150 Years
St Mary'sC of E Primary SchoolA community of courage, respect and opportunities
Welcome toSt Mary's C of E Primary School A community of courage, respect and opportunities
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ACADEMIC YEAR 2026-2027
- Jonny led a Lego workshop at Church for years 3&4.
- Years 1&2 enjoyed creating their own space dioramas.
- Victorian Day with years 5&6.
- Creating a skyscape in the style of Sgraffito with Maple.
- Squirrels who Squabbled drama in English with KS1
- Making Aliens with collage in KS1
- Moon, stars and night sky paintings with Fir Class
- Active Maths with KS1
- Tendons and muscles in Science - Making our hands in Years 3&4.
- Debating with Oak Class.
- Van Gogh painting with Years 3&4.
- Propellors and helicopters with Year 1&2 in Science.
- Early Year's have settled in well.
- Visiting Barn Meadow as part of a Geography fieldtrip with years 3&4.
- Willow's sharing assembly.
- Making weather vanes with years 1&2 in Science.
- Man on the Moon book - drama with Fir Class.
- Sun pictures with years 1&2.
- Poetry week!
- Harvest Festival with Year 5...what are you thankful for?
- International Dot Day - celebrating the book in our own style...how would you create a dot?
- Active Maths with Years 1&2.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2025-2026
- Go fly - Leavers service with year 6...we will miss you.
- Sports day!
- In English, Years 3&4 wrote a story based on the book Edward Tulane. They brought in a special toy and wrote a story about it, reading it to them at the end.
- Year 6 production -just magical!!
- Welcome back to the Zammit - Lupi family who came to share a special assembly with us.
- Making bruschetta in DT with years 3&4...delicious
- Active maths with Yrs 1&2 - movement, turns and direction
- Making moving booklets in DT with Fir Class
- Active Science investigation with Larch Class
- Science - investigating Amazon rainforest animals
- Open Evening
- Making Brazilian carnival masks with Years 3&4 in Geography
- The author Tony Bradman came to talk to us all and sign books
- Creating Georgia O'Keeffe drawings with Years 1&2
- Playing Blackbird in Music lessons with years 3&4
- DT - Tasting herbs and making pesto pasta in years 3&4
- Find the pants!! We buried cotton pants in Science a few months ago...
- Suumer Fayre - Well done Fosms - what a fantastic afternoon!
- We came second overall!! Amazing work by our athletics team - look at how many medals they won!
- Summer Music festival
- Active maths with years 3&4.
- Greek food made by Years 5&6 - the School smelt delicious.
- Making clay dragons with Maple Class - scary!
- English drama with Fir Class.
- Willow class acting a scene from their English novel.
- Food webs with Larch Class
- Active Maths with Fir Class.
- Pond dipping in the River Misbourne with years 1&2
- Learning Maths in the sun with years 5&6
- Printing leaves as part of years 3&4 patterns in nature topic.
- Active maths with years 5&6
- Willow's Assembly
- Making Greek masks as part of their History topic in years 3&4
- Come along to our Teddy's Bears picnic.
- Years 5&6 attended a Cricket Dynamo competition and came first and second!
- Oxfam Water Week run by our Eco Council.
- The winners of our Art Bytes Art competition - well done all who took part.
- Years 3&4 went on the most amazing trip to Kew gardens last week.
- In Geography, Elm Class carried out some fieldwork to map out the School.
- Years 1&2 visited Mop End and had a fantastic time.
- Enchanted Woodland scenes using various mediums with Years 1&2.
- Drama with years 3&4 in English.
- manipulating our photographs with Maple Class.
- Greek Day with years 5&6!
- Mrs Hills has received a prestigious award from the current and outgoing Major of Amersham. This Inspiration and Education Award was voted for by staff and parents as a recognition of her many years of hard work and dedication to St Mary's.
- Maple Class sharing assembly.
- Sharing out their picnic in Maths with Early Years.
- PHSE lesson on coping with big feelings with Maple Class.
- Enjoying the book Rosie's walk with Early Years.
- What book are Yrs 3&4 going to be reading next? Look at the clues and piece together...
- Creating biomes with Years 3&4 as part of their Geography topic on climate.
- KS1 enjoyed looking at flowers as part of their Science topic.
- Classifying animals in Science in KS2.
- Paper Mache with Willow class.
- Botany workshop with years 5&6
- Photography with Larch Class - creating cyanotypes with natural patterns.
- We love active maths!
- KS1 showing their beautiful Tinga Tinga paintings, inspired by the book Ziraffa Giraffa.
- Year 5 Netball tournament at Amersham school.
- KS1 have been composing their own music
- We love learning!
- Looking at climate change in Geography with Larch Class.
- Larch are searching for invertebrates in the Environmental area.
- Fir Class are showing off their Masai necklaces.
- KS2 are learning about invertebrates and enjoyed going on a bug hunt.
- Decimals with Maple Class.
- Orienteering in PE with KS2.
- Active Maths with years 3&4.
