British Science Week
15/03/2024
This week is British Science week and Maple Class have been experimenting with time and light! To investigate time and read more
Children’s Mental Health Week
09/02/2024
The whole school has joined in Children’s Mental Health week. Maple Class began the week by playing a game of read more
Maple Class Forest Row Fire Station Trip
09/02/2024
Maple Class visited Forest Row Fire Station this week as part of their topic ‘Off We Go!’ They had a read more
Cherry Class Drusillas Trip
09/02/2024
Cherry Class had a wonderful day out at Drusillas despite the drizzle. They explored the zoo together, soaked up some read more
Ashdown Forest Centre Cherry Class Visit
26/01/2024
On Thursday 25th, Cherry Class were visited by Paula, one of the Education Team at the Ashdown Forest Centre, enhancing read more
KS2 Nativity
15/12/2023
KS2 completed their nativity in church on Wednesday and a selection of comments have been taken from the descriptive report read more
KS1 Nativity
15/12/2023
KS1 and reception completed their Nativity in church on Tuesday: I felt happy on stage - Khaleesi Being Joseph was read more
Christmas Praise Service
15/12/2023
On Sunday 10th December, our school choir attended the Christmas Praise Service in church and we have the following from read more
School Choir
08/12/2023
On Thursday, members of our new school choir went up to the Community Café in church to perform some Christmas read more
Christingle
08/12/2023
On Monday, the children got busy making Christingles ready for their collective worship on Wednesday. Rev Julie and four fabulous read more
Children in Need
17/11/2023
Our roving reporters this week, Noah and Isla were busy on Friday going around taking photographs of everybody and writing read more
Willow Class Workshop
10/11/2023
Last Friday, Willow Class had the opportunity to attend a workshop based on the story ‘The Skip against Trouble’, by read more
Remembrance Service
10/11/2023
Thank you to everyone who supported our Remembrance Service. read more
Lilac Class WWII Topic Day
10/11/2023
Lilac Class really enjoyed their WW2 topic day on Thursday 9th November. During the morning, they baked WWII spiced cookies read more
Willow Hever Castle Trip
03/11/2023
Willow Class had a fantastic trip to Hever Castle on Wednesday 1st November, as part of out topic ‘Why do read more
Macmillan Bake Sale
06/10/2023
Thank you to everyone in school who contributed to our MacMillan Bake Sale: creating posters and bunting; donating cake; selling read more
Pirate Day
07/07/2023
We began the day by taking a photograph of our wonderful costumes! The children all took it in turns to read more
Diocese Leavers’ Service
30/06/2023
Yesterday, Year Six went to All Saints Church in Crowborough for their Leavers' Service alongside some other Year Six classes read more
Pottery Painting
30/06/2023
St Mary's have been busy working with local potter, Debs Tompsett, to create a new art installation to go in read more
Safety in Action
19/06/2023
On Wednesday, our Year 6 met at Bowles Outdoor Pursuits Centre to attend the Safety in Action project. This event read more
May Festival
09/06/2023
The children were, as always, absolute stars during our May Festival. They all worked so hard on learning and performing read more
PTFA Bake Off Competition
09/06/2023
Thank you to everyone who took part in the PTFA Bake Off competition. read more
Positivity Postcards
09/06/2023
We decided to write Positivity Postcards and post them around the community. We know that some people are finding things read more
Colemans Hatch
19/05/2023
At the weekend, 10 children from Cherry Class went to the Colemans Hatch Fete and put on an exemplary display read more
Lilac Class Residential
19/05/2023
On Monday, Lilac Class set off for their residential trip to Fort Purbrook in Porstmouth. They have had a fantastic read more
Coronation Celebrations
12/05/2023
Last Friday the children split into Houses to celebrate different aspects of the King's coronation celebrations. To mark His Majesty read more
Toast for World in Need
28/04/2023
Thank you to the families of St Marys for the continued support for our amazing charity World in Need. After read more
Maple Class – Hever Castle Trip
17/03/2023
We had a wonderful day at Hever Castle. We travelled there by minibus and the children enjoyed talking about the read more
World Book Day
02/03/2023
Thank you to all parents and children who made World Book Day such a success. It was wonderful to see read more
Lilac Class Visit to Preston Manor
01/03/2023
On Wednesday 1st March, Lilac Class went to Preston Manor to experience life as Victorian servants for the morning. On read more
World in Need
24/02/2023
To increase the children’s understanding of the charity we are supporting this year, we had a visit from David and read more
Maple Class Trip to the Fire Station
10/02/2023
