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What's been happening at St Meryl this week?
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Week beginning 25th November
Wed 27 Nov 2019Mrs Geddes started training our new peer mediators this week. Soon they will be on duty at lunchtimes supporting the children to resolve disagreements constructively.
On Wednesday Florence Nightingale visited the Year 1 children! They got to dress as Victorians and look at real artefacts whilst learning all about this key historical figure and how different sources of evidence can help us learn about the past.
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Week beginning 18th November
Fri 22 Nov 2019On Wednesday we celebrated World Children's day to mark the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This co-incided well with our gold award from UNICEF for Rights Respecting Schools.
On Thursday Year 4 performed their class assembly and the St Meryl Choir began rehearsing for our forthcoming Christmas carol Concert at the Colosseum.
On Friday Year 5 visited the Saatchi Gallery in London to see treasures from the tomb of Tutankhamun. It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience as for most of the artefacts this was their first time out of Egypt. Amazing!
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Week beginning 11th November
Thu 14 Nov 2019Monday
We launched our anti-bullying week at assembly today by talking about what bullying is and what we can do to prevent and respond to it. We watched Andy and the Odd Socks sing their anti-bullying song
Tuesday
We wore odd socks today to show that we are proud to be different and that we celebrate diversity at St Meryl.
Thursday
Our Year 3 and 4 children participated in a dodgeball tournament with children from other local schools today.
Friday
Children in Need! Mrs Geddes has enjoyed tasting all the entries to our cake competition this week! Here's hoping we have raised lots of money for this worthwhile cause.
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