On Friday 25th January, some of the Faith Council attended a special thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral, organised by the LDBS. The service was attended by schools from the Diocese of London, who came together to give thanks for the work that schools do. We were really excited to hear from Bishop Sarah, the Bishop of London, who answered some of the children’s questions. It was a wonderful afternoon.

It was so lovely to see all the children this morning. We hope that you all had a restful and joyful break, and are as excited as we are to see what 2019 holds!

Here is a link to an article about screen time on the ParentZone website:

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/5-things-parents-should-know-about-screen-time?utm_source=Mailing%208%20Jan&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=PZ%20screen%20time%20article

On Monday, we held our annual carol service at St Mary’s church. The children sang beautifully and were accompanied by some members of the St Mary’s church band – thank you for lending us your talent! It was a really lovely afternoon.

The children did an incredible job in their Christmas performances, as did the staff who helped them to prepare! We are fortunate to have such talented children here!

We had our Christmas Fair on Friday 7th December and it was a really fantastic occasion! Thank you so much to everyone who came and supported it – we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

We would like to say a special thank you to the Friends for all their hard work in planning and organising the fair (as well as tidying up afterwards!) Your support is really appreciated.

The fair raised £1575.44 which was amazing! We are going to put the money towards updating and improving the playground.

On Monday 3rd December, we were treated to a performance by the cellists and violinists in Years 1, 2 and 3. They showed us the skills they have been practising this term, as well as playing some of the pieces they’ve learnt. It was very impressive – we have some very talented musicians at St Mary’s!