The Primary School of St Mary & St Martin

Let your light

shine! THE St MARY & St MARTIN SCHOOL MAGAZINE

Edition 3 * EASTER WEEKEND SPECIAL * Thursday 9th April 2020

HAPPY EASTER!

This week, while most of us celebrate Easter, I want to take this opportunity to

say a huge THANK YOU to all the key-workers within our school family and

wider community, especially those who are working this Easter weekend.

We are extremely grateful for everything that you are doing to help keep us

safe and fed. We know you may be tired, we know you may feel alone, BUT

the staff and children at St Mary & St Martin think that you are AMAZING!

STAY STRONG!

Mrs Richardson

We love this lego model to say thank-you to the NHS.

Great work from the Baughan family!

What can you create from lego?

Send us some photos to share

in the next edition.

Get involved via email: administration@blyth.notts.sch.uk

What’s Going on at SCHOOL?

The new play-equipment has been built and the soft-play surface added.

The children made Easter Gardens with Mrs Braithwaite.

RANDOM FUN FACT

from Mrs Holland

When a rabbit is happy it will jump and

twist, sometimes in both directions one

after another, before landing.

This is known as a 'bunny binky'.

Most baby rabbits

will often perform

bunny binkies to

show you how

happy you make

them.

Easter is not a good time to be an egg…

Make your own EASTER GARDEN by Mrs Braithwaite

Most of you will have made an Easter garden with me over the years at school, probably when you were in Red Class - a long time ago for those of you in Y6!

Some children made a garden at school last week, so I thought you might like to make your own at home an Easter project.

YOU WILL NEED: A tray or plant pot Soil or compost Moss (or grass) Egg carton 2 matchsticks or twigs A small piece of white cloth Glue or string Large stone and some pebbles

I’ve used a seed tray, but see what you can find at home (make sure you ask an adult first if it’s okay to use it). Some ideas could be: a plant pot, bucket or a smaller version could be made using an old margarine tub. When you’ve chosen your container, fill it with soil or compost. As it’s a garden it is good to have a plant or flowers in it - I’ve planted a pansy. Don’t worry if you haven’t got a plant to put in, you could always make some paper flowers using card or tissue paper and use straws or lollipop sticks for the stems – be creative!

Next, cut a section of the egg box so you have one egg holder. Lay this on its side on top of the soil. This represents the tomb that Jesus was placed in when he was taken off the cross on Good Friday. Next fold your piece of cloth and place it inside the egg box. This represents the cloth that Jesus was wrapped in which was left inside the tomb when he rose again on Easter Sunday. Place the large stone over the front of the tomb to seal it.

Now it’s time to make your cross. This represents the cross Jesus died on. For this you can use either USED matchsticks, WHICH YOU MUST ASK AN ADULT FOR, or two small twigs. Make them into a cross and secure them with either glue or string. You may need an adult to help you. On the opposite corner to the tomb, place some moss on top of the soil and stick your cross through it into the soil below.

Finally use some small stones to make a path between the tomb and the cross.

There you have it … your own Easter garden!

I hope you have had fun making it.

I would love to see your finished gardens, so please send your photos via email for the next issue!

CRAFT IDEA from Mrs White

Homemade Playdough Recipe

2 cups plain flour

2 tablespoons vegetable oil (baby oil and

coconut oil work too)

1/2 cup salt.

2 tablespoons cream of tartar.

1 to 1.5 cups boiling water (adding in

increments until it feels just right)

food colouring (adding this to the

boiling water helps it even the colour)

few drops glycerine (optional but makes

it extra stretchy and shiny)

1. Mix the flour, salt, cream of tartar and

oil in a large mixing bowl

2. Add food colouring to the boiling water

then into the dry ingredients

3. Stir continuously until it becomes a

sticky, combined dough

4. Add the glycerine (optional)

5. Allow it to cool down then take it out of

the bowl and knead it for a couple of

minutes until all of the stickiness has

gone.

6. If it remains a little sticky then add a

touch more flour until just right.

Try adding different colours, glitter or

even vanilla / lemon extract to make it

smell nice!

Thank you to North Notts Bid &

Wilko who provided our key-worker

children and staff with Easter Eggs!

