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Latest News Junior House is a real hive of activity! Every day, there is something new to look forward to with friends |
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| Prep School Winter Concert | Mandarin Club | |||||
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The Pre-Prep and Prep School concert was held on Wednesday in the Main Hall. Once again there were participants from Reception to Year 6 and they performed to a very appreciative, capacity audience. |
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This new club, on a Wednesday lunchtime, is open to Years 3 – 8, provides lots of insight into Chinese culture.
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| Science Club | Callington Space Centre | |||||
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Science Club this year started with a bang. Years 6 and 7 pupils were given the opportunity to explore the ability of both custard powder and hot chocolate to produce very large flames when passed through a Bunsen Burner.
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A space science adventure kept Year 5 and Year 6 students enthralled on Friday 2nd October 2009. Clive Purchase, a visiting astronomer from the Callington Space Centre, encouraged the students to participate in this exciting learning adventure. Students from schools in the local area also came along for the workshop.
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| Wind in the Willows | Pancake Day | |||||
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On Wednesday 1st July and Thursday 2nd July, Years 2,3,4,5 and 6 presented ‘Wind In The Willows’. With a lot of acting and singing talent, the show promised to be good.
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Shrove Tuesday celebrations began with a whole school assembly, in which Years 3 & 4 acted out a story called “The Square Pancake”, accompanied by music especially composed by the Year 10 GCSE Music Group and narrated by Mrs Lowles.
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| Active Kids Get Cooking | Swimming Gala | |||||
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Year 5 has successfully completed the Bronze Challenge for the food award scheme. Seven pupils achieved a pass and two pupils gained a merit certificate. The course was based on the ‘Fruit and Vegetable’ section of the ‘Eatwell Plate’
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Monday morning dawned bright and sunny, which set the tone for our Year 11 girls as they spent the morning enjoying themselves before beginning their GCSE study leave.
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| A Day in the Life of a Roman | Summer Sunshine | |||||
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Today it was a fabulous day! There were two men coming to school. One was a Roman and the other was a Briton. They were telling us what happened in the times of the Romans and Britons.
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The Prep School concert last Friday was another example of the wealth of music going on at St Margaret’s and once again it was enjoyed a full house. The range of instruments represented and the many different styles performed were also very impressive
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| Easter Presentation | The European Theatre Company | |||||
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On Friday afternoon, the Nursery, Pre-Prep and Prep School joined together to present Music and Drama performances in an ‘Easter Presentation’.
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The European Theatre Company came and performed a very unique version of Cinderella. It was called ‘Cendrine Bio’ The aim of the play was to promote re-cycling and learning French in a fun and interactive way. Read more...
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| The Nativity | Recycling | |||||
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The Christmas Nativity play was very special this year as it was the first production to involve boys and girls from the age of three to eleven!
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In our Geography lesson we turned re-cycled paper into colourful glittery paper. We had a visitor called Emma who came from Exeter re-cycling centre.
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