FOOTBALL UPDATE
Well done to the football team for playing an excellent game against Coldean - the team may have lost, but they all did brilliantly and showed real team spirit. Onto the next one!
SCHOOL COUNCIL AND ECO COUNCIL
Last week, in celebration assembly, we presented our new School and Eco Councillors with their badges and welcomed them to their teams.
Next week, the school council and I will have our first meeting to discuss the children’s priorities for this year, to make their school experiences even better! Mr Jones will also meet the Eco Council to get their initiatives for the year started too.
MICHELHAM PRIORY SCHOOL TRIP
Last week, Year 3 went on their school trip to Michelham Priory. They enjoyed workshops where they studied artifacts from the Stone Age, Iron Age and Bronze Age, as well as a visit to an Iron Age round house. They then took part in a ceremonial 'burial' of one of their classmates. A fascinating day!
GARDENING CLUB UPDATE
As we come into Autumn, our sensory garden area is looking amazing thanks to our gardening club. They have an array of vegetables and flowers growing, plus some pumpkins which should be ready for Halloween! Our gardening club have been working so hard that they have also just passed their RHS Level 1 award too! Well done gardening club!
OUR NEW BUILDING WORK IS COMPLETE
Our fantastic new KS1 block is completed and the classrooms are modern, bright and bigger than before - the children are loving them! A huge thank you to the staff team who have worked tirelessly over recent months to ensure this project could be undertaken.
WELCOME TO OUR NEW HEDGEHOGS CLASS 2024!
What a wonderful start our Hedgehogs class has had to school life! I have been so impressed with how they have settled in so quickly and adapted to school routines so easily - their smiles show you how much they’re enjoying life at St M’s already!
ROTTINGDEAN IN BLOOM
This year we have been asked to be part of Rottingdean in Bloom and this week the judges came into school to have a look at the wonderful work the gardening club and Mrs Avey have been doing in our sensory garden. They were so impressed with all the plants and vegetables growing. Well done Gardening Club!
SPORTS DAY
What a great afternoon of sporting fun and excellence we had at the end of June, and thankfully the weather stayed dry too! Well done to all the staff for their hard work and to Mr Jones for coordinating such a fantastic display of sportmanship, team work and
inclusivity. Our winning houses were SAPPHIRE for the infants, and RUBY for the juniors - well done to both teams!
PERFORM WORKSHOP
This week Perform came into school and ran some exciting drama, singing and acting workshops for all the children. They did various themed classes - under the sea, turrets and tiaras, beside the sea, China, Egypt and Rainforests.
On Thursday, it was King and Queen Day for Year One. A day jam packed with royal activities from baking crown cookies to a Perform Workshop, where they hid from afearsome dragon. The day ended with a Royal Feast on the field, where all the parents
could come along. What a lovely day they had!
SCHOOL ECO COUNCIL NEWS
On Tuesday our 14 eco-councillors went to the beach to conduct a beach clean. Armed with bags, litter pickers and gloves provided by Surfers Against Sewage, we managed to fill two bags full of rubbish that would have washed out into the sea. We even spotted the local seal out in the swim zone too!
OPAL PLAY AWARD
This morning in Celebration assembly we welcomed Kurti our OPAL mentor, who presented the school with our PLATINUM award. This really
is a huge achievement for our team and the school community, and I am so proud of all the hard work and efforts that have led to this
moment over the last 3.5 years. Special thanks to Mr Jones and Miss Carroll who have led on this project with me since the beginning, and to Mr Thomas, Mr Toby and Mrs Britton who have all been part of the OPAL team over recent months.
Find out more about our outdoors OPAL play and learning at St Margarets here.
SUMMER FAIR 2024
The sun shone beautifully for our summer festival and it was such a fabulous event - I have had so much positive feedback from many of you, so thank you.
HUGEST THANKS to our fantastic PTA team who worked so hard to put on the event, for months leading up to it and during the day - we are very grateful for all that you do. THANKS also to the wonderful staff team who also go the ‘extra mile’ and support the school with these events, and finally thank you to all of you who helped, donated or spent your money on the day - our overall profit was £1500 - well done all!
WITHDEAN ATHLETICS
On Wednesday, 42 budding athletes from Years 4,5 and 6 represented the school in the Brighton and Hove athletics tournament at Withdean Stadium. Our St Margaret’s pupils took part in a variety of track and field events and all were an absolute credit to the school. Special mentions go to the following athletes who gained themselves a place on the podium. In the field events, Pixie and Daisy for Bronze medals in the long jump, Jethro, Artie, Lyla forbronze and Etienne for silver in the vortex throwing. In the sprinting events on the track, Daisy and Isaac got bronze, Lyla and Betsy got silver and Victoria and Shalom got gold. Betsy still had some energy left, as she then went on to pick up bronze in the 600m middle distance race and then to top it off our Year 4 girls relay team took the gold medal in one of
the last events of the day. The event takes place over three days so we will have to wait and see where we ranked
overall across the city but we should all be super proud of every individuals effort and achievements!
CHILDREN'S PARADE 2024
Well done to all that helped to build our wonderful Lioness for this years Brighton Children's parade. It was a roaring success!
