Murphy class assembly and Join me learn

Thank you for coming to watch our assembly and take part in join me learn. The children loved sharing their learning with you and thoroughly enjoyed seeing their parents take part in Big Maths, a spelling test and a phonics lesson. We hope you enjoyed it.

Snow

Remember to bring warm outdoor clothing.

Author visit - Vashti Hardy

Today, we were very excited to have the author Vashti Hardy come to our school. All children, from Year 1-6, attended her author talk, where she told us what had inspired her to write, introduced us to facts about some real life explorers and showed us a video clip of  Bear Grylls escaping from quicksand.

In her book "Brightstorm", two of the main characters are twins. You can see them in the corner of the front cover. Murphy class and Vashti, thought our twins looked very similar to her characters.

Throughout the rest of the day, the children in Years 5 and 6, undertook workshops, made their own maps to inspire their writing and even got to dress up.

It was a great day and we ended it with many children coming into the library to get their copies of the books signed and meet Vashti in person. She welcomed then to the crew and encouraged them to seek out adventure through reading.

She has a new book coming out later this year and Brightstorm is in our school library.

Advent and Christmas in Murphy

Throughout the Advent season, the Wandering Wise Men, from our Crib set, made their way around Murphy classroom. They set challenges each day - all with the aim of making it to the stable. Yesterday they finally did!

Well done to all the children who responded to the challenges and helped them along the way.

Many thanks for all the kind cards and gifts you have given the staff in Murphy. we are very grateful. We hope you have a great Christmas and enjoy the items your child has brought home.

Christmas Service

Many thanks to those of you who joined us in Church for the end of year service. We wish you a peaceful Christmas and look forward to seeing you in the new year.

Year 1 reading challenge

Well done, to those of you who have already started your reading challenge and many thanks for organising a book swap. What a wonderful idea!

Don’t forget, some of the books are available in our own school library and you can reserve books from Ware public library. This can be done online if you can not make it in person, but you will need to go and collect the book.

Don't forget to return your sheet each time you have read 10 books!

Jennifer Killick - Author visit

Today, we were delighted to welcome Jennifer Killick into our school. She started the day with an author talk, for Years 1 - 6 and then she held creative workshops for Years 3, 4 and 5.

The children thoroughly enjoyed creating their own characters and story outlines. The children were very enthusiastic and were reluctant to stop writing at the end of each session. Many have promised to send them to Jennifer when they are finished. 

Jennifer also joined us for "Reading Buddies" and acted a as buddy to one of the children in Year 1. He enjoyed sharing a book with her.

More information about her, her passions and, of course, details of her books can be found on her website https://www.jenniferkillick.com/.