Maple Class visited Forest Row Fire Station this week as part of their topic ‘Off We Go!’ They had a read more
Cherry Class Trip – Hands on History
10/02/2023
As part of this term’s learning about The Great Fire of London, Cherry class visited Chiddingly school for an experience read more
Children’s Mental Health Week
07/02/2023
Lilac paused to consider who we Connect with. We discussed all the people in our lives who have an impact read more
Safer Internet Day
07/02/2023
Lilac Class spent the afternoon learning about their digital footprint. After a quick questionnaire and pairing up to find definitions read more
Chinese New Year
27/01/2023
On Friday 27th January, we spent the day celebrating Chinese New Year! We reminded ourselves of the story of the read more
Toast for WIN
26/01/2023
Thank you to everyone who made our first Toast for WIN morning a great success! We raised just over £30 read more
Nativity
09/12/2022
We held our School Nativity this week and the children were absolutely fantastic! The feedback received from those watching has read more
Anti-Bullying Week
18/11/2022
What a wonderful start to the week, as we celebrated our individuality by wearing odd socks. It was fantastic to read more
Remembrance
11/11/2022
Today, the whole school remembered those who lost their lives to secure peace for our country. Reverend Julie reminded us read more
Willow Class Trip – Herstmonceux Observatory
15/10/2022
Willow Class had an amazing time exploring all of the interactive science exhibits at Herstmonceux Science Centre on Wednesday. We read more
Beacon Cross Country – Lilac Class
12/10/2022
Thank you to our ‘roving reporters’, Braxton, Noah and Lucas, who prepared the following: On Wednesday 12th October, some children read more
World Mental Health Day
10/10/2022
We started the day with a whole school assembly where we looked at ‘Zones of Regulation’, the method we use read more
Harvest Festival
07/10/2022
On Wednesday, we all came together at Church for our Harvest Festival. It was so lovely to see so many read more
Inter-House Cross Country
07/10/2022
We were very thankful that the rain held off for our Inter-House Cross Country races last Friday, 30th September. An read more
MacMillan Coffee Morning
28/09/2022
On Wednesday 28th September, pupils from Lilac class held a coffee morning to raise money for the Macmillan Cancer Support read more
Church Street Café
17/09/2022
Church Street Community Café has returned with a new and exciting addition! The café is open on the 1st and read more
Sports Day
08/07/2022
Congratulations to everyone who took part in Sports Day last Friday. The sun shone, the houses were so supportive of read more
24/06/2022
On Friday 24th June, Lilac Class was invited to go and join Bede's Senior School in Upper Dicker to attempt read more
Pioneer Football Tournament
24/06/2022
On Friday 24th July, a team from Lilac Class represented the school in the Pioneer Federation Football Tournament. The team read more
Maples Forest Row Fire Station Trip
17/06/2022
Maple Class started their visit to Forest Row Fire Station with a fantastic tour of the building and learned all read more
May Fair
27/05/2022
On 27th May, we were blessed with good weather for our annual May Fair. The children had worked hard to read more
Jubilee Celebrations
26/05/2022
On Sunday 5th June 2022, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will be celebrating her Platinum Jubilee! St Mary’s celebrated this read more
Hands on History
25/05/2022
Willow Class had the most wonderful day with the Hands on History group at Park Mead Primary School. It was read more
Maple Class Trip to Briars’ Field Centre
20/05/2022
Maple Class had a fantastic day at The Briars’ Field Centre. They talked about water in its different forms, such read more
Cherry Class Drusillas Trip
20/05/2022
As part of our ‘Explorers’ topic this term, Cherry Class have been discovering some of the most extreme places in read more
Lilac Class Trip to London
13/05/2022
Lilac class had fantastic trip to London a few weeks ago and were delighted that local MP for Wealden, Nus read more
Gardening Club
18/03/2022
This week, Lilac and some of Willow's keenest gardeners planted the seeds for this year. We are hoping to have read more
Gardening Club
11/03/2022
There has been much enthusiasm this week, getting the beds ready to plant the vegetable seeds for this year. We read more
World Book Day
03/03/2022
Once again World Book Day was enjoyed by the whole school. Both children and staff relished the opportunity to celebrate read more
Internet Safety Day
11/02/2022
In Willow Class, we designed and made posters to help us be internet ‘SMART’ and to keep us safe when read more
Maple Class Trip to Hever Castle
10/02/2022
We went to Hever Castle as part of our ‘Once Upon a Time’ learning journey. What a fantastic way to read more
Cherry Class Palaeontology Day
06/02/2022
