Church of England Primary School
Our volunteers from year 5 met with some of our more elderly members of the local community at the Lee Green Community Centre, a partnership organised by the Incommon charity. Their mission is to bring together different generations within the community to learn from one another, play games and have some fun! Our children were […]
Read More Intergenerational groupCBBC have made a really helpful video to help children (and parents) reflect on news stories that may be upsetting. Have a watch – it could help you to talk about things with your child. We have already talked to the children about showing empathy towards children and families in our school who may be […]
Read More Scary news adviceA message from one of our parents … During the month of August, myself Sarah and my daughter Nina (year 4) will be carrying out the Cycle More Challenge, fundraising for the Ickle Pickle Children’s Charity, raising cash for the Neonatal Unit at Lewisham Hospital. The Ickle Pickle Charity is an amazing charity that supports […]
Read More Cycle More ChallengeToday in Year 2 we thought about the people most vulnerable during this challenging time. We wrote cards to the residents at Leah Lodge Care Home to cheer them up. They even have dinosaur facts inside them! The letters will be delivered to the care home tonight.
Read More Writing to the care home in Year 2At St Margaret’s every child has helped to create a tea towel to raise awareness about plastic pollution. See below for our design and watch this space for the finished product…! When it is up for sale all proceeds will be going to the Bishop of Southwark’s Lent Call.
Read More Lent Call Big ProjectFor the next 6 weeks Year 2 and our paired class in Ghana are carrying out the same activities about plastic pollution. Yesterday we shared the learning from our first session with our friends in Kumasi, Ghana. We watched a video of the effects of plastic pollution around the world and made a list of […]
Read More Plastic Pollution Project with Ghana in Year 2As well as a group of teachers, there are a number of parents who are running the Big Half Marathon this year, raising money for the Friends of St Margaret’s Lee in the process. Look out for sponsor forms and remember that money raised will go towards making the school even better!
Read More The BiG HalfYear 3 have been continuing their learning about Buddhism by finding out about the story of Prince Siddhartha and how he came to enlightenment. We talked about his sheltered and privileged early life and how shocking it must have been for him to encounter the existence of old age, sickness, death and poverty. We then […]
Read More The Story of the BuddhaThank you to everybody who has donated – we have raised £140 for Save the Children! Thank you to the office staff for counting the coins.
Read More Christmas Jumper DayToday, Year 1 enjoyed their prize for winning the food bank competition – a movie complete with popcorn. Thank you for the very generous contributions!
Read More Food bank prize