FANTASTIC FILMS recommended by Mrs Holland

Springtime with Roo (U)

This Easter film is a must see for younger children, and for those young at heart! Rabbit is avoiding all things 'Easter' and won't let the others celebrate either. Join Roo, with his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood, as he tries to discover what has changed Rabbit from an Easter Bunny to Easter-Grump!

Hop! (PG) EB, the Easter Bunny's teenage son, heads to Hollywood - determined to become a drummer in a rock 'n' roll band. Disaster strikes and he ends up living with Fred. As both struggle to deal with the situation, they also learn to grow up.

Reflection

Imagine you can hear crowds

shouting & jeering. You can see

a man struggling up a hill with

heavy planks of wood on his

back. You can hear people

crying. You feel great sadness.

You are in a garden. You can

hear women talking; they are

excited. You can hear

footsteps running. You look

around you and see a figure.

You can see Jesus standing

alive; all your doubts and fears

are lifted. You feel joyful and

happy.

Did you guess the staff

member from the two clues

she gave you…

It was Miss Howarth!

Did you guess the member of

staff from their childhood photo

last week?

It was…

Mrs Braithwaite Well done if you guessed correctly!

WEBSITE RECOMMENDATION

We often think that our homes are safe places, especially for our children.

However, many accidents occur in the home. Now that we are in ’lock-down’

and spending a lot of time at home we need to do all we can to keep our

families safe. Our website recommendations this week are to help prevent

accidents at home and avoid any unexpected visits to A&E.

Child Accident Prevention Trust: www.capt.org.uk/

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents: www.rospa.com/Home-Safety/Advice/General/Preventing-Accidents-in-the-Home

Can you guess the film or TV show from these ‘DNA’ pictures?

(Some of these are for parents!)

YUMMY! The Phipps family have been baking…

EASTER PUZZLES by Miss Howarth

(1) Can you guess the word hidden inside the Easter bunny egg?

I have a special egg

I’ll give you just one clue

Guess the Easter word inside

and a prize will come to you!

(2) Use the following letters to make as many Easter words as you can...

there’s at least six to find!

Hint- the more words you find, the better chance you have at guessing the Easter word inside the egg!

C S E P A R G I T E N C G H K B N U T Y R

RECIPE from Mrs Richardson

This is a family recipe which I

remember my grandmother making

when I was a child. We’ve always

called them ‘Easter Biscuits’ – but

they are tasty all year round. Enjoy!

Ingredients 6oz butter / marg 4oz caster sugar 2 egg yolks 1.5oz currants 8oz plain flour ¼ tsp mixed spice ¼ tsp cinnamon

Cream together the butter and sugar.

Add the egg yolks and beat.

Mix in the currents.

Finally add the flour, spice and cinnamon.

Roll out to about 8mm thick.

Use a round cutter to make the biscuit shape.

Bake in a moderate oven for 12 mins.

Brush with a glaze (made from egg white & and a bit of sugar).

Cook for a further 3 minutes until golden.

Crafty Makes by Felicity & her mum

Mr Sentance’s

CAPTION COMPETITION (3)

TONGUE-TWISTER CHALLENGE from Mrs Braithwaite

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from all the teachers and pupils to…

Archie

Sophie

Isla

Seren

This Holy Week and beyond ‘Diddy Disciples’ are providing free audio storytelling and prayer resources:

www.diddydisciples.org/thechurchathome

simple audio times of prayer for families

audio storytelling for babies and toddlers during Holy Week and Easter

audio storytelling for children aged 3-9 during Holy Week and Easter

Guess Who

Which staff

member is this

?

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING?

And finally…

Our new Diocesan Director of Education, Nigel Frith, has sent a contribution for this special Easter Edition of our school magazine:

A Prayer at Easter Time

Thank you Father God for loving my family, my friends, my school and

me.

Thank you Jesus for suffering for us, so we can be safe.

Thank you Holy Spirit for being with me every day.

Thank you that you are still in charge of our world, even

when sad things happen like the coronavirus.

Thank you that you care about those things.

Please help me to appreciate the special people and things

you have given to me.

Please help me to bring joy into the lives of people around

me.

Please help me to make you happy.

In Jesus’s name,

Amen