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• Platinum Jubilee Event - Margaret Wix celebrates!

  Fri 27 May 2022

  On Friday 27th May, the children at Margaret Wix Primary School had so much fun celebrating the Platinum Jubilee. The whole school sat down to eat their lunch enjoying a street party  with decorated tables, special cups and lots of music! After enjoying this, the whole school took part in a big party which included a whole host of traditional games such as: splat the rat, splat the teacher, hook a duck, a coconut shy, a mixture of board games, a lucky dip and much much more. Everyone had so much fun! At the end of the afternoon, every child in the school received a beautiful book to remember the event and learn all about the Queen's reign. What a wonderful day!

  

• Persuasive Letters for local councillor!

  Thu 26 May 2022

  Monarchs have been working hard on their writing and recently completed letters to try to persuade parliament to give children of eleven and older the right to vote.

  Last Friday, local councillor Helen Campbell came to visit and listened as the children read their letters aloud. They tried hard to write formally using emotive language, statistics, repetition and rhetorical questions to convince her of their arguments.

  

• Admirals venture to Haberdashers!

  Thu 26 May 2022

  Admirals class had a fabulous time at Haberdashers on Monday. They represented Margaret Wix Primary School brilliantly! They faced fears scaling the climbing wall, practised their swimming skills and even tried their hand at Tchuk Ball. What a brilliant opportunity for our children; we are so grateful for the partnership we have formed with Haberdashers. If your child enjoyed themselves, why not sign up for the free holiday club week in Summer!

  

• Year 6 Residential Fun!

  Wed 18 May 2022

  The summer term is always filled with exciting, memory-making opportunities for year sixes and I’m not sure they look forward to anything more than their residential trip! This year saw most of the children heading to Kingswood in Green Park, Buckinghamshire for a three-day adventure designed to build confidence, promote teamwork, develop resilience and, of course, ensure lots of fun!

   

  Over the course of three days, the children have enjoyed swinging through the trees on high ropes courses, whizzing down zip wires, supporting each other in a variety of team games, perfecting their aim in archery, singing songs and telling stories around a campfire, testing their balance on low ropes courses and competing against each other in fencing. Of course, spending a few days away having a big sleepover with friends has been a highlight too!

   

  Here are just a few quotes from the children about the brilliant trip they have had:

  “I liked overcoming my fear of heights on the high ropes.” (Issa)

  “ l liked the bonfire because there were good songs and we’ve been practising them since.” (Roma)

  “I liked the high ropes because of the zip wire at the end.” (Hollie)

  “I liked the buttery pasta!” (Scarlett)

  “I loved fencing because it was just so much fun!” (Harry)

  “I liked the high ropes most because I like climbing and that was the biggest challenge I’ve faced yet.” (Esmé)

  “I was proud of myself for getting a bullseye in archery.” (Morgan)

  “The disco light in our room was cool; it was like a party!” (Ramana)

  “I liked the tree top adventure as it was so high.” (Toby)

  “I liked playing dodgeball with our instructor Ollie.” (Seb)

  “I liked it when everyone was chanting my name on the high ropes. I got down because I was scared, but then I got back up again and faced my fears!” (Joseph)

   

  I think it's clear that year six have had an awesome time on their trip. Just in case you needed more convincing, however, take a look at the pictures below for another snapshot of the enjoyment they have had over the past few days. We can’t wait for them all to return and to hear even more about their adventure!

   

  As always, we have been delighted to hear about what wonderful ambassadors for our school Monarchs have been - Miss Pott, Mr Milbourn and Miss Devlin have had nothing but praise for the children during the trip and this has been echoed by the staff at the centre too. Well done Monarchs!

  

• Hummingbirds Assembly

  Tue 17 May 2022

  We are so proud of Hummingbirds! Despite feeling rather nervous, they were absolutely fantastic in their first assembly. They tried so hard to speak clearly and loudly and their singing was amazing!