Remembrance Day 2023
Marden Primary Academy remembered and honoured our armed forces on Friday. Children created poppies, joined in a live Remembrance Day assembly with thousands of other schools around the country and created a display to share this with the our community.
A Viking workshop in Class 4
Class 4 thoroughly enjoyed their Viking workshop today. They investigated the Vikings as raiders and traders which brought their history topic to life.
Art in Class 2R
In our art topic, we have been exploring the primary colours and what happens when we mix them together. We created our own pieces of artwork inspired by the artist Jasper Johns and his painting ‘0 through 9’.
Our Wonderful School Council
On Wednesday 18th October, this dedicated group of children showed prospective parents around our school for Open Day. They spoke proudly of their school and were a real credit. They are now wearing their new school council badges with pride thanks to Maren Hayes who kindly offered to fund them.
Forest Schools for Class 2
This half-term Class 2 have had forest school with Mrs Laverick. We have done lots of exciting and messy activities. In the forest school area, we had a scavenger hunt to gather leaves, pine cones and acorns for crafts. We made some leaf foxes and leaf trees, as well as leaf bowls where we dipped […]
Languages Day
On Tuesday 26th September, the whole school celebrated Languages Day. Everyone brought in words and phrases in different languages and we shared them with each other and used them throughout the day. We discovered all of the different languages that were spoken in our school. There were 15 different languages! We used our maths skills […]
Class 1 and 2 at the Pumpkin Patch
On Friday 20th October, Classes 1, 2R and 2L visited The Pumpkin Patch. They went on a Scavenger Hunt around the patch to find the clues that spelled out an ingredient for Winnie the Witch’s cauldron. They also fed some sweetcorn to the resident piglets. “They were really cute.” said Luke in Class 2L. “So […]
Class 3 – Stone Age to Iron Age
Class 3 have really enjoyed learning about prehistory this term, from the Stone age to the Iron age. At the beginning of the Stone age, most of Britain was covered in ice sheets. The areas covered in ice sheets in Europe were mainly Britain, Northern Europe, Scandinavia. In the Stone age they hunted and killed animals […]
Class 1 have settled in wonderfully
Class 1 have settled really well into school life and have been making new friends. They have been taking part in lots of different activities inside and outside and having lots of fun!
The Magic Porridge Pot
In English, Class 2R have been learning the story of The Magic Porridge Pot. We made and tasted some porridge and used adjectives to describe the taste and texture.
