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• Year 1 Star Dome Trip

  Fri 30 Oct 2015

  Today Year 1 Pupils had a very exciting day. It was the start of the new Moon Zoom topic! Pupils started completing work for this section of their Wow Work folder. Even more exciting Year 1 Pupils had the opportunity during the day to visit the Star Dome from the National Space Centre. During this visit pupils learnt all about the different planets. They listened to a story about the Moon and the Sun and why we have night and day. Pupils also learnt simple different star constellations.

  To top of the day pupils had a picnic packed lunch in the Tipi!

  A big ‘thank you’ to St. John’s Church for hosting the Star Dome as it was too big to fit in the school hall!

  

• Class 10 Assembly - Emotions

  Fri 30 Oct 2015

  Today Class 10 told us all about emotions.  They introduced us to some familiar emotions, like joy, anger, disgust and fear and then acted out an amazing story called The Big Bag of Worries.  The assembly was finished off by singing a song that will help us to remember not to worry about anything!

   

  What a great assembly Class 10!  Well done!

  

• Ocarina Assembly - Class 5

  Fri 16 Oct 2015

  Today Class 5 showed us how they have learnt to play the Ocarina.

   

  They played London's Burning for us and then played it again so we could all sing along.  What fantastic playing Class 5, we all enjoyed listening to you - well done!

  

• Junior Librarians visit the Library

  Fri 16 Oct 2015
  On Wednesday the Junior Librarians visited Hinckley Library.  Catherine Overton explained how the library is organised and how to look after books so the Junior Librarians know how to look after our library.

  

• Year 1 trip to Hinckley Library

  Tue 13 Oct 2015

  Today Year 1 pupil had the opportunity to walk to Hinckley Library in the sunshine. When we got there we were greeted by Librarian Catherine. Catherine told us Westfield Infant School came second in this years ‘Record Breakers Summer Reading Challenge’ (we told her we would try even harder to win next year!).

  Catherine read some fun stories to us. Then we had the chance to look at lots of lovely books and if we had our library card with us we were able to borrow a book. We need to remember to take the book back to Hinckley Library in 3 weeks time

  

• Year 1 - Memory Box

  Fri 09 Oct 2015

  Today Year 1 pupils invited their parents into school to enjoy their Memory Box exhibition.  It was lovely to have such a good turn out.

   

  We looked at the Wow work folders, listened to the class songs and enjoyed the refreshments outside in the beautiful sunshine.

  

• Reception Harvest Morning

  Thu 08 Oct 2015

  On Thursday the Reception Children has a lovely morning with their grown ups. We leant all about Harvest and joined in with lots of exciting activities. In the classroom we could make our own fruit salad and try some different fruits, make our own fruit bowl by cutting and sticking the fruits and matching them to their name and drawing fruits with coloured pastels. There was even a fruit and vegetable hunt in the Trim Trail! The children all behaved really well and enjoyed showing the grown ups their new classrooms and how much they enjoy school. Have a look at the pictures to see how much fun we all had!

   

  Thank you to all the grown ups that could attend. If you were unable to come there will be lots more opportunities to attend throughout the year.

  

• Harvest Assembly

  Thu 08 Oct 2015

  This morning a lot of children arrived at school with bags and boxes of produce for our Harvest Celebrations. As you can see from the photographs the display started with a few items but by the time Year 1 and 2 came in for assembly we had a splendid harvest display.

  Year 1 and 2 entertained parents/carers and other visitors with facts about healthy eating, poems and songs. We also learnt about how countries around the world celebrate Harvest in different ways and at different times of the year. 

  Whilst Year 1 and 2 were in the hall the Reception Pupils enjoyed Harvest Activities in the classrooms with parents/carers and visitors who were able to join us. 

  

• Sister Rose and Sister Rajamani making the most of their last day!

  Sat 03 Oct 2015

  After a busy week Sister Rose and Sister Rajamani joined us for Family Learning Morning. They spent time producing some wonderful Colum patterns and then had time to visit all the classrooms and look at the range of activities the children and their families were able to enjoy during the morning.

  Mrs MacLauchlan then took the Sisters shopping for some final gifts and souvenirs to take back to India. The first stop was Asda where a large quantity of chocolates were purchased. The next stop was Woodlands Nursery where the Sisters enjoyed looking at and selecting some Christmas decorations and handbags for the Sisters back at home.

  It was then time for something to eat and drink. The afternoon went quickly as there were such a lot to see and it was soon time to return to Hinckley and finish the packing. Mrs Fox was shocked by the number of carrier bags the Sisters returned with and she later had to find another suitcase as there was simply not enough room for all the shopping to fit in!

  Later in the evening it was time to set off to Birmingham airport where the flight left for Dehli. The connecting flight to Chennai was delayed by one and a half hours but Sister Rose has emailed to let us know they have now arrived back in Pondicherry.

  Sister Rose and Sister Rajamani say a big thank you to everyone for making them feel so welcome. They had a wonderful visit and have taken back to India a lot of happy memories and some great ideas they will share with the staff at St Mathias.               

  

• Family Learning Morning

  Sat 03 Oct 2015

  It was great to see so many families joining us this morning for Family Learning Morning! This is an annual event which gives the children an opportunity to bring their family to school on a Saturday.

  The events this year followed the theme of healthy living. There were a range of activities to encourage healthy eating, exercise, relaxation and outdoor activities. We also introduced our new Tipi to everyone who came and invited them to make some natural bunting which is now hanging in the Tipi making it an even more exciting place to be!

  The morning was made extra special as we were joined by Sister Rose and Sister Rajamani on the last day of their visit.

  Those children who came to Family Learning Morning also got the log in details for the e Reading Bug Club.