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Red Nose Day

Red Nose Day

Well done to everyone who helped support Red Nose Day at school on Friday. Thank you to all who donated money to dress up and baked delicious goodies to sell in our Bake Sale! As...

Well done to everyone who helped support Red Nose ...
Songs for Prom Praise

Songs for Prom Praise

Here are the songs our children will be lucky enough to sing at Prom Praise.

Here are the songs our children will be lucky enou...
Disney Curriculum Day - "Who Dunnit?"

Disney Curriculum Day - "Who Dunnit?"

We had an amazing day on our "Who Dunnit" Disney themed Curriculum Day. One of the poor characters had met with an unfortunate accident and all of the children - led by the Great Mouse...

We had an amazing day on our "Who Dunnit" Disney t...
Choir spreads Christmas Cheer!

Choir spreads Christmas Cheer!

Our school Choir did a marvellous job of spreading some Christmas Cheer around our local area. They performed amazingly to support our Christmas Service, before heading off to Isleden House to perform some Christmas Songs...

Our school Choir did a marvellous job of spreading...
Christmas Service

Christmas Service

Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celebrate at our Christmas Service. It was a special service, with performances from Rec & KS1 and KS2, with carols led by our School Choir. We...

Thank you to everyone who came and helped us celeb...
Awards!

Awards!

Well done to all the children who won an award at our half termly awards assembly - be it for Best Class Attendance, 100% Attendance, Class Award, St Mary's Way Award, House Point Winners...

Well done to all the children who won an award at ...
Anne Booth visits St Mary's!

Anne Booth visits St Mary's!

What an honour! Anne Booth - author of the Refuge (which was a focus for our whole school Christmas Unit) and other wonderful children's books came to visit us! She read us her book Refuge...

What an honour! Anne Booth - author of the Refuge ...
Christmas Lunch

Christmas Lunch

We're STUFFED! That was the general consensus after another wonderful Christmas Lunch! Thanks to Ms Coral and her team as always for cooking up such a fantastic feast! We had a great time!

We're STUFFED! That was the general consensus afte...
Aladdin!

Aladdin!

Wow! What a great time we all had watching Aladdin at the Hackney Empire! They never cease to amaze us. We all had a great time laughing, singing and dancing to the 'panda' song!

Wow! What a great time we all had watching Aladdin...
Christmas Fair

Christmas Fair

We enjoyed another wonderful Christmas Fair. Thanks to all of the Friends of St Mary's who helped to organise such a fantastic event! We all had a great time - and even got to...

We enjoyed another wonderful Christmas Fair. Thank...
Children in Need!

Children in Need!

We all had a great day supporting Children in Need! We raised a lot of money to help! We had children taking part in our pyjama day, bake competition and of course those who...

We all had a great day supporting Children in Need...
Children in Need... coming soon...

Children in Need... coming soon...

We're very excited... and so should you be... Our school was specially chosen to take part in filming for BBC's Children in Need! Our children will be starring during the Thursday 15th November Concert - so...

We're very excited... and so should you be... O...
Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day

To mark Remembrance Day - St Mary's held our annual Service, followed by our mark of Remembrance at the War Memorial at Islington Green. Classes laid their own wreaths and shared prayers, the choir...

To mark Remembrance Day - St Mary's held our annua...
Well Done Highbury!

Well Done Highbury!

Well done to Highbury House who won the House Points for the first Autumn Half Term! They amassed a wopping 3519 house points by going over and beyond the St Mary's Way and were rewarded...

Well done to Highbury House who won the House Poin...
Star Wars Day!

Star Wars Day!

We all had a great time on our Star Wars Curriculum Day! We worked really hard to train as a Jedi in our various activities, to stop the evil Empire from taking over our...

We all had a great time on our Star Wars Curriculu...
Years 3, 4 and 5 make a film!

