Community
News or posts involving the wider community. e.g open days, engagement with other groups etc
On Friday 18th October, we held our Harvest Assembly in the school hall. The children sang songs and read some beautiful poems. We also collected some non-perishable goods which will donated to the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you for your generosity.
Children were invited to take part in the ELSA study run by researchers at the University of Birmingham. The ELSA study is a screening programme for children, aged 3-13 years to find out their risk of getting type 1 diabetes.
On Friday 4th October, the PTA organised a coffee morning and cake sale with the proceeds going to the McMillan Cancer Support charity. Thank you for your generosity – an amazing £219 was raised.
The JRSOs joined the Community Speed Check Team to carry out their weekly speed checks in the village. The Community Speed Check Team carry out the checks in different locations around the village encouraging drivers to drive carefully and to keep to the speed limits.
The children in Kingfishers Class worked together to create a class Christmas display for the residents at Blackbrook House care home for the residents, to brighten up their Christmas. Great teamwork Kingfishers!
All the children helped to make a Stratford St Mary Primary School Christmas Tree for the Church’s Christmas Tree Festival. The children created a bauble to decorate the tree and drew a memory from a past Christmas. They also made two green handprints to create the Christmas tree. Miss Cousins put the Christmas tree together […]
This term, the children have been talking about kindness, thoughtfulness, sharing, respect and caring and how these values can become an important part of our daily lives. As a school, we decided to try and spread kindness towards others and asked for some donations for the five gifts of Christmas Appeal. The children were sent […]
The children in Kingfishers Class made Christmas cards for the people in the community. They listened to what they had to do and followed the instructions. The children were asked to use the cork and their finger to make a print. The Christmas cards look lovely and we hope the community like them. Great work […]
On the afternoon of Thursday 16th November, the Owls class were joined by their family members for the first family sharing session of the year. The children worked with their family members to design a poster advertising for the perfect friend. It was lovely to see the children and adults discussing ideas and being creative […]
On Thursday 5th October, we held a Harvest Assembly in the school. Families were incredibly generous and brought in some non-perishable items which were sent onto the Colchester Food Bank. Thank you all so much for the contributions. The Food Bank was incredibly grateful for the 58.80kg of items donated.
On Friday 29th September, the school hosted a coffee morning and after school cake sale in aid of McMillan Cancer Support. Thank you to the PTA who organised and ran this event; to those who supplied delicious cakes and those who came to the coffee morning and bought cakes after school. An amazing £190 was […]
On Monday 17th April, the Owls took part in a Money Sense workshop, organised by Natwest bank. Sarah, from the bank, came to help us and to talk about her work. The children had to plan a party for a given person. They had to make decisions about things like number of guests and what […]