The children did some excavating of dinosaur bones using different tools and techniques so not to damage the millions of read more
Christingle Service
15/12/2021
On Wednesday 15th December, the whole school took part in the Christingle Service in church, led be Reverend Julie. We read more
Nativity
09/12/2021
On Thursday 9th December, we performed our whole school Nativity. Thank you to everyone who supported this and a huge read more
Cherry Class Trip to Pooh Bridge
02/12/2021
This term Cherry’s Class topic is ‘What happens where I live?’ So far, in their learning the children have immersed read more
Lilac Class Trip to Kent Life Centre
30/11/2021
On Tuesday 30th November, Lilac Class dressed as WW2 evacuees and visited the Kent Life Heritage Centre. They were put read more
Anti-Bullying Week
19/11/2021
This week we have been focusing on raising awareness around anti-bullying. Our theme has been ‘One Kind Word’ and creating read more
Willow Class Hever Castle Trip
12/11/2021
On Thursday 4th November, Willow Class had an extremely exciting trip to Hever Castle. We divided into groups and journeyed read more
Remembrance Day
12/11/2021
On Thursday 11th November at 11:00am, the whole school joined in remembering all that have given their lives to protect read more
Black History Month
22/10/2021
This month is Black History month and on Wednesday each class celebrated a different aspect of History. Cherry Class learnt read more
One Run Global Schools Day
15/10/2021
Today we took part in the One Run Global Schools Day. One Run for Good are helping to support children read more
BBC News
08/10/2021
On Tuesday afternoon, Eva, Hugo and Freddie spent the afternoon with Zoe Conway, a BBC News correspondent talking all things read more
Stranger Awareness
02/10/2021
On Friday 1st October two Police Officers came to visit the school. They met with Reception, Key Stage 1 and read more
Wellbeing Day
02/10/2021
On Tuesday 28th September, Martin from Open View came to school and ran sessions with each class looking at different read more
Maple Class Pirate Day
09/07/2021
Inspired by our book ‘The Night Pirates’, we have gone pirate mad this week. We had lots of pirate fun. read more
Sports Day
09/07/2021
Our wonderful Mr D organised and ran a fantastic Sports Day on Friday. A huge well done to the winning read more
Lilac Residential Day Four
01/07/2021
Another amazing day! We’re all looking forward to coming home tomorrow to tell you about all of our adventures. We read more
Lilac Residential Day Three
30/06/2021
After what turned out to be quite a competitive game of Ambush yesterday evening, we’ve enjoyed another day full of read more
Lilac Residential Day Two
30/06/2021
It’s certainly been a day for heights today! After a yummy, hot breakfast, which included sausages, hash browns and beans, read more
Lilac Residential Day One
28/06/2021
We’ve arrived all safe and sound and it seems we brought the sunshine with us! After a smooth ferry crossing, read more
Willow Trip to Briars
25/06/2021
On Thursday, Willow Class joined Mr and Mrs Rowberry for a number of wildlife activities. We had so much fun read more
Famous Faces Dress Up Day – Cherry Class
18/06/2021
To immerse ourselves in our learning of Famous people of the past and present, on Friday, Cherry Class came to read more
Maple Class Visit to Groombridge Place
28/05/2021
We had such a brilliant day out to Groombridge Place. We caught the 291 bus to Groombridge and enjoyed looking read more
Lilac Class’ Spy Day!
20/05/2021
This week, Lilac Class finished off their topic, ‘Codebreakers’ with our very own Spy Day! We all came dressed in read more
Bikeability
14/05/2021
Bikeability is underpinned by the National Standard for cycle training and with a government-recognised set of principles it is an read more
Cherry Class Wakehurst Place
02/05/2021
This term Cherry Class’ topic is ‘Glorious Growing’. To immerse ourselves in all things botanical, yesterday we headed off to read more
World Book Day
07/03/2021
Despite not all being together we had a wonderful celebration for World Book Day. This year we celebrated books by read more
Nativity 2020
20/11/2020
It's So Exciting I Believe Good Luck With That! On A Journey His Father's Love A Starry Night Shepherds! Come read more
Lilac Class Victorian Day
13/11/2020
We had such a fun and interesting day on Thursday, holding our very own version of the Great Exhibition in read more
Starfish Malawi
01/11/2020
On Wednesday, we had a very special assembly with Chris Knott, the founder of our link charity Starfish Malawi. He read more
Global Handwash Day
29/10/2020
On Thursday, each class paused to celebrate Global Handwashing Day, which is now perhaps more prevalent than ever! We linked read more
Cherry Class Trip to Pooh Corner
02/10/2020
To build upon our learning for our topic, ‘Toys’, Cherry Class visited Pooh Corner on Wednesday morning. The children had read more
