Marleigh Primary Academy

🏏🏆 CHAMPIONS! 🏆🏏

A huge congratulations to Marleigh Primary School on winning the Anglian Learning Primary Sport Alliance LKS2 Cricket Club competition! 🎉👏

Twelve of our talented cricketers made the trip to Bottisham Primary and, against the weather forecast, enjoyed blue skies instead of thunderstorms! 🌤️⚡
The team put on an outstanding display, winning all three matches and scoring an incredible 142 runs. There were fantastic catches, successful bowls, brilliant batting and teamwork throughout the day. 💪🔥

Just as impressive was the respect shown by our students, who applauded both themselves and their opponents to celebrate great sportsmanship. ❤️🤝

A special shout-out to our fantastic Year 6 Sports Leaders who helped Mr Parker run the event smoothly. You are brilliant role models for our younger pupils! ⭐🙌

Marleigh really hit this one for six! 💥🏏

Well done, everyone – you've made the whole school proud! 🎉🥇

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🌟 Phonics Success!🌟
We are incredibly proud of our Year 1 and Year 2 children for all their hard work and determination with phonics this week! 📚✨
Our pupils have shown fantastic enthusiasm, resilience and confidence as they have read their sounds, blended words and developed their reading skills. It has been wonderful to see how much progress they have made and how eager they are to apply their phonics knowledge in their reading and writing.
A huge thank you to our staff and families for their continued support – working together helps our children become confident, successful readers. ❤️
Well done, Year 1 and Year 2! Keep up the brilliant work – we are so proud of you all! ⭐

💜 Wellbeing Wednesday💜
Worries about money can affect the wellbeing of the whole family.
If you're finding things difficult, please remember that support is available.
Visit the council’s webpages for advice about support available. There are several organisations can help you access advice, financial support, food assistance, or family services.
Asking for help is a positive step and a sign of strength.

🧪Science Fair 2026 – Reminder!🥼
Our Science Fair is fast approaching and we can't wait to see the amazing ideas our young scientists come up with!
Key Dates:
🔹 In-school presentations and judging: Friday 3rd July
🔹 Science Fair Showcase: Friday 10th July

Why not take a look through the photos from our recent Science Day for inspiration? The activities, investigations and experiments we explored together could be the perfect starting point for a project of your own.

Last year, our children amazed us with a fantastic range of projects, including:
-Colour mixing investigations
-Exploring how sunscreen protects us from UV light
-Water cycle models and demonstrations
-Crystal-growing experiments

Remember, projects can be simple, creative or practical.
The best projects are often those that start with a simple question and show curiosity, creativity and scientific thinking.

Not sure where to start? Encourage your child to speak to their teacher or Mrs McLachlan—we would be delighted to help them develop an idea and get started.
We can't wait to see what our Marleigh scientists discover this year!

🏃‍♀️🏅 Reception Athletics Festival! 🏅🏃‍♂️

Our Reception children from the Butterfly classes at Fen Ditton and Marleigh Primary Schools came together at Fen Ditton for a fantastic Athletics Festival! 🌟

The children took part in a range of jumping, running and throwing activities, showing great enthusiasm, determination and teamwork throughout. 💪✨ There were lots of smiles, lots of laughter and plenty of energetic fun! 😄🎉

A huge well done to all of our amazing young athletes – you were brilliant! 👏🌈

And a special shout-out to our fantastic Year 5 Sports Leaders, who helped make the event such a success and led an activity for the very first time. You did an incredible job and were wonderful role models! 🙌⭐

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💜 Wellbeing Wednesday 💜
Life can be busy, but sharing a meal together as a family, even just a few times a week, can have a positive impact on children's wellbeing.
Family mealtimes provide an opportunity to talk, listen and reconnect. This week, try putting any screens to one side, and enjoy some uninterrupted family conversation.
Check out some health-boosting recipe ideas to enjoy while you catch up.

✨ Welcome back! ✨
What a fantastic first day back we had yesterday as we begun the final half term of the school year! It has been wonderful to see all of our children back in school, full of smiles and ready to learn. 💙
We have loved hearing all about your holidays and seeing everyone settle straight back into school life. We are so excited for all the learning, experiences and activities we have planned over the next 7 weeks – it’s going to be a busy and memorable half term!
Here’s to a brilliant final stretch of the year together! 🌟

📚 Every School Day Counts! 🌟
Regular attendance is one of the most important factors in a child's success at primary school. When children attend school consistently, they build strong friendships, develop confidence, and stay on track with their learning.
Missing just a few days can mean missing valuable lessons, activities, and opportunities to grow. By making attendance a priority, we help our children develop positive habits that will benefit them throughout their education and beyond.
Let's work together to ensure every child has the best chance to learn, achieve, and thrive. 💜

🦉Owls Class put their mathematical thinking skills to the test during our exciting Riddle Maths Lesson! 🔢✨
The classroom was buzzing with teamwork, problem-solving and determination as pupils tackled a variety of riddles, puzzles and reasoning challenges designed to stretch their mathematical knowledge. Activities included:
➕ “What Number Am I?” riddles
🔺 Guess the next 3D shape
🎨 Times table mosaic images
🔐 Fractions of amounts code breaking
🤔 And much more!
Everyone enthusiastically took part in each activity and showed fantastic resilience, curiosity and passion for maths throughout the lesson. We are so proud of their effort and positive attitudes to learning! 🌟📚

Owls also have a maths riddle for you to try and solve, check it out!

This week, the children in Butterflies Class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and making their own rockets as part of our 3D Shape Unit in Maths.
Today, they took their learning outside for a very exciting rocket launch with Mrs DJ and Mrs Parker! The children were especially proud to write their own invitations to invite Mrs Parker along to the launch.
We were so impressed with the children’s creativity, teamwork and enthusiasm throughout the project and they really enjoyed seeing how high their rockets flew! 🌟🚀