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What's been happening at St Meryl this week?
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Week beginning 4th February
Fri 08 Feb 2019Monday
Some of our most able mathematicians participated in a maths workshop in the Hall today with children from other schools in the area. They worked really hard and completed some really challenging problems and puzzles.
Tuesday
Today we celebrated Chinese New year!
Wednesday
On Wednesdays we have Mrs Giles in school teaching the violin. See pictures below.
Thursday
Year 2 is currently learning about life cycles and stages of growth in Science. Miss Pomfret brought in her toddler to meet the class and we asked her lots of questions about babies. Then Mr Miles, Mrs O'Brien, Miss Murphy and Mrs Pow (some of our parents) brought in their pre-school children so we could compare and contrast. Thanks Miss Pomfret and parents!
Friday
Year 4 participated in an Indian dance workshop today as part of their unit of work on India. It was brilliant!
And then it was golden time and Mr Joyce brought the tent INSIDE the dining room! It was so much fun. We also had children making fat balls for the birds and pom poms with Mrs Hameer. See our pictures below.
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Week beginning 28th January
Thu 31 Jan 2019A cold and frosty week at St M! Despite this we have enjoyed playing and learning inside and out as usual.
On Thursday Year 6 performed their class assembly to the rest of the school and parents. They took us back in time to Tudor England and entertained us with their versions of Romeo and Juliet including an impressive range of Shakespearean insults! They performed a song for us whilst playing ukuleles and Mr Davies played his guitar. It was AWESOME!
Also on Thursday Year 4 participated in an indoor athletics event at Merchant Taylors' school.
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Week beginning 21st January
Mon 28 Jan 2019Monday
Mrs Geddes introduced our new peer mediators in assembly, freshly trained and ready to join our existing pupils with this responsibility. All the children know they can access peer mediation at lunchtimes as and when they need it.
Tuesday
Mrs Geddes had a lovely day teaching Nursery whilst Miss Pomfret was doing some training.
Thursday
It was out first class assembly of the term and 2019 and it was the turn of our Nursery children! Everyone was so impressed with how confident they were. They counted to 10 in Spanish and every child told us about their painting. Mrs Geddes is so, so, so proud of the children! Well done!
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Week beginning 14th January
Fri 18 Jan 2019Monday
A great start to the week for the children with an ancient Egyptian dance workshop.
Then at lunch time Green House got to have their lunch and movie in the Hall in recognition of the most house points awarded last term. Well done Green house!
Tuesday
The Year 1 children took a walk in the local area to find a lost toy. Thankfully it was found just outside the Post Office and brought safely back to school. Well done Year 1!
Years 5 and 6 had a visit from Mr West who spoke to us about his career in the Police Force. He also reminded us that with hard work and determination anything is possible. It's so important to have dreams and aspirations. Thanks Mr West!
Thursday
Year 3 did their annual visit to Tate Britain. It was a really good day and we are inspired to create our own art gallery now we are back at school.
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Week beginning 17th December
Wed 19 Dec 2018Monday
The week started with a performance from the St Meryl School Orchestra-well done!
Then, after lunch, we went to the pantomime-oh yes we did!
Tuesday
Mrs Nye hosted a coffee afternoon for Reception parents. Great to see so many people there-thanks!
Wednesday
Christmas jumper and dinner day-thanks Mrs Randolph, Mrs Narroway and Mrs Aslett-we loved our lunch!
Thursday
The children laughed in assembly today as the teachers shared their work instead of the children! They had practised their DT skills at staff meeting the night before and made tree decorations!
Friday
End of term-happy Christmas everyone!
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Week beginning 10th December
Fri 14 Dec 2018Monday
Christmas show week! Today was our dress rehearsal. Will it all come together tomorrow........?
Tuesday and Wednesday
Yes it did! This year our production is called 'The Christmas Commercial Catastrophe.' As usual the show is entirely scripted by teachers with Year 6 doing the links. Each class re-created a famous Christmas commercial. We had Elton John (not the real one!), Mr and Mrs Claus, the Bear and the Hare and Paddington to name but a few characters. Feedback from some parents was that it was our best show ever! Well done everyone!
Later that evening the choir performed again at the Carpenders Park Community Centre. This is an annual favourite for us and once again the children were amazing. Mrs Geddes was very proud.
Thursday
Zoe and Mrs Geddes took the choir out again, this time to perform at Northwick Park Day Care Centre. We had such a fun afternoon, singing carols and even doing some Christmas dancing!
Friday
Today we sprung a surprise assembly and party for three members of staff; Mrs O'Connor, Mrs Richardson and Mrs Ferrier to celebrate the fact that they have been working at St Meryl for 20 years. They were super surprised with their flowers and books.
What a busty week at our lovely school!
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Week beginning 3rd December
Fri 14 Dec 2018Christmas events began this week with the choir performing at the Watford Schools' Carol Concert at the Colosseum. It was a lovely event, as ever and the children did us proud!
Meanwhile back at school rehearsals started for the forthcoming shows.
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Week beginning 26th November
Fri 30 Nov 2018Monday
Year 2 visited the London Aquarium to learn about different habitats and to participate in a rainforest workshop. We also got to see and learn about some famous London landmarks on the way there and back. See our pictures below!
Friday
Today we are getting ready for our Christmas Bazaar tomorrow-join us if yiu can. The fun starts at midday!
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Week beginning 19th November
Fri 30 Nov 2018This week marks the start of 'Switch Off Week' organised by our Eco Council and aimed at getting everyone to save energy by turning off lights in the school when we can.
Tuesday
Year 1 visited Hatfield House. Although it was a wet and windy day the children had a good time and learnt lots about life in Tudor times and Tudor buildings.
Thursday
Year 5 visited Pizza Express and made their own pizzas. They learnt about the origins of different ingredients and the way ingredients and materials changed when heated and cooked.
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Week beginning 12th November
Sun 18 Nov 2018This week we celebrated anti-bullying week and Children in Need.
On Monday we wore odd socks to school to remind us that being different and not-quite-perfect is a good thing!
We raised lots of money during the week for Children in Need by making and selling cakes. It was a tough week for Mrs Geddes: she had to taste all of the cakes in order to judge the winners!
