
shelter over the top made of tarpaulin. After, we got free time and we got to make a
spark with flint and steel. The there was a real
fire and we got roasted marshmallows. BY
MAV
When we arrived Michelle (our tour guide) greeted us with a bright smile. We started
off by going into a closed area in the woods. It was closed so that the deer couldn’t
get in and eat the baby trees (although one of them got in and wouldn’t get out). We
started off by sitting down and saying our names and favourite animals. BY BETSIE
We all got a go at making a fire –it was an actual fire and it was great! Daniel
Harvest Happiness:
Harvest Festival is a time for sharing and giving thanks, as
Robyn illustrates.
Diary dates:
Monday 11th October - 8pm Parent Consultation bookings open
Tuesday 12th October – Year 3 Woburn Visit
Thursday 14th October – 11am Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday 19th October – Parent Consultation Evening
Wednesday 20th October – Superstar Sport Archery sessions
Thursday 21st October – Parent Consultation Evening
Friday 22nd October – Non-uniform Day Charity day in aid of Sunnyside Rural Trust
Monday 25th – Friday 29th October HALF-TERM
Thursday 4th November – 6.30pm Phonics and Reading Evening – Mrs Bates & Mrs
Zimet
Friday 5th November – 09.15am Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday 9th November Year 4 Pedestrian Skills Training
Thursday 11th November Remembrance Service
Friday 12th November – Science of Sound Workshop KS2
Monday 15th November - Cool to be Kind Week
Monday 15th November - Full Governing Body Meeting
Wednesday 17th November – SENDCo Coffee Morning
Thursday 18th November – Capoeira Brazillian Dance Workshops
Friday 19th November - 11am Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday 23rd November – Open Evening for Prospective Parents
Thursday 25th November –Sir Linkalot here in school
Friday 26th November – Non-uniform Day for School Association
Sunday 28th November – National Teaching Awards Silver Winners Gala Dinner
Will Miss Gray get Gold?
Monday 29th November – School Photos –Individual and sibling
Monday 6th December – Occasional day –School Closed
Friday 10th December – 09.15 am Prospective Parent Tour
Tuesday 21st December – End of Autumn Term early finish 1.30
Dates in red are newly added
