Non-Uniform Day for Lupus Awareness

Posted on Friday 25 May 2012 by

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This week’s birthdays (21-27 May)

Posted on Monday 21 May 2012 by

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following children who all have a special day this week (21-27 May):

Monday 21 May Dovydas (Kingfisher) ♦ Alex (Wren)
Tuesday 22 May Amirah (Hedgehog) ♦ Naiem (Tulip) ♦ Jayda (Willow)
Wednesday 23 May Abdullah (Squirrel)
Thursday 24 May Serwaa (Bluebell) ♦ Joseph (Cherry)
Friday 25 May Aishah (Kingfisher) ♦ Ihtesham (Cherry)
Saturday 26 May Inaayah (Daffodil) ♦ Shabih (Beech)
Sunday 27 May Edzai (Orchid)

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More from the SATs Café

Posted on Tuesday 15 May 2012 by

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Welcome to the SATs Café

Posted on Monday 14 May 2012 by

AS MENTIONED IN AN EARLIER ITEM, this week is SATs week for our Year 6 children. We know that the children have been working hard in class to prepare for the tests, and to make sure that their energy levels are sustained throughout the week, we have opened a SATs Café to provide a nourishing and healthy breakfast before the start of the day.

The photos below show some of the customers who came to the SATs Cafe this morning before they settled down to their reading test.

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Writers’ News

Posted on Monday 14 May 2012 by

RECENTLY classes have been participating in “themed weeks” which involve focusing the learning activities in class in particular areas.  All of the TREES classes have just had an ICT theme, so instead of writing during Literacy lessons, other ways of presenting work were explored.

Oak Class were also busy preparing for their SATs tests, so they were revising the features of different writing genres.  They decided to present their work in the form of a TV news programme, using school’s Flip video cameras.

The videos below show presentations in how to write newspaper reports, diary entries and biographies.

Biography
How to write a biography [0:57]

How to write a biography [0:57]

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Diary
How to write a diary entry [0:37]

How to write a diary entry [0:37]

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Newspaper report
How to write a newspaper report [1:09]

How to write a newspaper report [1:09]

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Creepy Crawlies!

Posted on Monday 14 May 2012 by

CHILDREN IN FOUNDATION STAGE have recently been learning all about living creatures and mini-beasts. They received a visit from Walter Morfitt from the Animal Edutainment company who brought with him a magnificent menagerie of millipedes, locusts, spiders, snails lizards, snakes and hedgehogs!

Although some of the children were reluctant to handle the creatures to begin with, by the end of the sessions everyone was happily letting them crawl up over their hands and up their arms.

For more information about Animal Edutainment, visit: www.animal-ed.co.uk

Posted in Duckling, Hedgehog, nature, Poppy, science, Willow, Year R

This week’s birthdays (14-20 May)

Posted on Monday 14 May 2012 by

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following children who all have a special day this week (14-20 May):

Monday 14 May Yahya (Otter) ♦ Riley (Wren) ♦ Marum (Oak)
Tuesday 15 May Kamilah (Badger)
Wednesday 16 May
Thursday 17 May
Friday 18 May Allen (Puffin)
Saturday 19 May Saheim (Rabbit)
Sunday 20 May

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Good luck to Year 6

Posted on Sunday 13 May 2012 by

THIS WEEK children in Year 6 throughout out the country take their Key Stage 2 assessment tests and of course that includes children from St Matthew’s.

Everyone else at St Matthew’s sends them their very best wishes; we know you will all try do do your best.

The timetable for the test week is as follows:

Posted in Eagle, Key Stage 2, Oak, Orchid, SATs, tests, Wolf, Year 6

This week’s birthdays (7 – 13 May)

Posted on Monday 7 May 2012 by

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the following children who all have a special day this week (7 – 13 May):

Monday 7 May
Tuesday 8 May Levi (Willow) ♦ Khaleel (Otters) ♦ Agata (Beech)
Wednesday 9 May Sarah (Snowdrop) ♦ Razvan (Rabbit)
Thursday 10 May Jamie (Sycamore)
Friday 11 May Bushra (Wolf) ♦ Isabella (Snowdrop) ♦ Rhion (Hedgehog)
Saturday 12 May Hazim (Elm)
Sunday 13 May Tyler (Puffins) ♦ Tasnima (Maple)

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Year 5/6 County Football Tournament

Posted on Thursday 3 May 2012 by

This was the first year in which we have had a boys football team qualify for county level. The event took place at the newly built creasey park in Dunstable.

The results meant we finished sixth, one place ahead of nearby Luton school Hillborough Junior. The four Year 5 players have valuable experience ahead of next season.

Team: David, Dray, Fayaz, Genti, Jonas, Khaleel, Leon, Raul, Robert, Tariq

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