Following some pupil voice I’m on the look out for some high quality comics & graphic novel recommendations for KS2? ReadingRocks Scott Evans | The Reader Teacher® Reading for Pleasure 🧶 Ashley Booth

Despite our best efforts, the reality is that not all children are going to fall in love with reading. However, we can still find ways to improve the overall experience for them. My latest article for National Education Union Educate magazine suggests a few simple wins. neu.org.uk/latest/union-j…

A collaborative final piece. 60 children…1 creation of Lascaux cave 🎨🔥🌝

The #mentalhealth of children is a big concern in my writing. Fictional characters can navigate tricky times. Stories show children they are not alone. #ChildrensMentalHealthAwarenessWeek Anne Clark Nosy Crow

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We’ve really enjoyed planning lessons for The Final Year. We think as many children as possible should be able to get their hands on it. So, we’re giving away a class set! Simply like this post, repost it and follow Literacy Shed on X. We’ll draw a winner at random on 13/2/24

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Children at Long Ditton St Mary's are tuned in ready for today's BBC Teach

This is amazing!

Thank you for your support during World Book Week. Live lessons with authors, a book themed bake off and amazing costumes!

Thank you Hinchley Wood School for having our Year 6s during book week - we loved to see some of the amazing books you have on offer and Year 6 now have some recommendations before they move onto various Secondary Schools in September!

Year 3 are excited for their plant sale project outcome at Long Ditton Village hall this afternoon. 1.30-2.30 entry via the side. All welcome! Long Ditton St. Mary's CE (Aided) Junior School St Mary's LongDitton

Another hugely successful project outcome! Thank you to parents, carers and members of the community for visiting.

*Happy's Circus. Friday 26th April!* 🎪 We have a few tickets available and would like to offer them to our local community. Please fill out the below form to secure yours today. 🤡 Thank you, The Friends of LDIS and LDSM. forms.gle/inWpkyeeYhRSMu…

Thank you for all your comments - we are so proud of our amazing school and all the wonderful people in it. Read our Ofsted report here - …marysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/long-ditton-st… ✨✨✨✨✨

An exciting morning for year 3 with Portals To The Past with a focus on maps and cartography to launch our Romans project. Our essential question: how does our locality influence our world?

Painshill Park, Mini marathon, Junior citizenship and lots of honorouble mentions - check out last week’s newsletter here …marysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/long-ditton-st…

Thank you London Performance Prep for today’s amazing dance workshop 💃🏽 we can’t wait to show you our moves Rose Theatre in June!

Future LDSM parents & carers welcome tomorrow evening