St Mary’s, Bath Looking back over the last two terms, the staff and pupils of St Mary’s have achieved so much having been offered a wide range of experiences. Our chaplains became Mini Vinnies at the end of term 2 and delivered a very informative assembly on St Vincent de Paul to share with the rest of the school who he was and what he stood for. A few weeks ago, they were inspired by the ten staff members who were going to run the Bath Half Marathon in memory of Mrs Thomas’ son, Will, and they organized a cake sale to raise money for the charity CRY (Cardiac Arrest in the Young). Many pupils and their families then came to support the staff on their epic run which was such a huge celebration of the St Mary’s family. Our Y5 pupils set off to Kilve Court in March on a retreat with pupils from St John’s, St Benedict’s, St Patrick’s and Our Lady of Lourdes. The children had a wonderful time trying new skills and making new friends but also finding out more about themselves and growing in independence. There have been several sporting opportunities and successes this term with our pupils representing St Mary’s at the BANES Y3/4 and Y5/5 gymnastics competitions, the Y5/6 swimming gala and the Football Cup. Y2 and Y5 have attended the local secondary school for a winter and spring sports festival which was run by sports leaders and our YR and Y1 children have had a sports festival run at St Mary’s by their Sixth Form Sports Leaders. The children and staff also had great fun in our annual interhouse pancake races at the start of Lent! We have been very lucky this term to have several authors come to school to share their new books with our children curtesy of Mr B’s Book Shop in Bath. The highlight was during book week when the children dressed as their favourite book characters and had a visit from Emma Read who shared some interesting facts about spiders and how a book is put together from initial ideas to the finished product. Our Reception children are learning all about people who help us and they have been into Weston village on a trip where they bought themselves a biscuit from the café and met the local police officers. The staff and children celebrated the end of Children’s Mental Health week with Feel Good Friday. The staff and children took part in four different activities from sewing to Forest School and junk modeling to playdough. We had a wonderful day and were ready for the half term holiday.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTc5NzI=