St Michael’s Blog

Grandparents’ Day

What a wonderful afternoon we have had! Our teachers welcomed over 130 grandparents across the school to come and learn with their grandchildren. They took part in maths, art, geography, computing and many other interesting subjects and exciting activities. The school was buzzing with excitement as the children shared their school day with their family….

Harvest Service at St Michael’s Church

Yesterday, the whole school walked to St Michael’s Church for our annual Harvest Service. The walk was glorias in the sun and we were extremely grateful to all the parents, grandparents and friends of our school that supported us in our walk. The service was lead by our Year 3 and 4 class, who did…

Year 6 Camp

Last week our Year 6 children visited PGL Tregoyd House in Brecon. It was a wonderful week and the children were brilliant. The days were packed with exciting activities: archery, wall climbing, zip wire, raft building, assault course, abseiling, rifle shooting to name just a few. Every child challenged themselves across the week. They had…

Author visit: E.R.Reilly

Last week we were pleased to welcome E.R.Reilly (a children’s book author) to school. From Reception to Year 5, we all listened intently as he told us what inspired him to write. The children were given tips on how to hook our readers when writing our own stories and he shared with us all some…

Celebrations and Achievements

We very lucky to be surrounded by such wonderful, hand-working and talented children. It is always lovely to be able to celebrate their achievements in and outside of school. This week two of our pupils were awarded Grade 2 in violin and a group of Year 6 children were keen to show off their detailed…

Den Building

As the sun has started to shine recently, many of our children are thoroughly enjoying their time outside. From new play equipment in the junior playground to den building in the infants, laughter can be heard around the school. These children have worked incredibly hard as a team to build a den that they are…

WaterAid Toy Sale

Here at St Michael’s we feel incredibly lucky to have pupils who want to improve the world that we live. Recently, one of our Year 3 pupils wanted to raise money for the charity, WaterAid. She decided that holding a toy sale after Christmas would be a great way to raise money to support villages…

Exciting Breaktimes

Today our children in KS2 have had a wonderful and exciting break time. Laughter and cheering echoed across the playground as they played with new games and equipment. Some skipped on their own and with each other or played with hoops. Others played giant Tic-Tac-Toe, Connect 4 and Jenga. The wide smiles on their faces…

Coming Soon: Virtual Book Fayre

We have an exciting event happening in exactly on month across the whole school…a Virtual Book Fair! This is a great opportunity to buy books at fantastic prices, there are 1000’s at only £2.50, including many top titles for all ages. There are also many great non fiction books to support the History themes your…

Mini Police

Our Year 5 Mini Police Team had a wonderful evening this week. They got to explore a police riot van, experience what it would be like to be held in the van cell and were shown how to hold the line in a riot. Our Mini Police used all the strength they could muster to…