It has been another busy term at St Margaret's and once more, the children continue to demonstrate what fabulous young people they are becoming.
With the events happening across Europe at the moment, the children have spent time reflecting and thinking about how they can help. We have been overwhelmed with the generosity of our community and wanted to say a huge thank you for all the donations made to be sent to Ukraine.
As a school we have sent these donations to Ukraine through the local charity Feed the Hungry. It has arrived in Ukraine! Watch out for photographs of it arriving soon. We are so proud of our caring and supportive community, thank you.
Thank you to our Year 3's who have delivered collective worship to the whole school all week. They have shared the story and meaning behind Easter. Thank you Mrs Taylor and year 3!
Of course, we couldn't finish our Easter service in church on Friday without singing Miss Steele's favourite Easter song - Spring Chicken! We sang up and made sure we had all the moves!
Bosworth Rotary Competition
Once again, St. Margaret's sent a strong field of entries to this year's competition for the Young Writer, Young Artist and Young musician competitions. And once again, the results from the competition show just how talented our children at St. Margaret's are! As from all the entries from schools across the area, St. Margaret's won all three sections! Mia in Y6 won the Bosworth young artist section with her incredible painting of a lion; Noah in Y6 won the Bosworth junior vocalist with his performances of Starlight and Counting Stars; and Iris in Y6 won the Young Writer section with her letter to the earth. The entries from St. Margaret's were incredibly strong and many other children's pieces were highly commended across KS2. Our Young Writer entry by Iris Quinn was then submitted to the District competition, and was 'Highly Commended'. This is a superb achievement as these entries cover a district extending from Lincolnshire to Bedfordshire. Iris' 'Letter to the Earth' was thought-provoking and embodied her strong values and hopes for our planet. We are very proud of you Iris!
Well done to all the children who took part in the competition across KS2. We will certainly be entering again next year!
Year 4 Cricket Festival
This week, Year Four enjoyed attending a Cricket Festival at Newbold Verdon Cricket Club. They hadn’t been on a school trip for quite some time and to add to the excitement, they travelled on a double decker bus! The morning was spent taking part in skills based cricket activities e.g. catching, batting and running drills.
After a picnic lunch, in teams of eight, they took part in a mini cricket tournament based on Dynamo Cricket. They all worked hard to learn the rules of this new game and showed excellent team spirit.
Year 6 studying the Shang Dynasty
This year, our year 6 children have swapped their study of ancient civilisations and their achievements from the Ancient Egyptians to the Shang. An important objective of their enquiry is to enable pupils to understand that the vast majority of objects and inscriptions that the Shang left behind provide an insight only into the ways of life of a tiny minority of people: the wealthy and most privileged. Virtually nothing remains of the ways of life of ordinary commoners, whose strenuous efforts ensured the constant supply of food, bronze weapons and utensils, clothing and the other goods and services that Shang society required to function. The children also study the qualities needed to be a 'good' leader in the time of the Shang and relate this to their own values in modern times. The children have enjoyed linking the enquiry to their art work and have created some fabulous chinese dragon sculptures and learnt painting techniques specific to chinese art, including the four gentlemen. They finished off the topic, by writing instructions of 'How to Survive in the Shang Dynasty'.
Year 5 have been thoroughly enjoying learning about The Battle of Britain this term. Not only have they been able to find out about the steps leading to war, they have been absorbing information about why The Battle of Britain began: invasions, occupying forces, The Royal Navy and Airforce, the Luftwaffe .... they're full of information! They're about ready to put on their own display of what they have learnt and are learning!
The children in Year 5 have also been discovering more of their PE skills - playing tennis! We've got some great players in the class and it has been super to see some of the children going on to join local clubs. If any more children wish to go, Hinckley Town Tennis Club has junior sessions which are open for this age group.
St Margaret's S - Factor!
This year, the whole school competed in our bi-annual 'S-Factor'. Each year group chooses a song to rehearse and perform to the rest of the school. Songs range from well known pop songs to more classic songs of the 60's. The school council vote for the performance they think is the best (but they aren't allowed to vote for their own class). All the children were absolutely fabulous.
The winner of this years S-Factor were.... Reception Class who sang 'Sing a Rainbow' and signed all through the song as well.
Thank you to Mrs Beasley for organising such a well loved show!
The PTA would like to say a big THANK YOU for the amazing turnout and contribution for our TWOSDAY event, you helped raise £219.13
Every bit of money you help raise is a huge support to school. This year as a PTA we are raising money to help purchase more updated computing equipment in school for the children to use. We also always like to be able to support the school with other additional purchases throughout the year which the school budget does not stretch to.
A few more events to look forward to and put in your diary from the PTA.
Friday 8th April (today) - Crispy Crème Donuts on the playground
Friday 13th May - Sponsored Walk. (This will be linked to school who are planning a jubilee 'street party' at school this day, and would like the children to come to school dressed in red, white and blue).
Thursday 26th May - School D I S C O (KS1 4-5 / KS2 5.15-6.15)
Friday 10th June - Jubilee Summer Fair
Keep a look out for more information to come and thank you for your continued support.
Skiing
February saw St. Margaret's first ever ski trip and what a success it was! Children from years 5 & 6 joined with years 5 & 6 from Mr Watson's other school in Gilmorton to travel to Crans Montana in the Swiss Alps.
The conditions were perfect for beginners as well as the more experienced skiers of the group and all the children made wonderful memories and lots of new friendships. The children who were new to skiing quickly learnt the ropes and all of them were skiing down the main mountain on reds and blues from the top of the gondola by the end of the week. The children had five full days of ski lessons and even had enough energy for the fun evening activities which included tennis and badminton at the sports centre, a torch lit walk and a shopping spree in the local Aldi! Each evening, trophies were presented by the staff for perseverance, friendship and the esteemed 'skier of the day' before the children returned to the chalet to re-energise with a good night's sleep. Our St. Margaret's children were a credit to our school. The staff that accompanied them were incredibly proud of their achievements, their manners, behaviour and attitude throughout the week.
Hopefully we will be able to run this trip again - keep your fingers crossed!
Thank you all for your continued support of school. This term lots has been happening which has involved parents, including a successful SEN coffee morning as well as parents evenings!
We are looking forward to offering more opportunities for parents and carers to come into school and see it in action in the Summer term. Watch this space!
Have a wonderful Easter everyone and we look forward to seeing you back at school on Monday 25th April.