This Week’s Top Idea! Have you ever felt worried? There are lots of things that can make us worried, even without having school closure – we may worry about homework, or our friends, or even what our new neighbours will be like. We like this idea from Cosmic Kids, it helps us to recognise when […]
Author Archives: Carolyn Cornthwaite
Home Learning Task: January 5th
Home Learning for Class One Hello, we are so sad that we won’t see you for a few weeks – but we will be learning together every day. It would be a really good idea if you set yourself up a little learning zone where you can complete your home learning tasks over the next […]
Covid 19: School Closure
Following Boris Johnson’s 8pm announcement we now know that as of midnight tonight the country has entered a new period of Lockdown, a Lockdown that includes the closure of school. School will be open for the children of Key Workers and for pupils who are deemed vulnerable. All pupils will be provided with work in […]
No Room in the Woods!
No Room in the Woods Just like any Christmas, we have spent the last few weeks rehearsing and preparing for our Christmas Nativity. Unlike in other years we haven’t been able to share that with you in school, but we are just as excited with our end result. Our own Christmas film. It’s now available […]
No Room in the Woods… Coming Soon!
We have all been working very hard these last few weeks in school. We have teachers, hedgehogs, mice, angels, an owl, some ducks… the list goes on, of course. Can you guess what we’re doing? That’s right. We’re working on our Christmas Production. We’re a bit sad that you won’t be sitting in our hall […]
Celebrations w/e 11th December
Class 3 Certificates Our three winners in Class 3 were Fletcher, Saul and Christian. Fletcher got his certficate for always contributing well to class discussions, and sharing his ideas. He has worked hard in all curriculum areas. Saul was rewarded for working hard and presenting his work beautifully. He has written with lovely description too, […]
News w/e 6th Dec
http://www.stmaryssabden.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Santa-came-to-School_smaller.mp4 Here we are, almost at the end of our first term and we have so much to share with you, including this lovely video from weekend, when we had a very special visitor to school. All the staff and children are very grateful to Sabden Holme Committee for this wonderful idea. The next two […]
It’s Christmas at St Mary’s
A Victorian Christmas This year we decided to take a Victorian Christmas as our theme. We learned a lot about how people would have celebrated Christmas in Victorian times and we had a great time making our decorations. Sometimes we go to Gawthorpe Hall to experience a Victorian Christmas but, as we couldn’t do that […]
Celebrations w/e 4th Dec
Class 3 Certificates This week James, Enya and Reece have gained certificates. James and Enya were both awarded certificates for their fantastic maths using the grid method. They both worked really hard and, even when errors were made, they tackled them with enthusiasm and confidence! Reece got his certificate for working really hard all week. […]
Testing Finger Foods
Evaluating Finger Foods As part of our DT topic in Class 3, the children have evaluated and analysed pre-bought finger foods that may be found at a Christmas buffet. We had a list of categories for making our evaluations, including smell, appearance, texture, taste, whether it was healthy or unhealthy and finally, whether it was […]