Years 3, 4 and 5 make a film!

https://www.stmarys.islington.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/boudicca_in_islington_1280x720.mp4 Years 3, 4 and 5 had the amazing opportunity to work with an artist from a local gallery to create a short film about Boudicca visiting Islington! This was linked to our History learning...

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Our very own home-grown CARROTS!

Our very own home-grown CARROTS!

Our carrots have Grown! Last year every class planted carrot seeds. Linked to Harvest, we've just harvested our crop and... look how they've turned out. Everyone is really proud. The carrots will be making their...

Our carrots have Grown! Last year every class p...
Creative Curriculum Homework

Creative Curriculum Homework

Once again we would like to say a very big thank you to all children, parents and carers for your wonderful Creative Curriculum Homework. We were—as always—blown away by the dedication and creativity shown! This...

Once again we would like to say a very big thank y...
They're Back!

They're Back!

It was lovely to see some of our old students the other day. They all look so well and they're doing so well at secondary - we still miss them! When they popped by -...

It was lovely to see some of our old students the ...
Harvest Service

Harvest Service

Today we celebrated our Harvest Service at St Mary's Church - led by our wonderful Youth Minister Rebecca. Thank you to everyone for all of your kind donations, which we have taken down to...

Today we celebrated our Harvest Service at St Mary...
MacMillan Coffee Morning

MacMillan Coffee Morning

Thank you to everyone who came and supported our MacMillan Coffee Morning on Monday. We raised a great £136.76 for charity. A huge thanks to the parents and children who baked cakes especially for...

Thank you to everyone who came and supported our M...
Sports Day

Sports Day

We enjoyed a great sports day at Highbury Fields. We all had a super day and the sun was out! Thanks to all the parents who came and watched, helped tidy up afterwards and walk the...

We enjoyed a great sports day at Highbury Fields. ...
Kingswood

Kingswood

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Choir opens Soul in the City Festival

Choir opens Soul in the City Festival

On Saturday our School Choir were again asked to sing at the opening of the local festival 'Soul in the City'. They performed a mixture of songs, after the local councillor had cut the red...

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Pentecost Service at St Stephens

Pentecost Service at St Stephens

We all enjoyed a wonderful service at St Stephen's this morning. Thanks to Father John for a great story, our Young Leaders for the Bible Readings and Prayers - and thank you to all the...

We all enjoyed a wonderful service at St Stephen's...
Year 4 worked with a professional Artist

Year 4 worked with a professional Artist

In Year 4, we were very lucky to have a professional artist come in and work with us for two days. We spent time exploring different artistic media, learnt a range of different artistic skills and...

In Year 4, we were very lucky to have a profession...
Easter Service

Easter Service

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated our Easter Service with us, we had a wonderful service at St James'. Our children shared readings and prayers, as well as singing beautifully as always. We...

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated our ...
Curriculum Day Spring

Curriculum Day Spring

At St Mary's we again enjoyed another great curriculum day. We all got to take a journey around the world - visiting a range of different countries, enjoying different cuisines and learning a range of...

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World Book Day

World Book Day

As always, St Mary's celebrated a wonderful World Book Day. We all came in dressed up as a variety of different characters from our favourite or famous books. Have a look at some of our...

As always, St Mary's celebrated a wonderful World ...
Candlemas Service

Candlemas Service

We celebrated our Candlemas Service at St Mary's Church. It was a lovely service - thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us.

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Christmas Lunch

Christmas Lunch

Thanks to Coral and her Team for another great Christmas Lunch. Everyone had a great time and we all left school with very full bellies! We're all looking forward to Christmas now. Come and...

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Christmas Fayre

Christmas Fayre

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St Mary's sings for The Queen!

St Mary's sings for The Queen!

As part of Scripture Union's 150th Celebration Service held at St Mary's Church - our school was asked to perform for the Queen of England! Our choir worked incredibly hard and performed magnificently. They...

