Year 1 visited the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood for their current topic “the magic toymaker”. An extension of the Victoria & Albert Museum, the museum holds a large collection of children’s toys. Pupils were able to learn about toys dating back to 17th century including teddy bears, games, dolls, doll houses (some donated by royalty),…
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On Thursday 17th October year 3 visited the British Museum to learn all their current topic “Egypt”. Through an interactive presentation year 3 learned about the weighing of the heart, discovered how the spells and information in the Book of the Dead helped ancient Egyptians on their journey to the afterlife, and learnt about what…
On Monday 20th July a number of our talented pupils from the choir performed at the Royal Festival Hall along with Thirty-four schools sang together in a massed choir conducted by Mrs Susannah Edom-Baker. The choir perform music including ‘One Voice’, ‘The Candy Man’, ‘Tonight’, ‘Groovy Grandma’, ‘Believe’, ‘You raise me up’, a Disney medley, a selection of…
The annual curry and quiz social night on 25th June kicked off with every one filling their tummies with all the delicious food cooked from scratch (ok some were shop brought) by parents, staff, governors and friends of St. Mary’s. The general knowledge quiz was much tougher than some of us was anticipating, while Jay was…
Fiesta fever certainly hit St Mary’s on Friday. Children made their way along Church Street dressed as flamenco dancers, matadors, Mexican bandits and in the colours of Hispanic-speaking countries to celebrate our annual Hispanic Day. The children were greeted by salsa music being played in the playground which got them in the mood for the…
St. Mary’s had the opportunity from Lloyds Bank to spent the morning and part of the afternoon revamping the gardens of the school on Barn Street and Stoke Newington Church Street. They donated plants and expertise. Later in the afternoon they joined the Reception Class for a trip to the park. They report that they really enjoyed…
Year 4 had the opportunity to see the London Children’s Ballet performance of Snow White, at the Peacock Theatre in Holborn on Friday 24th April 2015. London Children’s Ballet returns to the West End with a glorious production of this much-loved story, based on the original Grimms’ fairy tale. Snow White is forced to flee from…
On Thursday 16th of April year 5 visited the science museum to learn about all things science. There was also a visit to the Imax Cinema to prepare for lift-off in Space Station 3D, the first 3D live action movie to be filmed in space. Using incredible 3D technology and narrated by Tom Cruise, the…
Wednesday 25th of March our musical pupils of St. Mary’s participated in the termly music concert. Well done to all pupils which were involved in the concert, it was a great success. Programme Order: 1. Year 2 Recorders 2. Year 4 Violin 3. Year 6 Brass 4. Year 5 Violin 5. St. Mary’s Choir 6. Drumming…