Mayfield Primary School

Marvin has been spotted in Reception reading a book! It got us thinking about what a good reader looks like…

Send us a picture of you reading your favourite book, just like Marvin 🎄📚

We have joined the family! To introduce my Happy Mind this half-term all children have been learning about the brain and exploring the 3 parts of the brain known as Team H-A-P. 🧠

Year 3ET have loved learning about Information texts in English, we have been working hard to learn and remember the process of Mummification. Look at the smiles when we acted out the Mummification process!

Year 3ET as part of One World Week explored the religion of Judaism. We discussed the British Value of Tolerance, learnt more about Judaism and then created Torah scrolls. 🌎📜

This week, Reception have started to learn all about the season of Winter. They began their learning by investigating frozen natural materials, sorting Winter and Summer items and creating Winter sensory bottles. Today, we are going to learn all about the term; hibernation❄️

A group of our fabulous Reception children received their Mayfield Marvel badge this week for following our expectations and being Mayfield Superstars 💫They wore their badges with great pride. We cannot wait to see who else will earn their special badge and fly to the moon 🌕

New laws, new responsibilities? ⚖🤔 With the Online Safety Act now coming into effect, our guide this week highlights some key areas that the fresh legislation covers – and what this means for UK education providers 👩‍🏫

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Marvin has been spotted in Mr Couper-Barton’s office, checking out our new, extra special Mayfield Marvel badges! I wonder who is going to earn one before the end of the term?

Incredible! 🤩

What an impact just talking about what you’re doing can have on your child’s vocabulary!

Reception also learnt about mandalas and how they are a diagram or symbol of an ideal universe to Buddhists. We used this knowledge to then create our own using natural resources🌿.

Reception loved learning all about Buddhism during Mayfield's 'One World Week'. We looked at key facts, such as Buddha being a 'teacher' and not a God. We also learnt about the importance of the lotus flower and made our very own!

Year 1SC have been learning lots of facts about Christingles and their importance to Christians. We made our own Christingles too.

Year 1SC had a fabulous R.E lesson making Christingles. The children were able to talk about what each part represents.

Here are some of our Nursery Mayfield Marvels modelling our marvellous new Mayfield Marvel badges.

Little people can have big emotions and lots of excitement, this time of year. What a great way to help them manage. 🤩

When Children Meltdown Over the Holidays

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5) Children and staff wore 'out of this world' space clothing when training to be Year 5 astronauts.

4) Children created a balanced argument to why some historians are in dispute to whether the space race was officially won by USA or USSR. Children attempted to recreate history as they competed in their very own 'Race to Space'.

3) In the afternoon, Year 5 analysed and evaluated different types of dried astronaut food. They discussed reasons why certain types of food should not be eaten in a rocket.

Yesterday, Year 5 began Space Day by using their maths skills to discover their astronaut code name. Can you use the clues to find their code name?

At Mayfield we promote reading for pleasure. Nursery enjoy our shared reading sessions. Our most recent book is Lulu loves the library! After our group story the children choose some books, a blanket and a teddy to snuggle up and share a book with!

A special visitor arrived in 1WO today! The children were very excited 🎅🧝

As part of Mayfield's 'One World Week', Year 1SC have been finding out what Sikhs believe. The children created posters to share their new knowledge.

At Forest School there is a scattering of snow on the ground and it is cold. We use things from nature to make artwork. We use leaves, sticks and stones to make patterns and swirls. We balance stones in teetering piles and use sticks to make marks in the snow.

Year 6 have loved exploring Christianity during ‘One World Week’. Miss Davys was really impressed by how mature and respectful they were when discussing the British Value, tolerance. Year 6 can’t wait to show you their final piece when it is finished! ⛪️🌎🕊️🇬🇧

This week, Reception have been focusing on their 1:1 counting and counting objects from a large group. In this activity, children identified a given numeral and counted out that many toppings to put on their biscuit. Fantastic counting Reception! 🔢🍪

As part of Mayfield’s ‘One World Week’, each year group will investigate a different faith throughout the week and discuss the British value of 'tolerance'. We will research different beliefs and values, in our community and beyond, as well as the key facts and words related to each religion. 🌍

Yesterday we started Mayfield's 'One World Week' with two visitors from , M***i Helal Mahmood & Father Phil Sumner, who led assemblies discussing the similarities between faiths within our community. They highlighted the importance of diversity, tolerance and respect.

New research from BookTrust reveals the impact of parental reading enjoyment on children’s reading habits Find out about our latest research, exploring the importance of parents and carers' own reading enjoyment on their children's reading habits.

If your child turns 4 years old before 31st August 2024, you will need to apply for primary school place on the government website.

To apply for your child's school place please follow the link -
https://www.oldham.gov.uk/info/201167/apply_for_a_primary_school_place/2494/how_to_apply

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This half term, we are writing an explanation text about mummification in English! To get started, 3ER mummified one of their friends!

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"Our last EYFS training session - cannot believe we have all made it this far. Thank you Lauren and Gill at
Mayfield Primary School for everything this year you have taught us so much and are amazing at what you do 💗"

Anna, Nexus SCITT Trainee Primary Teacher

"Back at Mayfield Primary School for our EYFS session. This week was Maths! We discussed what having good number sense looked like and explored how we can use different resources to represent number (& make jewellery). Can’t wait to implement these ideas in my maths lessons next week."

Anna, Nexus SCITT Trainee Primary Teacher