This week in School Worship
In School Worship (Collective Worship) this week, the focus has been on Lent. The children have learned about Shrove Tuesday and how it’s a day of preparation and feasting before the 40-day period of fasting and reflection leading up to Easter. Shrove means 'forgiveness of sins' and traditionally cupboards were emptied of all the tempting foods before fasting started.
The next day, the children learned about Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent. Some Christians have special church services and palm crosses or leaves from the previous Palm Sunday are burnt and the ashes used to draw a cross symbol on the forehead of each attendee.
The 40-day period mentioned above is known as Lent and reminds Christians about the 40 days that Jesus spent in the wilderness before starting his ministry.
Lent, in the church calendar, is considered as a 'special time' and so the colour of the altar cloths are changed from green to purple for the new 'season'. In recognition of this, in school, the worship leaders changed the cloth that covers our table, as you see in the photos below. You can find out more information about collective worship in our school here and the seasons of the church year here.
Science Week
The theme for Science Week this year is 'Change & Adapt’ and during the week the children will be following this theme during their science lessons and activities.
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Deep Sea Yoga
Combining physical movement with learning about marine life and their adaptations, promoting both physical wellness and environmental awareness
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Should We Flush It Away?
Investigating which items change and breakdown easily in water so they can be flushed away
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Amazing Animal Adaptions
Exploring some of the remarkable adaptations that allow animals to thrive in different habitats around the world
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Playground Games
Learning about the effects of limited vision and other disabilities and designing games that accommodate the needs of different players
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Music Maker
Testing different amounts of water in bottles and other containers, and changing the amounts to create new sounds
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Building Animal Adaptions
Building amazing animal adaptions using Lego
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Great Big School Clean
On Monday 24th March, our Tidy Up Team and Eco Warriors will be litter-picking outside Seymour Park Recreation Ground with some of the Marlow Wombles. Other schools in the town will be litter picking in other areas as part of our Eco-collaboration group and the rest of our children will be litter picking in the school grounds.
We would also like to lend our litter pickers to families to use over the weekend prior to the 24th March. A limited number of pickers will be available to take home at the end of the day on Friday 21st March. Please collect these from the office.
Red Nose Day
Comic Relief supports incredible projects and organisations that are making a difference for people across the UK and around the world.
On Friday 21st March, children can come to school wearing an additional red item. This could be a red nose, red socks, red headband, red hair etc. We look forward to seeing more red than usual! In return, please donate to Comic Relief using the link below.
Class-led worship
Next week Ant class will teach us about the value of kindness. If you are a parent of a child in Ant class, and you haven't signed up yet, you can do so by clicking the button below.
Each class worship will be from 9am-9.30am. We are limiting 2 tickets per family.
Please make sure you only book tickets for your child's class!
Ant: Kindness – Thursday 13th March
Bee: Thankfulness – Thursday 20th March
MDSA vacancy
We currently have a Midday Supervising Assistant (MDSA) vacancy. We are looking to appoint a responsible and enthusiastic individual who will ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct of the children during the lunchtime period. You will be part of a friendly and supportive team working with happy and friendly children.
The full job description and details of how to apply can be found on the school website here.
