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30/11/23

🎅 Santa Finishes his tour of BMAT primaries by greeting the pupils at whilst admiring their wonderful Christmas tree 🎄#SantaVlog pic.twitter.com/NtmzxkdeeN

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17/11/23

🍕 Pupils gathered for a spotty-themed lunch as part of 👏 So far, we have raised £290 via our JustGiving page! 👏🪙 You can make a donation here: https://t.co/TMUwZ3DiBm pic.twitter.com/sBzZuclQ7V

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14/11/23

❗SCHOOL TOUR 👪 We're looking forward to welcoming families to view our school🗓️ Tuesday 14th November, Tuesday 21st November and Tuesday 28th November🕘 Morning and afternoon slots available - 9:15am / 4:30pm 📞 Contact the office to book a tour: 01279 703484 pic.twitter.com/mmBDTn4SCK

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12/11/23

🪖🌹 Year 4 created beautiful poppy artwork as part of celebrations at Magna Carta. pic.twitter.com/ybO4R44MMh

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08/11/23

🍽️ Today at , children were joined by some of the school governors for a special National School Meals Week/National Roast Dinner Day lunch. 🥔🍗 Pupils also helped serve up the meals and presented staff with a special poem⭐️ pic.twitter.com/47f9nzg3mL

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01/11/23

🤝 Meet Magna Carta's newly elected school council for 2023-2024. pic.twitter.com/MnwzLMBraI

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19/10/23

SCHOOL TOURWe're looking forward to welcoming prospective families to view our school on Tuesday 14th November. Morning and afternoon slots available - 9:15am / 4:30pmContact the office to book a tour: 01279 703484 pic.twitter.com/wEp6PvsLMi

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18/10/23

🍎🍌🍍 Pupils have been learning about healthy eating and created a fantastic balanced lunch box in Science lessons. pic.twitter.com/ZSMjw7FiIf

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16/10/23

🏆 ⚽️ Well done to our Year 5 and 6 football team, who achieved 3rd place in the regional competition. pic.twitter.com/2ye0KuulUw

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12/10/23

🏹 Year 4 enjoyed archery practice in their PE lessons this week. pic.twitter.com/hYnpwfgebV

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06/10/23

🎨 In Art, Aspen Class experimented with chalk to create spirals on the playground. pic.twitter.com/hv9FLUNTtJ

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03/10/23

🧑‍🎓 Beech class have settled in well to the expectations of Year 4🍬 Pupils have been looking at the classification of animals, using sweets to help their understanding! pic.twitter.com/PLVFCsWtG5

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26/09/23

✍️ Maple class have been working extremely hard over the past month and have settled into year 2 well🧮 In maths, they have been focusing on place value and using their knowledge to compare numbers with objects pic.twitter.com/YXtor9UEEp

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21/09/23

🤝 Meet our new Year 6 Sports Leaders!⚽️ The team will be assisting members of staff and pupils in physical education activities🎓 Soon enough, they will have the chance to lead their own sports lessons as a teacher pic.twitter.com/93TNNS2zYu

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18/09/23

Calling all quizzers!🧠 Put your brain into action at our PTA quiz night!🗓️ Wednesday 11th October 7pmVenue - Touchpoint, Crafton Green House, 72 Chapel Hill, Stansted, CM24 8AQBook online: https://t.co/NJQYUFe4LB pic.twitter.com/8Ozy1zsTEF

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11/09/23

OPEN EVENTSOur Essex Secondary Schools Open Events kick off this week.Tue 12 5:30pm - 8:30pm Burnt Mill Academy (Harlow)Thu 14 6pm - 8:30pm Epping St John’s School (Epping)Wed 27 5pm - 8pm Forest Hall School (Stansted Mountfitchet)Thu 28 6pm - 9pm Mark Hall Academy (Harlow) pic.twitter.com/6G2FMT4mE2

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

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30/06/23

👏 Well done to all pupils who took part in final enterprise event💷 After winning their individual selling to parent events, young people from all BMAT primaries were welcomed to 🎉 Thank you to all the parents, careers and members of the public who attended pic.twitter.com/ORG4YoJ2Pt

30/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Stansted) have a vacancy for an Office Assistant📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/4EehVw59Ls

30/06/23

📢 We're Hiring! (Stansted) have a vacancy for an Office Assistant📄 For a job description and application details, please visit our websitehttps://t.co/4EehVw59Ls

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Teddies inspire reading culture

Teddies inspire reading culture

Posted: 16th September 2019

Teddy bears are being fostered by children as a way of encouraging reading for pleasure.

Pupils at Magna Carta Primary Academy are fostering teddies with the promise of reading to them at home for 15 minutes every evening.

The idea is for children to get in the habit of reading purely for the enjoyment of it.

Toni Hollows, social, emotional and mental health teacher, said: “Part of our school development plan this year is to promote the love of reading, so this fits very well with that.

“The children love the teddies already. The hope is this will show the children by reading to the teddy they are looking after that reading and being read to feels good. We hope that will then encourage them to read to their siblings and parents and enjoy being read to.”

The focus on reading has seen storytime introduced into the structure of the school day and will also see various reading areas set up around the school, as well as teachers encouraged to be seen to read their own books when pupils are reading theirs.

Headteacher Marios Solomonides said: “I think teachers feel they should be doing something with the children at all times, but being seen to be enjoying reading for pleasure is a very important thing to share with our young people.

“Storytime is one of the most, if not the most, key subjects that risks being knocked off the timetable in schools as often there is not the time to fit it in. But, it is so important and so we have now fixed it into our timetable, usually at the end of every day. We have also introduced story assembly every week where I read to the children.

“This is the year of reading at Magna Carta. Once you can read fluently, you can access everything. It is also vital for good mental health.”

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