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  • 18/10/24

    Show Racism the Red Card!

    We showed racism the red card today at Margaret Wix by wearing red. Our school is diverse and we often celebrate our differences and learn about other cultures. We believe that it’s not enough to be non-racist though; we must be anti-racist. We want to make sure that our pupils stand up to dis...
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  • 18/10/24

    Visit to Tring Museum for Year 5

    Year 5 had an amazing time at the Tring Natural History Museum today! Their curiosity was in full swing as they explored the museum’s incredible exhibits, linking perfectly with our science unit of Living Things and Their Habitats. During a fascinating and hands on workshop on classification...
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  • 17/10/24

    Cross Country for our Year Sixes!

    There was self-belief and resilience in abundance on display this afternoon as six of Monarchs class tackled the second inter-schools cross country match of the year. Veera, Tallie, Olivia, Younes, Danylo and Jay ran 1200m against over 100 children from other schools across St Albans. We are so prou...
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  • 16/10/24

    Blue Plaque for Margaret Wix Primary School!

    What a wonderful opportunity Niamh and Danylo had today! Our Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister met at the cathedral to look at the blue plaque dedicated to Margaret Wix - St Albans' first female mayor whom our school is named after! The blue plaque is situated on a house on Holywell Hill...
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  • 15/10/24

    Meeting people that help us in EYFS!

    Our learning about people who help us in our community continues in Firetips. After a video call with a police officer a few weeks ago, today the children got to meet our local police officer in person. They learned lots of new things and asked many questions. The highlights were testing out the han...
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  • 11/10/24

    Sikh Langar in Year 5!

    Today Year 5 held a special recreation of a Sikh Langar, where students experienced the spirit of community, equality, and sharing. We enjoyed simple, delicious food together, just as in a traditional Sikh kitchen. We even had some staff members join us, with everyone serving each other, a reminder...
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  • 11/10/24

    Wondrous Writing Week

    Wondrous Writing Week across the school has seen parents learn alongside their child in an English lesson. It was great to see our children being the experts and their adults doing the learning! 
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  • 09/10/24

    Apollos walk to the museum!

    Year 4 have had a brilliant day at Verulamium Museum today. We handled real Roman artefacts and thought like an archeologist as we tried to work out what they were used for. We visited the museum, saw amazing mosaics and showed super resilience as we walked to the museum and back. Well done Apollos!
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  • 08/10/24

    Humanism Assembly

    Today, we enjoyed a visit from Rob, a Humanist speaker, who introduced us to the key principles of Humanism, including the belief in human kindness, reason and importance of living a good life. At Margaret Wix, we are committed to teaching our children about a variety of religious and non-religious...
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  • 08/10/24

    Food Bank Donations

    Our fantastic Charity Committee worked hard after school to load all our donations into the van, ready to be delivered to the local foodbank. We’re so proud of the students for showing kindness and responsibility in helping others in our community. A huge thank you to everyone who donated to t...
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  • 08/10/24

    Drop everything and read!

    Drop everything and read! Our reading ambassadors in each class have been given three tickets and a whistle. Once the whistle is blown, everyone in class must stop whatever it is that they are doing, and read for 5 minutes.
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  • 07/10/24

    Explorer Fun!

    Emperors and Hummingbirds have really enjoyed their history workshop today using drama to find out about different explorers. Year 2 learnt so many interesting things about Christopher Columbus, Nellie Bly, Joseph Banks and Bessie Coleman and we really enjoyed dressing up too! Thank you to the Drama...
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