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We had a fantastic art day today in Merlins! We used the Paula Briggs @AccessArt pathway Typography and Maps to help us experiment with different techniques to create stylish and interesting letters. We look forward to showing you are final pieces at the exhibition later in the school year!

To create our galaxy backdrops we explored colour-mixing on wet paper using pipettes filled with food colouring. Our planets were painted using watercolours on damp paper and also by mixing paint with foam. Paula Briggs @AccessArt

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Fledglings had their stars in the jar treat this week for being fantastic fledglings and showing our school Christian values! We had a forest school treat of a fire and marshmallows with our brilliant forest school leader, Mrs Garcia 🪵 Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

Children from Owls and Merlins had a science day on Friday! They completed 4 enquiries to help them understand more about Earth and space. They all worked incredibly hard exploring new concepts and interrogating evidence - well done! Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

Year 6 are spending the morning at Horton hospital, learning skills that prevent injury and could save lives!

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Some of the children in Merlin's have recorded their own Podcasts and News reports and they are amazing! Miss Thomas and Mrs Smith are so proud of you. It was a real joy to watch you all shine 🙂 Check out banburystmarysschool.co.uk/merlins-year-5… and scroll down to find them!! Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

BIKEABILITY TOMORROW AND TUESDAY If your child is participating, please ensure they are wearing their PE kit with extra layers to keep warm. They will also need their bike and helmet. Children will have lunch as normal.

It’s been a flying start to the term for Starlings. We have learnt how to sprint like mini Bolts, delved into our class book Hermelin the detective mouse (with help from ⁦Julie Sargent⁩’s excellent planning), and considered positive relationships through SCIB week.

The Years 2s have been working incredibly hard on their Maths this week and have loved deepening their learning through different games and activities during our Friday Maths Carousel!➗🧮

The secret messages that changed the world and made history. Y6 used their code breaking and team work skills to crack the code and launch our WW2 project this term.

Year 4 were brilliant at using their inference skills when discovering their latest topic 🔎

It’s been another busy week for Starlings (Y3). We have been actively learning about pushes and pulls in science, smashed equivalent fractions, conquered prefixes, compound words and possessive apostrophes and even had time for an amazing scooter workshop.

Reception Fledglings and Kingfishers gave arrived safely at Oxford Botanic Gardens along with our friends from Wroxton, ready for an exciting day of exploring! 🪴🪷🌷 Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

As usual it’s been a packed week for Starlings (Y3). We have had an art day (messily creative) and a trip Birmingham’s think tank. We have also been planning a persuasive letter to be a Detective’s assistant and been learning about Plato’s Allegory of the cave.

Fledglings have been super busy in the garden this week exploring maths activities, discovering how to make giant bubbles, making potions and learning about solar power! 🫧🌼 Oxford Diocesan Schools Trust

Yet another amazing week for Year 3 culminating in possibly a first ever - a primary school performance of “Danger Zone” by Kenny Loggins. It was as cool as it sounds and apart of our 80s Comic Relief day celebrations.

What a day! Year 4,5 and 6 stepped into the role of evacuees in 1939. Lots of new skills discovered. Thank you for hosting us Holdenby House