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.

Black History Month Celebrations

SPSM marked Black History Month with an afternoon of celebrations today.  Through the month of October, we have been learning about and recognising the history, contributions and achievements of Black people in our own country and worldwide.  Our afternoon marked this history and these achievements through music, food and dance.  Children made items relating to African and Caribbean history, heritage, arts and culture and sold these at our event.  A great time was had by all!

Harvest Service at Church

SPSM would like to thank all the parents, carers and families who donated goods to our Harvest appeal.  All of your generous gifts will be shared within the community - going to families in need.  There were so many donations and this showed that we really live out our school values of compassion and thankfulness.  Our Harvest service helped us to remember how fortunate and blessed we all are, even when things seem difficult.  Years 1 & 2 gave a wonderful drama performance relating to Harvest by performing a rendition of the song 'It's Harvest Time' which helped reinforce the message of working together, sharing our good fortune and helping others in our own community and around the world.  We were also lucky enough to have prayers and readings delivered by our children in Years 4 and 5.  

Goodbye and Good Luck

Rev. Daniel Gerrans has made the decision to retire and although we will miss him and the blessings he brought to SPSM, we wanted to say thank you and wish him luck in the next phase of his journey.  Rev. Daniel has spread God's love and joy throughout our school and welcomed SPSM into Church for over 15 years.  Our special assembly today celebrated many of those times and gave us a chance to say thank you through songs, prayers, paintings, cards and by sharing our memories of Daniel.  We even learnt some exciting things about Daniel, he is a songwriter, a historian and an eco-warrior who loves to spend time with his Grandchild and mint-choc-chip ice cream!  Thank you Rev. Daniel and we hope your future is filled with happiness and God's guidance.

School Council Inauguration 

The School Council had their first taste of their new role when they pledged their allegiance to the values of SPSM, their dedication to their peers and their loyalty to the whole school community during their inauguration on Monday morning's assembly (15th September 2025).  There will be a lot more news from the School Council coming up and we will keep you informed of the outcomes of their hard work.

Bikers' Breakfast

There was a huge turn out for our first Bikers' Breakfast today.  This was a great opportunity to encourage cycling whilst getting bike safety checks done by a fully qualified mechanic AND having a healthy breakfast snack.  Thank you to all that came, we are already looking forward to hosting our next session!

World Afro Day

World Afro Day (WAD) was celebrated today (Monday 15th September 2025) and at SPSM we had a very special assembly which reinforced how WAD is a time to acknowledge and celebrate Afro hair and identity, alongside the history of Afro hair and traditions.  We aslo took time today to embrace, share and show off our wonderful styles which indicate the marvellous richness of inclusion and diversity here at SPSM.

Leavers' Service

It is that time of year again when we say 'goodbye' to Year 6 and send them off on the next part of their education journey.  Their successes were recognised in a special Church service today.  Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Year 6.  Good luck and God Bless you all.