Residential!
This week, Class Three went on their residential to Laches Wood! The children enjoyed a multitude of fun activities including: archery, axe throwing, canoeing, caving, BMXing and high ropes!
Teddy bears picnic
Today we welcomed our new Reception children to a Teddy bears picnic for their final transition session. Class 1 were so kind and helpful! Friends have already been made and we are all looking forward to September!
Class Two: Sewing!
Well done to Class Two for making your very own wallets. Learning new sewing skills can be challenging, but you all persevered and produced beautiful wallets that you put so much love into to take home. Super proud!
Sports Day 2025!
Well done to all the children at Mary Howard for participating in an amazing sports day! Congratulations to Air, our 2025 sports day winners who celebrated with their well deserved trophy. Thank you to all the parents who came to support the children and a special thank you to FOMH for…
Interviewing our Reverend!
Thank you very much to Reverend Nicola for being a part of our RE lesson this week. Reverend Nicola gave a special insight to how church leaders live day to day to ensure they are living the way Jesus would want. The children also interviewed our Reverend, asking specific questions to…
DT - making a sturdy base
In DT this week, Class 3 used cube nets to design and assemble the bases for their steady-hand games!
The Sound Collector poetry
Today a thief came to Mary Howard to steal all our sounds!
We created our own poems using lots of sound descriptions. Next week we will put our ideas together to create and perform a whole class poem!
Class Two: What Kind of World did Jesus Want?
In RE this week, Class Two learnt all about what type of world Jesus wanted. They displayed their ideas with a real understanding and beautiful presentation. Well done!
DT Children’s Toy Analysis
Our first DT lesson involved learning about the difference between ‘form’ and ‘function’. The children in Class Three then explored a range of children’s toys before analysing their functions and forms. We thoughts about whether the toys would support a child’s fine or gross motor…
Vocabulary in Context
In English, Class Three began reading their new text, ‘On the Origin of Species’. The children used their dictionary skills to search for the correct definition for the context in question before using their new words to compose sentences and offering synonyms that share the same meaning.…
Class Two: Shadows
In science this week Class Two investigated and described shadows based on materials. They were able to write a conclusion using the key vocabulary: opaque, transparent and translucent. Well done Class Two!
Position and direction
Some collaborative learning and problem solving in Maths this week. The children had to program a Robot Mouse to move around a track collecting cheese! They had to use forwards, backwards, left, right and turn functions to work out a route! This helped our position and direction knowledge!