- How do we classify that?
- Years 3&4 have been learning about the first female photographer Anna Atkins, and creating their own Cyanotypes.
- Drama with KS1 English for the book Zeraffa Giraffa.
- Ks1 have been creating masterpieces in the style of Martin Bulinya.
- Learning about plants with years 1&2.
- Year 4 went to Amersham School for a frisbee festival - it was a lot of fun!
- Echoes 11 at the Royal Albert Hall with our wonderful School Choir.
- Huge thanks to Mrs Rutherford for donating us a class set of fantastic cameras! We started a new photography unit with Years 3&4 today and it was a great success.
- Thank you Sam Free for coming in and leading us in an afternoon of Environmental Area learning - we buried our pants!
- A spectacular Science evening - it went off with a bang!
- Rotary Club winners - well done to all who took part, we had a lot of praise for our art work.
- Science Week - a carousel of learning.
- Piggies! As part of Science week, Years 1&2 visited the local Kew pig centre.
- Science Week - Talks by our Scientists.
- Making masks in Art with years 1&2.
- Making periscopes with Sycamore.
- Years 5&6 ran a mini marathon!
- In Art this week, Years 1&2 enjoyed creating their own kente patterns.
- In DT this week, Years 3&4 created their own pop up books with new mechanical features and levers.
- Years 3&4 have been reading the book 'Escape to Pompeii' this week. Practising their oracy skills, they used drama to recreate some of the scenes.
- A warm welcome to our new headteacher, Mrs Enas, we look forward to getting to know you.
- Happy Easter
- Our Easter tree
- DT with years 5&6
- Orienteering Maths - finding fractions - with Years 3&4.
- Years 1&2 made London Landmarks in DT.
- Science with Years 3&4, magnets and friction in the sun.
- Comic relief week in English - a lot of fun was had by all.
- The author Piers Torday visited and signed some of his latest novel.
- Art club created Harsha Basu Paintings for the Amersham Museum - Harsha Basu Paintings.
- The Romans have invaded years 3&4!
- Okehampton 6
- Okehampton 5
- Okehampton 4
- Okehampton 3
- Okehampton 2
- Years 5&6 had a fantastic time in Okehampton.
- How were Roman roads built?
- Using manipulatives in Maths with cherry Class.
- PHSE with Larch Class - what achievements are you proud of?
- World Book Day 2026
- Magnets are taking over - Years 3&4.
- Cheerleading festival with year 2 at Amersham school.
- Bench ball tournament at Amersham school - Year 3.
- Years 1&2 were learning about printing in Art and used their skills to recreate the Great Fire of London pictures.
- Active Maths with Fir Class - learning about multiplication
- Safer Internet Day was led by our Year 6 Digi leaders.
- Magnetic forces with Maple Class.
- Street Kids, Duncan and Nicola, came to update us with news of the bus they were able to purchase thanks to all our support.
- Years 5&6 had a Youth & Education Support visit who ran a workshop on all types of Aviation.
- Larch Class are enjoying the magnetic and non magnetic experiments in Science this week.
- Year 1&2 used clay to create their own Tudor buildings to recreate a scene from the Great Fire of London.
- We have been having fun in Early Years with our Fantasy Topic, We have enjoyed dressing up and some Fairies left us a letter at Forest School.
- Learning about magnets in Science, starting with Iron Filings.
- London's Burning with years 1&2. Using various techniques to recreate the fire and buildings in London.
- Storytelling week (2ND - 6th February)
- Roman Mosaics with years 3&4. Design and create your own mosaic tile.
- What can we learn from Ancient Rome? Looking at sources to inform our learning.
- Lots of friction going on in Larch Class this week!
- Active maths - using concrete resources to support their learning on division with Maple Class.
- A series of unfortunate events - Year 5&6 are reading this and interpreted it using pastels and pencils.
- Years 1&2 are enjoying the book 'Katie in London' Here are Fir Class acting out the various scenes.
- Happy new Year
- Christmas Service led beautifully by Year 6.
- How children with different religions celebrate at Christmas.
- Christmas lunch!
- Year 6 Talent show
- St Mary's got talent!
- More fruit faces with years 1&2...yum
- The Early Years Nativity
- The Nativity with years 1&2
- Drama with years 3&4...based on the input of 'Unexpected Guest'
- Let's go fly a kite....Years 3&4
- Fruit faces and fruit salad with Years 1&2 in DT.
- Disco time for Years 3&4 and 5&6....they were awesome at YMCA!
- More birdhouses by Oak Class.
- Studying Ordnance Survey maps and learning about symbols with Larch Class.
- The final gymnastics show of the year. Prizes were won!
- Year 6 attended a dodgeball completion at Amersham School.
- Shadows in Science with Maple class.
- Building birdhouses with Sycamore class in DT.
- Singing around the Christmas tree in Old Amersham.
- It's the Christmas Fayre...thank you all for coming and supporting our wonderful School.
- Christmas Display Morning was enjoyed across the School.
