Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Friends of St Mary's End of Year Fun Day
Thu 29 Jun 2023Friends of St Mary's PTA organised an end of year Fun Day for the children in school today and what a day it was!
With bouncy castles, football targets and treats for all it was the perfect way to mark the end of another fantastic school year.
The children had an amazing time and we are very grateful as a school for all that our wonderful PTA does for us.
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Eco-Council Plant & Flower Sale
Thu 29 Jun 2023Our Eco-Council Councillors have recently been selling a variety of plants and flowers outside the school at collection times. These were grown and very generously donated to the school by garden enthusiast Patrick McMullan, father of Ollie in P5 and Aairyn in Primary 1.
The children managed to raise an absolutely magnificent total of £331 from the sale of Cayenne Pepper Plants, Bush Cucumber Plants and Aztek Micro Tomato Plants amongst others.
This was a truly fantastic amount with all monies raised going towards school funds.
Thank you to Patrick for the very kind and generous donation.
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🌟End of Year Prizegiving 🏆
Wed 28 Jun 2023Today we celebrated our End of Year Prizegiving in our final school assembly of the year.
A number of awards were presented to the children from ‘Excellent Attendance’ to ‘Kindness Awards ‘culminating with ‘Pupil of the Year’ plaques being presented in Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
Congratulations to all our recipients.
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🎉 P7 Leavers Assembly 🎉
Thu 22 Jun 2023What a wonderful day we had today at our Leavers Assembly, during which the children sang, prayed and shared their favourite memories of their time in St Mary's with those present.
It was a lovely morning with great stories and pictures shared through the iMovie and although it was a sad day for many with more than a few tears shed it is important to remember these days as celebrations as well. Celebrations of spending seven wonderful years here in Dunsford and the forging of friendships that will last forever.
It was an emotional yet exciting day for our pupils who are nearing the end of their time here in St Mary’s and beginning to look ahead to the future at their new schools. We also are bidding farewell for the last time to some of our families who have supported the St Mary’s community over a long period of time as their youngest children make the step into the next chapter of their lives.
The Primary 7 children have been truly outstanding and an absolute credit to our school, our parish and to their families. Your presence will be sorely missed around the school but as I said, remember that the door is always open here in St Mary's, we hope to see you soon and we wish you all the very best for the future.
Thank you for all the wonderful memories.
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📚Reading Partnership 📖
Wed 21 Jun 2023The Reading Partnership Programme has been running in St Mary’s for a number of years now and the aim of the programme is to improve children’s reading confidence when reading and getting children to become enthusiastic readers. Reading Partnership is based around the understanding that building a child’s confidence is the key to improving their reading.
This year we were extremely fortunate to be able to recruit and help train four Reading Partnership Volunteers who came into St Mary’s three times a week on a voluntary basis to support children in the school to develop their reading ability.
The Programme has been a great success and the development of the children who worked with the Reading Partners has been truly amazing.
We are extremely grateful and thankful to our Reading Partners for the time and commitment they have given to the school over the year and today we presented a small gift to each of our four Reading Partners as a sign of appreciation for all their hard work and dedication throughout the year.
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Work Experience 📝
Wed 21 Jun 2023It is always lovely to have past-pupils return to St Mary’s Dunsford and this week we were delighted to welcome back Ethan Brown for his work experience.
Ethan had a fantastic week working with our Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 children and everyone loved having him back in school.
Great to have you back Ethan.
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🌿 P1-5 Castle Espie Trip 🌿
Mon 19 Jun 2023Today our Primary 1 to Primary 5 children headed off to Castle Espie Wetland Centre for their end of year school trip.
The children took part in a vast array of activities in the beautiful sunshine, from minibeast hunting to pond dipping and the staff Castle Espie were so impressed with the lovely manners on display from the children.
Rounded off with a play in the fantastic playground and a trip to the shop, a great day was had by all and it was the perfect way to mark a year of hard work from everyone!
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📚 Accelerated Reader 📖
Fri 16 Jun 2023Huge congratulations to Stella and Eva-Mae who have each read over 100,000 words in Accelerated Reader since September.
A fantastic achievement which you should be very proud of!
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🧗🏻♀️ P7 Trip to We Are Vertigo 🧗🏻♂️
Fri 16 Jun 2023A wonderful day today for our Primary 7 pupils as they visited ‘We Are Vertigo’ for their end of year school trip.
The children started off in the Inflatable Park and after a delicious lunch moved onto the high ropes and climbing wall in the Adventure Climbing area.
Everyone had an amazing time, and the staff enjoyed themselves too! A well-deserved treat for our fantastic Primary 7 group as they near the end of their time in St Mary’s.
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🌟Stars of rhe Week🌟
Fri 16 Jun 2023Well done to our star pupils this week who were awarded certificates for their excellent attitude towards school, their enthusiasm towards learning and their fantastic behaviour.
Keep up the great work! 🌟