As part of Scripture Union's 150th Celebration Ser...
Curriculum Day Autumn

Curriculum Day Autumn

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Inspection

Inspection

Inspection of St Mary's CofE Primary School by Ofsted We have just told your child's school that we will inspect it on 19 September 2017. Letter to parents School inspections - a guide for parents

Inspection of St Mary's CofE Primary School by Ofs...
St. Mary's Vision Story Day

St. Mary's Vision Story Day

We had over 120 families joined us on Thursday as we celebrated our St Mary’s Vision Story with our whole school ‘live promenade’ of drama, singing, artwork, story telling and street dancing. Children performed absolutely brilliantly,...

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Year 5 Junior Citizenship Day

Year 5 Junior Citizenship Day

On Wednesday, Year 5 were invited to attend the Junior Citizenship Day which was held at St. Aloysius playing fields. It was very informative and the children learnt some very valuable lessons to guide them...

On Wednesday, Year 5 were invited to attend the Ju...
Sports Day at Highbury Fields

Sports Day at Highbury Fields

Today, St Mary's held their annual Sport's Day at Highbury Fields. The children had a fantastic time taking part in many activities including: Tug of war, Sprint Relay, Obstacle Course, Egg and Spoon race, Wheelbarrow...

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Year 6 Trip - Ben Kinsella Exhibition

Year 6 Trip - Ben Kinsella Exhibition

As part of our PSHE topic ‘Keeping safe out and about’ Year 6 visited The Ben Kinsella Exhibition and attended the workshop that educates young people about the consequences of carrying a knife and...

As part of our PSHE topic ‘Keeping safe out and ab...
Year 3 Block Leaf Printing

Year 3 Block Leaf Printing

During our science lesson today we looked at different parts of plants and we used our creative style and created some beautiful block leaf printing!

During our science lesson today we looked at diffe...
Year 6 Kingswood Trip

Year 6 Kingswood Trip

Year 6 enjoyed their residential stay at Kingswood in West Runton. During their stay they enjoyed many activities including: Archery, Jacob's Ladder, Go-Karting, Team Challenges and much more!

Year 6 enjoyed their residential stay at Kingswood...
St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

Year 6 were invited to St. Paul' s Cathedral to attend the ‘Let’s Celebrate’ service that was held by the London Diocesan Board for Schools

Year 6 were invited to St. Paul' ...
Champion Breakfast Event - Spring Term

Champion Breakfast Event - Spring Term

St Mary’s were invited to attend the Champion Breakfast event which was held at the Emirates Stadium. Year 5 represented our school and was given a tour of the stadium where they managed to...

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Cooking!

Cooking!

Every term we have a cooking lesson. This term Year 1 enjoyed making their own bruschetta in the classroom. The children carefully cut the tomatoes and onions themselves, then placed it on top of...

Every term we have a cooking lesson. This term Yea...
World Book Day March 2017

World Book Day March 2017

We celebrated World Book Day by dressing up as characters from our favourite reading book. We had many superheroes and princesses and even Hagrid made an appearance with some of his wizards! See if you can...

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Creative Curriculum Day Spring Term

Creative Curriculum Day Spring Term

During our Spring term our creative curriculum topic focused on Geography. Our creative curriculum dressing up day to celebrate learning was Our World. All children and staff had a geography based costume, some included: Rainforests,...

During our Spring term our creative curriculum top...
Raising Money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

Raising Money for Great Ormond Street Hospital

A group of year six children have worked with Miss Leanne to develop an awareness of their own needs and feelings. Now they are so confident they are considering the needs of others. Harry...

A group of year six children have worked with Miss...
Trip to The Camley Street Natural Park

Trip to The Camley Street Natural Park

Our Reception children go on a nature trail.

Our Reception children go on a nature trail.
Year 4 visit to Westminster Abbey

Year 4 visit to Westminster Abbey

On Thursday 3rd March, Year 4 went to Westminster Abbey in order to support their ‘Anglo-Saxon’ topic. One of the last Anglo-Saxon kings was Edward the Confessor, who was responsible for the first construction of...

On Thursday 3rd March, Year 4 went to Westminster ...