Red Nose Day
21/05/2020
Thank you for your donations; the school has raised £78.00 Lilac Class had fun creating funny monsters then all voted read more
Wildlife explorers
13/03/2020
Wildlife Explorers put on a play in assembly this week: to show how Fairtrade helps cocoa farmers and the rainforest. read more
Music Assembly
13/03/2020
We were fortunate to have two visitors, Nicoline and Roseanna, treat us to some wonderful live Harp and Violin playing read more
Maple Class Film Show
12/03/2020
Over the past few weeks Miss Boswell has supported Maple Class with filming familiar stories. They have all dressed up, read more
World Book Day
05/03/2020
For World Book Day, as well as having the opportunity to dress as their favourite character from a book, each read more
International Day – Australia
12/02/2020
This week, St Mary’s paused to explore the wonderful continent of Australia! We started the morning by looking at where read more
Chestnut Tree House
07/02/2020
It was great to have Georgie from Chestnut Tree House visit us on Tuesday to talk about the amazing work read more
Willow Class Science Afternoon
05/02/2020
On Wednesday 5th February, Willow Class had a really exciting afternoon making torches as a way of applying all the read more
Guide Dog Assembly
28/01/2020
On Tuesday 28th January, we were visited by Jean and her friend Susannah, both of whom train guide dog puppies read more
Art Day
24/01/2020
St Mary’s enjoyed a whole day of art. The children had four different sessions of art teaching them different art read more
Gymnastics Workshops
24/01/2020
It was great to have Abi and Lydia from Fun Abounds come in and run a gymnastics workshop with each read more
Maple and Lilac Class Buddy Time
09/01/2020
Maple Class have spent a lesson thinking about their new topic ‘Off We Go!’ They discussed what they knew already read more
Wellbeing Day!
04/12/2019
The whole school paused to explore and celebrate wellbeing. We started by wearing our slippers to school to help us read more
Willow Class Trip to Hever Castle
04/12/2019
Willow class went to Hever Castle to learn more about the Tudors and Anne Boleyn. Along with the other children read more
Nativity 2019
26/11/2019
Roll Up, Roll Up! Music The Forgotten Toys Music Going on a Journey Music Follow the Star Music We Sing read more
Cherry Class Hartfield Village Walk
22/11/2019
On Tuesday 19th November Cherry went on a Hartfield Village walk as part of our "What happens where I live read more
Parliament Week
09/11/2019
On Thursday, all classes took part in UK Parliament week. We started the day with an assembly looking at the read more
Lilac Class Trip to Chatham Historic Dockyard
09/11/2019
‘Crash-out on the HMS Cavalier’ Tuesday 5th November—Wednesday 6th November 2019 As part of our topic this term, Lilac Class read more
10-minute Challenge
08/11/2019
This term we are launching our 10-minute challenge, whereby all children will be attempting to jog or run continuously for read more
Cherry Trip to the Dentist
11/10/2019
On Friday 11th October, Cherry class went on the bus to Forest Row to Stone Cottage Dentist to learn more read more
Willow Class Horrible Histories Trip
04/10/2019
On Friday 4th October, Willow class went to the Assembly Halls in Tunbridge Wells to see Horrible Histories: The Terrible read more
Maple Class Buddy Time
02/10/2019
The Impact of Buddy time is for the children to build their confidence and personal and social relationships, to support read more
Greek Day at Chiddingly
24/06/2019
On Monday 24th June, Willow class dressed up and took their learning about Greeks over to Chiddingly School to share read more
Singing Nation
21/06/2019
On Friday 21st June, thanks to the PTFA and your generous donations over the last year, we had a whole read more
Maple Class Forest School
13/06/2019
The children started their afternoon by looking out for and collecting rubbish, using a new grabber. By the end of read more
Maple Class Pirate Day
12/06/2019
Today the class was taken over by a band of pirates! We played some Pirate games and learned how to read more
Outdoor Club
12/06/2019
We started a wild challenge, which is about doing 30 days of wild activities. We took off our shoes and read more
PALS Assembly
20/05/2019
On Monday 20th May, the children took part in our latest Progress and Learning Assembly. Once again, the children brought read more
Outdoor Club
14/05/2019
The children got very excited about using our ‘Bug Hunter’ kit and set off exploring our grounds for different minibeasts. read more
Year 5 Bikeability Course
14/05/2019
Thank you to Chris and Emma, our instructors from the Road Safety Education Team at East Sussex County Council. Here read more
Cherry Class at Coleman’s Hatch Fete
11/05/2019
On Saturday 11th May some children from Cherry and one from Maple went to the Coleman's Hatch Trinity Church Vintage read more
Outdoor Club
