The Giving Tree

Thank you to our wonderful community who donated Christmas gifts as part of our 'Giving Tree' appeal.  SPSM staff have dropped off the presents that you donated to the Salvation Army and they will distribute to children who are in need.  Your generosity means that a child who would previously not have a Christmas present has something to open and smile about on Christmas Day.  Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Hurricane Melissa Fundraiser

We have been sending our thoughts and prayers to those people in Jamaica who have been affected by Hurricane Melissa.  Over the past few weeks SPSM's community (parents, carers, staff and children) have been collecting essentials to help those who have lost so much.  Today, we raised additional funds by having a non-uniform day and wearing the colours of Jamaica.  We will let you know how much was raised, in the meantime, have a look at the photographs from the day.

Rock Steady Performance 

Our children have been busy learning new skills during their Rock Steady groups each Thursday.  Today we were treated to a musical extravaganza which showed off vocals, drums, guitars and a real sense of rhythm!  Each member of the audience was foot tapping and swaying along to the music, and had a really enjoyable end to the day, listening to some well-known and some more modern renditions.  We hope you enjoy our photos of the day.

Christmas Jumper Day

Not one school uniform could be spotted today as Thursday 11th December was a special day at SPSM, instead of our usual school uniforms, we had special permission to take off our red SPSM jumpers and we donned our festive attire.  Christmas Jumper day was bright, colourful and brought Christmas cheer all around the school!  All donations were welcomed and will be sent on to the 'Rights Respecting Schools' charity.  Thank you for your generosity.  

Black History Performance 

Over the last few months, our children in Years 4 & 6 have been learning about the history of African dance and drumming.  They have also been working with Miss Harley to learn some African drumming compositions.  These performances helped children to better understand some aspects of Black History as well as African Culture.  If you didn't make it to watch the performance this afternoon, please take a look at the photos which show off all the hard work the children have put in over the weeks.

Online Safety Week

We take online safety very seriously here at SPSM and we are proud to be a National Online Safety School.  This week we hosted online safety week where we reminded ourselves of how we stay safe online and how we help others to remain safe.  Our theme was 'Smart Tech, Safe Choices' and we considered how there are sometimes risks online that might catch us out.  SPSM welcomed the Konfulx Theatre Company who treated us to workshops and worked with Years 4 and 5 to plan, write and perform two 'plays in a day' around our online safety week topic.  Both year groups really engaged with the plays and performed at the end of each day to the rest of the school.  Being online is fun and exciting but we want to remind all online users that things can go wrong too.  For more information and special guides to starting online safety conversations with your children take a look at our parent guides to online safety on the school website.  In the meantime, enjoy the pictures of our actors!

Be Bright, Stay in Sight Day

The Junior Road Safety Officers have been busy promoting their road safety messages this week and ensuring they do the very important job of keeping us safe around the roads.  In particular, they have been reminding us of the importance of being safe and being seen as the winter months approach and the days become darker earlier.  With this in mind, the JRSOs made today 'Be Bright, Stay in Sight' day and we all came to school in our brightest clothes as a reminder to be bright and be seen when we are on or near the roads.  The JRSOs also brought some competition to the day.  They organised a special road safety treasure hunt and colouring competition and they were on the look out for the brightest class at SPSM.  This was a tricky job to judge as SPSM shone so brightly today.  The JRSOs will be making their decision shortly, so please come back to this page where the winners of the brightest class and the treasure hunt token champions will be announced soon (amazing prizes are to be won!).

London Air Ambulance Visit

Today Years 1 & 2 had a special visit from The London Air Ambulance Team.  They really inspired us by describing their jobs and how they help so many people across our city.  Lots of children showed aspirations towards being pilots, paramedics and doctors after Rhiannon's visit.  Thank you for making our afternoon so memorable!

Book Corner Competition

That time of year has rolled around again quickly.  It's the time of year when all of the SPSM classrooms get very competitive - The Book Corner Competition!  Showing off our love of reading and how we encourage this within SPSM is showcased in each classroom's book corner.  Classroom staff and children got creative and designed individual and unique reading corners and book areas, all in the hope that they win the coveted title of 'Best Book Corner, 2025'.  The judging is a serious business and it is not up to Mrs Lot to make the final decision (even though she is the Head Teacher!).  That job is for the School Council members and they decided that the winners were...

YEAR 1!

and in second place...

YEAR 5!

Well done - every class took part and all of the book corners look fantastic.

National Red Head Day

Today marked National Red Head Day, also known as National Love Your Red Hair Day.  Red hair is the rarest and most unique hair colour (only around 2% of the world population has red hair) and those of us who are not blessed with this wonderful hair colour donned something red to mark the occasion.