St Simon of England Primary in Ashford holds an Easter Egg Raffle on the last day of term every Easter; this year the school managed to collect over 350 Easter Eggs from our generous school community (an amazing feat in the current climate).  Every child received an Easter Egg and the remainder were then raffled to raise money for a variety of charities chosen by the children.

 

During it's Lenten Fund Raising, the school has now managed to raise the grand sum of £2175.42, a huge well done to everyone!!

On Friday 03 March St Gregory's celebrated (a belated) World Book Day.

 

Mrs Stanley, the school's Librarian organised a Reading Breakfast in the Library from 7.45am – 8.35am. Then, between 11:30am – midday, classes in Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9 undertook DEAR - Drop Everything And Read (please see the pictures below of Year 7 pupils).

 

At lunchtime, Mrs Stanley was joined by Joseph in Year 8 as Quiz Master, to host a ‘Booky Quizzicle’ where teams competed a book-themed quiz to win prizes (also pictured below).

 

It was a really engaging and successful day, well done to all!

St Simon Stock Catholic School in Maidstone was incredibly fortunate to be included on the BBC Share Your Story tour which was delivered as part of the BBC’s centenary celebrations to 742 schools in the UK.

 

The interactive assembly event, produced by BBC Children’s & Education, was designed to inspire young people across the country to achieve their goals and help realise their ambitions and, on Tuesday 7 February, St Simon Stock welcomed the tour into school to talk to students in Years 8, 9, 10, 12 and 13.

A wonderful opportunity to engage with people who work in a variety of creative careers; the presentation let students hear first-hand from industry experts about possible routes of entry into their professional roles.

Three specialists shared their stories during the event, including a Stage Manager, who discussed her time on Broadway and in the West End; a voiceover artist and a Principal Technical Officer for the BBC who works for BBC South East.

Also, hosting the event, was Alex Mansuroglu - a Kiss FM DJ and Gravesend native whose close links to Maidstone meant he was also able to connect with students about opportunities available in their local area.

The Holy Family Catholic Primary School in Maidstone has recently featured in a Kent Music spotlight feature, highlighting the school's innovative and effective use of QR code technology to share pupils' musical performances. You can view the full article here.

 

Well done to everyone involved!