- Its kite time again, this time with Hazel Class in DT.
- In RE, Years 3&4 made a diamond 9 to show their thoughts and feelings on the opinions shared.
- Working with mirrors and reflection with Years 3&4.
- It snowed!
- Radio Christmas came to do an assembly about all the work they do in Guatemala and how we can support them this Christmas.
- School Council have been planting daffodil bulbs at the front of School, can't wait until Spring!
- It's Parliament Week!
- Fir Class Created faces in the style of Acrimboldo.
- Early Years and Years 1&2 enjoyed an visiting Author. Carys Bexington came to do a workshop about her book and the children loved learning about it.
- Healthy Eating with Fir Class.
- Should Heather get on the spaceship with the aliens or should she stay at home with her family? A debate based on the book 'Cotton Rock'.
- Years 3&4 are loving having a Wycombe Wanders Coach to help them with their football skills.
- Learning about light in Science with Larch Class.
- Learning about settlements with Years 3&4, walking up to Martyrs' Memorial .
- Let's go fly a kite....DT with Larch Class.
- Maths Week!
- Children in Need 2025 - Thank you for your generosity, we raised £274.69!
- Creating their own Pop Art with Fir Class...Wow!
- English in Years 3&4, creating a comic strip to enhance their learning with the book 'Lights on Cotton Rock'.
- Coach Jason from Wycombe Wanderers took a football training session, all about 'dribbling'.
- Cherry extended their learning on Collage by creating their own delicious burgers...Yum!
- Learning about light in Years 3&4.
- Hervines Cross Country winners, Saturday 8th November.
- Remembrance day 2025
- Pop Art in the style of Wayne Thiebaud with Fir Class.
- Active Maths with Larch Class.
- Healthy eating by Cherry Class. Using collage to show their good food choices.
- Sycamore Class are really enjoying their learning about the Vikings.
- Non Newtonian Fluid in Science with Sycamore Class.
- New Mozart Orchestra came to perform to the whole School. Peter and the Wolf echoed through the corridors.
- Early Years have a new playground!
- Early Years have settled in really well to School Life. Forest School is a particular favourite.
- Oak Class enjoyed learning about Non Newtonian fluids.
- Willow performed a fabulous sharing assembly and showed off all their learning from this term so far.
- Maple class loved getting the apparatus out in the hall.
- Years 5&6 wrote the next chapter of the book Viking Boy and shared it with their friends.
- Using our electrical knowledge to create a 3D picture with lights or a propellor - Maple Class.
- Making an electrical circuit with our bodies - Larch class.
- A Viking news report with Oak Class.
- Active Maths with Years 3&4.
- Creating Christmas cards for FOSMS, we enjoyed time travelling forwards to December and back again!
- Finishing the topic on Cave man art, Maple Class added a handprint at the end of their stories. Three children, three linked paintings depicting a story, very different and successful pieces of art work.
- Jonny came to talk to year 2 about Christian weddings. The children were incredibly engaged with his stories.
- We were very fortunate to have Mrs Deol come in and talk to us about her Sikh faith.
- Years 5&6 are amazing at gymnastics.
- Art with Fir Class.
- Adding switches and propellors in Science with years 3&4.
- Completing our English leaflets and publishing them in Maple Class.
- Outside Caveman drawings by Larch and Maple Class.
- Active Maths with Larch Class.
- Cherry Class are enjoying reading Hermelin in English and they made their own Heremelin character.
- In English this week, years 1&2 are reading the book Hermelin and Fir Class are re-enacting the scenes to improve their understanding of the characters.
- Years 3&4 have been learning about the Lascaux cave paintings and using fine pencils and pastels to depict their own images.
- In Science this week, Yrs 3&4 had to add a variable to their circuit and decide if it was an insulator or a conductor. There were some interesting results!
- Poetry week - Sycamore Class presenting their poems in the style of Lewis Caroll.
- Year 5 have been learning about the transfer of energy in Science.
- Ks1 have been visiting the Amersham Museum as part of their History topic this term. What a fabulous learning opportunity.
- To warm up, Maple Class drew whilst listening to Vivaldi's four seasons. They then interpreted a story called 'Jeremy the Maggot' and drew their own thoughts on the story.
- Years 5&6 are studying the book 'Viking Boy' and re enacted some of the scenes, resulting in some fantastic freeze frames.
- Fir Class studied themselves and drew a self portrait...what do you think?
- Electricity - making complete circuits with Years 3&4, having a light bulb moment!
- Harvest Festival, run by Year 5.
- Harvest Festival Art with Maple Class.
- Jeans for genes day - learning Maths whilst wearing jeans in the sun.
- Years 5&6 used Art in English to recreate a scene of the Norms and the World tree, as described in the Viking mythological poem.
- Active Maths - OAA is the best way to learn about place value.
- Reading the Book Stone Age Boy in years 3&4 - using oracy and drama to analyse the characters and learn more.
- Learning about electricity in Years 3&4 - lessons creating quite a spark!