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Headteacher’s Newsletter – 19th December 2025

Written by Mrs McQueen on . Posted in Headteacher Newsletter.

Dear Parents/Carers,

What a great final week we’ve had to the term. With parties galore, a Christmas lunch that made us all smile and a Church service that showed us all what a great school we are and a school that I am so proud to be part of. Thank you to everyone that contributes to making St. Mary’s the great place it truly is!

Christmas Service

The children performed beautifully in our Christmas Service, which told the Christmas story through song.
Thank you, Mrs Taylor and Mrs English, for organising this and to the teachers, parents and Church members who eagerly support us – the Church was packed!

Christmas Lunch

A lovely lunch was had with crackers and laughter. We also thanked our volunteers with a lunch afterwards. Thank you to Natalie and Raquel in the kitchen.

Christmas Artwork

Here is some lovely Christmas artwork that our Year 3’s have been working on today.

Attendance

Whole school attendance this week96.5%
Class with the highest attendance this weekYear 4 – 100%
Whole school attendance (year to date)96.5%
National average94.6%

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Have a lovely Christmas break. Please do something that makes you very happy and we’ll see you all refreshed in the New Year for another term of creative learning.

Kind regards,

Mrs McQueen

Headteacher’s Newsletter – 20th December 2024

Written by Mrs McQueen on . Posted in Headteacher Newsletter.

Dear Parents and Carers

Christmas Service

Thank you to everyone who came to our Church service yesterday – it was a lovely way to end the term. The simple messages expressed by the children of a baby in a manger surrounded by people who loved him is something to remember. In this fast paced, ever-changing world it is often the most important messages that are missed. I talked yesterday about giving gifts of kindness, love and happiness and in return we might receive much of the same thing – I love a free gift! If you didn’t join us yesterday and you would like to listen to words of the song that held so much for me the other day on the way to work, ask one of your devices for “A little love” by Celeste.

Take a board game selfie!

Technology can be an amazing thing and the ability to ask the Alexa to play just about any kind of music has been life changing! This Christmas, I would like you to join us and put down all that technology that you asked Father Christmas for and get out an old-fashioned board game. Yes, Monopoly, Uno, a family game of charades (okay not quite a board game but you get the idea). Our mission this Christmas is to get us all talking again, in one room. Give up your phone, switch off the TV and have some fun. We are going to make a display of all the games you played so take lots of pictures and overload Mrs Strick’s inbox this Christmas by sending a photo, or two or three!

Mrs Strick is off to play Monolpoly with her own family.

Year 2 Great Fire of London visit

Samuel Pepys popped in to Year 2 this week to talk to the children all about the Great Fire of London. The children had a great time consolidating all of their knowledge and having so much fun too. Samuel Pepys was very impressed!

Attendance

Class with overall best attendance 98.67% – Year 3 (Mrs Eaglestone & Miss
Thorsby’s class)
Overall School attendance93.64%
Lates 53 Lates / 36 children
Unauthorised absence 1.24%

All the staff of St Mary’s would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and we will look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 7 January 2025.

Kind regards
Mrs McQueen

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