Margaret Wix Primary School and Nursery

11/09/2026

Emperors have had another busy, exciting week! In English, we have been reading the wonderful book, ‘Frog and the stranger’ by Max Velthuijs. We have written some fantastic sentences about the different characters. In history, we began our new topic, ‘History Makers’ and investigated Guy Fawkes and his role in the Gunpowder Plot. We have continued our learning on place value in maths. In PSHE, we discussed how we know we are safe at Margaret Wix.

11/09/2026

On Friday 18th September, children are invited to wear jeans in order to raise awareness of Jeans for Genes Day, part of the national Jeans for Genes campaign supporting children and families affected by genetic conditions. Genetic conditions affect around 1 in 10 families in the UK and can have a significant and lasting impact on children, adults and their families. Money raised through Jeans for Genes helps fund charities that provide a wide range of support, including specialist care, equipment, counselling, activities and practical support for families.

Jeans for Genes provides an important opportunity for our pupils to learn about the experiences of others. Raising awareness helps children to develop empathy, understanding and respect for difference, while recognising the importance of creating an inclusive community in which everyone is valued.

If you would like to make a donation to support the campaign, please do so online using this link: https://www.jeansforgenes.org/donate-online

Jeans for Genes Day wristbands will also be sold by our newly formed Charity Committee for £1 too.

Thank you, as always, for your support.

11/09/2026

10/09/2026

Year 5 have had another fantastic week. The children have excelled in their place value learning and enjoyed reading our new text about mythical beasts and creatures. 🐉 ✨

Additionally, we spoke about how we feel safe at school - including trusted adults, PSHE lessons and online safety learning opportunities We created some posters to aid as useful reminders.

09/09/2026

Hummingbirds loved visiting the library today! They carefully chose books to take home and enjoyed listening to stories read by Mrs Bunton and Mrs Garcia.

09/09/2026

Today, Apollos started our science topic all about ‘living things and their habitats’. We are exploring how and why scientists classify plants and animals and began by making our own classification systems. The children showed lots of curiosity and creativity as they explored different possible ways to organise the animals in front of them.

09/09/2026

Democracy in action! Across the school, today and tomorrow, children are voting for newhouse captains. They have also recently voted for their new house team names and the results of both votes will be revealed in Friday’s celebration assembly - how exciting! Here in year six, our worry box has transformed into a ballot box just for this afternoon! 🔴🔵⚪️🟢

09/09/2026

Year six got stuck into some maths challenges today! 🧠➖ We explored negative numbers through a competitive number line game before putting our reasoning skills to the test with a range of problems involving sequences, decimals and temperature. Great teamwork and mathematical thinking all round! 🌟