03/05/2019
This week the children have been busy planting seeds. Lots of sunflowers, nasturtiums and other bee and insect friendly plants. read more
Maple Trip to the Briar’s Field Centre & Pooh Bridge
01/05/2019
On the 1st of May we visited the Briar’s Field Centre. Mrs and Mr Rowberry helped us to pond dip read more
Cherry Class Visits British Wildlife Centre
29/04/2019
We had a fantastic time at The British Wildlife Centre. We saw lots of different animals from rats and mice read more
St Mary’s Does Red Nose Day / Comic Relief 2019
15/03/2019
The school has been awash with an array of all things red including the infamous red noses, for Mufti Day read more
Maple Class Dinosaur Assembly
15/03/2019
We ran the Thursday Assembly to share our topic learning about Dinosaurs We learned the poem ‘Dinosaur Roar!’ from a read more
Maple Class Hedge Planting
09/03/2019
We were lucky enough to be given lots of hedge plants from the Woodland Trust, so we decided to use read more
Outdoor Club
05/03/2019
We have recently been given some money from the Hartfield Horticultural Society to help us by tools and equipment for read more
Samba Comes To St Mary’s
01/03/2019
Fairtrade Fortnight was kicked off this week with Samba Workshops for all four classes at St Mary's. Many thanks to read more
Fairtrade Fortnight Bake Off
25/02/2019
This is our very first Fairtrade Fortnight at St Mary's, as we work our way towards achieving our first FairAware read more
Whole School Trip to Ashdown Forest
12/02/2019
A wonderful day was had by all on our Whole School Trip to the Ashdown Forest. The weather was kind read more
Progress and Learning Assembly
11/02/2019
Each term, we have a PALS (Progress and learning) assembly, where the children share their books from the term and read more
Chinese New Year
05/02/2019
Tuesday 5th February was Chinese New Year, so as part of their topic 'Where in the world are we?', Willow read more
Whole School Orienteering Day
28/01/2019
On Monday 28th January, Mr D organised a fantastic day of orienteering to help the children put into practice the read more
We’ve Grown Leeks
17/01/2019
This week, the outdoor club did some weeding and winter tidying in their vegetable plot. They dug out a huge read more
Maple Class Bike & Scooter Week
17/01/2019
This week all of the children brought in bikes and scooters as part of our 'Off We Go!' topic. The read more
Outdoor Club
04/01/2019
The Children at St Mary’s Outdoor Club have written letters to the Hartfield & District Horticultural Society.The children discussed what they read more
Christmas Party in the Church
18/12/2018
Katrina organised a party at the church as a celebration of Jesus birthday. The children talked about what you need read more
Engineering Day
18/12/2018
On Thursday 6th December, Willow class spent the morning being Engineers! Mr Martin-Lawrence came in, bringing with him a robot read more
St. Mary’s School Nativity 2018
14/12/2018
Superstar! …that was the name of this year’s nativity and Superstars they were – all of them! This lovely story read more
Maple Class Trip to Pooh Corner
23/11/2018
We had a brilliant adventure last week, walking to the local shop ‘Pooh Corner’. We had some juice and cakes, read more
Remembrance Week Walk to War Memorial
09/11/2018
Today we each carried a cross, marked with the name of a victim of the war from Hartfield. The children amazed read more
Pause Day
08/11/2018
This week the whole school has gone 'off curriculum' to learn about World War 1 in commemoration of 100 years read more
Thrive Day
08/11/2018
We are a Thrive school - a school that puts children first and uses the Thrive programme to support them. read more
Malawi Day
08/11/2018
Our Starfish Malawi champions arranged a Starfish Malawi Day - and it was brilliant! The whole school came dressed in read more
St Mary’s University of Life
25/10/2018
This week we had our first St Mary’s University of life morning and an opportunity for the children to choose read more
Lilac’s Victorian Day at the Weald & Downland Museum
16/10/2018
On Tuesday 16th October Lilac, along with their counterpart classes from the Pioneer Federation; Chiddingly and East Hoathly attended a read more
Cherry Class Fire Station Visit
09/10/2018
Cherry Class went to visit Forest Row Fire station as part of their learning topic for the "The Great Fire read more
Cross Country
03/10/2018
After the cross country event in school recently we sent no fewer than 24 runners from years 3 to 6 read more
Harvest Service
03/10/2018
t was lovely to see so many parents and friends of the school at our Harvest Service today. Reverend Julie read more
First Egg
02/10/2018
Today we were thrilled that one of our hens (we are not sure if it was Tulip or Rose) laid read more
Outdoor Club
26/09/2018
In outdoor club we have been harvesting some of our fruit and vegetables this week. We enjoyed eating raspberries and read more