03 Apr Y4 Display of Positivity
Year 4 have created a beautiful, motivational butterfly door display :) 'Your wings already exist...
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19 Mar School Closure
It is with deep regret that we have closed our school today. Please take comfort in this reading entitled 'By the Hand' inspired by Isaiah 42:6. We will certainly be in touch with parents as soon as we have any more information. Sending all our...
10 Mar World Book Day 2020
We had a wonderful time celebrating World Book Day last Thursday. The children had the opportunity to choose and listen to a story being read by a member of staff, somewhere in the school. This created great excitement and was enjoyed by all. It was...
10 Mar St. Mary’s is an Excellent Church School!
We are delighted to announce that following our Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) inspection on 13th February, we have been judged 'excellent' in all areas. The report can be found here: 2020 SIAMS St Marys VA Barnet FINAL.docx See the newsletters page for more details. ...
09 Mar Y1 Art
Y1 are learning about the incredible paintings by Georgia O'Keefe. They looked at the details in flowers and sketched their own enlarged, detailed flowers, using shading to create shadow and applied both hard and soft pressure with a pencil to create effects. This links to science...
02 Mar Y5 Poetry
Last week, Year 5 went to see the result of Storm Dennis. A tree that has stood in Brookside for approximately 50 years recently met its end. The children found it quite moving and wrote poems on their return to the classroom using personification. ...
28 Feb Y5: Shrove Tuesday
To mark Shrove Tuesday earlier this week, Y5 made pancakes and discovered that 'to shrive' means 'to seek forgiveness', 'shrove' being past tense. The children used maths and science skills to prepare and cook the ingredients. ...
28 Feb Y4 Dramatic Poetry Reading
Year 4 have been writing free verse poems based on the text 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane'. They all enjoyed showcasing and performing their fantastic poems to dramatic journey music. ...
14 Feb Bikeability
The children in Year 3 and Year 4 have been developing their cycling skills. The Bikeability Level 1 course aims to develop mastery in cycle handling in an off-road environment and prepare riders for cycling on the road. The children had a great time! Here are some pictures...
14 Feb Poetry Dance Workshops
This week, the children were exploring poetry through movement and dance. Our children in the infant classes were exploring The Owl and The Pussy Cat by Edward Lear: The children in the juniors had a wonderful time re-enacting The Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll: ...